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The US "CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM" Well... as long as its legal....
I recently posted, as did a few other people, about the recent "discovery" and acknowledgement that the drinking water in several of the United States has been/is now contaminated by several undesirable substantances included mind altering drugs. You can read that post Here if you are interested. Most Americans don't seem to mind this contamination of our water supply. Go figure....
In that piece I describe, among things, the events that lead to the onset of my chronic illness, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) (AKA CFIDS/FMS/GWS). According to SOME evidence, it MAY be that this disease was intentionally released on American cities by the US Government and the WHO (World Health Organization). MAYBE. I am unaware of clear proof of this allegation although many believe it and can build a good if not completely convincing (in my opinion) case for it.
My dear web friend Barb just sent me the following information on this topic that certainly adds a bit of credibility. See what you think, as always your comments are sincerely invited below:
PUBLIC LAW 95-79 [P.L. 95-79] TITLE 50, CHAPTER 32, SECTION 1520 "CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM"
"The use of human subjects will be allowed for the testing of chemical and biological agents by the U.S. Department of Defense, accounting to Congressional committees with respect to the experiments and studies." "The Secretary of Defense [may] conduct tests and experiments involving the use of chemical and biological [warfare] agents on civilian populations [within the United States]." -SOURCE- Public Law 95-79, Title VIII, Sec. 808, July 30, 1977, 91 Stat. 334. In U.S. Statutes-at-Large, Vol. 91, page 334, you will find Public Law 95-79. Public Law 97-375, title II, Sec. 203(a)(1), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1882. In U.S. Statutes-at-Large, Vol. 96, page 1882, you will find Public Law 97-375.
• United States Code o TITLE 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 32 - CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM Section 1511. Repealed. Pub. L. 104-106, Div. A, Title X, Sec. 1061(K), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 443 Section 1512. Transportation, Open Air Testing, And Disposal; Presidential Determination; Report To Congress; Notice To Congress And State Governors Section 1512a. Transportation Of Chemical Munitions Section 1513. Deployment, Storage, And Disposal; Notification To Host Country And Congress; International Law Violations; Reports To Congress And International Organizations Section 1514. "United States" Defined Section 1515. Suspension; Presidential Authorization Section 1516. Delivery Systems Section 1517. Immediate Disposal When Health Or Safety Are Endangered Section 1518. Disposal; Detoxification; Report To Congress; Emergencies Section 1519. Lethal Binary Chemical Munitions Section 1519a. Limitation On Procurement Of Binary Chemical Weapons Section 1520. Repealed. Pub. L. 105-85, Div. A, Title X, Sec. 1078(G), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1916, And Pub. L. 105-277, Div. I, Title Vi, Sec. 601, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-886 Section 1520a. Restrictions On Use Of Human Subjects For Testing Of Chemical Or Biological Agents Section 1521. Destruction Of Existing Stockpile Of Lethal Chemical Agents And Munitions Section 1521a. Destruction Of Existing Stockpile Of Lethal Chemical Agents And Munitions Section 1522. Conduct Of Chemical And Biological Defense Program Section 1523. Annual Report On Chemical And Biological Warfare Defense Section 1524. Agreements To Provide Support To Vaccination Programs Of Department Of Health And Human Services Section 1525. Assistance For Facilities Subject To Inspection Under Chemical Weapons Convention Section 1526. Effective Use Of Resources For Nonproliferation Programs Chapter Notes
Monsters out there, Leaking in here. Weesa all sinking and no power. Whena yousa thinking we are in trouble? (John of AllFaith as the indomitable, enigmatic Jar Jar Binks)
Star Wars Episode SEVEN to be released in January '09. Here's a sneak preview:
Emperor Hillary to the Senate: In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire, for a safe and secure society which I assure you will last for ten thousand years. [Senate fills with enormous applause]
Lady Liberty [to anyone who cares, scarely anyone does] So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.
Who needs a Death Star when a nation has the Bush/Clinton Dynasty?
Here's an interesting question: Marriage between a Muslim man and a Hindu woman. What are your thoughts?
Let me first thank you on providing such a good platform for religious questions! I am a 20 year old muslim boy who lives in the UK. My partner, is a 19 year old Hindu girl who is currently staying in India but plans to study in the UK also. I adore with all my heart and the bond that has developed over the years is something i truly am proud of! I have never felt such a connection with anyone in my life and i can genuinley say i am in love! :) I believe i am a normal God-fearing muslim with respect and understanding of all the major faiths. My partner is of the same understanding of religions (maybe a little bit more than me!) and is also a very pious and intelligent individual. We respect each others beliefs and compatibility has never been an issue (ie she does not drink alcohol or consume pork, whereas i do not eat beef; I aknowledge festivals such as Holi and Diwali whereas she is the same for Eid-ul-fitr, Eid-ul-aza and Ramadan). My question however, is regarding the possibility of marriage. I have researched this to a great extent but have still to find a definate answer and although God knows best, i feel you will enlighten me on this subject to a great extent. After several years with my partner, I am certain that she is the one person for me. I wish to marry her :) I will never force her to convert to Islam as this is something only a person can decide for themselves. Also, a person must realise if they were in the same situation in changing religion it is possibly the hardest thing one can do. I myself cannot bear to convert from Islam as i wholeheartedly believe in the central ideologies and teachings and do not wish to cause conflict with my parents and family. From my personal knowledge of this matter, i understand a muslim man can marry someone 'of the book'(Ahl-al-Kitab) but this does not specify the Quran, Bible or the Tohrah. I believe it is someone of God conscienceness. Afterall, the Bhagvad Gita is a also a 'book'. I believe it refers to someone who believes in 1 God and with the basic principles of faith, love, harmony and worship of God. I also understand it is a common misconception that Hindus believe in several Gods or worship idols as im sure your aware of. A Hindu belives in 1 God and the principles of the relegion are displayed through parables and idols descibed in the Bhagvad Gita and other holy scriptures. It is NOT a religion incompatible with Islam but actually provides a platform for recoginising your own beliefs and comparing with anothers (the same can be said for any religion). I would personally say it makes you think a lot more about your own belief, instead of simply being born into a Muslim family and accepting it in a very sheep-like mentality. I think that Muslim-Hindu marriges are uncommon, not because of religious reasons, but for simply cultural reasons. As in people do not fully understand another religion or cannot accept that people of a different religion are of equal status. Conflicts can occur between family members, etc. I understand why it could be difficult for Muslim girl to marry into a non-muslim family as she would tend live with the husband away from her family and may feel slightly alienated without the proper support and her family closeby (The same can be said for any religion to be honest). However, i am not against this type of marriage. If anyone is open enough to discuss the differnces and similarities between their religions then surely a compromise can be achieved between both partners. From my personal case, this is already achieved :) I do feel however the greatest hinderance will come from parents as they are perceptively set in their ways. I love my parents very dearly and would never intentionally disobey their wishes. But when matters of love arise i feel MY wishes will be ignored and i will not be allowed to marry the girl i love :) So basically to sum up, i am asking will Hinduism permit a Muslim boy to marry a Hindu girl by considering the whole situation of the two people involved? I have asked a similar question to several Islamic experts but feel it was not answered properly.
Thanking you in advance,
Hasan
My reply How would you answer this question?
Salaam Hasan,
From a Muslim perspective a "Person of the Book" is a person of the Abrahamic root "book" of faith. In other words, another Muslim, a Jew or a Christian (or Noahide). Hindus are not accepted as People of the Book. I love the Bhagavad Gita and have even translated it into English (http://www.srijagannatha.com) however it does not qualify in this context. Hindus are viewed as infidels to Muslims and marriage between a Muslim and Hindu is strictly forbidden in terms of Sharia and Sunna.
From a Hindu perspective, "God is One, the sages use diverse Names." In other words, ALL people of all faiths are part of the greater "Sanatana Dharma" (Path to the One) and so a Hindu would technically be allowed to marry a Muslim from this perspective (but see below).
Gender roles in both Islam and Hinduism must also be considered in ways they would not apply in Western culture. A Muslim man can marry any female person of the Book (Muslim, Jew or Christian). A Muslim woman can ONLY marry another Muslim.
HOWEVER Islam firmly believes that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was/is the final and greatest prophet. As a Muslim man/husband you are deemed responsible for the spiritual well being of your family. Now, as the head of the family it is within your right to "allow your wife to maintain false beliefs" however to do so will be viewed as a stigma against your devotion to Allah, subhana wa talla. A good Muslim husband will always insist his wife and children be good Muslims (even if he marries a Jew or a Christian). If not, many Muslims (most) will not consider the husband to be a good Muslim. This will have far reaching impacts for you in the masjid and beyond and should your children wish to marry within the deen the perspective in-laws MAY consider you wife's "infidel" beliefs a dis-qualifier for the perspective marriage.
As a Hindu, her caste is very important. She is forbidden to marry below her caste but can marry one caste above her status (male Hindus can marry a woman from a lower caste and elevate them to their own caste). As a non-Hindu you are casteless. This means that while her faith acknowledges the validity of Islam as a Path to the One, since you do not belong to a caste such a marriage would be prohibited by devout Hindus for that cause. If she marries a non-casted (or sub-casted) husband of whatever faith she may, depending on her family and community, be viewed as an outcaste herself, as well as her children.
Also, as a Muslim how do you feel about her worship of the murtis (ie religious images), which Islam views as idolatry? If she practices puja (worship) before such images are you OK with this? Such worship is not only a direct violation of Islamic law, but a serious sin according to the Qu'ran, al Hadith and Sunna. What if she seeks to train your children in her religious views. Traditionally Muslim men set the religious standard for the family and largely leave the religious education to their wives. How will your kids be raised? As Muslims or Hindus or... This is a very important consideration as well and one that rests heavily on the shoulder of any Muslim father.
Also, according to the prophets of Islam, if these are indeed the Last Times that will witness the coming of the Dijal and Madhi, as many People of the Book believe, one of the early "purifications" the Ummah will perform will be to invade India specifically and wipe out all traces of Hinduism from the subcontinent. If this happens in your lifetime this will mean the death or forced reversion of your wife's entire family. Just something to think about. The differences between your two faiths are many and deep. To be a devout Muslim married to a devout Hindu will raise countless difficulties and problems for you both.
My honest suggestion would be that this marriage should not happen unless you are willing to convert to her sect of Hinduism, she is willing to revert to your sect of Islam and embrace all that that entails, or you both decide to abandon you religious faiths and maintain this non-religious commitment (which of course I don't suggest for either of you). Considering the fundamental differences between Islam and Hinduism I would strongly discourage such a mixed union.
Hope this helps, ~John of AllFaith ~Muhammad Yahya Saleem ~Jagannatha Prakasa
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The "Sheep" referenced in prophecy are actually powerful representatives of HaShem, the conception of the Ek Devata (the One God) granted to the Jewish people, Noahides and Noahide Nazarenes. God is One, the Sages use diverse terms.
The Sheep have a very specific raison d'être or reason to exist in this world. Understanding this reason is the topic of this piece.
The Master informed us that, "Many are called, few are chosen." The Sheep are the Called Ones and they exist to advance the Kingdom of the One on this earth. Their service is to resist the influences of the "Goats," who seek to counter the advancement of that Kingdom. This struggle between the Sheep and the Goats is the story of human history.
The service of the Sheep includes things like giving charity, demanding and maintaining justice and so on. Yet such beneficial activities are merely outward manifestations of the real calling of the Sheep. In biblical terms their function is as follows:
II Thessalonians 2: 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
What does this mean? Jews throughout the ages have been waiting for the coming of their Moshiach or Messiah. As I've discussed at various places, (here for example), the essential role of the Moshiach is to establish global peace by implementing the Kingdom of the One on Earth. Master Y'shua did not accomplish this and much of what is believed concerning him, including the very name "Jesus," is based on the overlay of Roman Paganism. I discuss this elsewhere. The Kingdom of HaShem and hence the coming of Moshiach who will establish it, is yet to come. The Sheep are on the front lines of bringing about the Kingdom of HaShem and resisting the Kingdom of the Rex Mundi. This is our service.
Israel (the Jewish people) is the structure through which the Kingdom will be established, but not for their own sake:
"I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed."
HaShem, the Ek Devata or One God, is God over all, both Jews and Gentiles. This Being is not only the God of Israel but the God of the whole world and beyond. According to the biblical record, as this present age dawned the first covenants were made with all of mankind, not only with the Jews. These are known as the Seven Noahide Laws (Click here for more on this). In time Abraham and his descendants were selected for a specific task, to lead in the establishment of the Kingdom. The biblical record is the account of God's dealings with this particular body of people.
Through their efforts all the world will be blessed and brought into the Light of Truth.
But for everything there is an opposite. Just as the Moshiach is put forward to be Ruler of the Kingdom of Light, so too the opposite. There is another kingdom and another king being offered to the earth.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
This Son of Perdition is the soon coming Rex Mundi (or "world king"). He will reign as the head of the world government that even now is being established as the New World Order or Novus Ordo Mundi. Note that the establishment of the Kingdom of the One God, i.e. "that day," can not come until after the Rex Mundi rises to power. Of this powerful leader we read:
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
This is the nature of the Rex Mundi or Antichrist, known by the Muslims as the Dijal, in the Hebrew Tanach as the Little Horn and in Paul's prophecies as the Son of Perdition. According to the clear words of the prophets the Rex Mundi will be an individual human being who will rule a planetary government harmonious with the power and under the authority of Lucifer. His Kingdom is now almost ready.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
This instruction and warning was fundamental to Paul's teachings. It was not simply a side issue for discussion at dinner parties! As I've stated elsewhere, the Bible is fundamentally the Story of Paradise Lost to Paradise Restored. That is the Bible's central message and central to this message is that the Rex Mundi must be resisted throughout our generations (I John 2:18). Now that his direct reign is clearly in sight, this instruction has never been more timely. The Sheep are those who Stand.
Those who claim the first century followers of Master Y'shua believed the Kingdom would be established imminently are herein shown to be mistaken. The early followers of the Master understood that they were living in and actively resisting the establishment of the Kingdom of Darkness that they knew would come before the Kingdom of HaShem would be established. The Master had clearly told them the Temple would be destroyed and the Jews dispersed throughout the planet first. This happened in 70 CE. They did not understand the timing of these events, they knew neither the day nor the hour, even Master Y'shua did not know this information (Mark 13:32), but they did understand that their service was to Stand against the spirit of antichrist in preparation for the appearance of the person Antichrist. The Kingdom of Antichrist is now being established in our generation as the New World Order, just as Mater Y'shua and others foretold. ”Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?”
What were they told? They were given their orders as ambassadors of the Kingdom!
6 And now ye know what withholdeth [or hinders] that he might be revealed in his time.
Note that there is something "withholding" or hindering the coming of the Kingdom of Rex Mundi. During this period of hindering, which Prophet Y'shua referred to as "the Times of the Gentiles" (Luke 21:24), the faithful Sheep would stand against and seek to hinder "the spirit of antichrist." Once the Times of the Gentiles ends, which happened in either 1948 or 1967 with the return of the Jews to Zion, we are called to hinder the rise of Rex Mundi, the person of Antichrist. Once he take his globalist throne we will stand against him directly.
This is the role of the Sheep!
Weymouth's has it like this: "And now you know what restrains him, in order that his true character may be revealed at his appointed time."
Even the popular New Age paraphrase the NIV tells us: "And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time." The NIV tends to downplay the person of Antichrist (II John 1:7 for instance), but here even this faulty paraphrase is clear (for more on the NIV Click Here).
The clear message of the prophets is that an individual dictator will one day reign over a global Luciferian kingdom seeking to prevent the Kingdom of HaShem from being established. The leader of that kingdom, the Rex Mundi, will exalt himself above God and proclaim the establishment and implementation of the New Secular World (Novus Ordo Seclorum). And this is precisely what is now being finalized.
In which "God" does the Novus Ordo Seclorum Trust? Certainly not in the God of Light!
The Novus Ordo Mundi (New World Order) is the repositioning of the nations of earth into economic unions (the European Union -- EU -- the North American Union --NAU -- South American Union -- Unasur and Unasul -- The Asia Cooperation Dialogue -- ASEAN -- and so on). Once these unions are established the Rex Mundi (world king) will unite the economic unions under his own authority and the Novus Ordo Seclorum (the New Secular Age) will be realized. The Sheep oppose this development as they can in various ways.
It is important to understand that this move toward world government did not begin with the attacks of September 11, 2001, nor with the Federal Reserve Board in 1913/17, nor yet with the Templars and Masons. This battle has been under way since the beginning of our age 6000 years ago.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth [hinders] will let [hinder], until he be taken out of the way.
There exists a well established, inconceivably wealthy and politically potent movement to increase iniquity world wide. The goal of this iniquity is the empowering of the Son of Perdition, the Rex Mundi and his New World Order! These are the masterminds or, as they call themselves the Elites. They stem from 13 European houses and they are organized to the hilt. These people believe themselves to be superior beings destined to godhood and the rightful rulers of this planet. They follow a religious system that is Pagan in its orientation and Luciferian in it focus. They are the "Goats" of prophecy and opposing them and their nefarious influences is the job of the Sheep. This group is subdivided into several working groups, the Bavarian Illuminati, the Bilderberg group, the Bohemian Grove, the Skull and Bones Society etc. however their true identify is always Luciferian. It is said that the greatest coup the Devil ever scored was convincing the world he did not exist. These groups exists. This movement is actively engaged in destroying the world we have known as establishing a new one even as Lucifer offered Master Y'shua:
Luke 4:5 And the devil [Lucifer], taking him [Master Y'shua] up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: 11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
This has been Lucifer's goal for a very long time. It is about to be realized.
While Lucifer has been quite successful at convincing the world that he does not exist, the Elite know better and soon his existence and active involvement in our affairs will be undeniable.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
So here we have it. Two powers: the Sheep and the Goats. The Sheep seek to encourage goodness and freedom, the Goats seek to encourage iniquity and subservience. The goal of the Sheep is to "hinder" the rising powers of Darkness and enhance the Light. When the Goats propose, the Sheep seek to dispose. When the Sheep act, the Goats to undermine. This interplay between the groups is the history of our present age. It is the role of the Sheep to stand and resist evil and the Evil One. This struggle has been the history of the past 6000 some odd years. It is the fundamental reality of human history.
The goal of the "Goats" is to increase iniquity and ultimately to bring in the reign of the Rex Mundi and his Dark Kingdom. Paul tells us clearly in this section of his prophecy that the establishment of this Luciferian kingdom was not in sight in his day (first century CE) and he warned his hearers of this fact. But one day it would arise!
Today is that day.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
For what cause? For the cause of establishing the reign of the Rex Mundi. In order to achieve this goal "strong delusions" are even now being employed. Strong delusions like "global terrorism." Strong delusions like arguments against God's existence. Like archaeological findings that draw into question various traditionally held assumptions. Arguments in defense of Multiculturalism and social tolerance. Yes and more! And... strong delusions like the powers the Rex Mundi and his false prophet will manifest during his reign according to the Prophets. For instance:
Rev. 13:13 He [the coming false prophet who will serve the Rex Mundi from Rome] performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky on the earth in the sight of men. 14 He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to do in front of the beast [ie in front of the Rex Mundi]; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived. 15 It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to be killed.
Signs and wonders! Shock and awe! Wonders so amazing that even many of the Sheep may be deceived! As certain as the prophecies that have already been fulfilled, these will be as well. The Sheep are those who stand in opposition.
17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
Even as the darkness continues to descend over the earth, even as our nations fall before the coming king, so too take comfort in knowing these very days were foretold and that in time they too will pass.
The job of the Sheep: To Stand!
Are you a Sheep? Are you a holder of the Light? Then your job is to Stand!
Stand against injustice! Stand against racism! Stand against fascism Stand against the New World Order Stand against infanticide (abortion)! Stand against Antisemitism! Stand against homophobia! Stand against warmongerimg! Stand against all matter of evil!
Stand!
Not sure if you're a Sheep or not?
Stand!
Stand and be counted and you are a Sheep!
Stand and you are among those who are called!
And perhaps you will be chosen for greater service if your service comes from the heart.
I will bless those who bless you [Israel], and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed."
There are two kingdoms: One Light. One Dark. There are two camps: The Sheep and the Goats.
"And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: Them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; And there shall be one fold, and one shepherd."
There are those who maintain that only Christians are the Sheep. That only they have the blessing of the One God. But what does Master Y'shua say to the Christian Church of the Last Days?
Rev. 3:15 "I know your works [Christian church], that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth. 17 Because you say, `I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;` and don`t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked; 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
So who are the Sheep? Master Y'shua continues:
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me. 21 He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies."
It's not a question of religion
It's a question of Will, intention and devotion to the God of ones understanding.
Micah 6:6 How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He has showed you, man, what is good; and what does Yahweh require of you, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Drugs in our drinking water? Found! ME/CFIDS/FMS understood? Maybe! Save America? Its Up To Us!
Myalgic Encephalomyalitis Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Fibromyalgia Gulf War Syndrone etc. Is it in the water we drink?
Maybe, we don't know!
But if you live in one of 24 US major metropolitan areas — from Southern California to Northern New Jersey, from Detroit to Louisville, Ky. and maybe elsewhere, then yes, your water is at last tainted.
Interestingly, this report comes on the heels of the report claiming LA (of all places) has the best drinking water in the US!
Must be something in the water... Soma maybe?
When many of us think of the future we tend to think that Orwell's dark parable 1984 was right on the money. It does appear he was very close in the psychological, media, educational and legislative manipulation department, however there was another important view of our shared future as well, Aldus Huxley's "Brave New World." An artificially controlled world where the Sheeple are medicated into obedience and willing subservience.
Orwell's future uses more Humanistic Psychology, future shock and peer pressure while Huxley's vision relies more on drugs (medication) and feel-good manipulation. The New World Order uses both very effectively.
Aldus Huxley contrasts 1984 and Brave New World
In a nutshell
Is this current water report merely witnessing the short coming in our water supply system or is something more diabolical happening?
Maybe, we don't know!
When I first became ill with this mysteriously debilitating disease, we tried homeopathic treatments for a while. I was amazed to learn how they can distill practically everything out of these substantances and still, in the minutest of amounts, even arsenic can be used to cure. In this study the Associated Press, the last somewhat free media in the US (as in less controlled for now), show that the amounts of various drugs, "including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans..." but in minuscule quantities. We can probably say with some degree of confidence that no damage has been caused such by slight amounts...
Maybe, we don't know!
But then we remember homeopathy and we have to wonder what else might be in the water that they didn't detect (or didn't tell us they detected) ... moreover, in this day of genetic manipulation what is the situation with the ones they found? Can such low amounts of these substances, like many homeopathic substances, have effects that surpass what one would logically expect? Is LA's current crime downturn due to the presence of mood stabilizers in the water?
Maybe, we don't know!
Could this be part of a research project on the public? Are the powers-that-be looking for more effective ways to control us via the water we drink, bath in etc.?
Maybe, we don't know!
In 1989, as many of my regular readers know, I was healthy, weighed about 175 lbs (79.3 kg) of lean muscle and had no negative health issues. Then one morning I awoke to the worst physical pain I have ever experienced in my life to date, my ankles had swollen to the size of cantaloupes, my skin was burning from the bone out as though millions of angry fire ants had invaded my body and were seeking to escape, my vision was terribly blurred and I was so utterly fatigued I could barely move.... there was practically no part of my body than was not in severe pain.
I spent the next three years mainly in bed suffering with various constantly roaming ailments, hypersomnia and insomnia. Eventually my wife could take no more and divorced me, not wishing to watch my slow death which she felt certain was coming... I went to India, seeking either a cure from the Ayervedins or to die on the banks of the Holy Yamuna (frankly I was hoping for the later).
"Many are called, few are chosen." Perhaps my calling had come to an end and I would be allowed at long last to go Home to the Beloved. I could not see going on like this much longer...
My point is, early on in my illness my then wife went to her college class in San Francisco and her teacher, to whom she had not mentioned my situation, made a most interesting comment to class. He told his students that his brother was an FBI agent (this was pre-DHS) and that he had told him that the US government had been spraying "a form of influenza over the Bay Area" for the past couple of months and were monitoring area hospitals. He queried if anyone had noticed the low flying planes, he had on several occasions (once mentioned we also recalled seeing them on a few occasions and had wondered about them in passing). Supposedly this was part of their non-existence ongoing research for new types of biological weapons. Is this what made me ill?
Maybe, we don't know!
We visited scores of standard Western health care professionals, Chinese medical practitioners, healing gurus, psychic healers, aura cleaners, reiki practitioners, acupuncturists (I have a cool picture of myself absolutely covered with acupuncture needles!) and acupresurists, Christian scientists, homoeopaths, faith healers, etc., a desperate series of actions that lead us into bankruptcy but nothing else. Still no one had any idea of what was wrong with me... besides her professor's point and that was just too far out there to accept.
A few months later, my time sense during this period is all but non-existent, my mother-in-law mailed us a magazine article about an illness we had never heard of before, Myalgic Encephalomyalitis (usually referred to in the US as either Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) or Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS), and by its sister condition, Fibromyalgia. These names do not begin to describe the true nature of this illness however so I usually use the name embraced by most other countries, ME.
Anyway, according to the article, the town of Incline Village, five or six hours away from our house, had been hit hard by the recently emerging illness. Of this initial outbreak Robert F. Cathcart, M. D. says,
"In retrospect, I saw the first patients with CFIDS in Incline Village about 1978. The epidemic officially started sometime in 1983 in Incline Village. I left Incline Village January 1, 1980 but continued to treat patients for chronic fatigue. My treatment was mainly with massive doses of vitamin C but it also included many other nutrients. The rationale has been that CFIDS is a free radical disease involving damaged mitochondria...." (Source: http://www.orthomed.com/cfids.htm)
But according to my Kaiser doctors, CFIDS was not a real disease!
Radio Quack Dr. Dean Edell even made fun of we sufferers and referred to our utterly debilitating illness as "female hysteria syndrome" (for some reason the illness typically hits women more frequently and more severely than men, although many men have it and have it bad as well)!
Kaiser shunted me around their area doctors for a while because we demanded help, but they could not have been more uncaring: Go see doctor so and so next month...
Fortunately for me, my then brother-in-law, who just happened to be a very successful So Cal malpractice attorney, wrote a "friendly letter" and lo and behold Kaiser agreed to send me out of house to a specialist at UC San Francisco Medical Center. The doc there walked into my exam room, files in hand, and told me what I had: Myalgic Encephalomyalits (he used this term and explained the controversy about the name in brief). As he honestly said, "There's good news and bad news. Its not in your head, you have a real and very serious illness. The bad news, there is no known cure nor any universal treatment and most people do not recover. Those who do, do so typically within 2-5 years."
That was 19 years ago. I remain ill.
More on the initial outbreak:
For years, CFS has been dismissed by many in the general public, the medical profession, even experts at the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fifteen years ago, a mysterious illness swept through the Alpine resorts and towns near Lake Tahoe. Incline Village, Nevada, was ground zero.
Dr. Dan Peterson is a local physician. He saw the first cases. He relates, "The first ones were isolated cases. A marathon runner in town who couldn't run any longer. Then we started seeing the clustering with the girls' high school basketball team where the entire team became ill -- extremely ill."
At Tahoe-Truckee High School, dozens of students came down with symptoms resembling mononucleosis. So did a third of the teachers. Like Jerry Kennedy who taught auto mechanics and drafting and his wife Janice who taught high school English.
Jerry Kennedy tries to describe it; "You're not tired. You're... it's like the blood's drained out of you, It's the worst feeling I've ever had in my life. I can't compare it to anything else that's ever happened to me."
Janice Kennedy adds, "It's like having bricks piled on you. It's as though you're fighting to move at all."
The number of cases multiplied during the summer of 1985. Dr. Peterson recalls, "That's when I first thought there's some new contagious disease -- something in the water, some Typhoid Mary had come into the school system and affected the kids and the teachers."
Besides fatigue, most patients developed a bizarre mental fogginess as Jerry Kennedy confides, "You feel dumb because you can't remember things. You forget people's.... You don't even comprehend the names. You lose it."
And Janice's experience: "I remember one horrible moment when I asked myself, 'What is a subordinate clause?' I could not remember what a subordinate clause was." ["Subordinate clause" is an English grammar term.]
Eventually, more than 250 people living around Lake Tahoe seemed to have the illness. For months, Dr. Peterson couldn't persuade anyone to investigate. Finally, the CDC agreed to send a two-man team.
Janice believed the CDC "didn't seem to feel that there was an epidemic, and we knew there was. It might have been small, but it definitely existed."
Dr. William Reeves is the CDC epidemiologist now in charge of investigating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. He justifies the response, saying the "CDC's study at that time failed to identify any evidence that there was an unusual occurrence of a chronically fatiguing illness."
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...Janice Kennedy points out; "Ever since they started calling it Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I think every person who has had it, every family member of someone who has it, every doctor who is familiar with it hates that name because it seems to trivialize." ...
...This year, federal investigators found out. The CDC diverted between $9 and $13 million dollars, money that Congress had specifically set aside to study CFS. Instead, it was spent on other diseases, like polio and measles.
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...Dr. Reeves restates, "This is a major public health problem, and as I said, in Wichita at least, this is about a quarter the number of women that have breast cancer, and it's about four times more than the number of women that have cervical cancer."
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... Recently, Peterson did his own follow-up of 180 of his original patients, saying, "About 30 percent of them are still severely disabled. The remainder have had substantial or at least partial improvements." But when asked how many are completely recovered he answered, "None".
Through research we discovered, and here is the relevance to the present topic, that many people, including many health care professionals, believe the US government (CDC and military) and the World Health Organization is involved in ME and other newly emerging health conditions. If they are not responsible for creating and spreading these dis-eases, they have almost certainly contributed to a major cover-up about them. One of these concerned people writes:
There are those who trust our government and God; they know best. If there's a plague in our midst, surely, the authorities would warn us. Perhaps, perhaps not. In the 1930s, our tax dollars subsidized government scientists who experimented on human beings -- the Tuskegee study in which antibiotics were withheld from African-American men with syphilis and from their wives in order to chart the course of the disease. In the same and subsequent decades, African-American women were experimentally lobotomized at state asylums. In the 1940s and 1950s, U.S. government scientists injected plutonium and uranium into uninformed prisoners and non-prisoners alike. In the 1960s, government scientists gave mentally retarded children radioactive cereal; and in the 1970s, they exposed university residents to radiation for studies on radiation poisoning.
They didn't tell, we didn't ask. For years, our government denied the facts of Vietnam's Agent Orange and the Gulf War's sarin nerve gas and pesticides. Military computer logs were destroyed: The dog ate my homework.
Conspiracies? Cover ups? Sometimes. More often, the enemies are ignorance, terror, denial, incompetence, passivity, greed.
Years ago, my friend, the writer Susan Griffin, wrote that "In a terrible way, no one who has CFIDS is truly alone. Sadly, we are all part of this global process. Those who are ill [are] like canaries in the mine -- our sickness a signal of the sickness of the planet. An epidemic of breast cancer, the rising rate of lupus, MS, a plethora of lesser-known disorders of the immune system." Perhaps she was right.
What is the truth? Frankly I don't know and I'm not convinced anyone does.
While I am often prone to give credence to certain "conspiracy theories," in this case I have thus far not found enough evidence to support placing the blame anywhere. This is not to say I dismiss such claims, only that...
...we don't know.
So, when I read articles like the following I think... hmmm... maybe we'll find out!
A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.
To be sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in quantities of parts per billion or trillion, far below the levels of a medical dose. Also, utilities insist their water is safe.
But the presence of so many prescription drugs — and over-the-counter medicines like acetaminophen and ibuprofen — in so much of our drinking water is heightening worries among scientists of long-term consequences to human health.
In the course of a five-month inquiry, the AP discovered that drugs have been detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas — from Southern California to Northern New Jersey, from Detroit to Louisville, Ky.
Water providers rarely disclose results of pharmaceutical screenings, unless pressed, the AP found. For example, the head of a group representing major California suppliers said the public "doesn't know how to interpret the information" and might be unduly alarmed.
How do the drugs get into the water?
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"We know we are being exposed to other people's drugs through our drinking water, and that can't be good," says Dr. David Carpenter, who directs the Institute for Health and the Environment of the State University of New York at Albany. For the rest go to http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080309/ap_on_re_us/pharmawater_i&printer=1
The AP National Investigative Team can be reached at investigate (at) ap.org
NOW... Why is all this happening?
Such events do not happen in a bubble.
This is where most people err in my opinion. They view all the various things happening on our little planet as isolated events. They don't connect the pieces. Those of us who try to do so are often disparaged as "conspiracy theorists" etc. But we need to uncover and understand the truth because, "The Truth will set us free."
CNN of all places sheds some light on what is happening:
It is of this three and a half period specifically that Master Y'shua warned:
Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake [ie the Jews] those days shall be shortened.
Of these times Revelations six continues:
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
So then, when our text says:
Revelation 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
These are "the things" the prophet is referring to.
The US will have fallen, the EU will have risen under the adminstration of ten nations and will have enthroned the Rex Mundi as its leader.
According to Master Y'shua, the leaders of Israel will accept the Rex Mundi as their long awaited Moshiach:
Matthew 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
As the Rex Mundi gallops onto the world scene on his white horse the majority of Jews or at least their leadership, will accept him as the Moshiach.
As the Rex Mundi gallops onto the world scene on his white horse the majority of Christendom will accept him as the Second Coming.
As the Rex Mundi gallops onto the world scene on his white horse the majority of Muslims will accept him as the Twelfth Imam, the Madhi.
As the Rex Mundi gallops onto the world scene on his white horse the majority of Hindus will accept him as an Avatar, as Lord Kalki or another.
As the Rex Mundi gallops onto the world scene on his white horse the majority of Buddhists will accept him as Matreya.
As the Rex Mundi gallops onto the world scene on his white horse the aboriginals of many lands will see him as the Great Redeemer thought of in various ways.
As the Rex Mundi gallops onto the world scene on his white horse the New Agers will hail the fulfillment of the 2012 prophecies.
As the Rex Mundi gallops onto the world scene on his white horse the Novus Ordo Seclorum or New Secular Order of the Ages will hail him as the great Merovingian Prince, the success and fulfillment of their centuries-long work. For them he will be Ormus de Outremer completed and returned.
As the Rex Mundi gallops onto the world scene on his white horse the majority of humans across the planet will accept him as a great humanitarian and negotiator of peace, the one destined to establish a just and peaceful global society.
But not all.
The Rex Mundi will be a counterfeit! He will be the logical and unavoidable result of human self rule and self deception. Were his reign allowed to continue the situation described by the Vedic Seers of the previous age would be realized.
Sri Bhagavata Purana 1.3.25: Thereafter, at the conjunction of two yugas [ages], the Lord of the creation will take His birth as the Kalki incarnation and become the son of Visnu Yaśā. At this time the rulers of the earth will have degenerated into plunderers.
To stop this 428,000 years of hell on earth, to save the elect [the Jews], these days will be shortened.
According to the clear word of the prophets HaShem is going to call forth 144,000 Jews, 12,000 from each Tribe of Israel, to be preachers against the Rex Mundi. This, according to the text, will be their job. Revelation chapter seven, quoted above, is abundantly clear on this point.
The 144,000 are not going to be "preaching Jesus and him crucified" etc. They will be 144,000 very devout, probably Orthodox, Jewish preachers to whom HaShem will reveal the truth about the Rex Mundi and about the coming Kingdom of HaShem. They will oppose the compromised religious leadership in Israel and elsewhere and will travel the globe warning people not to accept the claims of Rex Mundi. Doubtless Christians and others will also be preaching this same basic message, but the 144,000 will all be Jews.
They will begin their ministry around the time the Rex Mundi signs the peace treaty with Israel and begins construction on the third Temple. They will work, directly or indirectly, with the Two Witnesses, citing their conclusions, confirming their warnings and acting around the planet for all to hear, "to the Jew first, but also to the Gentile." These 144,000 Witnesses will fulfill the prophecy of Master Y'shua:
Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)...
It will be these 144,000 who fulfill this prophecy of the coming Kingdom and Moshiach, not the Christian Church. The 144,000 will condemn the Rex Mundi and the religion of the False Prophet. They will explain the Truth of God and His plan to the world, "to the Jew first, but also to the Gentile."
Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
These 144.000 Jewish preachers, along with the Two Witnesses or prophets and unknown numbers of Gentiles, will bear warning to the world that the time for the establishment of the Kingdom of HaShem has arrived.
The 144,000 will preach during the entire seven year period of tribulation. One by one, two by two, they will be killed by the forces of the Rex Mundi, by those who reject their testimony of truth. When they die they will go into the presence of HaShem and there await the conclusion of these earth altering events. We can assume a similar fate awaits their Gentile compatriots.
The Two Witnesses will likewise preach and eventually face martyrdom.
Revelation 14 sings the praises of these 144,000 Jews and shows that they will be granted positions of great honor and authority within the coming Kingdom. These Witnesses will be leaders of true integrity. Of this Kingdom we read:
Zechariah 8:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men [ie the Gentile Nations combined] shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
These will be the kind of righteous rulers we Gentiles will willingly turn to to rule the earth, and they will rule the planet under the direction of the Moshiach, for the next thousand years.
This is the true account of these 144,000 preachers of righteousness. They will announce the establishment of the Kingdom of HaShem and the destruction of the New World Order.
This is not a religious matter.
I am not following this up by encouraging you to become a whatever...
That's not the point.
HaShem is not looking to form a cult. HaShem has no need of such.
Micah 6:6 'Wherewith shall I come before HaShem, and bow myself before G-d on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old? 7 Will HaShem be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?' 8 It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what HaShem doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy G-d.
Do justly, Love mercy, Walk humbly with the God of your understanding
What Did Yesterday's Elections Realy Mean? Hopefully less than the talking heads are suggesting.
Following is a letter from the Obama campaign that, in my opinion, clarifies what really happened: Its in the Math. Her win was tiny... this time...
Between Hillary and Obama PLEASE, if you haven't voted yet, VOTE OBAMA: Stop Hillary!
John --
Our projections show the most likely outcome of yesterday's elections will be that Hillary Clinton gained 187 delegates, and we gained 183.
That's a net gain of 4 delegates out of more than 370 delegates available from all the states that voted.
For comparison, that's less than half our net gain of 9 delegates from the District of Columbia alone. It's also less than our net gain of 8 from Nebraska, or 12 from Washington State. And it's considerably less than our net gain of 33 delegates from Georgia.
The task for the Clinton campaign yesterday was clear. In order to have a plausible path to the nomination, they needed to score huge delegate victories and cut into our lead.
They failed.
It's clear, though, that Senator Clinton wants to continue an increasingly desperate, increasingly negative -- and increasingly expensive -- campaign to tear us down.
That's her decision. But it's not stopping John McCain, who clinched the Republican nomination last night, from going on the offensive. He's already made news attacking Barack, and that will only become more frequent in the coming days.
Right now, it's essential for every single supporter of Barack Obama to step up and help fight this two-front battle. In the face of attacks from Hillary Clinton and John McCain, we need to be ready to take them on.
Will you make an online donation of $25 right now?
The chatter among pundits may have gotten better for the Clinton campaign after last night, but by failing to cut into our lead, the math -- and their chances of winning -- got considerably worse.
Today, we still have a lead of more than 150 delegates, and there are only 611 pledged delegates left to win in the upcoming contests.
By a week from today, we will have competed in Wyoming and Mississippi. Two more states and 45 more delegates will be off the table.
But if Senator Clinton wants to continue this, let's show that we're ready.
Make an online donation of $25 now to show you're willing to fight for this:
This nomination process is an opportunity to decide what our party needs to stand for in this election.
We can either take on John McCain with a candidate who's already united Republicans and Independents against us, or we can do it with a campaign that's united Americans from all parties around a common purpose.
We can debate John McCain about who can clean up Washington by nominating a candidate who's taken more money from lobbyists than he has, or we can do it with a campaign that hasn't taken a dime of their money because we've been funded by you.
We can present the American people with a candidate who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with McCain on the worst foreign policy disaster of our generation, and agrees with him that George Bush deserves the benefit of the doubt on Iran, or we can nominate someone who opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning and will not support a march to war with Iran.
John McCain may have a long history of straight talk and independent thinking, but he has made the decision in this campaign to offer four more years of the very same policies that have failed us for the last eight.
We need a Democratic candidate who will present the starkest contrast to those failed policies of the past.
