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This article caught my eye, not from a prophecy stand point but just a small push back to the enormous expansion of government influence and control.  It will be interesting to see the responses to this from unions and federal employees.  It will be a good measuring stick for how entrenched the large global government group is within our country and media.  Is the story even picked up?

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Bill calls for two weeks of federal furlough

Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) introduced a bill this week that would require two weeks of furlough in 2011 for federal civilian employees. The furloughs would save taxpayers $5.5 billion, according to a release about the bill.

“[Furloughs] provide slight problems but they provide large solutions to the budget trouble we face,” Coffman said.

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This is a great article on the state of our worlds fiat currency systems and their attitude toward gold.

Greenspan made an amazing statement this week.  He stated on September 15th:

“Fiat money has no place to go but gold.”

What could he mean by that?  He continued:

He further commented that “if all currencies are moving up or down together, the question is: relative to what? Gold is the canary in the coal mine. It signals problems with respect to currency markets. Central banks should pay attention to it.”

Unfortunately, they aren’t as outline further in the article.

These events are all starting to intersect.  No Fiat currency has ever succeeded.

We will at one point, see our leaders declare that the current currencies are not working but there is a better plan to move to a single more stable global currency.

Until then we will continue to see the attacks on gold, to keep the fiat illusion firmly in place.

If you haven’t read Atlas Shrugged, I would highly recommend it.  I began reading it recently and it was spooky how all the characters and philosophies could have just as easily been the last two years.  They matched exactly…

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Atlas just shrugged

On September 15 former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan made a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations. Some very interesting comments he made with respect to gold in response to a question were reported in an editorial in yesterday’s New York Sun, “Greenspan’s Warning on Gold”:

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The attached PDF file show a study done on what the government has in store for our retirement accounts.

There are three areas the government can go to get access to additional revenue:

Gold confiscation, (Look up what FDR did in 1930s, also see other postings, earlier today, for 2010 version)

Property confiscation (What percent of home loans do you think the government now controls?  almost 90%, yeah that’s right!), or

Retirement account confiscation. (Next up…)

The Government has a problem.  It is growing so fast it can’t sustain itself.  The average public federal employee is paid $120k, where the private employee is paid $60k on average.  But he is paying for the federal employee.  Also, there is a rise in unemployment to almost 17% if you consider those that have given up.  But the Federal Government has lost zero jobs, they have actually been adding.

The paper sums it up well:

“But it (the government) has a very serious problem. It can’t sustain itself – let alone keep growing – on the back
of the existing tax base.”

On top of that there are two other areas of pain looming on the horizon:

– The US “AAA” credit rating is hanging by a thread. (If we lose this, the interest on our debt we are financing goes through the roof.)

– The foreign investors (mostly China & Japan) are balking at buying anymore debt. (Uncle Sam is seen as riskier than blue chip firms now – Washington Post.)

Solution?

The biggest source of hereto largely untapped revenue for US politicians is private retirement accounts.

60 million households

401k – $4 trillion

include 403b’s, HSA, IRAs & others – $15 trillion

It may not happen suddenly (like in Argentina), but prerequisites are already being readied for implementation.

Here are some quotes from the paper linked below:

The 40l(k)/IRA de-privatization plan is the brain-child of one of the left’s rising stars, the
bright and inventive leftwing academic Teresa Ghilarducci. While Ghilarducci insists 40l(k)s will still
be “legal” under her plan, the thrust of her idea was revealed on a 2008 radio interview in which she
said, “I’m just rearranging the tax breaks that are available now for 40l(k)s and spreading – spreading
the wealth…”

Just rearranging (nudging) the tax breaks available now to spread…wait for it…the…wealth…

In a 2009 research paper, Ghilarducci declared “Guaranteed Retirement Accounts [GRAs] are
like universal 401(k) plans except that the government, as befits a large and enduring institution, will
invest and manage the pooled savings.” That’s because, as the professorial Ghilarducci believes,
“Humans often lack the foresight, discipline, and investing skills required to sustain a savings plan.”
(Of course, that analysis of “humans” would not apply to left-leaning PhDs, members of Congress, and
bossy bureaucrats – who somehow are endowed with the skills needed to manage everyone else’s
investments.)

Wow, guess we know where we rank.  Good think they are there to serve the people…on wait, that doesn’t match…

Under the Ghilarducci Plan, 50% of your GRA automatically goes to the government upon
your passing, not your heirs. And that’s just for starters. Future tax deferments to 401(k)s and IRAs
would be scrapped in exchange for a supposedly guaranteed 3% annual real return.

Hmm, give up total control to get guaranteed 3% annual real return.  And they get half when I die…sounds fair.

Backers of government-controlled accounts stress that 401(k)s will still be “legal” under her
plan – yet if 401(k)/IRA tax advantages are removed, employers will no longer have a financial
incentive to offer them at all.
(All part of an active “herding” process to force private retirement funds
into government-approved “investments.”)

Again with the nudging, or is that a shove, maybe even a take down…

Sorry for the sarcasm, but this is really incredible.  The gall to make some of these statements and bold recommendations.  You really need to download the document and read it in its entirety.  It is very eye-opening.

Again, this is all part of the control needed for the three end time prophecies:

One World Currency

One World Government

Mark of the Beast (total control of buying and selling)

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Administration’s Secret Plan to Hijack Your 401(k)s and IRAs

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PDF Document: Obama_Administration_401Ks

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Financially, we are being herded into very narrow options.  Our government is needing to control us to a point of no options, all to keep up the illusion and deception that they can fix our economy or that it is built on sand.

Basic finance tells you that in down times, you head to bonds and t-bills.  If you don’t trust bonds and t-bills, then you head to Gold, Silver, or physical assets to preserve your wealth and wait out the down times till you can buy back in.

What the government is doing is forcing us down a funnel.  The GM and Chrysler fiasco last year paired with the struggling states and cities has tainted the bond market.  With the unknown health of the US government and the Feds willingness to print currency to cover debt, T-Bills are unattractive.  That left Gold, Silver and other physical assets.  Physical assets, real estate, has taken a large hit, which left Gold and Silver. 

“Just as the government is trying to prevent people from investing in anything other than T-Bills by raising taxes on taxable interest and dividends to confiscatory levels, it’s also trying to prevent you from parking your wealth in assets, like gold, that compete with the paper dollars issued by the Federal Reserve and the Treasury.”

This last resort investment is the newest target of the government to attempt to drive investors back into T-Bills all under the deceptive guise of protecting the consumer from unscrupulous gold vendors.  It could be political too.

… a September 23 hearing of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection… will focus on “legislation that would regulate gold-selling companies, an industry who’s [sic] relentless advertising is now staple of cable television.”

…”Under Rep. Weiner’s bill, companies like Goldline would be required to disclose the reasonable resale value of items being sold.”  That’s great.  Are Mr. Weiner and Chairman Bernanke also going to agree to print on every dollar the reasonable expectation that its value will be eroded by inflation?

And why do they feel such excess is needed:  The fear of hyperinflation.  But….

The whole situation is amazing. If Mr. Weiner really wants to calm fears about hyperinflation, the last way to do it is to have a government hearing cracking down on the people warning of it.

So where is this all headed. 

It is just another sign or thread of our government putting the controls in place so that they control all the exits (places you can put your money).  It is the intersection of One World Currency, One World Government, and the Mark of the Beast.  Because you can’t convience (force) someone to take a mark that will control all investments and purchases, if they are invested in Gold and Silver.  Bottom Line.

Revelation 13:17 (NIV) – “so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.”

Revelation 13:7 (NIV) – “He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.”

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Congressmen Weiner and Waxman Set Gold Hearing

Just as the government is trying to prevent people from investing in anything other than T-Bills by raising taxes on taxable interest and dividends to confiscatory levels, it’s also trying to prevent you from parking your wealth in assets, like gold, that compete with the paper dollars issued by the Federal Reserve and the (more…)

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A few days ago I posted an article on China’s warning to the approach outlined below. 

They warned on to get into a trade dispute or question their yuan policies. 

These two articles show the rock and a hard place we find ourselves in by being so over leveraged (in debt) with China.  If they continue on this course it will be “interesting” (no good results) to see what China’s response will be. 

We could be witnessing the initial trigger that kills the dollar and plunges us into hyper-inflation.

Which opens the door to one world currency and one world government…

(Link to earlier article: Chinese think tank warns US it will emerge as loser in trade war)

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Geithner Steps up China Yuan Policy Criticism

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sharpened his criticism of China’s exchange rate policies, saying the yuan was strengthening too slowly and that he will look for new ways to get Beijing to move faster.

In testimony released on Wednesday and prepared for U.S. lawmakers considering a tough new trade law, Geithner called on China to allow “significant, sustained appreciation over time” and for the yuan to “fully reflect market forces.”

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Another white house official you should keep an eye on.  Plans and infrastructure are being put in place to ‘De-Develop’ the US.  Do you think some of this could be in those multiple 2500 page bills that we passed this year?

Be watchful, we are headed toward a global government, God warned us in Revelation.  To have a world government, everything must be equal.  Is it easier for them to bring everyone up to our standard of living or lower ours to theirs?

The stage is being set…

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WH Science Czar: Use ‘Free Market’ to ‘De-Develop’ U.S., Wealth Redistribution ‘Absolutely Essential’

In an on-the-fly interview with CNSNews.com, White House Office of Science and Technology Director John P. Holdren explained what he meant when he wrote in his 1973 book Human Ecology: Problems and Solutions that “A massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States.”

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This is probably one of the biggest deceptions of our generation.

It has always amazed me that people believe the gas we expel could cause global climate change.  Especially raising it above impact from the Sun!

Do we really think God would design a world that we could destroy just by breathing?

This is just a tool used to gain more control over our lives and move us toward Global “xyz”.  Because what is more global than climate.

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Scientist: There is no observational evidence for influence of CO2 on present or past climate

Dr. Ir. Noor van Andel, former head of research at Akzo Nobel, recently presented a talk at the Dutch Meteorological Institute KNMI, concluding there is

* No observational evidence for influence of CO2 on past or present climate

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This is an amazing summary of how we are being nudged, herded into global government.  There are three videos that last about 40 minutes total but it is very eye-opening to the process that is being used.

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From Fries to Riots

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So where is the line these days?  It has been so rubbed out, it looks like the batters box at the end of nine innings.

The government is positioning itself as the solution to everything.

Is it right to use Elmo to sell the “right” to free broadband?

Watch the video, it is very good at laying out the plan.

Two take aways:  It is redistribution of wealth, they are targeting low-income specifically.

But second, it was interesting toward the end of the video, the expert stated: it would be too hard to determine who has it and who doesn’t, we will just give it to all of them, and if they already have it then they can use the money for other things.

So much for the argument that the government is more efficient…

Wonder if that would hold true on health care?

Bottom line, this is deception on so many levels, the goal is control and dependency.

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Elmo, Internet Czar & FCC Work to Redistribute Wealth With Free Broadband

“Elmo is tired of buffering.”

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This is one of the areas that could trigger our rapid decline.  If they decided to sell off our debt or even just stop buying it, we would be in a world of hurt and would have to start printing.  I do not believe the Fed has any bullets left to counter.

It will be very interesting how this develops, can you imagine if we had to print money to cover the $1 trillion from the previous treasure sales article and also this $1.5 trillion?  What would $2.5 trillion do to our inflation rate?

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Chinese think tank warns US it will emerge as loser in trade war

A State Council think-tank in China has warned Washington that the US will come off worst in a trade war if it imposes sanctions against Beijing over the two nations’ currency spat.

yuan; Chinese think tanks warns US it will emerge as loser in trade war
The US is considering legislation to punish Beijing for holding down the yuan Photo: AFP

Ding Yifan, a policy guru at the Development Research Centre, said China could respond by selling holdings of US debt, estimated at over $1.5 trillion (£963bn). This would trigger a rise in US interest rates. His comments at a forum in Beijing follow a string of remarks by Chinese officials questioning US credit-worthiness and the reliability of the dollar.

China’s authorities seem split over how to respond to moves on Capitol Hill for legislation to punish Beijing for holding down the yuan. The central bank has ruled out use of its “nuclear weapon”, insisting that it would not exploit its $2.45 trillion of foreign reserves for political purposes. “The US Treasury market is a very important market for China,” it said.

However, the mood is hardening on both sides of the Pacific. The dispute risks escalating if China’s trade surplus with the US climbs further and more US jobs are lost. US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who has taken a softly-softly line in the past, said on Friday that China had done “very little” to correct the undervaluation of the yuan since ending the dollar peg in June.

Mr Ding reflects thinking among some in the Poltiburo, who seem convinced that the US is in decline and that China’s rise as an exporter of goods and capital give it the upper hand.

“They are utterly wrong,” said Gabriel Stein from Lombard Street Research. “The lesson of the 1930s is that surplus countries with structurally weak domestic demand come off worst in a trade war.”

He described the implicit threat to sell Treasuries as “empty bluster” because Beijing’s purchase of these bonds is a side-effect of its yuan policy. “Bring it on: it will weaken the dollar, which is what the US wants. The interest rate effect can be countered by the Fed.”

“Some Chinese officials seem to believe that buying Treasuries underpins US public spending. In fact China’s mercantilist policy is forcing the US to run large deficits against its own interest. China should be terrified of a trade war.”

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Global financial market tax is still on the table.  So if we get a global tax, how do you ever get rid of it?  Who do you vote out or petition?  Do you think we would be in the majority or minority if it redistributes our wealth?

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Merkel calls for global financial market tax

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday renewed her call for a tax on international financial markets, insisting she would not give up the fight despite hefty opposition from her global partners

“We will continue to work for a tax on the financial markets,” Merkel said in a stormy debate in parliament on her government’s 2011 budget.

“The finance minister is doing this in several discussions and we are going to try to persuade as many countries as possible. Unfortunately, the world is not always as we would wish … but we are not going to give up,” she added.

At a meeting of European Union finance ministers earlier this month, members of the 27-country bloc clashed over the idea of imposing a tax of financial market transactions in Europe.

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What are we being told about violence and who perpetrates it? 

Here is a chart showing who is behind the violence in Europe. 

They are ahead of us on the slide….

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Left-Wing Terrorism Surges In Europe, As Governments Dismantle Social Safety Net

With European governments paring back the social safety net, and businesses blamed for creating a crisis, left-wing terrorism in Europe is on the march, according to a new report from EuroPol (the European Police Office).

 

As this chart shows, left-wing terrorism dwarfs right-wing terrorism in Europe — perhaps surprising given the attention paid to Europe’s far right. Islamist and Separatist terrorism, however, remain the largest categories.

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This may seem small, but it is this type of control that at some point the world government will have over every “world citizen”.

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County Sues Farmer, Cites Too Many Crops

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County is suing a local farmer for growing too many vegetables, but he said he will fight the charges in the ongoing battle neighbors call “Cabbagegate.”

Fig trees, broccoli and cabbages are among the many greens that line the soil on Steve Miller’s more than two acres in Clarkston, who said he has spent fifteen years growing crops to give away and sell at local farmers markets.

“It’s a way of life, like it’s something in my blood,” said Miller.

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More economic news from someone who has been more right lately than most….

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Doomsday warnings of US apocalypse gain ground

Economists peddling dire warnings that the world’s number one economy is on the brink of collapse, amid high rates of unemployment and a spiraling public deficit, are flourishing here.

The guru of this doomsday line of thinking may be economist Nouriel Roubini, thrust into the forefront after predicting the chaos wrought by the subprime mortgage crisis and the collapse of the housing bubble.

“The US has run out of bullets,” Roubini told an economic forum in Italy earlier this month. “Any shock at this point can tip you back into recession.”

But other economists, who have so far stayed out of the media limelight, are also proselytizing nightmarish visions of the future.

Boston University professor Laurence Kotlikoff, who warned as far back as the 1980s of the dangers of a public deficit, lent credence to such dark predictions in an International Monetary Fund publication last week.

He unveiled a doomsday scenario — which many dismiss as pure fantasy — of an economic clash between superpowers the United States and China, which holds more than 843 billion dollars of US Treasury bonds.

“A minor trade dispute between the United States and China could make some people think that other people are going to sell US treasury bonds,” he wrote in the IMF’s Finance & Development review.

“That belief, coupled with major concern about inflation, could lead to a sell-off of government bonds that causes the public to withdraw their bank deposits and buy durable goods.”

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More not so good news for our nation, all you have to do is look at the charts below.

We are in uncharted territory now.

As prophecy unfolds, we, as a nation, will need to be knocked down.  Several factors are converging to make this possible, devaluing of our dollar, run away unemployment, dismantling of our capitalist system, socialist agenda aligning with other world powers, and at some point, the rapture.

It will be interesting what triggers the first domino or if they have already dropped and we don’t know it.

The good news is Christ promised to keep us from the worst with his promise to rapture the church….

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IMF fears ‘social explosion’ from world jobs crisis

America and Europe face the worst jobs crisis since the 1930s and risk “an explosion of social unrest” unless they tread carefully, the International Monetary Fund has warned.

Duration of unemployment in the US - Bureau of Labor Statistics

Duration of unemployment in the US, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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US long-term unemployed, Bureau of Labor Statistics figures.

“The labour market is in dire straits. The Great Recession has left behind a waste land of unemployment,” said Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF’s chief, at an Oslo jobs summit with the International Labour Federation (ILO).

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I post this article for two reasons, first the outlook on Gold and Silver.  Both are where even bond holders are fleeing now.

Second and most important, the fact that they expect the Federal Reserve to buy $1 trillion worth of our debt over the next few weeks.

Many expect that to “help” stabilize us but if you peel the onion, you would see that it means we are printing money to buy the debt.

This is extremely dangerous as it has never ended well in the history of fiat currency, and certainly never been done at this level.

Folks, we are at the edge of a cliff, maybe hanging by a twig.  Get prepared for a rocky fall if they print the money.

Other forces are aligning to pick up the pieces….

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Stocks, Treasuries, Gold Gain on Fed Bond-Purchase Speculation

Stocks rose for a fifth day, the longest streak for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since July, while gold surged to a record and Treasuries gained on speculation the Federal Reserve will purchase as much as $1 trillion in bonds to bolster the economy.

The S&P 500 rose 0.2 percent to 1,123.95 at 3:20 p.m. in New York, led by technology companies on speculation of increased buybacks and dividends. Gold futures surged as much as 2.4 percent to $1,276.50 an ounce and the 10-year Treasury yield slid 9 basis points to 2.66 percent. The Dollar Index, which gauges the U.S. currency against six major trading partners, slumped 1 percent as the yen surged to a 15-year high and the Swiss franc touched $1 for the first time this year.

A total of $1 trillion in bond purchases would improve stability in financial markets and boost real gross domestic product by as much as 0.4 percentage point, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s chief economist Jan Hatzius said. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee will meet next week to set policy.

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Another piece to the one world government plan slowly being implemented piece by piece through the UN.

I was surprised to see this move into the senate this week.  I hope this isn’t a sign of what the lame duck session will be like this winter.  Things might accelerate.

Make sure you read the other article on the UN’s planning session this month, I posted this week.

Must See: Global Governance:  Here is the playbook…

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Social Engineering Bill In Senate Will Force You Into City

September 10, 2010 by Bob Livingston

Social Engineering Bill In Senate Will Force You Into City

A social engineering bill to restrict residence in the suburbs and rural areas and force Americans into city centers has passed the United States Senate Banking Committee and is on the fast track to passage in the Senate.

The bill is called the Livable Communities Act (SB 1619) and it was introduced by corruptocrat outgoing Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.). It seeks to fulfill the United Nation’s plan Agenda 21, adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and signed onto by “New World Order” President George H.W. Bush.

This bill is designed to destroy your community. According to the non-profit American Policy Center the bill:

  • Is a blueprint for the transformation of our society into total Federal control.
  • Will enforce Federal Sustainable Development zoning and control of local communities.
  • Will create a massive new “development” bureaucracy.
  • Will drive up the cost of energy to heat and cool your home.
  • Will drive up the cost of gasoline as a way to get you out of your car.
  • Will force you to spend thousands of dollars on your home in order to comply.

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Mind boggling statistics, all while plunging into a recession.

Not sure you could do much more to run us into the ground.

Oh wait?

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Obama Added More to National Debt in First 19 Months Than All Presidents from Washington Through Reagan Combined, Says Gov’t Data


President Barack Obama speaks in Seattle on Tuesday, August 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

(CNSNews.com) – In the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the federal debt held by the public increased by $2.5260 trillion, which is more than the cumulative total of the national debt held by the public that was amassed by all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan.

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Frank posted this yesterday on his site.

A peek into our future….

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Potential Collapse of Kabul bank

Prophecy Sign: Revelation 13:16-17 warns us of what?  You will need to know exactly what this prophecy says so that when you see the world’s economic systems crash you will know what is about to happen next. Read what Jesus stated. “He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.”

If you are new to my site I suggest you go back and read my previous warnings where I tell you that banks around the world will fold up and in the end there will be a global economic collapse that will help force the man Jesus spoke to us about in verse 16-17 to take control of the world.  The current global economic is growing and the news out of Kabul is a prime example of what I have been warning you about.

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This is a serious issue as outlined below.

Is it an isolated incident or just the first or second domino….

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Pakistan: Finance Minister Warns Imminent Complete Economic Breakdown

The Sinister Plan is in final phase now.. Pakistani citizens simply have no idea that they are facing the worst ever crises in recent history. Floods will bring hyper-inflation, shortage of food, magnified power crises and collapse of entire political and economical system if this devastation continues. Now AmericaIsraelIndiaNato will have the perfect excuse that Pakistan nuclear weapons could go in hands of Taliban or Al Qaeda in these chaotic times when Pakistaniextremists are on the loose! armed and security forces are fully occupied doing rescue, relief and rehabilitation work in hundreds of cities and villages while  the economy is collapsing fast and

KARACHI: Federal Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh warned that government would not have enough money to pay the salaries to the government employees after two months as a result of country’s worst flooding. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh cautioned Federal and Provincial Governments and military authorities to demonstrate highest level of fiscal responsibility in order to avert a ‘complete economic breakdown’.

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This is a unbelievable article.  I have also included the pdf file that the article links to.

The UN is working toward exactly what has been prophesied in the Bible.  It is like the entire playbook in one article/document.  It will be amazing to see how much coverage this gets or how the UN spins it.

One of my favorite quotes, there are so many, is:

As one underlying theme of the sessions, the top U.N. bosses seemed to be grappling often with how to cope with the pesky issue of national sovereignty, which — according to the position papers, anyway — continued to thwart many of their most ambitious schemes, especially when it comes to many different kinds of “global governance.”

Not coincidentally, the conclave of bureaucrats also saw in “global governance” a greater role for themselves.

Can it be anymore plainly stated?  Global Governance once they figure how to break down that pesky national sovereignty issue…

Prophecy is in the process of being fulfilled….

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Copy of document linked by Fox News:  austria_retreat_papers

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EXCLUSIVE: After a Year of Setbacks, U.N. Looks to Take Charge of World’s Agenda

After a year of humiliating setbacks, United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon and about 60 of his top lieutenants — the top brass of the entire U.N. system — spent their Labor Day weekend at a remote Austrian Alpine retreat, discussing ways to put their sprawling organization in charge of the world’s agenda.

Details concerning the two-day, closed-door sessions in the comfortable village of Alpbach were closely guarded. Nonetheless, position papers for the meeting obtained by Fox News indicate that the topics included:

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More articles on the state of the US and world economy.

More than 400 US Banks Will Fail: Roubini

Bank Run 2011?

5 Doomsday Scenarios for the U.S. Economy

Venezuela introduces Cuba-like food card

These all layout a pretty grim picture.  The million dollar question is when will it snap.

Only God knows and He is not telling. =)

We must prepare our families for tough times so that we will be prepared to help others that did not remain watchful, for we know not how much we will have to endure until Christ returns to rapture his church.

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Another stepping stone in the path to the prophecy that allows the Antichrist and his regime control all buying and selling interactions.  The Mark of the Beast will be the key, but all of this infrastructure will be needed to make it work.  The last line of the article was what raised my eye brow.

The firms also aimed to develop a universal standard for all electronic identity and mobile transactions.

Wow, that pretty much covers it doesn’t it?

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New interface could increase contactless processing speed

A French firm has designed a new interface which could increase the processing speed of contactless smart card technology.

Research company CEA-Leti has developed a prototype of the software which transfers data at 6.8Mbps, compared to the current standard rate of 848Kbps.

CEA-Leti aims to attain speeds over 10Mbps and is currently talking with the International Organisation for Standardisation, in partnership with Gemalto, about implementing the package.

Contactless smart card technology was originally created to be used with bank cards and transit schemes which only require low transfer rates.

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“Strangely” familiar to earlier this year with Greece, the world dominos may be beginning to fall, where the US falls in the mix is unknown.  There are some theories…

But if it took the entire world to bail out Greece, what would it take for us?

Can you see the single world government and currency on the horizon?

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Ireland insists not on same road as Greece…

…despite ballooning bank debt

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – Ireland’s finance minister, Brian Lenihan, in Brussels for discussions with the European Commission over the bail-out of nationalised Anglo Irish Bank, whose costs are ballooning, insisted the debt black hole at the heart of the company will not bankrupt the government.

The bank has recently announced that it will probably need some €25 billion in fresh capital, equivalent to a full 19 percent of the country’s GNP. Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has said that it believes this to be low-balling the true figure, estimating that the real cost could come to €35 billion.

The vast sums have frightened markets, which worry Dublin will have trouble paying its debt.

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Prepare for the worst, hope for the best…

Things are going to get worst, what they are doing with the economy has never worked in history.

It will be interesting what will be the trigger.

World dropping the dollar, loosing our AAA rating, the rapture, or self-inflicted decline from politicians.

On a lighter note, which headline doesn’t seem to belong?

Oh right, another vacation, that’s helpful.

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UNEMPLOYMENT JUMPS TO 9.6%...
Economy LOST 283,000 jobs during 'Recovery Summer' months...
NPR: 'Recovery Summer' Ends With Economic Pothole...
Labor Sec. Declares: 'There are jobs out there'...
TREASURY HEAD RUSHES BACK FROM VACATION; AIDES SEARCH FOR OTHER JOBS PACKAGE...
120 Days to Go Until Largest Tax Hikes in History...
President Claims Job Creation; Doesn't Mention Net Job Loss of 54K...
HE NEEDS A VACATION: OBAMA TO CAMP DAVID...
Taxpayers to face initial loss on GM IPO; Treasury to sell first shares below break-even...

'WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION'

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7 Signs of the End Times

by Britt Gillette


What are the signs of the end times?

It’s important to know so we can explain to others why Christians believe what we believe.

As Peter says:

“But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” 1 Peter 3:15 (NLT)

Unfortunately, too many Christians are unable to explain why they believe we’re in the last days when the opportunity presents itself.

One argument in particular seems to catch today’s Christians off guard.

Peter forewarned us of this argument:

“Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. They will say, ‘What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.'” 2 Peter 3:3-4 (NLT)

The particular version I hear most often is, “Sure, you think Jesus is coming, but so have previous generations.”

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Below are three articles that show further steps our current administration is trying to take, some successful, some not.  All of these are leading us to be more inline with the world by either giving up pieces of our sovereignty or lowering our standards economically.  Either way, it is preparing us for a single government over the entire globe, chipping away piece by piece.

First we have key Obama Ally working with global leaders to institute a global tax, first step on a slipper slope.  Question, who do you contact or protest or vote out to get rid of a global tax?

Second, we have the government trying to shut down an entire industry due to a couple mishaps.  They say it is to protect our coasts, problem is if we are not drilling, Russia and Venezuela are going to start drilling in the exact same spots.  So we are just as much at risk with no jobs or economic benefit.  And do you think those countries safety standards are lower or higher than ares?

Third, our southern borders are getting worst.  We are loosing parts of our country (50-100 miles inland) and our government will not do anything about it.  Why?  Several reasons probably, they want to nationalize all the illegals to get new voters, they need to keep open borders to allow better integration for a “North American Union”?

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One world government is another common end times outcome.  The Antichrist steps in to take the rains of a single world government.  We are not close to that yet, but you are seeing signs of the pieces of the puzzle falling into place.  Control will be a major factor in establishing this single governing body.  A lot of times they refer to it as sovereignty, or us giving up a portion of ours for the greater global good.

The articles below each outline pieces to the puzzle, in different stages of progression.  You hear stuff like “Reeducate”, and instantly 1984 pops to mind.  We now have our own spy satellites spying on our citizens and spinning it as something to be proud of.

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This has been an area of little to no transparency for quite some time.  There is a lot of concern by those trying to keep track of what is being done with our gold supply, that massive deception has been taking place over the last few decades….

Something to watch.

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Ron Paul questions whether there’s gold at Fort Knox, NY Fed

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said he plans to introduce legislation next year to force an audit of U.S. holdings of gold.

Paul, a longtime critic of the Federal Reserve and U.S. monetary policy, said he believes it’s “a possibility” that there might not actually be any gold in the vaults of Fort Knox or the New York Federal Reserve bank.

The libertarian lawmaker told Kitco News, a website tracking news about precious metals, that an audit was necessary to determine how much the U.S. maintains in gold reserves in case the government were to use gold to back the dollar.

“If there was no question about the gold being there, you think they would be anxious to prove gold is there,” he said.

“Our Federal Reserve admits to nothing, and they should prove all the gold is there. There is a reason to be suspicious and even if you are not suspicious why wouldn’t you have an audit?

“I think it is a possibility,” Paul said when asked if there was truth to rumors that there was actually no gold at Ft. Knox or the New York Fed.
Paul had been one of the Republicans to spearhead a broader audit of the Fed as part of the Wall Street reform bill passed through Congress this year. The provision, which was weakened somewhat in the final version, found Paul joining with a number of Democrats to require the Fed to open its books and outline its assets and liabilities.

The gold reserves, which Paul’s new bill would audit, are generally seen as a guarantee on a nation’s currency, but the U.S. moved the dollar away from being tied to the price of gold in 1972.

Paul stopped short of calling for the reinstitution of the gold standard and instead called for the government to allow the use of hard currency — gold and silver tender — alongside the use of the dollar.

“If people get tired of using the paper standard they can deal in gold or silver,” he said.

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Terry from Rapture Ready had a good “Nearing Midnight” article this week on how current events are shaping up for the economic controls the Antichrist will use to control and rule the world during the tribulation.  Very good article….

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Economy Nucleus of Tribulation

One prophetic element stands out in considering the seven-year Tribulation era, with regard to the Antichrist regime. That is the economic platform prophesied to be at the heart of the beast system.

With so many signals in view that point to the brewing Tribulation tempest, we should expect–if we are reading the end-times signals correctly—that this heart of the Beast should be well along in its construction. We have covered all of the indicators found within current issues and events that we believe are signals like those given by Jesus and the prophets. National and world economies have been dealt with in our efforts to make prophetic sense of the dynamic rearrangements taking place in recent years, months, weeks, and days.

America’s staggering weight of debt and swift economic decline is front and center in pointing to the fact, we believe, that this is the generation that stands at the end of one dispensation–the Church Age–and upon the precipice of the next–the Tribulation. Each hour seems to bring additional confirmation that the Tribulation storm is about to break upon an uncomprehending world. Such confirmation is present in abundance in the realm of geopolitics and global economics.

Since Bible prophecy clearly foretells that the Antichrist government, thus the economic engine that will power that absolute dictatorship, will emerge from Europe, we need keep our prophetic antennae pointed in that direction–i.e., we must be especially alert to news involving movement within Europe to cause significant changes to global economic structure.

The following excerpt from the Wall Street Journal registers an interesting blip on my own end-times radar screen.

PARIS —French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on the world’s twenty largest economies to work together to reform global monetary order.

“We must define a new framework for discussing currency movements,” Mr. Sarkozy said, adding that it is “nonsense” to talk about exchange rates without including China, which has accumulated huge foreign exchange reserves.

He said stabilizing erratic foreign exchange and commodities markets will feature high on France’s agenda when it heads the Group of 20 [in] November. He added there is a need to reduce the U.S. dollar’s dominance as the reserve currency of choice.” (Nathalie Boschat and David Pearson, “Sarkozy Outlines G-20 Priorities,” Wall Street Journal, 8/26/10)

Prophecy scholars and others have long pondered why the U.S. , the most powerful nation in history, isn’t mentioned by name–or even by significant reference—in God’s Word. We continue to flounder in attempts at finding an exact answer for that question. However, with the recent astonishing changes nationally and abroad, the answer seems to be in the process of forming.

Monetary manipulation is at the root of the change taking place. The American dollar must be removed as the currency standard so that a global currency not underwritten by any national monetary unit can be established. This is precisely the Beast economic order I’m convinced Bible prophecy describes as outlined in the following:

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. (Rev. 13:16-18)

This speaks to me of a computer system –a hybrid Internet whereby all citizens of the global economic order will be absolutely controlled at every level of life. Probably, it will consist at its heart of electronic funds transfer (EFT)–a system of Special Drawing Rights (SDR). Anyone refusing to toe the mark of the Antichrist’s regime will face having his or her SDR account blocked or removed completely from the system. Fear of starvation is a mighty motivator to comply.

Pressures are mounting for a completely changed global economic order. Even the king of the kings of the East, China, is at the center of the dynamics driving the changes.

Most economists who are honest will admit that the current building economic heap of debt cannot continue to accumulate. They are amazed, in fact, that everything hasn’t already collapsed into total, worldwide depression. I again offer my belief that it will be the Rapture that causes the ultimate implosion and collapse.

The great world leader called in Revelation “the Beast” will be there to implement a satanically-inspired economic scheme that will at first offer hope –that will for a time “cause craft to prosper” (Dan. 8:25). But Antichrist’s plan will achieve what it will be designed to do: enslave most of the world in electronic bondage.

Jesus offers the opposite of what the counterfeit, Antichrist, will produce. Jesus promises: “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed” (John 8:36). We must at every opportunity lift up the Holy name of Jesus before the eyes of a world headed into the terrors of the Tribulation.

— Terry

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This is so maddening.  I can’t believe this is happening in America and there is not more of an outrage.

We truly are dumbed down as a society, with Paris Hilton and Linsey Lohan.

At two of the three 9/11 attack sites, there are attempts to build mosques or muslim holy symbols.

This is not a coincidence.

How can this really be covered up and how are Americans in our government agencies be helping both efforts?

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The Flight 93 Memorial mosque (must see videos)

We’ve posted many of the blogbursts on the Flight 93 memorial since our inception. With the heightened attention on the proposed mosque at Ground Zero, it’s time equal scrutiny, exposure, and awareness be brought to the giant outdoor mosque being built in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Videos exposing the travesty taking place, almost silently, at the memorial site are below. It’s time for Americans to get educated, speak up, contact your elected officials, and stand up for America and those murdered by Muslims in the name of Islam!

Also read the letter Tom Burnett, Sr. wrote to the American people and was published at Atlas Shrugs, that included this:

We too need your help; we need to stop the National Park Service building another mosque in Shanksville. PA.

I served on the 2005 2nd jury that was commissioned to select a design honoring the passengers and crew on Flight 93. The public submitted over 1100 designs. The first jury went through those 1100 designs and selected 5 designs that were presented to the 2nd jury.

When I saw Crescent of Embrace, I immediately saw the Islamic symbols. I spoke out against the design and explained my reasons to the other members of the jury. The vote was taken, 9 for the Crescent of Embrace and 6 against that design. That vote was not unanimous.

There were 4 excellent designs left; there was absolutely no reason to select a design that even suggested Islamic symbols.

I knew that the public would agree with me when they saw the Crescent of Embrace design. They did, but our government would not listen or investigate our claims. All of our letters ended up in the same hands, the National Park Service. We can’t give up; we must stop this mosque being built in Shanksville, as well as the one in New York.

Other mosque features:

Mosque design is based on a dozen typical mosque features, every one of which is realized in the Crescent/Circle design, all on the same epic scale as the half mile wide crescent-mihrab. Note, for instance, that the 93 foot tall minaret-like Tower of Voices is topped with another Islamic-shaped crescent, akin to the crescent-topped minarets seen in many Islamic countries:

An Islamic shaped crescent, soaring in the sky above the symbolic lives of the 40 heroes, which literally dangle down below. In Islam, there is only heaven and hell. Symbolic damnation?

The Flight 93 mosque needs to be stopped, along with the Islamic victory mosque at ground zero in Manhattan. May the fight against these two desecrations strengthen each other.

Sincerely,

Tom Burnett Senior
Loving father of Flight 93 hero Tom Burnett Junior

Contact information for the Flight 93 Memorial Project here.

If you would like to help stop the crescent mosque, please email Alec Rawls (alec@rawls.org) who is helping to coordinate opposition.

There is also an online petition that people can sign.

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Second media outlet confirming the deception that has been spread that the Iraq war is the primary reason for the deficit.  The graph below sure is scary.  Look how fast that jumped in 2009,  Wow, we are so over extended….

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CBO: Eight Years of Iraq War Cost Less Than Stimulus Act

As President Obama prepares to tie a bow on U.S. combat operations in Iraq, Congressional Budget Office numbers show that the total cost of the eight-year war was less than the stimulus bill passed by the Democratic-led Congress in 2009.

According to CBO numbers in its Budget and Economic Outlook published this month, the cost of Operation Iraqi Freedom was $709 billion for military and related activities, including training of Iraqi forces and diplomatic operations.

The projected cost of the stimulus, which passed in February 2009, and is expected to have a shelf life of two years, was $862 billion.

The U.S. deficit for fiscal year 2010 is expected to be $1.3 trillion, according to CBO. That compares to a 2007 deficit of $160.7 billion and a 2008 deficit of $458.6 billion, according to data provided by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

In 2007 and 2008, the deficit as a percentage of gross domestic product was 1.2 percent and 3.2 percent, respectively.

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Another great video from Pat Condell on the Ground Zero fiasco….

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Pat Condell: Bad Faith at Ground Zero

Pat Condell’s latest monologue on the Ground Zero mosque is another great one. He nails it like he did last time.

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Frank has a good series of articles surrounding technology advancements that is leading us toward the state that will allow the Antichrist to control our economic system.

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Prophecy Sign: Revelation 13:16-17 in these verse Jesus shows us the Antichrist will control the world’s economic system. How? By controlling what anyone will be able to buy or sell. Those who do not follow the Antichrist’s new system will be hunted down and as Jesus said in Rev. 20:4 they will be beheaded because they did not bow down to the Antichrist and take his mark.  There are technologies being set in place that will be able to keep tract of everyone and as you will have noticed from my posts that most of the new technologies focus on the face or the hand.  These new technologies are on the path to fulfilling what Jesus said about the tribulation.  Today’s news has a great example of how people are going to be monitored.  Think it can’t happen to you?

Iris Scanners Create the Most Secure City in the World. Welcome, Big Brother

We’ve all seen and obsessively referenced Minority Report, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s dystopian future, where the public is tracked everywhere they go, from shopping malls to work to mass transit to the privacy of their own homes. The technology is here. I’ve seen it myself. It’s seen me, too, and scanned my irises.

Biometrics R&D firm Global Rainmakers Inc. (GRI) announced today that it is rolling out its iris scanning technology to create what it calls “the most secure city in the world.” In a partnership with Leon — one of the largest cities in Mexico, with a population of more than a million — GRI will fill the city with eye-scanners. That will help law enforcement revolutionize the way we live — not to mention marketers.

“In the future, whether it’s entering your home, opening your car, entering your workspace, getting a pharmacy prescription refilled, or having your medical records pulled up, everything will come off that unique key that is your iris,” says Jeff Carter, CDO of Global Rainmakers. Before coming to GRI, Carter headed a think tank partnership between Bank of America, Harvard, and MIT. “Every person, place, and thing on this planet will be connected [to the iris system] within the next 10 years,” he says.

Leon is the first step. To implement the system, the city is creating a database of irises. Criminals will automatically be enrolled, their irises scanned once convicted. Law-abiding citizens will have the option to opt-in.

“So will we live the future under iris scanners and constant Big Brother monitoring? According to Carter, eye scanners will soon be so cost-effective–between $50-$100 each–that in the not-too-distant future we’ll have “billions and billions of sensors” across the globe. Goodbye 2010. Hello 1984.”

http://www.fastcompany.com/1683302/iris-scanners-create-the-most-secure-city-in-the-world-welcomes-big-brother

This type of ID system will be making its way around the world and this new tech. ID system is even showing up in your gyms. Check this out if you don’t believe me.

24 Hour Fitness rolls out finger scanners at gyms

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Members of the 24 Hour Fitness chain no longer need to worry about forgetting their membership cards and IDs when they go to the gym: All they need to bring are their fingers.

The San Ramon-based company is now using fingerprint scanners at its 60 San Francisco Bay area locations to verify members’ identities. It also has started offering so-called “Cardless Check-In” this month at some gyms in other states.

To enter the gym, 24 Hour Fitness members need to punch in a 10-digit code and have an index finger scanned by a device that compares the fingerprint to one on file.

Company officials say the voluntary program allows members to show up without ID, prevents nonmembers from sneaking in, and saves the cost of making and mailing club cards.

“We’re always looking for ways to make it easier for people to use our clubs,” said Dan Benning, president of the company’s Northern Division.

The scanners underscore the growing use of biometric technology, which uses unique physical features such as hands, eyes and faces to identify people.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iNYkTreFeaSWoFp7tlyqfHGedtzwD9HPCG800

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Is it a slippery slope or innovation to save money?

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California students get tracking devices

RICHMOND, Calif.—California officials are outfitting preschoolers in Contra Costa County with tracking devices they say will save staff time and money.

The system was introduced Tuesday. When at the school, students will wear a jersey that has a small radio frequency tag. The tag will send signals to sensors that help track children’s whereabouts, attendance and even whether they’ve eaten or not.

School officials say it will free up teachers and administrators who previously had to note on paper files when a child was absent or had eaten.

Sung Kim of the county’s employment and human services department said the system could save thousands of hours of staff time and pay for itself within a year.

It cost $50,000 and was paid by a federal grant

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I should stop being surprised by this, as the current administration disregards the constitution at every turn unless it benefits them.  The two statements that shocked me the most due to their blatant admittance that different standards exist.

First the comment about the groups views matching the views of the white house.  Since when has that been a requirement in the US?

“An IRS agent told Z Street’s lawyers that the application was delayed because of a ‘Special Israel Policy’ that requires more intense scrutiny of organizations which have to do with Israel, in part to determine whether they espouse positions on Israel contrary to those of the current administration.”

Why would we have a ‘Special Israel Policy’ and why do their views have to match the current administration?  This is a tax-exempt status with the IRS.  Which they filed in January, eight months ago.

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Focus U.S.A / Are U.S. tax officials punishing Zionists who won’t toe the White House line?

Right-wing Z-Street sues IRS over claims it withheld tax breaks because campaigners’ policies clashed with Obama’s: ‘This is a clear violation of the First Amendment.’

So is America’s Internal Revenue Service discriminating against Z Street on political grounds, dragging its feet in approving tax-exempt status for the pro-Israel right-wing group?

That’s what the organization, formed by two activists, Lori Lowenthal Marcus and Allison Rowen Taylor, to counter left-wing rivals like J Street, claimed in a lawsuit filed this week against the Commissioner of Internal Revenuein a U.S. court.

Z Street says it was told by an IRS official that its application for tax-exempt status had been held back because an IRS policy requires consideration of whether a group’s views on Israel differ from those of the current White House administration.

“Z Street filed for tax-exempt status in January of this year and, despite having met all of the requirements for grant of this status, the application has been stalled,” the group said in a statement.

“An IRS agent told Z Street’s lawyers that the application was delayed because of a ‘Special Israel Policy’ that requires more intense scrutiny of organizations which have to do with Israel, in part to determine whether they espouse positions on Israel contrary to those of the current administration.”

The move violated the U.S. constitutions guarantees of speech, Z Street said

“Not only is it patently un-American but it is also a clear violation of the First Amendment for a government agency to penalize an organization because of its political position on Israel or anything else”.

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Good summary of how our current set of politicians is running our nation into the ground.  The awakening of the American people has been amazing over the last year.  Whether it will be enough or is not to late, probably depends more on God’s plan.  Hopefully, the awakening will turn more back to God.

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The Most Fiscally Irresponsible Government in U.S. History

Current federal budget trends are capable of destroying this country

There is an instinctive conclusion among the American public that President Obama’s stimulus package has failed to create a sustained recovery. Unemployment has increased, not declined; consumers have retrenched; housing starts have crashed along with mortgage applications; and there is a fear that a double-dip recession may very well be in the pipeline. The public perception, reflected in Pew Research/National Journal polls, is that the measures to combat the Great Recession have mostly helped large banks and financial institutions, and that’s a view common to Republicans (75 percent) and Democrats (73 percent). Only one third of either political leaning thinks government policies have done a great deal or a fair amount for the poor.

There is another instinctive conclusion among the American people. It is that the national deficit, and the debts we have accumulated, are of critical political importance. On the national debt, the money the government has spent without the tax revenues to pay for it has produced mind-numbing numbers so large as to be disconnected from reality. Zeros from here to infinity. The sums are hard to describe; it is hard to describe an elephant, but you know one when you see one. The public knows that, shuffle the numbers as you may, the level of debt is unsustainable.

Who could be surprised since millions of voters have discovered that for themselves? As one realizes the morning after the night before, there is an unavoidable penalty for excess. It is unnerving to wake up and learn that you have a mortgage on your home that exceeds the value of the property. Or, and too often both, you have a credit card line that you cannot repay and the issuer has you on the rack for ever bigger compound interest on the debt. The lesson has been well and truly learned that debt catches up with you. Millions understand that they are just going to have to find a way to live within their means—and then still eke out some savings to pay down debt. And there are well over 14 million Americans without a paying job, so the level of discontent is very high. Just how are they going to regain control of their lives?

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This article gives a little insight into the snowball effect that the US dollar collapsing could trigger.  Or it maybe it will be the other way around.  Either way, the Bible predicts we will have a single world currency and a single world government.  America’s prominence must be diminished.

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Mullen: National Debt is a Security Threat

The national debt is the single biggest threat to national security, according to Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Tax payers will be paying around $600 billion in interest on the national debt by 2012, the chairman told students and local leaders in Detroit.

“That’s one year’s worth of defense budget,” he said, adding that the Pentagon needs to cut back on spending.

“We’re going to have to do that if it’s going to survive at all,” Mullen said, “and do it in a way that is predictable.”

He also called on the defense industry to hire veterans and become more robust in the future.

“I need the defense industry, in particular, to be robust,” he said. “My procurement budget is over $100 billion, [and] I need to be able to leverage that as much as possible with those [companies] who reach out [to veterans].”

Mullen highlighted the unity of purpose between the government and industry as well, in working to solve national security issues.

“I have found that universally, [private-sector workers] care every bit as much about our country, are every bit as patriotic and wanting to make a difference … as those who wear the uniform and are in harm’s way,” he said.

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This from Pravda.  Who would of thought they would see clearer than our US main stream media.  We need to buckle up and prepare for the next twelve months plus….

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Economic Armageddon: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Double Dip is Here!

The worst nightmare forecast by economic specialists over the previous years has come true: new research by economic gurus in the United States of America has revealed a bleak scenario: the United States’ economy is in a state of depression. Yes, it is the Double Dip, a roller-coaster ride to economic catastrophe and it has arrived. To come: massive debt default, the failure of entire nations and widespread starvation in the western world.

The research referring to the works of a number of leading economists (David Rosenberg, Fred Harrison, Arthur Laffer, Nobel Prizewinner Paul Krugman, Robin Griffiths) is revealed in the article by US based analyst and writer, Terrence Aym*. And it makes terrifying reading.

While these leading economists represent different views from opposite ends of the political spectrums both in the USA and the UK, on one thing they agree: the decade ahead is going to get worse.

David Rosenberg states categorically that the United States’ economy has entered another Great Depression, the beginning of the double dip much referred to in recent years, following the shocking revelation in July that the US real estate market has collapsed 27% compared with July 2009.

British economist Fred Harrison explains that property speculation around the globe was responsible for the boom and bust waves ripping through the world economy and claims that tax reforms could have avoided the crisis. What he predicts now is a decade-long depression fuelled by “a massive contraction in demand” resulting in a 45 trillion-dollar debt default and unemployment rates of 25% in the USA and UK. Worse still, Harrison predicts the failure of entire nations and “something unseen for hundreds of years could appear again: wholesale starvation of peoples in some Western countries”.

Harrison, we remember, was dubbed by Spectator Business in 2008 “the canary in the housing mine”… “Nostradamus could scarcely have been more accurate”.

According to the research in Terrence Aym’s article, US economists Arthur Laffer and Nobel Prizewinner Paul Krugman agree with Harrison and foresee higher unemployment, more foreclosures, more failed businesses, a worsening credit crisis and housing slump in the USA.

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A mountain of economic articles are popping up.  It looks like the next 3-4 quarters are going to be very eventful, some might say Biblical?

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Is the U.S. the Next Bear Stearns?

The U.S. government is handling its finances just like Bear Stearns, paying for long-term liabilities with short-term funding, says Jason Trennert, chief investment strategist at Strategas Research Partners.

The difference is that the government prints its own currency. “But the private sector has shown that’s not a very good way of running a railroad,” he told WSJ.com video.

About 60 percent of the Treasury’s debt matures within three years. That begs the question of why the government isn’t issuing debt as long-term as it can, Trennert says. After all, some companies are looking at issuing 100-year bonds to lock in these low interest rates.

Trennert sees two possible explanations.

“First, you want the deficit to look as low as possible now, so you keep your interest expenses low,” Trennert said.

“The other reason is more frightening. Marginal buyers of debt, in particular the Chinese, have shown they don’t want to lend long-term. They want the leverage that comes with having Uncle Sam go back to them every week or two.”

That means the deficit could represent a national security issue, Trennert says. “I don’t want to be overly conspiratorial, but certainly you’re conceding some sovereignty when you fund yourself this way.”

To be sure, there are signals that the Obama administration is shifting to longer-term debt, he says. “But the magnitude of the debt is so large that you’ve only just begun.”

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