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Same
Scientist Who
Admits Synthetic
Biology Could
Lead
To The
Destruction
Of All Life On
Earth
Says We Are
Crazy
For
Not
Pursuing It
We
are at a
biological
turning point:
We can invent
organisms to
make our drugs
and fuel, even
recode our DNA.
It's easy to run
away screaming,
but author
Michael Specter
says we have to
quit whining and
face it.
Specter, who
covers the
science beat for
The New Yorker,
is mad. Forces
on both the left
and right have
been coming down
on good clean
science like
never before.
Yes, this "denialism,"
as he calls it,
comes from both
sides. People on
the left might
think of it as
Bush-flavored
Intelligent
Design agendas
and bans on
stem-cell
research, while
those on the
right would
recognize
liberal whining
about
vaccinations and
genetically
modified food.
It's all of
these factions,
and plenty more.
And in his new
book, Denialism:
How Irrational
Thinking Hinders
Scientific
Progress, Harms
the Planet, and
Threatens Our
Lives,
Specter
demonstrates
that ignorance
is death. For
our
discussion—fitting
the theme of
This Cyborg
Life—we
singled out
synthetic
biology, a
pursuit, as
Specter
describes it,
that "by
combining
elements of
engineering,
chemistry,
computer science
and molecular
biology, seeks
nothing less
than to assemble
the biological
tools necessary
to redesign the
living
world."
Here's an edited
version of our
discussion... What's
the worst thing
that could
happen here?
You mean like in
terms of? I
mean in terms of
messing around
with this
particular
biological
technology.
Look, the worst
thing that can
happen when you
mix genes around
is you can let
something loose
that you can't
bring back that
destroys, you
know, fill
in the blank.
Humans? Animals?
Life? That is
the worst thing.
That is the
doomsday
scenario and
it... it can
happen, these
things can
happen.
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If
The Embryo Is
Human, It Is A
Person: Vatican
Doctrine
Official
If an embryo is
human, it is a
person - this is
the golden rule
for bioethics if
it wants to
uphold the full
dignity of the
human person,
said the
secretary of the
Vatican's
Congregation for
the Doctrine of
the Faith (CDF)
on Tuesday. The
"concept of
person" and
its application
to all human
beings at every
stage of their
development is
the key to
understanding
the Catholic
teachings on the
life issues
Archbishop Luis
Ladaria told a
conference in
Rome.
Archbishop
Ladaria was
speaking to an
audience of
students at a
conference
sponsored by the
Lay Centre at
Foyer Unitas, on
the document,
"Dignitas
Personae"
("The
Dignity of the
Person"), an
instruction from
the CDF
published in
2008 on
"certain
bioethical
questions."
These included
developments in
artificial
reproductive
technologies,
such as genetic
manipulation of
embryos and
cloning. Ladaria
noted that when
US President
Barack Obama was
visiting Rome,
he was presented
with a copy of
the document by
Pope Benedict
XVI.
Singularity
University: Rise
Of The Molecular
Machines
A Singularity
University
student taped a
picture of Ralph
Merkle to a dorm
room wall,
executive
director Salim
Ismail tells me.
Merkle makes an
unlikely pinup,
but I get it.
He’s a great
speaker,
engaging
students with
unusual
enthusiasm,
clarity, and
humor. It
doesn’t hurt
that what he’s
explaining is
one of the
weirdest,
scariest, most
promising
technologies on
the horizon:
molecular
machines. Each
one is a complex
biomedical
device designed
to float freely
in the human
bloodstream,
fixing problems
that make
doctors tear
their hair
out...
Ultimately, he
envisions fleets
of fuzzy
machines
floating through
the body,
replacing DNA,
repairing
damage,
delivering
drugs, then
being flushed
out when their
job is done.
Once patients
experience the
benefits, they
won’t be any
more resistant
to nanobots than
they are to
vaccines,
fluorescent
dyes, medicated
stents, and the
other futuristic
preparations
doctors inject
into patients.
Fruit
Flies, Robotics,
And Future War
Machines
I hadn’t
thought much
about the
relationship
between fruit
flies and
Predator drones
before visiting
the California
Institute of
Technology, but
Caltech, which
boasts more than
30 Nobel
laureates,
teaches many
things, not
least about the
fast-growing
field of
robotics and
war. Fruit
flies, as I
learned from a
graduate
student, use
optic flow to
navigate their
environment.
Optic flow is
the apparent
motion of the
landscape
relative to the
insect as it
flies through
it. When the
insect gets
closer to an
object, that
object appears
to get larger;
the expansion in
the optic flow
field triggers a
collision
avoidance
response in the
fly, which veers
away from the
expanding
object. “The
insect eye is
not, and does
not need to be,
high resolution
to make this
computation, so
it follows that
low resolution
sensors can be
employed in
robotics and
serve the same
purpose,” she
told me. Call
this
bio-mechanics
— biologically
inspired
engineering
principles.
It’s a booming
field. You’ll
find fruit flies
tethered to pins
under
microscopes in a
virtual arena
with the aim of
developing
simplified
command
algorithms that
will tell a
robot sensor how
to mimic the
insect for
navigation. The
feedback loop
for the robot is
simple: If an
object is
expanding at a
certain rate,
that equals
proximity, so
turn away!
Darpa:
Freeze Soldiers
To Save Injured
Brains
The Pentagon’s
mad-science
division has a
new way to deal
with the 70,000+
troops diagnosed
with traumatic
brain injury:
Freeze ‘em.
Darpa, the
military’s
far-out research
arm, is looking
for research
projects that
would create a
“therapeutic
hypothermia
device” to
prevent
traumatic brain
injuries from
causing
permanent
molecular damage
to the brain.
The idea is
based on
successful
studies that
used cortical
cooling to treat
survivors of
strokes and
cardiac arrest.
According to
Darpa’s
solicitation,
cooling down the
brain after
trauma can offer
“dramatic
neuroprotection”
that will
prevent
long-term harm
to cognition and
motor skills. So
far, Darpa-funded
studies suggest
that traumatic
brain injuries
are caused by
repeated
exposure to
blasts,
specifically the
“supersonic
wave” of
highly
pressurized air
they emit.
Within a
fraction of a
second after
impact, brain
cells, tissues
and blood
vessels are
stretched, torn
and distorted.
Over the hours,
days and months
that follow,
altered brain
processes create
a snowball
effect of damage
— which is why
symptoms often
don’t show up
until troops
come home.
Personal
Genome Sequence
Becomes
Must-Have
Accessory For
Billionaires
For $70,000 (Ł42,000),
it may not seem
like a very good
deal: all you
get is a
polished silver
box containing a
USB drive on a
black velvet
tray. It is the
information that
is on the drive,
however, that
counts. In fact,
the data is so
valuable that
the silver box
has become the
latest must-have
accessory for
some of the
wealthiest
individuals on
the planet. The
USB drive
contains a
digital version
of its owner’s
human genome,
sequenced and
decoded and
ready to be
browsed on a
home computer.
It is hoped that
such information
could soon tell
an individual
what he or she
is likely to die
of — and, by
extension, what
can be done to
put off the day
of reckoning.
“As recently
as 2007, there
were only three
personalised
genomes on the
planet,” says
Jorge Conde,
Chief Executive
Officer of Knome,
an American
company offering
the service.
“Even last
year there were
more people who
had walked on
the Moon than
had been
sequenced.”...
having your own
sequenced genome
remains the
ultimate
billionaire’s
bragging right
— and Knome is
happy to indulge
in James
Bond-style
theatrics.
Most of
the world first
became aware of
the new era of
precision guided
munitions (PGMs)
in the early
days of the
first Gulf war,
when CNN
correspondents,
watching from
the upper floors
of their
downtown Baghdad
hotel, reported
seeing an
American missile
fly down the
street -- and
turn a corner.
The level of
precision in
smart munitions
available in
1991, while
revolutionary,
is several
generations
obsolete less
than two decades
later. But what
is now being
developed in
military and
industrial labs
will make
today's
precision-guided
munitions seem
even more crude
by comparison,
in less than a
decade. Perhaps
much sooner.
In a progression
from hitting a
specific
building to
hitting a
specific room,
the next
generation will,
among other
things, turn the
foot soldier
into a precision
strike weapon,
able to navigate
without GPS
thanks to a chip
in his boot, and
to fire guided
bullets at
targets like
would-be snipers
before they have
a chance to fire
at him.
Israelis
Want A Pain Ray
Of Their Own
The
U.S. military
spent tens of
millions of
dollars and
years of work
developing a
microwave
“pain beam,”
but a
combination of
technical
difficulties and
political
concerns kept
the Pentagon
from fielding
the thing. Now,
an Israeli team
says they’re
working on their
own own portable
version. And
it’ll cost
just $250,000.
The American
weapon, known
officially as
the Active
Denial System
(pictured,
above), heats
the target’s
skin with short
microwaves.
These only
penetrate to
about 1/64 of an
inch. That’s
enough to be
extremely
painful but
(generally)
harmless. In
thousands of
tests of the
system, nobody
has been able to
stay in the beam
for more than a
few seconds. The
latest version
developed by the
Pentagon’s
Joint Non-lethal
Weapons
Directorate is
known as System
2. It weighs
nine tons, and
because some of
the components
require
supercooling, it
takes hours to
prepare the
weapon for
action.
It's
Orwellian:
Everyone In
Britain Could Be
Given A Personal
'Carbon
Allowance'
Lord Smith of
Finsbury
believes that
implementing
individual
carbon
allowances for
every person
will be the most
effective way of
meeting the
targets for
cutting
greenhouse gas
emissions. It
would involve
people being
issued with a
unique number
which they would
hand over when
purchasing
products that
contribute to
their carbon
footprint, such
as fuel, airline
tickets and
electricity.
Like with a bank
account, a
statement would
be sent out each
month to help
people keep
track of what
they are using.
If their
"carbon
account"
hits zero, they
would have to
pay to get more
credits. Those
who are frugal
with their
carbon usage
will be able to
sell their
unused credits
and make a
profit. Lord
Smith will call
for the scheme
to be part of a
"Green New
Deal" to be
introduced
within 20 years
when he
addresses the
agency's annual
conference on
Monday.
Church
Bells To Ring
Out Warning On
Climate Change
The
World Council of
Churches on
Thursday called
on churches
around the world
to ring their
bells 350 times
during the
Copenhagen
climate change
summit on
December 13 as a
call to action
on global
warming. The
leading council
of Christian and
Orthodox
churches also
invited places
of worship for
other faiths to
join a symbolic
"chain of
chimes and
prayers"
stretching
around the world
from the
international
date line in the
South Pacific.
"On that
Sunday, midway
through the UN
summit, the WCC
invites churches
around the world
to use their
bells, drums,
gongs or
whatever their
tradition offers
to call people
to prayer and
action in the
face of climate
change,"
the council said
in a statement.
"By
sounding their
bells or other
instruments 350
times,
participating
churches will
symbolise the
350 parts per
million that
mark the safe
upper limit for
CO2 (carbon
dioxide) in the
atmosphere
according to
many
scientists,"
it added.
Innocent
People Will
Have To Fight
And Pay
To Have Their
DNA Removed From
National
Database Under
Queen's
Proposals
A new power will
allow members of
the public to
challenge a
chief
constable's
refusal to
delete their
profiles in
court - but they
will have to pay
an application
fee to do so.
The proposals
are contained in
a new policing
bill to be
unveiled on
Wednesday, part
of a
“slimline”
programme of
legislation that
will also set
out plans to
reform the House
of Lords and
curb bankers’
bonuses. The
Policing Bill
will be
introduced as
full
legislation, and
the Home Office
hopes it will be
passed before
Parliament is
dissolved next
year. Up to a
million people
are on the
national DNA
database who
have never been
charged or
convicted for an
offence. There
are now more
than 5.3million
profiles on the
system, making
it the largest
of its kind in
the world. Other
proposed powers
contained in the
bill will allow
police to take
the DNA and
fingerprints of
UK nationals who
committed crimes
abroad and who
have since
returned to the
UK and those who
committed crimes
here in the past
but have, for
one reason or
another, not had
their DNA taken.
Biometrics
Sparks Privacy
Fears
Collecting
biometric
information
could put civil
liberties and
privacy at risk,
despite
considerable
benefits, says
the Irish
Council for
Bioethics (ICB).
In its report,
"Biometrics:
Enhancing
Security or
Invading
Privacy?",
the ICB explores
privacy concerns
stemming from
the growing use
of biometric
technologies to
counter identity
theft. The
technologies
reviewed in the
report include
the familiar
ones of
fingerprint,
palmprint,
facial, vein
pattern and
voice
recognition,
plus newer
technologies
like gait (style
of walking),
keystroke
dynamics and
DNA. These are a
"a more
robust
confirmation of
a person’s
identity"
than PIN numbers
and ID cards.
However, these
also put privacy
at risk because
electronic data
can be
collected,
compiled and
connected with
rapidly
increasing ease.
The ICB stated
that individual
civil liberties
could be
implicated,
especially if
personal
information
enters the
public sphere.
Individuals
could be
categorised with
biologically-derived
labels such as
‘disabled’,
‘criminal’,
‘suspect’ or
‘immigrant’,
potentially
leading to
discrimination.
South
Africa News To
American
Citizens: Congratulations
On Your
Healthcare Bill
And RFID
Microchip
Implant
The New
Healthcare bill
they want to
sign into law in
the US contains
some interesting
information.
According to the
bill there will
be required to:
“The Secretary
shall establish
a national
medical device
registry (in
this subsection
referred to as
the
‘registry’)
to facilitate
analysis of
postmarket
safety and
outcomes data on
each device
that—‘‘(A)
is or has been
used in or on a
patient; and
‘‘(B) is a
class III
device; or
‘‘(ii) a
class II device
that is
implantable.”
This could be
that the US is
the first nation
in the world to
require all
citizens to
where a
"device
that is
implantable"
Interesting
things are
happening on
that side of the
world, it turns
out Obama is
bringing some
change. Not
exactly change
you want to
believe in
though.
You
Will Be
Microchipped
Just Like
Obama's Dogs!
The Obama Health
care bill under
Class II
(Paragraph 1,
Section B)
specifically
includes in its
lists of things
that must be
registered in
the NATIONAL
MEDICAL DEVICE
REGISTRY:
‘‘(ii) a
class II device
that is
implantable.”
According to the
FDA, a class II
implantable
device is a
“implantable
radiofrequency
transponder
system for
patient
identification
and health
information.”
The purpose of a
class II device
is to collect
data in medical
patients such as
“claims data,
patient survey
data,
standardized
analytic files
that allow for
the pooling and
analysis of data
from disparate
data
environments,
electronic
health records,
and any other
data deemed
appropriate by
the
Secretary.” In
other words an
RFID chip such
as are used in a
number of dogs
and cats. Just
like Obama’s
dogs. Nearly
every liberal
blog out there
is currently in
high dudgeon,
outraged over
the “vicious,
mean-spirited
rumor mongering
of the far
right”. They
claim that this
subtext of the
bill merely
exists as an
example of the
thoroughness of
the healthcare
legislation, and
that if doctors
are going to use
RFID chips to
monitor their
patients’
health than
those devices
should be
regulated. On
its surface this
seems perfectly
reasonable, but
then I think
about the people
who would have
the power to
decide what
“other data”
is deemed
appropriate.
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WHO
Publishes Plans
To Take Over The
Whole Of Society
In Pandemic
Emergency
WHO has just
released its
“Whole of
Society Pandemic
readiness
guidelines"
first prepared
in April 2009,
the same month
the swine flu
virus
mysteriously
appeared in
Mexico City, and
revised in July
2009. The
plan outlines
how WHO will
take over a
country’s
essential
services,
including water
and sanitation;
fuel and energy;
food; health
care;
telecommunications;
finance; law and
order;
education; and
transportation
under the
pretext of a
pandemic
emergency.
WHO
claims even a
moderate flu
“pandemic”
will “test the
limits of
resilience of
nations,
companies, and
communities,
depending on
their capacity
to respond”
and require WHO
to assume charge
of government
functions.
“National
inter-ministerial
pandemic
preparedness
committees
should map out
the central
government’s
roles,
responsibilities,
and chain
of command and
designate lead
agencies,”
says WHO,
omitting to
mention these
committees
answer to the UN
health body.
Chinese
Scientists
Create Second
Artificial
Snowstorm
Chinese
scientists have artificially
induced the
second major
snowstorm to
wreak havoc in
Beijing this
season, state
media said
today,
reigniting
debate over the
practice of
tinkering with
Mother Nature.
After the
earliest snow to
hit the capital
in 22 years fell
on November 1,
the capital was
again shrouded
in white
yesterday with
more snow
expected in the
coming three
days, the
National
Meteorological
Centre said. The
China Daily,
citing an
unnamed
official, said
the Beijing
Weather
Modification
Office had
artificially
induced both
storms by
seeding clouds
with chemicals,
a practice that
can increase
precipitation by
up to 20 per
cent.
Water
On The Moon Puts
Moon-First Plan
Center Stage
It turns out
that the moon
has a
significant
amount of water
according to
NASA scientists.
The one-two
punch that the
Lunar Crater
Observation and
Sensing
Satellite or
LCROSS probe and
its Centaur
rocket upper
stage kicked up
amounted to about
25 gallons worth
of water when it
impacted the
moon last month.
There was some
disappointment
from amateur
astronomers who
wanted to see an
explosion and a lack
of understanding
from the talking
heads in the media
who tried and
failed to
understand the
importance of
this mission
when it took
place.
However,
regardless of
the fact that
the space buffs
didn't get
"Armageddon"
and the fact
that the
mainstream media
utterly missed
the boat - the
fact remains,
there are
large amounts of
water on the
moon -
scientists
confirmed as
much Friday.
Dawn
Enters Asteroid
Belt - For Good
NASA's Dawn
spacecraft
re-entered our
solar system's
asteroid belt
today, Nov. 13,
and this time it
will stay there.
Dawn first
entered the belt
(whose lower
boundary may be
defined as the
greatest
distance Mars
gets from the
sun (249,230,000
kilometers, or
154,864,000
miles) in June
2008. It
remained within
the belt for 40
days before its
carefully
planned orbital
path brought it
below the
asteroid belt's
lower boundary.
This time
around, Dawn's
flight path will
remain above
this
hypothetical
lower boundary
for the rest of
the mission and
for the
foreseeable
future - Dawn
will become the
first human-made
object to take
up permanent
residence in the
asteroid belt.
Dream
Of Solar Sailing
In Space Lives
On In New
Project
Its designers
call it
LightSail-1. And
if it works as
advertised, the
solar sail
project would
represent a baby
step toward
humanity’s
first starship.
This week, the
California-based
Planetary
Society
announced a new
project to
launch a small
spacecraft
propelled by a
solar sail. In
principle, the
idea is simple:
Use the sail to
intercept
sunlight, which
presses on the
sail much like
wind on canvas.
(The same
pressure keeps
the sun from
collapsing under
its own
gravity.)
Initially a
solar-sail craft
builds momentum
almost
imperceptibly.
But with no
friction in
space to resist
its motion, the
craft in theory
should go faster
and faster, as
long as there is
enough light to
propel it. It
requires little
on-board fuel
for course
corrections,
since the sails
can be
“trimmed” to
change course,
just as a
sailboat’s
canvas is
trimmed. This is
the one known
technology that
can get up to
the speeds as
you leave the
solar system
“that make
interstellar
flight not
completely
ridiculous,”
says Bruce
Betts, director
of projects for
the Planetary
Society, which
is undertaking
the $2 million
demonstration
effort.
CERN
Stargate Wants
To Find God
Particle And
SUSY
Evidence for the
Higgs would be
the capstone of
an edifice that
particle
physicists have
been building
for half a
century - the
phenomenally
successful
theory known
simply as the
standard model.
It describes all
known particles,
as well as three
of the four
forces that act
on them:
electromagnetism
and the weak and
strong nuclear
forces. It is
also manifestly
incomplete. We
know from what
the theory
doesn't explain
that it must be
just part of
something much
bigger. So if
the LHC finds
the Higgs and
nothing but the
Higgs, the
standard model
will be sewn up.
But then
particle physics
will be at a
dead end, with
no clues where
to turn next.
Hence Weinberg's
fears. However,
if the theorists
are right,
before it ever
finds the Higgs,
the LHC will see
the first
outline of
something far
bigger: the
grand,
overarching
theory known as
supersymmetry.
SUSY, as it is
endearingly
called, is a
daring theory
that doubles the
number of
particles needed
to explain the
world. And it
could be just
what particle
physicists need
to set them on
the path to
fresh
enlightenment.
CHECK
OUT 5-HOUR
AUDIO SERIES BY
TOM HORN &
STEVE QUAYLE ON
5 CDS!
As
It Was In The
Days Of Noah:
The Return Of
The Nephilim
The
new 5-hour CD
set has been
called "The
Best Ever
Series" by
popular radio
personalities
Tom Horn and
Steve Quayle.
This is a
fascinating and
sometimes
frightening
expose on little
known passages
from the Bible
and Apocryphal
texts, which
speak of an
alien agenda,
great deception
giving rise to
the Antichrist,
and in the last
two parts of
this series, the
most incredible
information ever
revealed over
the airwaves
about the return
of the giants in
the last days.
Tom's newest
revelation from
the Book of
Enoch left Steve
Quayle
speechless for
several seconds
and led to
newshounds
seeking
additional
information and
a feature
editorial at
WorldNetDaily,
the world's #1
online news
site. MORE
HERE!
Rosetta
Anomaly Stumps
Scientists
When
the European
Space Agency's (ESA)
Rosetta
spacecraft
swings by Earth
tomorrow for a
critical gravity
assist, orbital
data will be
collected that
could help
unravel a cosmic
mystery that has
stumped
scientists for
two decades.
Since 1990,
scientists have
noticed that
their spacecraft
sometimes
experience a
strange
variation in the
amount of
orbital energy
they exchange
with Earth
during planetary
swing-bys. The
unexplained
variation is
noticed as a
tiny difference
in speed
compared to what
is predicted by
fundamental
physics. ESA
scientists said
that the
unexplained
speed variations
are extremely
small: NASA's
Galileo
satellite
experienced an
increase of just
3.9 mm/s above
the expected
value when it
swung past Earth
in December
1990. The
largest
unexpected
variation - a
boost of 13.0
mm/s - was
observed with
NASA's NEAR
spacecraft at
its Earth
swing-by in
January 1998.
NASA's Pioneer
10 and 11
spacecraft are
also showing
flight path
anomalies.
Missile,
Bomb Wings To Be
Part Of Global
Strike Command
Minot
Air Force Base
Members of the
91st Missile
Wing at Minot
Air Force Base
will make
history Dec. 1
when they become
part of a new
command Air
Force Global
Strike Command.
The new command
will oversee all
of the Air
Force's nuclear
forces
intercontinental
ballistic
missiles and
bombers. They'll
be under a new
command but the
men and women
who serve in the
Minot missile
wing won't
notice much
change in their
jobs, except
they'll be
wearing the new
Global Strike
Command patch on
their uniform,
say new command
officials.
Neither will
airmen with the
5th Bomb Wing at
the Minot base
see a major
change in their
jobs when that
wing becomes
part of the new
command on Feb.
1. However,
Minot AFB will
be the most
unique Air Force
base in the new
command, as it
is now.
How
The US Secretly
Funds The
Taliban
Welcome to the
wartime
contracting
bazaar in
Afghanistan. It
is a virtual
carnival of
improbable
characters and
shady
connections,
with former CIA
officials and
ex-military
officers joining
hands with
former Taliban
and mujahedeen
to collect US
government funds
in the name of
the war effort.
In this
grotesque
carnival, the US
military's
contractors are
forced to pay
suspected
insurgents to
protect American
supply routes.
It is an
accepted fact of
the military
logistics
operation in
Afghanistan that
the US
government funds
the very forces
American troops
are fighting.
And it is a
deadly irony,
because these
funds add up to
a huge amount of
money for the
Taliban.
"It's a big
part of their
income,"
one of the top
Afghan
government
security
officials told The
Nation in an
interview. In
fact, US
military
officials in
Kabul estimate
that a minimum
of 10 percent of
the Pentagon's
logistics
contracts--hundreds
of millions of
dollars--consists
of payments to
insurgents.
Terrorists
Smuggle Fatwas
Out Of Secure
Prisons
Some of
Britain’s most
dangerous Al-Qaeda
leaders are
promoting jihad
from inside
high-security
prisons by
smuggling out
propaganda for
the internet and
finding
recruits. In an
authoritative
report, Quilliam,
a think tank
funded by the
Home Office,
claims
“mismanagement”
by the Prison
Service is
helping AlQaeda
gain recruits
and risks
“strengthening
jihadist
movements”.
Abu Qatada,
described by MI5
as “Osama Bin
Laden’s
right-hand man
in Europe”,
has published
fatwas —
religious
rulings — on
the internet
from Long Lartin
prison, in
Worcestershire,
calling for holy
war and the
murder of
moderate
Muslims, it
reveals. Abu
Doha — said to
be Al-Qaeda’s
main recruiter
in Europe —
has taken
courses in
Belmarsh prison,
south London,
enabling him to
mentor other
inmates.
Drugs,
Bribes And
'Police' In The
Pocket Of The
Taliban
To the British,
the police are
an institution
held in trust.
Yet the term
'police force'
has completely
different
connotations in
Helmand. Having
served in
Afghanistan with
the British
Army, mentoring
Afghan soldiers
and police
officers in
2006-7 and again
last year, I
know that the
men who make up
that police
force are not
officers of the
law in any way
we would
recognise. Very
few have been
through a police
academy, most
are entirely
untrained. They
are simply
tribal
militiamen: a
couple of guys
grabbed from a
village, stuck
in a uniform,
given a gun and
told 'You are
police'. Their
allegiances are
not necessarily
to the
government or
even to the
provincial
governor -
merely to their
village or tribe
or the area they
come from.
Meanwhile, they
are infiltrated
by the Taliban
at every level.
The man named
locally as
responsible for
shooting dead
the five British
soldiers this
week is known to
have links with
the Taliban. The
way the system
works is that
the Afghan
government
employs warlords
who, in turn,
recruit locals
to serve as
militia.
How
To: Survive A
Dirty Bomb
Attack
On
Sunday, the
National
Geographic
Channel will air
Dirty Bomb
Attack, a
one-hour
docudrama about
a hypothetical
radiological
attack on
Portland, Maine.
Among other
things, the plot
features first
responders who
venture into the
hot zone; a
pregnant mother
and her child
who must escape
from
contamination;
and government
scientists who
comb the site to
conduct forensic
research.
Perhaps hoping
to avoid an
Orson Welles
moment, Joseph
Krol, associate
administrator
for the Office
of Emergency
Operations for
the National
Nuclear Secuity
Administration,
published a
blandly
reassuring op-ed
in the Portland
Press-Herald.
“Through the
Department of
Energy’s
National Nuclear
Security
Administration (NNSA)
and our National
Laboratories,
the federal
government has
the world’s
best nuclear
experts working
to prevent and
respond to
nuclear
terrorism,” he
wrote. “Should
the unthinkable
ever happen, the
U.S. government
has the tools to
respond.”
Obama:
Time Running Out
For Nuclear Deal
With Iran
U.S. President
Barack Obama
warned on Sunday
that time was
running out for
Iran to sign on
to a deal to
ship its
enriched uranium
out of the
Islamic Republic
for further
processing.
Standing beside
Russian
President Dmitry
Medvedev, after
the two leaders
met Sunday on
the sidelines of
the Asia-Pacific
Economic
Cooperation
forum, Obama
said: "We
are now running
out of time.
Unfortunately,
so far at least,
Iran appears to
have been unable
to say yes to
what everyone
acknowledges is
a creative and
constructive
approach,"
Obama said.
Medvedev, for
his part, said
he still hoped
to convince Iran
to send its
enriched uranium
to Russia where
it could be
further
processed to
fuel an aging
medical reactor
in Tehran.
Obama
Hails China's
Expanded Role
Toward Global
Domination
President Barack
Obama said
Saturday that he
welcomes a
robust China on
the world scene,
but he cautioned
that all nations
must respect
human rights,
including
religious
freedoms. In a
speech to
prominent
Japanese, Obama
called himself
"America's
first Pacific
president"
and urged
greater
cooperation
between the
United States
and Japan and
other Asian
countries. He
played down some
Westerners'
fears of an
ascending China,
especially in
economic
affairs.
"We welcome
China's efforts
to play a
greater role on
the world stage,
a role in which
their growing
economy is
joined by
growing
responsibility,"
Obama said.
"The United
States does not
seek to contain
China," he
said. "On
the contrary,
the rise of a
strong,
prosperous China
can be a source
of strength for
the community of
nations."
One
World Religion
Charter Was
Signed Today
The
push for one
world religion
is coming from
every side. Here
is an
announcement of
the signing of a
'charter' for
the religions of
the world,
scheduled for
tomorrow,
11-12-09. The
promo video is
at the bottom,
and the picture
below is a
screenshot taken
from the 2:33
min. video at
the 2:00-2:07
mark. Once
again, a picture
is worth a
thousand words.
This dark, ugly,
scary picture
tells you
everything you
need to know, in
particular,
identifying
beyond question
the driving
force behind the
push for the one
world religion.
It is the
nefarious
'one-eyed'
curse. The
literal
calling-card of
the occult
masters of the
NWO... The human
race is about to
enter into a
very unique and
dangerous period
of it's history,
one which will
be a time of
massive delusion
and darkness. 'Horus',
aka the
Antichrist, is
summoning the
world, and he
wants to build a
global community
of followers,
and, says he,
where it is at
now is just the
start of the
journey. In
other words,
just getting
warmed up. This
is no game
anymore, it's
for real.
Understand the
times. Rev. 18:4.
Is
Obama The
Antichrist? The
Assyrian? Is
Antichrist
Alive?
What
might you be
doing this time
next year? It is
entirely
possible that
you will be
glued to your
favorite news
program 24/7.
Why? This is it,
according to
prophecy
researcher Bill
Salus. This time
next year it is
highly possible
that world
spotlights will
be focused upon
geo-prophetic
Mideast events.
In part one of
this interview
guest host Tom
Horn interviews
Bill Salus about
the coming
Isralei war
prophecies of
Isaiah 17:1,
Psalm 83, and
Ezekiel 38. Horn
presses Salus to
answer how, and
how soon,
prophetic events
might begin
their downward
domino spiral.
In part two
their discussion
sequences from
the Middle East
to the end
time’s roles
of Ufology and
the Antichrist.
Is the
Antichrist Obama,
Assyrian, and /
or alive today?
What does his
seven year
covenant with
Israel really
declare? Bill
Salus answers
these and many
more questions
in part two.
Chris
Pinto And
Patrick Heron
Discuss
Freemasons And
Coming Of
Antichrist On
Raiders Live!
News Talk Radio
Director,
writer, and
producer
Christian J.
Pinto may be
best known for
his award
winning
documentary
series,
"Secret
Mysteries of
America's
Beginnings."
That series
makes it clear
that while
Christians came
to the new
world, they were
not alone. There
were with them
secret societies
who envisioned
America as a
philosophic
empire. But
toward what end?
This is where
Dr. Patrick
Heron was able
to help. Heron
holds Degrees in
Theology with a
special interest
in End Times
eschatology. His
newest book on
the coming of
the Antichrist
holds powerful
revelations,
certain to take
some people
off-guard. His
disclosure about
a particular
American city as
the Babylonian
whore had the
chat room
buzzing!
Jews
Raise Millions
To Ready For
Coming Of The
Messiah
Yehuda Glick is
a 44-year-old
American-born
Jew who spends
most of every
day preparing
for the arrival
of the Messiah
in Jerusalem.
Since he became
the executive
director of the
Temple
Institute, Mr
Glick's main
task has been to
supervise the
manufacture of
the utensils the
high priests
will need when
the day arrives.
Crowns and other
instruments made
of solid gold
fill glass cases
in the Temple
Institute museum
in Jerusalem's
Old City. Other
artefacts
include an array
of copper urns,
trumpets made of
silver and
garments to be
worn by the High
Priest, woven
from golden
thread. Musical
instruments,
including
hand-made harps
and lyres, lie
ready to be
brought to life
upon the
Messiah's
appearance. So,
when can we
expect this
momentous event?
"That is a
very good
question,"
Mr Glick told
the Herald.
"All that
we know is that
we are now
living in the
age of miracles
and all of those
miracles are
predicted in the
Book as
happening on the
eve of the end
of days. It
could well be
tomorrow... To
Jews the Temple
Mount is also
the site of the
first temple
built by King
Solomon. After
it was
destroyed, a
second temple
was built about
500BC, and stood
for 500 years
before the
Romans destroyed
it. Their
religion holds
that a third
temple will be
built upon the
arrival of the
Messiah. ''That
is why we have
engaged two
architects,'' Mr
Glick said. ''It
will be a modern
building, with
car parks and
elevators, but
it will look
very much like
the Second
Temple.''
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SALE AT
SURVIVOR
MALL
LOWER
THAN
AMAZON!
Is
Temple
Mount
God's
Time
Bomb?
Was the
Jewish
Temple
in
Jerusalem
more
than a
place of
worship?
Was
it,
indeed,
a
roadmap
to
future
events --
a kind
of
prophetic
landmark
whose
significance
is only
now
revealed
through
the
development
of
satellite
imagery?
That
is the
contention
of an
explosive
new
book,
"Temple
at the
Center
of Time:
Newton's
Bible
Codex
Deciphered
and the
Year
2012,"
by David
Flynn....
To make
his
case,
David
starts
by
illustrating
what the
reader
soon
learns
is the
first of
numerous
extraordinary
time-distance
anomalies.
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Tom
Horn On
Freemason Plan
To Build Temple
In Jerusalem
Three years
later, September
22, 1912, The
New York Times
published an
outline by
Freemasons to
rebuild the
Temple under the
title “SOLOMON”S
TEMPLE: Scheme
of Freemasons
and Opinions of
Jews on
Rebuilding”...
Researchers
since have
produced
intelligence
that a hushed
collaboration
was firmly in
place, held back
only against the
right time,
opportunity and
circumstances
when exalted
Freemasons and
their associates
would move with
haste to
reconstruct a
New Temple, from
which their
“earthly
representative”
would reign. In
addition to
occultists,
groups including
the Temple Mount
Faithful and the
Temple Institute
in Jerusalem are
busy restoring
and constructing
the sacred
vessels and
vestments that
will be used for
service in the
New Temple at
the arrival of
their
“Messiah.”
Students of
Bible prophecy
recognize the
importance of
such plans as
signaling the
arrival of
Antichrist. Old
and New
Testament
scriptures
explain that a
false Jewish
Messiah will
appear,
enthroning
himself as God
in the Temple in
Jerusalem, but
afterward he
will defile the
holy place by
setting up a
sacrilegious
object in the
Temple and
ordering the
sacrifices and
offerings to
cease (see Dan.
9:27; II Thess.
2:3-4). For any
of this to
occur, it is
necessary for
the Temple to be
rebuilt, thus
making claims by
Freemasons or
other groups
interested in
fulfilling this
monumental task
highly suspect
with regard to
unfolding
end-times
events.
On
FutureQuake:
Filmmaker Elliot
Nesch Reveals
Compelling
Evidence Of
America's
Judgment In The
Rubble Of
"911"
The prophetic
symbolism of the
fallen sycamore
tree as a
harbinger of
judgment, and
the vain efforts
to replace
broken bricks
with hewn stone,
reveals that the
nations of the
earth, whether
it be Israel or
modern nations,
often do not
recognize signs
of God's warning
via the means of
initial
restrained
peril, and the
response of
repentance that
He seeks. This
is illustrated
by the misuse of
this very Bible
passage by
America's
political
leaders in the
days after the
event,
demonstrating
their inability
to see the clear
warnings in
God's Word, and
its reflection
in the events
around them. The
arrogance of
wealthy empire
states, often
disguised as
patriotism even
within the
Christian
community, is
shown to be a
repeated undoing
of decadent
societies, which
suggests
immediate
actions are
needed to
respond to the
late hour of
God's call for
repentance, as
well as how the
Bible reveals
God's uses of
wicked men to
first secure the
attention of His
people, and then
as a tool of
judgment if they
persist in
rebellion. The
amazing story of
St. Paul's
Church at Ground
Zero, its role
as a historic
“spiritual
center” of our
nation, and how
it served as the
center stage of
this very drama,
makes for a
“Future
Quake” show
that won't be
forgotten.
Turmoil
At Washington
Times: Will
Politicians
Distance
Themselves From
Moon-Owned
Newspaper?
The drama
continued
yesterday at the
oft-quoted Washington
Times, when
the Sun Myung
Moon-controlled
newspaper
announced that
executive editor
John Solomon had
resigned
effective
November 6th.
That resignation
would have been
tendered two
days before the
Times fired its
three senior
executives,
ostensibly for
financial
reasons. Since
Moon’s
Unification
Church has
always
subsidized the
unprofitable Times,
a financial
explanation for
last week's
firings does not
appear to make
sense. If the
church has
already spent as
much as three
billion dollars
to have a voice
in conservative
politics, why is
the paper
suddenly
concerned about
money?
Speculation has
been raised that
the turmoil is
actually related
to a feud within
the Moon family.
Moon son Hyun
Jin Preston Moon
is in control of
the Times.
Another of
Moon's sons was
chosen to head
the Unification
Church itself as
the aging
Reverend Moon
prepares for the
future. The blog
Talking
Points Memo
reports that the
firing of top
executives may
have been
related to envy
by Preston Moon
over control of
the wealthy
church/business
empire.
How
Cult Leader Sun
Myung Moon
Bought
Washington
In January 1992, PBS
Frontline broadcast
a film I
directed that
documented the
amazing rise,
fall and
subsequent
resurrection of
Sun Myung Moon,
founder of the
Unification
Church movement.
The documentary
showed how,
through an
adroit
combination of
money, media and
the consistent
promotion of a
conservative
political
agenda, a
self-styled
Messiah and
convicted felon
had rapidly
reinvented
himself and was
soon hailed at
the White House.
At the time, few
Americans paid
much attention
to Reverend Moon
– and those
that did had
bizarre
recollections of
him and the
“Moonies,”
as his followers
once called
themselves: mass
weddings of
complete
strangers,
flower-peddling
in the street,
and repeated
allegations of
mind control and
brainwashing.
Even back then,
Moon’s
movement, once
labeled a cult,
was more
accurately
described as a
conglomerate.
City
Of Symbols
Dan Brown’s
latest novel
sends
symbologist
Robert Langdon
on a new quest.
Having
previously
tangled with the
Priory of Sion
and the
Illuminati, this
time he’s
pursuing the
Freemasons; and
once again he
must follow a
treasure trail
of clues hidden
in the urban
landscape. Dan
Brown is
notorious for
his loose
approach to
historical fact,
and accuracy
takes second
place to keeping
the plot moving.
His location is
Washington, DC,
a city with
plenty of
Masonic
connections. But
Brown might have
done better to
start at the
roots of
Freemasonry in
the City of
London. The City
of London, or
Square Mile, is
history and
mythology made
concrete, going
right back to
the celebrated
London Stone
itself.
Settlement here
dates to
pre-Roman times,
but the biggest
influence on the
City as we know
it today was the
rebuilding
project that
took place after
the Great Fire
of 1666. This
gave London much
of its present
form and
introduced many
of its greatest
monuments.
Unlike the
previous random
sprawl, which
had grown up
organically over
centuries, the
rebuilding was
carried out
according to a
deliberate
master plan.
Some claim that
it was simply an
attempt to build
on more orderly
and
‘rational’
lines, but if we
peel back the
surface the
esoteric,
Masonic and even
magical aspects
of the City are
revealed.
Our
Nation’s
Heritage: Noble
Or Compromised?
Part 1
Former
Prime Minister
of Great
Britain, Mrs.
Margaret
Thatcher
believes,
rightly so, that
the triumph of
America’s
economic
prosperity is
her free market
system based on
respect for rule
of law,
individual
effort, and fair
dealing—all
biblical
principles. The
Jamestown
settlement
introduced godly
practices of
free trade that
seeded our
nation’s
ultimate
prosperity.
Before the
colonists
arrived, the
local Powhatans
had little
metal. Colonists
survived by
exchanging
copper, glass
beads, cloth-
and wool-
blankets, and
weaponry in
exchange for
needed clay
implements,
animal pelts,
and food items
such as corn,
squash, and
beans. Trade
relations
flourished;
eventually,
Native items
were shipped to
England. By
introducing
principles of
free enterprise,
ordinary
settlers and
indigenous
peoples alike
profited from
their own
talents and
abilities. To
rejoice in the
fruit of one’s
labor is our
nation’s
heritage. It is
a gift of God
that, together
with freedom of
religious
conviction and
rule of law, has
shaped what
became
America’s
biblically-grounded
foundation.
Texas
Governor: USA
Rolling Downhill
Like A Snowball
Headed For
Socialist Hell
Gov. Rick Perry
had some pretty
strong comments
about the Obama
administration
on Wednesday in
Midland, saying,
“This is an
administration
hell-bent on
taking America
towards a
socialist
country.” The
first part of
Perry’s
remarks focused
on what’s
called the Alien
Transfer and
Exit Program,
something that
he has been
talking about
for more than a
week. Perry
describes it as
a plan where
illegal
immigrants who
are captured in
Arizona are sent
to the small
Texas town of
Presidio and set
free. It’s a
sign that the
Obama
administration
is trying to
punish Texas,
Perry said,
adding that
members of the
state’s
congressional
delegation, as
well as his
office,
weren’t given
any warning of
the
administration’s
plans for
Presidio.
Don't
Fool Yourself:
America Is Now A
Communist Nation
Watching
the government
rack up debts
that will be
impossible to
repay while
narrowing the
tax base (at
least 50% of
Americans pay
zero federal
income tax) at
the same time is
very scary. Not
only has the
government gone
mad with
spending and
corruption, but
it also expects
about 10% of the
population to
pay for
essentially all
the costs. The
math simply
doesn't add up:
10% of the
population can't
(and won't) pay
for all of the
costs of a
socialist
federal
government. This
has nothing to
do with
traditional
party politics.
Both parties
have grown the
size and
responsibilities
of government.
Both parties
have added to
the national
debt. And both
parties support
the narrowing of
the tax base –
because that's
what makes good
political sense
in an unlimited
democracy...
Promise the
voters they can
live at the
expense of their
neighbors and
future
generations.
Unfortunately,
we know from
history this
kind of
political system
can't last for
long – for
lots of reasons.
Scahill:
Obama May Be
Afraid Of
Blackwater
Despite
news reports
that the
security
contractor
formerly known
as Blackwater
has seen its
contracts dry up
and its
influence wane,
the company
continues to do
brisk business
in Iraq and
Afghanistan —
and the Obama
administration
may be too
afraid of the
firm to do
anything about
it, says
investigative
reporter Jeremy
Scahill. “You
know who’s
guarding Hillary
Clinton in
Afghanistan
right now?
Blackwater,”
Scahill told
MSNBC’s Rachel
Maddow Tuesday
night. “You
know who guards
members of
Congress?
Blackwater. They
have half a
billion dollars
in contracts in
Afghanistan
right now. CIA,
State
Department,
Defense
Department. Why
is President
Obama keeping
these guys on
the payroll?
There has never
been a company
in recent
history that
made the case
that
corporations are
corrupt, evil
organizations
[better] than
Blackwater.”
U.S.
Moves To Seize 4
Mosques And
Skyscraper Tied
To Iran
Federal
prosecutors took
steps Thursday
to seize four
U.S. mosques and
a Fifth Avenue
skyscraper owned
by a nonprofit
Muslim
organization
long suspected
of being
secretly
controlled by
the Iranian
government. In
what could prove
to be one of the
biggest
counterterrorism
seizures in U.S.
history,
prosecutors
filed a civil
complaint in
federal court
against the
Alavi
Foundation,
seeking the
forfeiture of
more than $500
million in
assets. The
assets include
bank accounts;
Islamic centers
consisting of
schools and
mosques in New
York City,
Maryland,
California and
Houston; more
than 100 acres
in Virginia; and
a 36-story glass
office tower in
New York.
Confiscating the
properties would
be a sharp blow
against Iran,
which has been
accused by the
U.S. government
of bankrolling
terrorism and
trying to build
a nuclear bomb.
Swine
Flu? Typhus?
Ebola
Hemorrhagic
Fever? Pneumonic
Plague? Panic
Explodes As A
Mystery Illness
Rips Through
Ukraine
Tonight
the nation of
Ukraine is in an
absolute state
of panic as a
mystery illness
rips through
that country.
Some reports are
claiming that
this mystery
illness is a
more virulent
form of the H1N1
swine flu.
Other reports
are linking the
mystery illness
with typhus,
ebola
hemorrhagic
fever or even
the pneumonic
plague.
What all the
media reports do
agree on is that
an epidemic is
devastating
Ukraine tonight
and that a wave
of panic is
sweeping over
that nation. The
following is a
list of many of
the most recent
reports that we
have received
regarding this
outbreak.
Hopefully there
will be
additional
reports that
will clarify the
situation in
Ukraine over the
next 24
hours….. *One
report says that
this mystery
illness begins
as an ordinary
bout of the flu,
but after a week
the symptoms get
far worse.
The report says
that
approximately
40,000
Ukrainians have
contracted the
disease and that
about 30 people
there have died
of it so far.
IBM
Internal
Document
Outlines
Knowledge Of
Planned Pandemic
With 100%
Certainty
“Services
& Global
Procurement pan
IOT Europe,
Pandemic Plan
Overview,”an
official
inter-departmental
document was
distributed to
upper-level
management of
IBM, France in
2006. Disclosed
in this secret
document was the
prediction of a
“planned”
pandemic
described as
having a “100%
chance of
occurring within
the next 5
years.” The
document also
describes
“quarantines”and
operational
procedures to be
taken upon the
official
announcements of
the
“pandemic”by
the World Health
Organization.
The
foreknowledge of
such an event
could not exist,
unless the
pandemic was a
planned event.
Certainly, this
document is the
“smoking
gun” which
demonstrates the
current
bird/swine flu
“pandemic”is
an orchestrated
event leading to
mass
vaccinations
sponsored by the
WHO and UN. This
single document
definitively
proves there is
international,
corporate
collusion behind
the
“bird/swine
flu
pandemic”and
the intentional
plan to create
disease on a
worldwide scale.
As evidenced by
this document,
IBM’s primary
concerns are
focused on
maintaining
their workforce,
even under an
official
quarantine, and
the continuation
of sales and
services to
their clients.
Also
see:
Viral
Pandemic Threat:
Illinois-Based
Baxter
Contaminates
European Labs By
'Error'
Baxter
Gets Caught
Sending Live
Avian Flu
Viruses To
Subcontractor
Baxter
Awaits Frozen
Vials Of Virus
Strain From
Atlanta
Virus
Mix-Up By Lab
Could Result In
Pandemic
US
Government PDF:
DoD To Declare
Martial Law
During Pandemic
Outbreak
Bill
Will Establish
'National
Emergency
Centers' On
Military
Installations
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