Nevada moves to block prediction market Kalshi after 9th Circuit ruling clears way
Nevada moves to block prediction market Kalshi after 9th Circuit ruling clears way
Control board lawyers say the company’s sports contracts are unlicensed wagering, which harms the public and poses an existential threat to the gaming industry.
Howard Stutz
February 17th, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Pedestrians walk near a Kalshi billboard offering odds on the outcome of the 2024 presidential election in front of the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood on Nov. 5, 2024. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)
Prediction market Kalshi can now be banned from offering sports contracts in Nevada after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the state’s Gaming Control Board on Tuesday.
The one-page ruling backed the November decision of a federal judge, who ordered Kalshi to stop offering sports contracts in the state. The ruling was appealed, and Kalshi was still available to Nevada customers, including a week ago during the Super Bowl. Nevada saw its lowest wagering total on the game in 10 years, and some analysts speculated that prediction markets took away some of the business.
The control board filed its first cease-and-desist order against Kalshi last March.
Since that time, gaming regulators in more than 20 states have filed legal challenges against Kalshi and other prediction market companies that have temporarily blocked the businesses from offering sports contracts — the term used to describe wagers. The states allege that prediction market companies effectively operate casino or gambling operations in violation of state gambling laws.
Following the 9th Circuit’s ruling, the control board filed a civil enforcement action Tuesday with the Carson City District Court to block Kalshi from the state. Kalshi, the board said, is the only prediction market currently operating unlicensed wagering in Nevada.
“Its continued operation harms the state and the public every day and poses an existential threat to the state’s gaming industry,” Jessica Whalen, chief deputy solicitor general for the attorney general’s office, wrote in the filing. “Kalshi has continued to dramatically expand its business, rather than attempting to maintain any kind of status quo.”
In a statement, control board Chairman Mike Dreitzer said the agency “continues to vigorously fulfill its obligation to safeguard Nevada residents and gaming patrons, and uphold the integrity of a thriving gaming industry.”
The board’s 9th Circuit arguments were backed by the Nevada Resort Association, which told the court that Kalshi’s sports prediction markets have “increased exponentially” to include multievent, multispot parlay wagers.
Resort Association officials declined to comment.
A Kalshi spokeswoman also declined to comment on the ruling.
Representatives of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which regulates prediction markets, have said the federal oversight allows Kalshi and other companies to operate in all 50 states, even those where gambling is illegal.
The Kalshi ruling came on the same day the Trump administration threw its support behind prediction companies in the legal battles between the industry and states wishing to ban the platforms. The CFTC backed Kalshi in the 9th Circuit through a “friend of the court” brief.
Any friendly decision the CFTC makes on this industry could end up financially benefiting the president’s family as well. President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., has invested in Polymarket through his venture capital firm and is a strategic adviser for Kalshi.
The move by Michael Selig, the recently appointed chairman of the CFTC, could have enormous implications for how sports betting is regulated in the country. If Kalshi were to prevail, the action could erode the ability for states to effectively regulate gambling.
Florida-based gaming attorney Daniel Wallach, who has been following the prediction market legal proceedings since last year, wrote on the social media platform X that Kalshi’s next step could be asking the U.S. Supreme Court for an administrative order, allowing the company to continue operating in Nevada until the case is ultimately decided.
While customers can bet on anything, roughly 90 percent of Kalshi’s trading volume goes toward wagers on sports, while roughly half of Polymarket’s trading is tied to sports. Kalshi said it saw more than $1 billion in volume trade on the Super Bowl.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevada-moves-to-block-prediction-market-kalshi-after-9th-circuit-ruling-clears-way
How can Judge John Schlegelmilch have Respect for William Francis Dunn but no respect for me? He never had any respect nor admired my father and Kale Brock has this letter that Judge John Schelegelmilch wrote to my father September 9 2016 and has been withholding from showing this letter to Judge John Paul Schlegelmilch and Lyon County Deputy District Attorney Samantha Edmondo.
What "business" does Judge JOHN PAUL Schlegelmilch has telling a juror that Judge John admires them and that they have GREAT Respect for my father who is no longer alive that was a juror in 2016 for a murder trial at Judge John Schlegelmilch's Third Judicial District Court in Yerington Nevada, how is that impartial?
What disrespect this judge has for the law that he wants to enforce on everyone else!
Also, I was told by Susan Loring that Judge cannot do their own independent investigation of officers in the court that could be lying to the judge, the District Attorney and Lawyers because the judge is supposed to be impartial when I was also told by Susan Loring that the Judge controls the court, that is dishonest especially when the court appoints an attorney to those that cannot afford a lawyer, how is that impartial? That is biased, a total hypocrisy and the cost of living is expensive in Yerington because of injustice!
The Judge should be allowed to appoint truthful investigators when he knows he is being lied to by court officers that coordinate on a defendant.
JOHN P. SCHLEGELMILCH DISTRICT JUDGE
September 9, 2016
William F. Dunn 2031 Lonnie Lane Dayton, NV 89403
STATE OF NEVADA
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
DEPARTMENT I
LYON COUNTY STATE OF NEVADA
911 HARVEY WAY
SECOND FLOOR YERINGTON, NEVADA 89447
(775) 463-6571
FAX (775) 463-6575
Dear Mr. Dunn:
On behalf of the Court, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation for your service as a juror in State of Nevada v. Ryan Joe Coddington. Your conscientious consideration of the challenging and sensitive issues presented to you in this case proves that our Constitutional system of trial by our peers works to ensure fair and unbiased decisions are handed out of our courts.
ABRAHAM Lincoln once said that "A jury is the common sense of a common people." The only way we have justice is through the judicial system in the United States. Justice really means fairness. It means that if you're charged with a crime, you can appear in front of a jury of your peers who will judge the facts fairly as a citizen of this State. A jury of your peers means a mix of people from all walks of life using their common sense to do justice. It is one of the most important civic responsibilities of being a United States Citizen.
I appreciate the fact that you responded to your summons as a juror willing to do your job. Our judicial system only works because citizens like you are interested, concerned and willing to make whatever arrangements are necessary in their personal lives to be able to perform this invaluable service. Your presence on the jury was a great asset in this case.
Once again, I would like to thank you on behalf of the Court and the people of Lyon County for your willingness to serve as a juror and to give so freely of your time and abilities. I admire you for your commitment to this case.
With great respect,
Honorable John P. Schlegelmilch District Court Judge
Case No. 25-CR-276 3G
FILED
2025 OCT 15 PM 12:37
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF DAYTON TOWNSHIP
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LYON, STATE OF NEVADA
a
CLERK
9 THE STATE OF NEVADA,
Plaintiff,
10
VS.
RECUSAL AND ORDER
WILLIAM FRANCIS DUNN IV
OF APPOINTMENT
Defendant.
Pursuant to the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes 1.230 and inasmuch as there may be actual or implied bias, the undersigned Judge of Dayton Township Justice Court, County of Lyon, State of Nevada, does hereby recues herself from the above-entitled matter.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Judge Lori Matheus be, and hereby appointed to preside over the above-entitled matter. The case is hereby transferred to Canal Township Justice Court for further proceedings. The next court date will be held at 595 Silver Lace Blvd, Fernley, Nevada on October 28, 2025 at 8:00 am.
DATED this 15th day of October, 2025.
Camille Vecchiarelli Justice of the Peace
Lorraine Bramblett Lane
Did I miss your day? Happy birthday!.0.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4363102707042829&set=a.151744931511982
Matheus, Lori Ann
Canal Justice Court
Dept.: 1
Justice Of The Peace
https://ournevadajudges.com/judges/lori-ann-matheus/articles
The name "Capet" has also been used as a surname for French royalty, particularly but not exclusively those of the House of Capet. One notable use was during the French Revolution, when the dethroned King Louis XVI (a member of the House of Bourbon and a direct male-line descendant of Hugh Capet) and Queen Marie Antoinette (a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine) were referred to as "Louis and Antoinette Capet" (the queen being addressed as "the Widow Capet" after the execution of her husband).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capetian_dynasty
Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House
Kim Luciani
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET
Key Points AI-assisted summary
President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/
̶A̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶(̶L̶a̶t̶i̶n̶:̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶t̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶)̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶b̶d̶i̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶o̶c̶c̶u̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶C̶a̶t̶h̶o̶l̶i̶c̶ ̶C̶h̶u̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶v̶o̶l̶u̶n̶t̶a̶r̶i̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶s̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶
̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶e̶n̶.̶w̶i̶k̶i̶p̶e̶d̶i̶a̶.̶o̶r̶g̶/̶w̶i̶k̶i̶/̶P̶a̶p̶a̶l̶_̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶
Pope John Paul I[a] (born Albino Luciani;[b] 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I
On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Pope_John_Paul_II
SAKO Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3
LOUIS Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako
The word asas in Arabic means "PRINCIPLE". The Asāsiyyūn (plural, from literary Arabic) were, as defined in Arabic, the principle people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins
PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola
TRANSLATED FROM
THE AUTOGRAPH
BY
FATHER ELDER MULLAN, S.J.
I.H.S.
NEW YORK
P.J. KENEDY & SONS
PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE
Seminary of St. John Séminaire Syro-Chaldéen St. Jean, Maʿhad Mār Yūḥannā al-Ḥabīb
A prestigious Roman Catholic theological seminary in Mosul, Iraq, called Séminaire Syro-Chaldéen St. Jean in French.
https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Seminary-of-St-John
Honorable Judge John P. SCHLEGELMILCH
District Court - Third Judicial
Title: Department I
Phone: (775) 463-6571 Ext. 1
William FRANCIS Dunn IV
2031 Lonnie Lane Dayton Nevada 89403
Social Security Number: 557-73-0018
DOB: November 12 1980
red birthmark right wrist
As per numerology, 666 when added comes to 9, a tricky number that stands for greediness, and natural disasters. But 9 (6+6+6+18=1+8=90 is also the number of Mars (Mangal) which means extra energy which can either make or break. It is impulsive, restless, stubborn and inflexible,' adds Jumaani.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad-times/666-the-devil-or-cupid/articleshow/1621141.cms#
Revelation 13:18
New International Version
18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[a] That number is 666.
ROME Survey Page Social Security Administration
https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/lp/landing-page-rome.html
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president of the United States for a term of four years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_United_States_presidential_election
Raphael Gamaliel Warnock[1] (/ˈrɑːfiɛl ˈwɔːrnɒk/ RAH-fee-el WOR-nok; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptist pastor serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Warnock
Louis Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako
Sako Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO
The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the U.S. presidency
Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving since 2025 as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxjuP-FbUo7ah34hg5lcQq1txKg27_FFK3
John Paul Schlegelmilch
35 years of experience
Business Law, Criminal Law, DUI & DWI ...
Nevada
Additional Practice Area
General Civil
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Nevada
Since 1991
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Education
Willamette University College of Law
J.D. (1991)
1988 - 1991
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University of Nevada-Reno
B.A.
1984 - 1988
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Professional Associations
Nevada State Bar # 4379
Member
1991 - Current
https://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/john-paul-schlegelmilch-758001
AI Overview
The State Bar of Nevada, which regulates legal professionals and handles misconduct, has recently faced scrutiny over its disciplinary actions. Key issues involve allegations of lenient punishments for high-profile lawyers, such as a 2025 public reprimand for a commissioner over deleted, incriminating messages rather than disbarment.
www.ktnv.com
Key details regarding the Nevada Bar and misconduct allegations:
Lenient Discipline Allegations: The State Bar of Nevada faced criticism for issuing only a public reprimand to Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones, despite allegations of misconduct and a federal judge finding he deleted text messages to conceal a deal.
Case Handling: The Bar's Office of Bar Counsel is responsible for investigating attorney misconduct, but they do not handle malpractice claims or alter court outcomes.
Public Perception: There are, as of February 2026, concerns expressed in public forums regarding the effectiveness of the bar in addressing ethical complaints.
Disciplinary Procedures: The Bar uses panels to review grievances and can issue sanctions ranging from reprimands to disbarment.
State Bar of Nevada
For more detailed, specific reports, one could look into the Nevada Lawyer magazine bar counsel reports
Former employees sue State Bar of Nevada overalleged abuse
24 Apr, 2011 in Attorney Reviews / Las Vegas Attorneys / Uncategorized tagged State Bar of Nevada by AGInfo
I would surmise that the accusation of abuse wouldn’t affect the effectiveness of the State Bar of Nevada and how that really pertains to the people that use this resource. Regardless, it’s important to be aware of what is going on with this group. They serve as a resource to the community to find lawyers but to also oversee the actions of attorneys in Nevada. As I was doing some research on this particular topic I came across some very interesting articles in the Las Vegas Sun. These articles speak to the absolute necessity of the service AttorneyGuide.com provides to the people in Nevada. Here’s a summary of some of the articles:
Accused lawyers rarely investigated
“The security fund, which reimburses clients who have been ripped off by their attorneys, found that 21 attorneys, most from Las Vegas, had stolen $1.2 million from their clients during 2004 and 2005
Yet the lawyers who the fund concluded were crooks – sometimes they admitted the theft – never were criminally investigated or prosecuted.”
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2007/jul/08/accused-lawyers-rarely-investigated/
How absolutely scary is that? That definitely leaves me questioning our legal system.
Vegas men accused of running fraudulent Legal Aid program
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1999/nov/15/vegas-men-accused-of-running-fraudulent-legal-aid-/
State bar files suit over lost money
“The Bar Association believes the money has been embezzled and has notified the district attorney, the Nevada attorney general, the U.S. attorney, and the Nevada Supreme Court.”
State Bar sues accounting firm over missing $300,000
The real bottom line of these articles is that there is corruption in all businesses, not just the legal field. Please use www.attorneyguide.com to help you find Certified Ethical Attorneys.
http://attorneyguide.com/blog/former-employees-sue-state-bar-of-nevada-overalleged-abuse/
Susan Jean Lohrey Dunn
Nevada license plate number " 600 ZNG " Subaru Hybrid CrossTrek XV
2031 Lonnie Lane Dayton Nevada 89403
The Croatian National Guard (Croatian: Zbor narodne garde or ZNG) was an armed force established by Croatia in April and May 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_National_Guard
During World War II in Yugoslavia, the Ustaše went on to perpetrate the Holocaust and genocide against its Jewish, Serb and Roma populations,[43] killing hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews, Roma, as well as Muslim and Croat political dissidents.[44][45][46]
The ideology of the movement was a blend of fascism, Roman Catholicism and Croatian ultranationalism.[44]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e
Melania is the first naturalized citizen and the first non-native English speaker to become first lady; the second foreign-born first lady, after Louisa Adams; the second Roman Catholic first lady, after Jacqueline Kennedy; and the second to hold the position nonconsecutively, after Frances Cleveland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump
I began by attending Fordham University in the Bronx, mostly because I wanted to be close to home. I got along very well with the Jesuits who ran the school, but after two years, I decided that as long as I had to be in college, I might as well test myself against the best. I applied to the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and I got in.
Donald Trump The Art of the Deal
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DLcbnLrl6moQT7nGj1JitG6AiQ6qgK0y/view?usp=sharing
University of Scranton welcomes President Biden
The university has illuminated its Class of 2020 Gateway in red and blue lights.
Author: WNEP Web Staff
Published: 10:52 PM EDT October 19, 2021
Updated: 10:52 PM EDT October 19, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. — In preparation for President Joe Biden's visit, a university lit up their lights in his honor.
The University of Scranton has illuminated its Class of 2020 Gateway in blue and red with the number 46 prominently displayed to welcome the 46th president."
University of Scranton welcomes President Biden | wnep.com
https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/university-of-scranton-welcomes-president-biden-gateway-lights/523-cdba68b1-822b-4747-94be-4cd7e4de9d67
"His son, Hunter Biden, 38, is a longtime federal lobbyist for the Jesuit university located in his father's hometown, Scranton PA. According to federal disclosures, Hunter Biden has been earning about $80,000 a year since 2006 to lobby for this university. Senator Biden himself has lectured at the Jesuit University of Scranton, and received an honorary degree from the same university, in 1976."
Codeword Barbelon
by P.D. Stuart
Himmler used the Jesuits as the model for the SS, since he found they had the core elements of absolute obedience and the cult of the organisation.[59][60] Hitler is said to have called Himmler "my Ignatius of Loyola".[59]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology_of_the_SS
From modest beginnings the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons), became a virtual state within a state in Nazi Germany, staffed by men who perceived themselves as the “racial elite” of Nazi future.
In the Nazi state, the SS assumed leading responsibility for security, identification of ethnicity, settlement and population policy, and intelligence collection and analysis. The SS controlled the German police forces and the concentration camp system. The SS conceived and implemented plans designed to restructure the ethnic composition of eastern Europe and the occupied Soviet Union.
From 1939, the SS assumed responsibility for “solving” the so-called Jewish Question; after 1941, its leadership planned, coordinated and directed the so-called Final Solution of the Jewish Question. This “solution” was the annihilation of the European Jews, which we now refer to as the Holocaust
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/ss
2 §1. The character and charism of the Society of Jesus arise from the Spiritual Exercises which our holy father Ignatius and his companions went through. Led by this experience, they formed an apostolic group rooted in charity, in which, after they had taken the vows of chastity and poverty and had been raised to the priesthood, they offered themselves as a HOLOCAUST to God,[2] so that serving as soldiers of God beneath the banner of the cross and serving the Lord alone and the Church his spouse under the Roman Pontiff, the vicar of Christ on earth,[3] they would be sent into the entire world[4] for the defense and propagation of the faith and for the progress of souls in Christian life and doctrine. [5]
The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms
A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts
THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES SAINT LOUIS, 1996
https://web.archive.org/web/20200211182223/https://jesuitas.lat/uploads/the-constitutions-of-the-society-of-jesus-and-their-complementary-norms/Constitutions%20and%20Norms%20SJ%20ingls.pdf
The ratlines (German: Rattenlinien) were systems of escape routes for German Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe from 1945 onwards in the aftermath of World War II. These escape routes mainly led toward havens in the Americas, particularly in Argentina, though also in Paraguay, Colombia,[1] Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Bolivia, as well as the United States, Canada, Australia, Spain, and Switzerland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II)
The Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from former Nazi Germany to the US for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959; several were confirmed to be former members of the Nazi Party, including the SS or the SA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip
Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House
Kim Luciani
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET
Key Points AI-assisted summary
President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, Louis Prevost, at the White House.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/
A papal renunciation (Latin: renuntiatio), also called a papal abdication, occurs when the current pope of the Catholic Church voluntarily resigns his position.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_renunciation
Louis Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako
Bio
Bob Wildman is a clinical psychologist who practices in Reno, Nevada. Over the years, he has published in the professional fields of behavior therapy, psychometrics, forensic psychology, and gambling studies. He has also written a novel and coauthored a book on wine, both published by Trafford Publishing. Julius M. Rogina, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist. He has worked in both inpatient and outpatient clinical settings for the last thirty-six years. His teachings and writings focus on integration of psychology and spirituality. The theoretical formulations of Viktor E. Frankl, MD, PhD, known as Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (LTEA), a school of psychotherapy, are of particular interest to Dr. Rogina. As a former JESUIT priest and now an Episcopal priest, he brings a spiritual dimension to his clinical practice and psychological writings.
https://fable.co/author/robert-w-wildman-ii-phd
Doctor Susan Loring, meet my mother Susan Lohrey Dunn, you are biased!
drsloring@Ymail.com
11:58 AM (9 hours ago)
to me
Mr. Dunn,
Please provide dates and times that you would be available for your court-ordered evaluation. I can see you this week.
Thank you,
Dr. Susan Loring
775.843.2846
Info Brock Law
1:48 PM (17 minutes ago)
to me, rapidrobert813, drsloring
Good Afternoon,
Mr. Dunn, I attempted to reach you by phone but was unable to reach you and left a message.
Are you able to reach out to Dr. Wildman about your evaluation at some point today or tomorrow?
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thank you.
-Cristal
AI Overview
"Cristal" (or Crystal) is not a direct, traditional translation or synonym for "Christ." While some interpretations link the name Crystal to "carrier of Christ" (often referencing St. Christopher), Christ comes from the Greek khristos ("anointed"), whereas crystal comes from krystallos ("ice" or "clear quartz"). They are distinct words.
1 JOHN 2:18-20
1599 Geneva Bible
18 [a][b]Little children, [c]it is the last time, [d]and as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come, even now there are many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last time.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%202%3A18-20&version=GNV
John "JOHN PAUL" SCHLEGELMILCH is a judge of the Third Judicial District Court in Lyon County, Nevada.[1] He was elected on November 4, 2014, to a term that expires on January 3, 2021.[2]
Elections
2014
See also: Nevada judicial elections, 2014
Schlegelmilch ran for election to the Third Judicial District Court.
General: He defeated Jack E. Kennedy in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 52.5 percent of the vote. [1]
https://ballotpedia.org/John_Schlegelmilch
When the language "defeated" is used for a Judge that "won" an election over an another judge, that is why the justice system is often described by the media for being corrupt because people cheat to win.
Repent, uncorrupt the justice system
https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx1IFrf-3twCrevX4EE3wFJqzw7e5iNBG-
The Supreme Court of Cassation (Italian: Corte Suprema di Cassazione) is the highest court of appeal or court of last resort in Italy. It has its seat in the Palace of Justice, Rome.
The Court of Cassation also ensures the correct application of law in the inferior and appeal courts and resolves disputes as to which lower court (penal, civil, administrative, military) has jurisdiction to hear a given case.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Cassation_(Italy)
To celebrate Drusilla's return to health in 1998, Spike had all the pieces of the Judge brought to Sunnydale as a present for his sire's coming out party. Drusilla planned to reassemble the Judge and unleash Armageddon. Spike's minions succeed in reuniting all the pieces and taking them to Spike and Dru's lair, except for one of the arms, which Dalton lost to Buffy Summers. At the Bronze, Buffy opened the box and the Judge's arm immediately attacked her.[1]
https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Judge
The name JULIA is derived from the Latin name JULIUS , which is the feminine form of the Roman family name. It is believed to mean "youthful" or "downy," reflecting its association with youthfulness. The name has deep historical roots in ancient Rome, where it was associated with the prominent family of the same name, including notable figures like Julia the Elder, the daughter of Augustus Caesar. The name has been used in various cultures and languages, maintaining its significance and popularity over the centuries.
Juliet Rose Landau (born March 30, 1965)[1][2][3][4] is an American actress, director, producer, and ballerina best known for her role as Drusilla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff show Angel, the latter appearance earning her a Saturn Award nomination. She is also known for co-starring as Loretta King in Tim Burton's Ed Wood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliet_Landau
“Rosa Jesuitica, oder Jesuitische Rottgesellen, das ist, Eine Frag ob die Zween Orden, der ganandten Ritter von der Neerscharen Jesu, und der Rosen-Creuzer ein einiger Ordensen: per J. P. D. a S. Jesuitarum Protectorum. Prague, 1620.” (4to). This is a truly curious tract upon the “relations of the Jesuits and the Rosicrucians."
All historians acknowledge the ascendancy of the popes began in 308 A.D., when King Clovis of the Salian or Merovingian Franks (later France), won the decisive battle in the Catholic and Arian religious war, thereby settling the dispute in favor of the Catholics. But the popes' temporal reign officially began in the year 538 A.D. when Roman Emperor Justinian subdued the last of the three kingdoms, or "horns," that opposed the rise of the Papacy."
-page 137
Chapter 19 "Exposed (Again): 1260 Years of World Domination
Codeword Barbelon book 2
by P.D. Stuart
Lothair greatly expanded the Robertian dominions when he granted Hugh Aquitaine as well as much of Burgundy,[2] both rich and influential territories, arguably two of the richest in France.
The Carolingian dynasty ceased to rule France upon the death of Louis V (d. 987). After the death of Louis, the son of Hugh the Great, Hugh Capet was chosen as king of the Franks, nominally the last ruler of West Francia. Given the resurgence of the Holy Roman Empire title and dignities in the West Francian kingdom, Europe was later believed to have entered a new age, so Hugh came to be known in historiography as the first king of France, as western civilization was perceived to have entered the High Middle Ages period. Hugh was crowned at Noyon on July 3, 987 with the full support of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III. With Hugh's coronation, a new era began for France, and his descendants came to be named, after him, the Capetians. They ruled France as the Capetians, Valois, and Bourbons until the French Revolution. They returned after 1815 and ruled until Louis Philippe was deposed in 1848.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertians
When were the Jesuits restored?
August 7, 1814
Pressured by the royal courts of Portugal, France and Spain, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society, causing Jesuits throughout the world to renounce their vows and go into exile. Pope Pius VII, a Benedictine, restored the Society on August 7, 1814."
William Francis Dunn IV has court at Judge John Paul Schlegelmilch in Yerington Nevada on Juliet Landau's 61st birthday, March 30 2026 9am Monday [Caput Mundi], Juliet might be a transgender that should be around a woman and not flirting with men, and that they do not harm that woman if they choose to be around a woman in a loving relationship, in any case they are not a friend to anyone apparently, a narcissistic hypocrite that needs to repent. Baffling, I am really attracted to Juliet they look like a beautiful woman. If Juliet is an actual friend to people then someone framed Juliet to be a messed up person when it isn't true, I don't know, but they have been from one abusive relationship to another and all my life I wanted to be in a marriage with a woman.
Lorraine Bramblett Lane
Did I miss your day? Happy birthday!.0.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4363102707042829&set=a.151744931511982
Matheus, Lori Ann
Canal Justice Court
Dept.: 1
Justice Of The Peace
https://ournevadajudges.com/judges/lori-ann-matheus/articles
The name "Capet" has also been used as a surname for French royalty, particularly but not exclusively those of the House of Capet. One notable use was during the French Revolution, when the dethroned King Louis XVI (a member of the House of Bourbon and a direct male-line descendant of Hugh Capet) and Queen Marie Antoinette (a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine) were referred to as "Louis and Antoinette Capet" (the queen being addressed as "the Widow Capet" after the execution of her husband).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capetian_dynasty
Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House
Kim Luciani
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET
Key Points AI-assisted summary
President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, Louis Prevost, at the White House.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/
A papal renunciation (Latin: renuntiatio), also called a papal abdication, occurs when the current pope of the Catholic Church voluntarily resigns his position.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_renunciation
Louis Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president of the United States for a term of four years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_United_States_presidential_election
Kamala Devi Harris (English: /ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi/ ⓘ,[1] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, serving under President Joe Biden.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris
Raphael Gamaliel Warnock[1] (/ˈrɑːfiɛl ˈwɔːrnɒk/ RAH-fee-el WOR-nok; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptist pastor serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Warnock
Sako Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO
The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the U.S. presidency (or the office itself, in the instance of succession by the vice president) upon an elected president's death, resignation, removal from office, or incapacity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving since 2025 as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard
The conspiracy is racist, considering Blacks, Hispanics, and Aboriginal Peoples to be inferior races of useless eaters. They believe or at least profess that the Anglo/Aryan race is the true Israel (British Israel and Christian Identity for the dupes and an Anglophile Secular Humanism for the leaders) and thus the Master race.
HOTT - MAJESTYTWELVE (hourofthetime.com)
https://www.hourofthetime.com/majestyt.htm
All that remains of the former Benedictine Abbey of Montmartre, this church dates back to the 12th century and is one of the oldest in Paris, though it has been much restored. Built atop a Roman temple to Mars, it was witness to the founding of the Jesuits in 1534, who met in the crypt under the guidance of Ignatius of Loyola.
Some say that the name Montmartre is derived from ‘Mons Martis’ (Latin for Mount of Mars); others prefer the Christian ‘Mont Martyr’ (Mount of the Martyr), a reference to the 3rd-century St Denis, who, according to legend, walked across Montmartre and on to the site of today’s Basilique de St-Denis after having been beheaded by Roman priests.
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/france/paris/montmartre-and-northern-paris/attractions/eglise-st-pierre-de-montmartre/a/poi-sig/1264286/1323143
Revelation 17:6
1599 Geneva Bible
6 [a]And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of Saints, and with the blood of the Martyrs of JESUS: and when I saw her, [b]I wondered with great marvel.
https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxjdk_9_wTtCLg3KODTHvz4zITNsd5zbI9
AI Overview
"Your wish is my command" is a well-known idiomatic expression used to convey complete readiness and willingness to fulfill another person's request, desire, or whim immediately.
Key Aspects of the Phrase:
Meaning: It signifies that the speaker will obey the listener, treating any wish or desire as a direct order.
Origin: The phrase originates from the Arabic folk tale Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, where the genie says it to the person who releases him from the lamp.
Usage: It is often used humorously, flirty, or sarcastically in everyday conversation to show eager service, such as when agreeing to do a favor (e.g., "Could you get me water?" "Your wish is my command!").
Jews and the Knights Templar – a complex relationship
Thousands of Jewish people around the world are taking up an invitation from the Portuguese government to return to Portugal. Their ancestors were forced out of the country by the Inquisition from the 15th century onwards. And it seems a good moment to look back at the relationship between Portuguese Jews and the Knights Templar in Portugal.
https://thetemplarknight.com/2011/09/18/jews-knights-templar-relationship/
Kike, (pronounced "kee-kay"), also spelled Kiké or Quique, is a Spanish masculine given name, often as a diminutive of Enrique. It is unrelated to the differently pronounced anti-Semitic slur.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kike_(given_name)
Although in the first 30 years of the existence of the Society of Jesus there were many Jesuits who were conversos (Catholic-convert Jews and Muslims and their descendants), an anti-converso faction led to the Decree de genere (1593) which proclaimed that either Jewish or Muslim ancestry, no matter how distant, was an insurmountable impediment for admission to the Society of Jesus.[191] This new rule was contrary to the original wishes of Ignatius who "said that he would take it as a special grace from our Lord to come from Jewish lineage".[192] The 16th-century Decree de genere was repealed in 1946.[b] Bylaws requiring "blood purity" became common across Early Modern Spain and Portugal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuits
Al-Andalus[a] (Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس) was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The term is used by modern historians for the former Islamic states in modern Spain, Portugal[1] and France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus
1236
June 29 – Siege of Córdoba: Castilian forces under King Ferdinand III (the Saint) capture Muslim Córdoba from Emir Ibn Hud, as part of the Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula.[2]
July – At a diet (princely convention) in Piacenza, Emperor Frederick II proclaims his wish to recover all Italy for the Holy Roman Empire.[3]
Pope Gregory IX condemned the links that both the Knights Templer and Knights Hospitaller have with the Assassin fighters in the Middle East. He issues a bull, a formal proclamation issued by the pope, preventing further contact with the Assassins.
May 6 – Roger of Wendover, English Benedictine monk and chronicler, dies at St. Albans Abbey. His chronicle is continued by Matthew of Paris.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1236
Atheism: resisting it with all our forces is a special mission given to the Society by the supreme pontiff, 253 2°; a mission which should permeate all forms of our apostolate, 254; our efforts are to be directed toward nonbelievers, ibid.; toward that end, an experience of God must be fostered in ourselves, 223 §§3-4, 224, 247
1° 2° 3° 6°;
and also in others, by means of the Spiritual Exercises, 271
The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms
A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts
THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES
SAINT LOUIS, 1996
https://web.archive.org/web/20200211182223/https://jesuitas.lat/uploads/the-constitutions-of-the-society-of-jesus-and-their-complementary-norms/Constitutions%20and%20Norms%20SJ%20ingls.pdf
The idea of uniting the Templars with the Hospitallers was first argued publicly in a book published in 1305 by Raimon Llull, a renowned illuminatus from Majorca. Llull’s book, Libre de Fine, (“Free At Last”) appeared in the midst of a raging controversy between the French monarchy and the Roman papacy over who held jurisdiction over the Templars. That is the subject of our next chapter.
Rulers of Evil
by F. Tupper Saussy
https://dn790006.ca.archive.org/0/items/rulers-of-evil-f.-tupper-saussy/Rulers%20of%20Evil%20-%20F.%20Tupper%20Saussy.pdf
The alumbrados certainly were a charismatic bunch; they enjoyed success with the elites of Castilian society, comuneros, but above all with women and conversos. As a religious movement led by women the alumbrados were part of a growing trend of individual, charismatic female piety. By the time of Cardinal Cisneros’s death in 1517, however, the era of the alumbrados and their grassroots converso spirituality was nearing its end. While the actual heyday of their movement was short-lived the alumbrados made a huge impact upon the minds Prospering in the environment of Catholic spiritual exploration fostered by the personal theological interests of the Archbishop of Toledo Cardinal Ximenez de Cisneros the alumbrados presented an interiorized approach to Christianity. Equipped with the meditational practice of dejamiento the alumbrados stressed the importance of an individual, pseudo-mystical “abandonment” to God and His will. They also emphasized the insignificance of external rituals and works, calling them ataduras or “shackles” to the material world, ties that only served to hinder one’s abandonment to God.
of the Inquisitors who prosecuted them and upon the Spanish religious imagination, an impact that would last across seas and time."
EL SABOR DE HEREJIA: THE EDICT OF 1525, THE ALUMBRADOS
AND THE INQUISITORS’ USAGE OF LOCURA
By
JAVIER A. MONTOYA
http://etd.fcla.edu/UF/UFE0041385/montoya_j.pdf
Today Marks 11th Anniversary of 2004 Madrid Terrorist Attack
This element opens a lightbox image gallery - A memorial to victims of the Madrid terrorist attack includes dozens of red candles, flowers, and messages of remembrance.
(Photo: Flickr user nickhazlewood)
Eleven years ago today, Spain experienced the deadliest terrorist attack in modern Spanish history.
The bombing of four Madrid trains – referred to across Europe as 11-M – led to the deaths of 191 people and injured more than 1,800. The attacks on March 11, 2004 began at 7:37 a.m. when the first bomb exploded on commuter train #21431 at Atocha Station, and nine more explosions followed. (You can view a timeline and more information about the attacks on our website.)
By Jordan Friedman, 9/11 Memorial Research and Digital Projects Associate
https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/today-marks-11th-anniversary-2004-madrid-terrorist-attack
Pope John Paul I[a] (born Albino Luciani;[b] 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I
Pedro Arrupe y Gondra, SJ (14 November 1907 – 5 February 1991) was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983.[3] He has been called a second founder of the Society, which he led in the implementation of the Second Vatican Council, especially with regard to faith that does justice and preferential option for the poor.[4][3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Arrupe
Pope John Paul I[a] (born Albino Luciani;[b] 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I
On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Pope_John_Paul_II
Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House
Kim Luciani
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET
Key Points AI-assisted summary
President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/
̶A̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶(̶L̶a̶t̶i̶n̶:̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶t̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶)̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶b̶d̶i̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶o̶c̶c̶u̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶C̶a̶t̶h̶o̶l̶i̶c̶ ̶C̶h̶u̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶v̶o̶l̶u̶n̶t̶a̶r̶i̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶s̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶
̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶e̶n̶.̶w̶i̶k̶i̶p̶e̶d̶i̶a̶.̶o̶r̶g̶/̶w̶i̶k̶i̶/̶P̶a̶p̶a̶l̶_̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶
SAKO Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3
LOUIS Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako
The word asas in Arabic means "PRINCIPLE". The Asāsiyyūn (plural, from literary Arabic) were, as defined in Arabic, the principle people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins
PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola
TRANSLATED FROM
THE AUTOGRAPH
BY
FATHER ELDER MULLAN, S.J.
I.H.S.
NEW YORK
P.J. KENEDY & SONS
PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE
https://ia601603.us.archive.org/32/items/spiritualexercis00ignauoft/spiritualexercis00ignauoft.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxUta0d69Sf9xOqOLn537YOBL6r3PS4L32
CHAPTER 1
PHILOSOPHY AND OVER- VIEW
Without question, the greatest advance in medicine
was the work and influence of LOUIS Pasteur (1822 – 1895). The great French physician, it will be recalled, advanced the position that disease is caused by microorganisms, which we now commonly and over-generally refer to as "germs."
Health and Happiness: A Holistic Approach Paperback – June 8, 2015
by Robert W. Wildman II (Author), Julius M Rogina (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Health-Happiness-Holistic-Robert-Wildman/dp/1490760792
Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House
Kim Luciani
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET
Key Points AI-assisted summary
President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/
̶A̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶(̶L̶a̶t̶i̶n̶:̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶t̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶)̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶b̶d̶i̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶o̶c̶c̶u̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶C̶a̶t̶h̶o̶l̶i̶c̶ ̶C̶h̶u̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶v̶o̶l̶u̶n̶t̶a̶r̶i̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶s̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶
̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶e̶n̶.̶w̶i̶k̶i̶p̶e̶d̶i̶a̶.̶o̶r̶g̶/̶w̶i̶k̶i̶/̶P̶a̶p̶a̶l̶_̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶
SAKO Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3
LOUIS Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxR_77YFf5mmXuJLO_Lmgs5RoVkGoboHxa
AI Overview
How does a modern Pentium 4 perform in 2023? (pentium 4 3.4 ...
In the mid-2000s, Intel encountered a "power wall" where increasing clock speeds beyond roughly 3.2 GHz–3.8 GHz (notably the Pentium 4 Prescott) created excessive heat and power consumption, stalling the frequency race. This bottleneck forced a shift toward multi-core architectures (Core 2 Duo/Quad) rather than raw GHz, starting around 2005-2006.
Microsoft’s Azure Quantum cloud service, which lets developers experiment with programs and algorithms, offers access to chips from IonQ and Rigetti. It’s possible that a Microsoft quantum chip might become available through Azure before 2030, Zander said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/19/microsoft-reveals-its-first-quantum-computing-chip-the-majorana-1.html
In quantum computing, a qubit (/ˈkjuːbɪt/) or quantum bit is a basic unit of quantum information—the quantum version of the classic binary bit physically realized with a two-state device. A qubit is a two-state (or two-level) quantum-mechanical system, one of the simplest quantum systems displaying the peculiarity of quantum mechanics.
Etymology
The coining of the term qubit is attributed to Benjamin Schumacher.[1] In the acknowledgments of his 1995 paper, Schumacher states that the term qubit was created in jest during a conversation with William Wootters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qubit
The cubit is an ancient unit of length based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger.[1] It was primarily associated with the Sumerians, Egyptians, and Israelites. The term cubit is found in the Bible regarding Noah's Ark, the Ark of the Covenant, the Tabernacle, and Solomon's Temple. The common cubit was divided into 6 palms × 4 fingers = 24 digits.[2] Royal cubits added a palm for 7 palms × 4 fingers = 28 digits.[3] These lengths typically ranged from 44.4 to 52.92 cm (1 ft 5+1⁄2 in to 1 ft 8+13⁄16 in), with an ancient Roman cubit being as long as 120 cm (3 ft 11 in).
Etymology
The English word "cubit" comes from the Latin noun cubitum "elbow", from the verb cubo, cubare, cubui, cubitum "to lie down",[5] from which also comes the adjective "recumbent".[6]
Ancient Egyptian royal cubit
Main article: Ancient Egyptian units of measurement
The ancient Egyptian royal cubit (meh niswt) is the earliest attested standard measure. Cubit rods were used for the measurement of length. A number of these rods have survived: two are known from the tomb of Maya, the treasurer of the 18th dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun, in Saqqara; another was found in the tomb of Kha (TT8) in Thebes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubit
The Seed of the Fourfold Black Cube
Updated: Dec 28, 2020
Continuing the journey through the 13 Fold Black Flower we explored the Five Greats as the first Five Petals or the major spheres or the Circle. And we saw how the Minor Three Petals or the minor spheres have the higher honor due to their position in making the higher spheres accessible and representing the Triangle. Together both the major and the minor spheres form the 8 pointed morning Star.
The subjacent Four Petals on the Black Flower, as the Square, come in pairs: AL Heu’ely (الهيولي) and Al Ka'yal (الخيال) opens first then Al Na’fas (النَفَسْ) and Al Zi’LL (الظل) follow.
the coupling between the first pair (الهيولي) the chaos un-manifest yearning as femaleness yearns to maleness, the shadow cosmic substance of Al Ka'yal (الخيال) to or as polarity: electric and magnetic: interpret despite any social confusion or indulging sensitivities surrounding cosmic forces and their misinterpretations.
https://www.alhashashin.com/post/the-seed-of-the-fourfold-black-cube
The Fourfold Nature of Man
Like most ancient peoples, the Hebrews saw man as a
copy of the universe. He thus contains all the potencies
thereof : spiritual, vital, material. Hence, Qabbalistic phi
losophy pictures each human being as comprising a number
of elements:
when the Holy One created man He took the dust of the
lower Sanctuary, but for the making of his soul He chose
the dust of the upper Sanctuary. Just as in the formation
of man’s body from the dust of the lower Sanctuary, three
cosmic elements [air, fire, water] were combined, so in the
formation of his soul from the dust of the upper Sanctuary,
further elements, to the number of three, were mingled, and
so man was completely formed.
— Zohar 3:24 b, Sperling 3:82
https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/gfk-qab/qab10_the_fourfold_nature_of_man.pdf
Chapter 14
Everything Your Authors Know About Sex
Health and Happiness: A Holistic Approach Paperback – June 8, 2015
by Robert W. Wildman II (Author), Julius M Rogina (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Health-Happiness-Holistic-Robert-Wildman/dp/1490760792
Fourteenth Rule. Although there is much truth in the assertion that no one can save himself without being predestined and without having faith and grace; we must be very cautious in the manner of speaking and communicating with others about all these things.
The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president of the United States for a term of four years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_United_States_presidential_election
Kamala Devi Harris (English: /ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi/ ⓘ,[1] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, serving under President Joe Biden.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris
Raphael Gamaliel Warnock[1] (/ˈrɑːfiɛl ˈwɔːrnɒk/ RAH-fee-el WOR-nok; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptist pastor serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Warnock
The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the U.S. presidency
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving since 2025 as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard
Bio
Bob Wildman is a clinical psychologist who practices in Reno, Nevada. Over the years, he has published in the professional fields of behavior therapy, psychometrics, forensic psychology, and gambling studies. He has also written a novel and coauthored a book on wine, both published by Trafford Publishing. Julius M. Rogina, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist. He has worked in both inpatient and outpatient clinical settings for the last thirty-six years. His teachings and writings focus on integration of psychology and spirituality. The theoretical formulations of Viktor E. Frankl, MD, PhD, known as Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (LTEA), a school of psychotherapy, are of particular interest to Dr. Rogina. As a former Jesuit priest and now an Episcopal priest, he brings a spiritual dimension to his clinical practice and psychological writings. He resides in Reno, Nevada, with his wife, Rene Reid, and has three children all living in Reno.
https://fable.co/author/robert-w-wildman-ii-phd
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxlxuTcHTCwzMox5v_uO-PW3tPARlrZ9Vj
The MOST retarded neighborhood award goes to...
Who else on Lonnie Lane Dayton Nevada is tired of Joshua Swanick's automated duck noise alarm 2026 Lonnie Lane during the daytime that goes off when I and whoever else appears on Julia Ann Byse garage camera 2030 Lonnie Lane? That is psychological warfare and intimidation because of Pope Leo XIV the American Pope from Chicago Illinois unspoken Daytime MARtial Law.
Pope raises alarm over human rights and a spreading “zeal for war”
Meeting members of the Diplomatic Corps, Pope Leo XIV warns that human rights and freedoms are under strain as diplomacy gives way to the logic of power and war.
Vatican News
Warning that “war is back in vogue” and that peace is increasingly sought through force rather than justice, Pope Leo XIV issued a strong appeal for humility, dialogue, and a renewed commitment to multilateralism in his address to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See.
Speaking on Friday, 9 January, during the traditional exchange of New Year greetings, the Pope cautioned that the foundations of international coexistence are being steadily undermined, as diplomacy based on dialogue gives way to the logic of power and deterrence.
“The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined,” he said, warning that such a mindset gravely threatens the rule of law itself.
A defining moment in the Vatican’s diplomatic year
The annual meeting between the Pope and Ambassadors accredited to the Holy See is considered one of the most significant moments in the Vatican’s diplomatic calendar.
Often dubbed the "State of the World" Address, the Pope's discourses in these occasions tend to offer a moral reading of international life - an appeal not to interests, but to conscience - offered at the beginning of a new year as a call to responsibility, restraint, and renewal.
For Pope Leo XIV, who said the occasion is “a new experience,” having been called only months ago to “shepherd Christ’s flock,” the address also served to articulate the moral horizon within which the Holy See understands diplomacy: a patient work of encounter, a defence of the vulnerable, and a commitment to peace rooted in truth.
Borders, law, and the return of “peace through weapons”
Pope Leo XIV lamented the weakening of the principle established after the Second World War, by which nations pledged not to use force to violate the borders of others.
“The PRINCIPLE… has been completely undermined,” he said, warning that peace is increasingly sought “through weapons as a condition for asserting one’s own dominion,” a mentality that “gravely threatens the rule of law, which is the foundation of all peaceful civil coexistence.”
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-01/poope-leo-xiv-address-diplomatic-corps-9-january-2026.html
The word asas in Arabic means "PRINCIPLE". The Asāsiyyūn (plural, from literary Arabic) were, as defined in Arabic, the principle people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins
PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola
TRANSLATED FROM
THE AUTOGRAPH
BY
FATHER ELDER MULLAN, S.J.
I.H.S.
NEW YORK
P.J. KENEDY & SONS
PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE
https://ia601603.us.archive.org/32/items/spiritualexercis00ignauoft/spiritualexercis00ignauoft.pdf
Marduk (/ˈmɑːrdʊk/;[2] cuneiform: 𒀭𒀫𒌓 dAMAR.UTU; Sumerian: amar utu.k "calf of the sun; solar calf"; Hebrew: מְרֹדַךְ, Modern: Merōdaḵ, Tiberian: Mərōḏaḵ) was a god from ancient Mesopotamia, patron deity of Babylon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marduk
Merovech (French: Mérovée, Merowig; Latin: Meroveus; c. 411 –457)[1] was the ancestor of the Merovingian dynasty, and the grandfather of its founder Clovis I. He was reportedly a king of the Salian Franks, but records of his existence are mixed with legend and myth. The most important written source, Gregory of Tours, recorded that Merovech was said to be descended from Chlodio, a roughly contemporary Frankish warlord who pushed from the Silva Carbonaria in modern central Belgium as far south as the Somme, north of Paris in modern-day France. His supposed descendants, the kings Childeric I and Clovis I, are the first well-attested Merovingians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merovech
Louis
Origin: Derived from the Frankish name Hlōdowig, from Old High German or Frankish roots.
Meaning: "Famous warrior" or "glorious fighter".
Gender: Predominantly a masculine name.
Other related names
Luigi
Ludwig
Louise
Luis
Louie
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Mar Raphael I Bidawid (Syriac: ܪܘܦܐܝܠ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܒܝܬ ܕܘܝܕ, Arabic مار روفائيل الاول بيداويد) (April 17, 1922 – July 7, 2003) was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1989–2003. He was also a Syriac scholar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_I_Bidawid
Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House
Kim Luciani
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET
Key Points AI-assisted summary
President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/
̶A̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶(̶L̶a̶t̶i̶n̶:̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶t̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶)̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶b̶d̶i̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶o̶c̶c̶u̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶C̶a̶t̶h̶o̶l̶i̶c̶ ̶C̶h̶u̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶v̶o̶l̶u̶n̶t̶a̶r̶i̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶s̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶
̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶e̶n̶.̶w̶i̶k̶i̶p̶e̶d̶i̶a̶.̶o̶r̶g̶/̶w̶i̶k̶i̶/̶P̶a̶p̶a̶l̶_̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶
Pope John Paul I[a] (born Albino Luciani;[b] 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I
On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Pope_John_Paul_II
SAKO Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3
LOUIS Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako
Politics
Vance says it was "pretty crazy" that he met Pope Francis in his last 24 hours
By Kaia Hubbard
April 23, 2025 / 9:58 AM EDT / CBS News
Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that it was "pretty crazy" that he was among the last officials to meet with Pope Francis before his death earlier this week.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-death-jd-vance-meeting/
This study focuses on the Inquisitors’ diction in their responses to and qualifications of the alumbrado Propositions, specifically their usage of the words loca (crazy) and locura (madness).
EL SABOR DE HEREJIA: THE EDICT OF 1525, THE ALUMBRADOS
AND THE INQUISITORS’ USAGE OF LOCURA
By
Javier A. Montoya
May 2010
Chair: Nina Caputo
Major: History
https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/uf/e0/04/13/85/00001/montoya_j.pdf
James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman;[a] August 2, 1984) is an American politician, author, attorney, and Marine Corps veteran who is the 50th vice president of the United States serving under President Donald Trump.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance
Alumbrado, (Spanish: “Enlightened”, ) Italian Illuminato, plural Illuminati, a follower of a mystical movement in Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries. Its adherents claimed that the human soul, having attained a certain degree of perfection, was permitted a vision of the divine and entered into direct communication with the Holy Spirit.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Alumbrado
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Pali Buddha (“the Awakened One, the Enlightened One”), from buddha (“awakened, enlightened”), from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awakened, enlightened”), past participle of बोधति (bodhati, “to wake, to awaken”). Distantly related to English bid and bede. Also cognate with Russian будить (buditʹ, “to wake up”)."
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Buddha
Gautama
surname of the Buddha, from Sanskrit Gotamah, properly a patronymic, literally "descendant of the greatest ox," from superlative of gauh "ox, bull, cow."
https://www.etymonline.com/word/buddha
Unam Sanctam
One God, One Faith, One Spiritual Authority
Pope Boniface VIII - 1302
Bull of Pope Boniface VIII promulgated November 18, 1302
https://www.papalencyclicals.net/bon08/b8unam.htm
ACLU of Nevada Opposes City of Las Vegas' Unconstitutional Adult Curfew Proposal on Fremont Street
Proposal panders to affluent casino interests under the guide of public safety
August 2, 2022 5:45 pm
LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas City Council is considering a curfew prohibiting adults between 18 and 21 years old from being on or around Fremont Street, a public street, between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily. This is the city’s most recent attempt to try to privatize a public street.
The proposal would allow only those who are able to spend money on gaming and alcohol to be present on Fremont Street between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. While presented under the guise of public safety, neither the city of Las Vegas nor Fremont Street have provided any data to date to demonstrate an enhanced public safety threat from those between the ages of 18 and 21. This radical proposal, which veers from existing curfew laws for those under 18, would be the first of its kind in Nevada, as it will apply a curfew to adults.
ACLU of Nevada is opposed to this proposal as it specified during the city’s most recent Recommending Committee meeting. The proposed curfew violates the First Amendment and raises additional considerations beyond the matter at hand with respect to the privatization of a public street. If passed, the ACLU of Nevada will seek legal recourse in the months ahead. The ACLU of Nevada released the following statements in advance of Wednesday's meeting:
ACLU of Nevada executive director Athar Haseebullah said:
“Those who are between the ages of 18 and 21 are legal adults who have the same First Amendment right to access public spaces as those who are over the legal drinking and gambling age. Is the city really under the belief that a sober 20-year-old walking on Fremont Street is inherently more dangerous than a drunk 21-year-old? This proposal is yet another absurd attempt by the city to pretend it is solving for public safety issues when in reality, this is just another attempt to turn a public forum into a private casino courtyard.”
ACLU of Nevada legal director Christopher Peterson said:
“This proposal violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. The government has a high burden to justify barring people from accessing a public street, but the City has failed to offer any substantive evidence to support keeping adults from Fremont Street, which has long been recognized by our courts as a public forum."
ACLU of Nevada Executive Director Athar Haseebullah will testify at tomorrow’s Las Vegas City Council meeting in opposition to the proposed Fremont Street curfew, Agenda Item 4.
The meeting is set to take place at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Las Vegas City Hall, 495 S. Main St.
Related Issues
https://www.aclunv.org/press-releases/aclu-nevada-opposes-city-las-vegas-unconstitutional-adult-curfew-proposal-fremont/
The United States Marine Corps with the exception of JD Vance and MAYBE Cort Ellefson have no balls have no spine and backbite their American neighbors and it looks like Jeremy Silva did a number to Cort Ellefson
Total combined weight of Swanick family of 4 is massive overweight, overfed his entire family, go read Robert William Wildman II book, get healthy get away from false vendetta
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxxH4OrbXINfC2M73_JxkmLNL3Krg9YZWR
Restraining order against Reno judge accused of stalking attorney extended 18 months
by Joe Hart
Tue, February 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Updated Wed, February 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Reno, NEV — A temporary protective order against Washoe Family Court Judge Bridget Robb has been extended for 18 months, following a decision made on Feb. 3.
The initial order was granted in January after a Reno attorney accused Judge Robb of stalking her 300 times since 2024.
Robb announced her resignation shortly after the order was issued, with her last official day being Feb. 6. However, she has already been removed from her cases and is no longer working.
Court documents reveal Robb had a prolonged romantic relationship with Reno lawyer Matt Addison and is accused of stalking Addison's girlfriend.
Addison has since resigned from his position at McDonald Carano Law.
McDonald Carano has accepted Matt Addison’s resignation effective February 2, 2026.
Investigations by court staff and the Nevada State Bar are ongoing to determine if Robb's actions caused any conflicts in her courtroom, though no evidence has been found so far.
https://mynews4.com/news/local/protective-order-against-judge-robb-extended-18-months
KTLA’s Breaking Bias: Through History
Posted: Jun 23, 2020 / 12:57 PM PDT
Updated: Jun 23, 2020 / 12:44 PM PDT
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.
This aired on the KTLA 5 News at 10pm on June 22, 2020.
https://ktla.com/news/ktlas-breaking-bias-through-history/
Two judges in Lyon County Nevada were conspiring harm towards a fellow justice named Camille Vecchiarelli and I am supposed to open my big mouth and get sacrificed when Camille wanted this to get noticed by forwarding me out of bias to Judge Lori Ann Matheus whom is definitely biased and deadly treacherous and needs to repent from conspiring poisons and heart attacks via Directed Energy Weaponry.
Camille Vecchiarelli ran for election to the Dayton Township Justice Court in Nevada. Vecchiarelli was on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.[source] [1]
https://ballotpedia.org/Camille_Vecchiarelli_(Dayton_Township_Justice_Court,_Nevada,_candidate_2024)
Müllerian duct development, fertility problems, ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, premature births and cancers, especially clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA) of the vagina and cervix in girls and young women [21]. In ‘DES sons’, epididymal cysts, hypospadias, cryptorchidism, hypoplastic testes and micropenises have been observed [22,23,24,25,26]. In addition, although less studied, in utero exposure to synthetic sex hormones, particularly DES, can cause psychological disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, eating disorders and suicidal behavior [27].
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The local university hospital ethics committee approved this study (ID IRB No. 202301531), and all patients gave their informed consent through the HHORAGES-France Association (CNIL: J B/EM/DC042793, N° 1006460).
All DES sons who identified as transgender women underwent karyotyping at their local hospital at the moment of transition.
https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4713/14/1/10
Thomas Trace Beatie (born 1974[1]) is an American public speaker, author, and advocate of transgender rights and sexuality issues, with a focus on transgender fertility and reproductive rights.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Beatie
Tracing boards are painted or printed illustrations depicting the various emblems and symbols of Freemasonry. They can be used as teaching aids during the lectures that follow each of the Masonic Degrees, when an experienced member explains the various concepts of Freemasonry to new members.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracing_board
JOHN P. SCHLEGELMILCH DISTRICT JUDGE
September 9, 2016
William F. Dunn 2031 Lonnie Lane Dayton, NV 89403
STATE OF NEVADA
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
DEPARTMENT I
LYON COUNTY STATE OF NEVADA
911 HARVEY WAY
SECOND FLOOR YERINGTON, NEVADA 89447
(775) 463-6571
FAX (775) 463-6575
Dear Mr. Dunn:
On behalf of the Court, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation for your service as a juror in State of Nevada v. Ryan Joe Coddington. Your conscientious consideration of the challenging and sensitive issues presented to you in this case proves that our Constitutional system of trial by our peers works to ensure fair and unbiased decisions are handed out of our courts.
ABRAHAM Lincoln once said that "A jury is the common sense of a common people." The only way we have justice is through the judicial system in the United States. Justice really means fairness. It means that if you're charged with a crime, you can appear in front of a jury of your peers who will judge the facts fairly as a citizen of this State. A jury of your peers means a mix of people from all walks of life using their common sense to do justice. It is one of the most important civic responsibilities of being a United States Citizen.
I appreciate the fact that you responded to your summons as a juror willing to do your job. Our judicial system only works because citizens like you are interested, concerned and willing to make whatever arrangements are necessary in their personal lives to be able to perform this invaluable service. Your presence on the jury was a great asset in this case.
Once again, I would like to thank you on behalf of the Court and the people of Lyon County for your willingness to serve as a juror and to give so freely of your time and abilities. I admire you for your commitment to this case.
With great respect,
Honorable John P. Schlegelmilch District Court Judge
Case No. 25-CR-276 3G
FILED
2025 OCT 15 PM 12:37
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF DAYTON TOWNSHIP
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LYON, STATE OF NEVADA
a
CLERK
9 THE STATE OF NEVADA,
Plaintiff,
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VS.
RECUSAL AND ORDER
WILLIAM FRANCIS DUNN IV
OF APPOINTMENT
Defendant.
Pursuant to the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes 1.230 and inasmuch as there may be actual or implied bias, the undersigned Judge of Dayton Township Justice Court, County of Lyon, State of Nevada, does hereby recues herself from the above-entitled matter.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Judge Lori Matheus be, and hereby appointed to preside over the above-entitled matter. The case is hereby transferred to Canal Township Justice Court for further proceedings. The next court date will be held at 595 Silver Lace Blvd, Fernley, Nevada on October 28, 2025 at 8:00 am.
DATED this 15th day of October, 2025.
Camille Vecchiarelli Justice of the Peace
Lorraine Bramblett Lane
Did I miss your day? Happy birthday!.0.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4363102707042829&set=a.151744931511982
Matheus, Lori Ann
Canal Justice Court
Dept.: 1
Justice Of The Peace
https://ournevadajudges.com/judges/lori-ann-matheus/articles
Historians in the 19th century (see House of France) came to apply the name "Capetian" to both the ruling house of France and to the wider-spread male-line descendants of Hugh Capet. It was not a contemporary practice. The name "Capet" has also been used as a surname for French royalty, particularly but not exclusively those of the House of Capet. One notable use was during the French Revolution, when the dethroned King Louis XVI (a member of the House of Bourbon and a direct male-line descendant of Hugh Capet) and Queen Marie Antoinette (a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine) were referred to as "Louis and Antoinette Capet" (the queen being addressed as "the Widow Capet" after the execution of her husband).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capetian_dynasty
26LY00137
FILED
Date: 01/22/2026
WALKER RIVER JUSTICE COURT
By: Leslie Dem-Hedrick (electronically signed)
WALKER RIVER JUSTICE COURT Court Clerk
COUNTY OF LYON, STATE OF NEVADA
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ALBERTO ALCALA BANDA
5 Applicant,
CASE NO.: 26 PO 00017 3H
VS.
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WILLIAM DUNN, IV
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Adverse Party.
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TEMPORARY PROTECTION ORDER AGAINST STALKING OR
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HARASSMENT
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Expiration: This order was issued by the Court on JANUARY 22, 2026
and will
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expire on MARCH 9, 2026
at 11:59 P.M. unless the Court orders otherwise.
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Hearing to Extend:
There will be a hearing to determine whether to extend this order on
MARCH 3, 2026 AT 9:00 A.M..
The Applicant filed a verified application for a protective order. The Court has jurisdiction over this matter. See NRS 200.591, et seq. The Court finds that the above-named Adverse Party received actual notice of the hearing and was given an opportunity to participate. The Court finds that stalking, aggravated stalking and/or harassment has occurred. Accordingly, and good cause appearing, it is the ORDER of the Court that the following orders apply to the Adverse Party:
1. YOU ARE PROHIBITED from threatening, physically injuring, or harassing the Applicant and/or the following person(s) either directly or through an agent (someone acting on your behalf).
Applicant: ALBERTO ALCALA BANDA
Child: Child:
SOFIA BANDA, DOB 05/02/2024
Other Protected Parties: SARINA BARELA-BANDA, WIFE
About Extended Protection Orders:This application automatically asks the judge to issue up to a 45-day temporary protection order
without notifying the other person first.
If you do, the judge will set a hearing. You and the other person will have to appear in court and You can also ask for an extended order that could last for up to 2 years. explain your side before the judge can extend the protection order.
11. Length of Protection Order.
I want an order up to 45 days only.
I want an order up to 45 days PLUS an extended order that could last up to 2 years.
12. Exhibits. You may attach documents, pictures, or anything else that you would like the judge to look at and consider when reviewing your application. The Adverse Party will receive a copy of all documents/evidence you provide.
Describe what you are attaching: Can be provided upon request
13. This document does not contain the personal information of any person as defined by NRS 603A.040.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the State of Nevada that the foregoing is
true and correct.
Dated
1/21
2026
Submitted by:
Aly Bl Alberto Barra
(your signature)
(print your name)
VERIFICATION
I declare that I am the applicant in the above-entitled action; that I have read the foregoing application and know the contents thereof; that the pleading is true of my own knowledge, except for those matters therein contained stated upon information and belief, and that as to those matters, I believe them to be true. I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the State of Nevada
that the foregoing is true and correct.
Dated 1/2
2026
Submitted by
Вс Alberts Banda
(your signature)
(print your name)
©2022 Nevada Supreme Court
Application for Protection Order - S/H/SA/PM
Page 8 of 8CASE NO: 26 PO 17
FILED
JAN 22 2026
WALKER RIVER JUSTICE COURT
LESLIE DEW-HEDRICK COURT CLERK
FILED
2026 JAN 21 AM 9:58
IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE DAYTON TOWNSHIP
COUNTY OF LYON, STATE OF NEVADA BY
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PEAC
LERY
Alberto Banda
Applicant (print your name above),
VS.
William
Adverse Party (print the name of the person you want protection from above).
1.
2.
3.
Your information (you are the "Applicant").
Your name:
Alberto
Interpreter Needed?
APPLICATION FOR PROTECTION
ORDER
Please choose which type of Order you are seeking (Only mark one)
Stalking, Aggravated Stalking and/or Harassment Sexual Assault
Protection of Children
Banda
Alcala
(first)
(middle)
(last)
No
Interpreter Needed? No Yes: (language?).
Who do you want to be protected from (this person is the "Adverse Party")?
Name:
Willian
Alberto
(first)
Alcata
(middle)
Dunn
Banda
(last)
Is this person currently in jail or prison? No Yes (where?)
Who needs protection (check all that apply)?
Me.
My minor child (enter the child's information on the bottom of page 2).
The following household members, not including minor children listed on page 2.
Name
Date of Birth
Relationship to Applicant
Relationship to Adverse
Sarina Barela
Party
3/11/1991 wife neighbor
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What Happened? Explain the most recent event and describe any injuries. Give specific and detailed information about the event. You can list past events on the next page. If you are filing on behalf of a child, include details about what happened to the child.I woke up today to two group chats that included my wife + myself, which were created by my neighbor Billy Dunn. I found it disturbing because never spoken to Mr. Dunn previously let
We've
alone, give him our numbers. The group chat also had about ste other mumbers from California In the message he's accusing us of having his USB drives to incriminate him & colluding with his mom to do.'t None of this is true. At then of the messages he accuses of beane sleeper agents framing neighbor for prison time & that we should repent. When we first moved in the neighbor's warned us about him t told us they also put TPO's
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on pom. I will become a danger to family. I don't believe he's me Table + now it seems he see's mentally us as a threat, which could cause a Violert encounter.
Attach more pages if you need more room (pages 4a, 4b, 4c).
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porary Protections Requested (check all that apply).Do not list any confidential addresses.
The other person will get a copy of this application and will see any addresses you write down.
Prohibited Activities. The Adverse Party should not threaten, physically injure, or harass me and/or the minor child, either directly or through someone acting on his/her behalf.
No Contact or Restricted Contact. The Adverse Party should not contact me and/or the minor child at all, either in person, by phone / text, by email or through social media.
No
Yes
Current Residence. The Adverse Party should stay away from my current residence. Do you and the Adverse Party live together? If yes, whose name is listed on the lease/title? If yes, when did you start living together?
Does the adverse party know where you live?
No Yes (write your address below)
If no, is your address confidential? No (write address below) Yes (leave address blank)
2029 LODATO to Lonni
Address
Dayton NV 89403 Lyon
City, State, Zip Code
County
Do you and the Adverse Party live in the same complex/property/trailer park? No. Should the Adverse party stay away from the entire complex /property/ trailer park? No Yes
Yes. Explain the distance and need for protection in that complex/property/ Trailer park: We
are
neighbor's
Personal Belongings.
□ I need to get my belongings. I want law enforcement to come with me to the Adverse Party's residence so I can pick up my belongings. The address I need to go to is (list street address, apartment number, city, state, zip):
The other party needs to get his/her belongings. Law enforcement should come with the Adverse Party to my residence to pick up his/her belongings.
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ORDER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
Any law enforcement officer, with or without a warrant, may arrest and take into
custody the Adverse Party, when the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that (a) an Order has been issued pursuant to NRS 200.591 against the Adverse Party; (b) the Adverse Party has been served with a copy of the Order; and (c) the Adverse Party is acting or has acted in violation of the Order. This arrest may occur regardless of whether the violation occurred in the officer's presence.
Any law enforcement agency in this state may enforce a Court Order issued pursuant to NRS 200.591 without regard to the county in which the Order is issued.
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This deadly psychological projection from Alberto Banda 2029 Lonnie Lane Dayton Nevada been kicking in fence boards to my mother Susan Dunn's backyard 2031 Lonnie Lane is a threat to mother Susan Dunn Alberto had a picture of himself in his Facebook shooting a rifle they are deadly liars that threaten my mother's life by kicking in fence boards and they are associated with us Marines and are computer hackers that remote smut files onto neighbors computers to frame them for court charges for dumb irony that disrespects the law while I am being accused of the same
Why is the firstborn so important in the Bible?
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firstborn in the Bible
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In biblical times, the firstborn was given certain unique rights, responsibilities, and privileges. A married couple’s firstborn male child was given priority and preeminence in the family, and the best of the inheritance. The nation of Israel is identified as God’s “firstborn” in the Bible (Exodus 4:22; Jeremiah 31:9); in other words, Israel held a special place of privilege and blessing among the nations.
People in ancient cultures attached great value to the eldest son, assigning him distinct benefits and obligations. The firstborn male was important because he was believed to represent the prime of human strength and vitality (Genesis 49:3; Psalm 78:51) as the “opener of the womb” (Exodus 13:2, 12, 15; Numbers 18:15; Luke 2:23). As a result, the firstborn son became the primary heir of the family. The firstborn’s birthright involved a double portion of the household estate and the leadership of the family if his father became incapacitated or was absent for some reason (Deuteronomy 21:17). After his father’s death, the eldest son usually cared for his mother until her death and provided for his unmarried sisters.
In the Old Testament, firstborn humans—and animals—were considered sacred to God (Genesis 4:4; Exodus 13:1–2; Leviticus 27:26; Numbers 3:11–13; Deuteronomy 15:19–23). After God rescued Israel from slavery in Egypt, He commanded the people to consecrate every firstborn male human and firstborn animal to Him (Exodus 22:29–30). The dedication was in memory of God’s great deliverance and a sign to their children that God had brought them out of Egypt (Exodus 13:11–16).
At the beginning of Israel’s years in the wilderness, God took all the males in the tribe of Levi into service in place of the firstborn males from the other tribes, entrusting the Levites with the work of His tabernacle (Numbers 3). The number of Levite males did not equal the full number of firstborns among the other tribes, so, to make up the difference, some of the firstborn from other tribes were redeemed with a financial offering to the priests (Numbers 3:46–48). After the Israelites settled in Canaan, the firstborn sons of all Israelites were to be redeemed as a sign they they belonged to God (Exodus 34:19; Numbers 18:14–16). Among the clean animals, the firstborn male was to be sacrificed to God eight days after birth (Exodus 13:11–16; 22:39–30). The firstborn males of unclean animals were either redeemed through a financial payment to the temple, replaced on the altar of sacrifice by a clean animal, or killed (Exodus 34:20; Numbers 18:14–16). These symbolic acts represented the Passover. In the final plague against Egypt, God “passed over” the firstborn males of Israel, who were in their homes with the blood of a lamb as a sign on their doors as God had commanded. The firstborn Egyptian males, including the livestock, were struck down (Exodus 11—12:30).
The firstborn could sell his rights, as Esau did to Jacob (Genesis 25:29–34). In doing this, “Esau despised his birthright” (Genesis 25:34). The author of Hebrews warned his readers, “See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done” (Hebrews 12:16–17). In taking his position as firstborn lightly, Esau sinned against God and his family.
The rights of the firstborn could also be lost, as was the case for Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn son (Genesis 49:3–4). Reuben slept with Bilhah, his father’s concubine (Genesis 35:22), an act that demonstrated the utmost disrespect for his father and his family. Jacob denied Reuben the blessing of the firstborn because of that sin (Genesis 49:4). In fact, Jacob withheld the blessing of the firstborn from the next two oldest sons, too, due to their violence against the Shechemites (Genesis 49:5–7; cf. Genesis 34).
The importance of the firstborn reaches its apex in Scripture in the person of Jesus Christ. All prior implications of the firstborn’s role in the Bible serve to illuminate Christ’s preeminence over all creation and in the family of God.
The New Testament describes Christ as the “firstborn” several times. In an earthly sense, Jesus is Mary’s firstborn son (Luke 2:7), and He was dedicated according to the law (Luke 2:22–24). Spiritually, Jesus is the “firstborn among many brothers and sisters” in the body of Christ (Romans 8:29). In Colossians 1:15, the apostle Paul writes, “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.” This use of the title firstborn for Christ echoes the wording of Psalm 89:27–29, where God says of King David, “And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth. I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail. I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.”
In the book of Hebrews, Christ is “heir of all things” (Hebrews 1:2) and God’s “firstborn into the world” (Hebrews 1:6). Just as the firstborn son is head over his earthly family after his father, Jesus Christ is head of the body of Christ—the church—after God the Father (Ephesians 1:20–23; Colossians 1:18, Hebrews 2:10–12). Just as the firstborn son receives the greatest inheritance from his father, Jesus Christ receives the world as His inheritance. God says to His Son, “Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession” (Psalm 2:8).
As a point of clarification, the term firstborn in relation to Jesus does not suggest that He is a created being. The Son of God has existed for all eternity along with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Jesus is fully God (John 1:1–3). He took on human flesh so that He could become our Savior to serve as the Mediator between humankind and God (1 Timothy 2:5). When Scripture refers to Christ as the “firstborn,” the message is that Christ’s supremacy, sovereignty, and priority extend over all things and all other beings.
In paying for our sin, Jesus Christ suffered death, but He also became “the firstborn from the dead” (Revelation 1:5); that is, He conquered death and is the first person to ever be “born” to eternal life after dying. By God’s grace, through faith in Jesus, we, too, can receive eternal life (Ephesians 2:1–10; John 3:16–18). Through His death and resurrection, Jesus is the “firstfruits” who guarantees the future resurrection and eternal life of many other sons and daughters of God (1 Corinthians 15:20–23). As He Himself said, “Because I live, you also will live” (John 14:19).
https://www.gotquestions.org/firstborn-in-the-Bible.html
Sarina L Barela is 34 years old. Sarina's phone numbers include (775) 443-8186 , Sarina's possible relatives include Sammy Paul Barela , Sylena Barela , Sylena M Dean , Sylvia A Terrazas , Allen Drew Black .
Sarina L Barela currently lives at 992 Round House Ln Apt B, Carson City, NV
Sarina L Barela previously lived at 2029 Lonnie Ln, Dayton, NV | 400 S Saliman Rd Apt 103, Carson City, NV |
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Alberto A Banda Age: 34
Current Address
3502 S Mason Ave APT 7D
Tacoma, WA 98409 8541
Pierce County
Last reported in January of 1
Current Address Property Summary
Bedrooms
0
Year Built
1986
Last Sale Amount
$18,475,000
Ownership Type
Corporate
Subdivision
Bathrooms
0
Estimated Value
$0
Last Sale Date
5/3/2024
Land Use
Apt House 5+ Units
Lot SQ FT
310,582
Square Feet
17,116
Estimated Equity
$0
Occupancy Type
Non-Owner Occupied
Property Class
Residential
School District
Tacoma Public Schools
Phone Numbers
(775) 443-5640
Wireless
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - CA
Last reported in August of 2016
(775) 884-0435
LandLine/Services
Nevada Bell Telephone Company
Last reported in January of 2013
Full Background Report
Full Name
Other observed names
Alberto Banda | Alberto Alcala Banda
Address History
714 Sean Dr
Carson City, NV 89701 6010
Carson City County
Last reported in January of 1
Po Box 4311
Carson City, NV 89702 4311
Carson City County
Last reported in January of 1
716 Hot Springs Rd APT 2
Carson City, NV 89706 0959
Carson City County
Last reported in January of 1
3230 Imperial Way APT 31
Carson City, NV 89706 0827
Carson City County
Last reported in January of 1
1087 Woodside Dr APT 123
Carson City, NV 89701 2064
Carson City County
Last reported in January of 1
Possible Relatives
Jose Luis Banda | Patricia V Alcala | Arnulfo B Iniguez | Denise America Banda | Fortino A Banda Landavazo | Jose O Banda | Lynda M Banda | Miguel A Maciel | Alberto Serrano | Alejandra Alcala
Possible Associates
Sarina L Barela | Sammy Paul Barela
Possible Businesses
None found
Alberto A Banda is 34 years old. Alberto's phone numbers include (775) 443-5640 , (775) 884-0435 , Alberto's possible relatives include Jose Luis Banda , Patricia V Alcala , Arnulfo B Iniguez , Denise America Banda , Fortino A Banda Landavazo .
Alberto A Banda currently lives at 3502 S Mason Ave Apt 7D, Tacoma, WA
Alberto A Banda previously lived at 714 Sean Dr, Carson City, NV | Po Box 4311, Carson City, NV |
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The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as the Crusader Kingdom, was one of the Crusader states established in the Levant immediately after the First Crusade. It lasted for almost two hundred years, from the accession of Godfrey of Bouillon in 1099 until the fall of Acre in 1291. Its history is divided into two periods with a brief interruption in its existence, beginning with its collapse after the siege of Jerusalem in 1187 and its restoration after the Third Crusade in 1192.
The original Kingdom of Jerusalem lasted from 1099 to 1187 before being almost entirely overrun by the Ayyubid Sultanate under Saladin. Following the Third Crusade, it was re-established in Acre in 1192. The re-established state is commonly known as the "Second Kingdom of Jerusalem" or, alternatively, as the "Kingdom of Acre" after its new capital city. Acre remained the capital for the rest of its existence, even during the two decades that followed the Crusaders' establishment of partial control over Jerusalem during the Sixth Crusade, through the diplomacy of Emperor Frederick II.
The vast majority of the Crusaders who settled the Kingdom of Jerusalem were from the Kingdom of France, as were the knights and soldiers who made up the bulk of the steady flow of reinforcements throughout its two-hundred-year existence; its rulers and elite were therefore predominantly French.[5] French Crusaders also brought their language to the Levant, thus establishing Old French as the lingua franca of the Crusader states, in which Latin served as the official language. While the majority of the population in the countryside comprised Christians and Muslims from local Levantine ethnicities, many Europeans (primarily French and Italian) also arrived to settle in villages across the region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Jerusalem
"Mexican Radio" is a song by American rock band Wall of Voodoo. The track was initially released on their second studio album Call of the West (1982).
The video for the single was regularly featured on MTV in the United States, contributing to the song's popularity.[3][4][5] In April 1983 the song peaked at No. 58 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart[6] and number 55 on the US Cash Box Top 100.[7] It also reached No. 18 in Canada, No. 21 in New Zealand, No. 33 in Australia and No. 64 in the UK.[8][9][10][11]
Composition
The song's lyrics describe listening to the broadcasts of high-wattage unregulated Mexican radio stations, known as border blasters, whose AM broadcasts are strong enough to be picked up by radio receivers in the US.[3] The song was inspired by car trips taken by Wall of Voodoo frontman Stan Ridgway and guitarist Marc Moreland on their way to rehearsals, when they would listen to Mexican broadcasts, preferring their programming to mainstream Los Angeles radio.[3] During one of the band's sessions, Moreland played them a demo tape that he had recorded of himself repeatedly singing the line "I'm on a Mexican radio" over a guitar riff and that sound clip became the starting point of the single.[3]
Writing and recording
The lyrics for "Mexican Radio" were written by Ridgway and Moreland; the music was written by Moreland.[5]
Producer Richard Mazda and recording engineer Jess Sutcliffe, both from England, were invited to Los Angeles to record with Wall of Voodoo by Miles Copeland, founder of I.R.S. Records.[3] The songs "Mexican Radio" and "Suburban Lawns", from Wall of Voodoo's album Call of the West, were recorded with Mazda and Sutcliffe over the course of a weekend at Hit City West studios in Los Angeles.[3]
In order to emulate the sounds of AM radio, many of the song's instruments, including the synthesizers, were played through amplifiers, rather than being recorded directly through the microphones to the mixing console.[3] They recorded some of Moreland's guitar through an amplifier placed in the restroom at the back of the studio and Ridgway sang some of the vocals through a handmade bullhorn.[3] The song also includes soundbites recorded by Ridgway during a trip to Mexico, including the broadcast of a dog race that was playing over a radio in a bar that he visited.[3]
The song was recorded using a Soundcraft mixing console and one 24-track recorder along with Shure and AKG microphones.[3] The synthesizer parts were played on a Minimoog and an Oberheim Eight Voice, the majority of which were recorded through Fender Twin Reverb and Vox AC30 amplifiers.[3] It is the Oberheim Eight Voice that was used to create the sounds right at the opening of the song.[3] The instrumental track for "Mexican Radio" was created using two different drum machines: a Roland TR-808 and a Kalamazoo Rhythm Ace, an older device once owned by voice actor Daws Butler.[3]
Music video
The video for "Mexican Radio" was featured regularly on MTV in the weeks following its release.[3][12] It was the first music video created by filmmaker and former the Bruthers frontman Frank Delia, who had been a long-time friend of Wall of Voodoo band members.[13] The video impressed the Ramones, who hired Delia to direct videos for them as a result.[13]
The video includes bizarre imagery, including a shot of Ridgway's face surfacing from a bowl of beans.[3][14][15] Some of the footage was shot in Tijuana, Mexico at the bullfights.[13] Actor Carel Struycken makes a brief appearance playing the video's director.[16]
The video cost $15,000 to make and was originally shot on film.[13][17]
Critical reception
In 1983 Jim Sullivan of The Boston Globe called "Mexican Radio" a "mildly warped tune...with irresistibly catchy melody lines," and Moira McCormick of Billboard magazine called it an "intriguingly quirky single" in 1985.[5][18] Smash Hits thought that the instrumentation resembled music from the Doors despite the synth-heavy arrangement.[19] In 2012 Rolling Stone said "it's a pretty unconventional pop song, but it's extremely catchy.[14] NPR referred to "Mexican Radio" as "such a wonderfully weird song" and "one of the most compelling, memorable sing-alongs ever" in 2020.[20]
The song gained cult status and was often played on radio stations featuring punk and new wave music.[3][18] Being the only single by Wall of Voodoo to reach the top 100 in the US, "Mexican Radio" is considered a one-hit wonder.[3][12][20]
Ridgway, who left Wall of Voodoo in 1983 to embark on a solo career, told Mix magazine in 2005: "The 'one-hit wonder' status of 'Mexican Radio' is not something to be ashamed of. Obviously, it's not all the band was about, and it's possible the light from it blinded some people from hearing other things the band did, but it exposed a lot of people to our music who probably wouldn't have heard it — and maybe because of it, after Wall of Voodoo I was lucky enough to continue to write songs and make music. If there wasn't a 'Mexican Radio,' you probably wouldn't be talking to me now."[3][15]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Radio
Hermetic Marriage
THE HOUR OF THE TIME
Tape No. 453: "The Hermetic Marriage"
Tuesday, October 4, 1994
The Hermetic Marriage, or the marriage of the sun and the moon, the
origin of the hermetic philosophy, will astound you. You're going to
learn a few things about yourselves, about religion, and about Walt
Disney tonight.
Good old Walt. You've been leading your children to his lessons in The
Mysteries and the philosophic indoctrination into the philosophy of fire
for many years. And you didn't even know it.
Thoth--Hermes--the ibis-headed, was the Egyptian god of wisdom,
learning, literature, and science--"gnosis", if you will.
The "G" in the center of the compass and square of the Masonic emblem
does not stand for "God" or "geometry". It means "gnosis"--knowledge.
Those who know.
Thoth--Hermes--is accredited with being the first to reveal the art of
writing to the present human race. According to the records available,
he lived in Egypt as a contemporary of Moses. Some authorities even
claim that Moses and Hermes were one and the same person.
The Greek name "Hermes" is taken from an ancient root, "herm", which
means the active, or positive, radiant principle of nature; sometimes
translated as "vitality" or "generative force"; and known to ancient
freemasonry--or the sons of light, the free "macon"--as "the cosmic
fire", Hiram, and later as Hiram Abif.
Hermes Trismegistus, often called "Mercurius Termaximus" dominated the
philosophical and literary thought of the ancient world. His very name,
ladies and gentlemen, became a synonym of wisdom. In fact, he was
revered as the personification of philosophy and erudition. He was
regarded as the first cabalist, the first physician, the first
alchemist, and the first historian. The actual life of this demagogue
and king of the ancient double empire of the Nile is obscured by that
twilight which hides the origin of all peoples. And those who think
they know, you can be assured, do not.
By reason of his great wisdom and magical powers, Thoth was listed among
the gods until today many believe that he never existed at all outside
of mythology. But if action and reaction are equal, then something more
substantial than a mere legend must be the foundation for the towering
super-structure of the hermetic arts.
During the early periods of human growth, when the intelligence of man
was scarcely above that of the animal--according to the theory of
evolution--all education was controlled by the priest craft, just as I
have outlined to you on many episodes of "The Hour of the Time".
The ancient priests were called "the shepherds of men"--the analogy is
that men are sheep or cattle--for the shepherds guarded the flocks of
primitive human beings as the shepherd does his sheep.
Are you beginning to have a flicker of understanding?
Both science and philosophy were outgrowths of religion. In fact, all
our present day wisdom came originally into the world from between the
pillars of the sanctuaries, the temples, what today you call cathedrals
or churches. And it came from the priesthood, from the priests.
Hermes was to ancient philosophy what Jesus is to Christianity: its
light, its inspiration, and of course, its impetus.
The Egyptian initiates of the Temple of Isis claimed, therefore, that
Hermes was actually the writer of all books on philosophical and
religious subjects, that the supposed human authors were merely
amanuenses who wrote down upon parchment or velum the thoughts which
this god impressed upon their consciousness. Sort of like channeling.
In scriptural terms, they were the pens; and he, the ever-ready writer.
During his lifetime--if indeed he lived--Hermes Trismegistus is supposed
to have actually written 42 books. Some, however, are probably the work
of the ancient Egyptian priests, for in their glory, these
serpent-crowned hierophants represented the wisest group of philosophers
that ever lived upon this planet.
Clemens Alexandrinus states that these hermetic books were divided into
six parts, each dealing with a separate subject under such headings as
astronomy (and its inseparable companion--astrology), medicine,
geography, the hymns to the gods, and, of course, other titles.
During the ages that have past, Hermes has come to be acknowledged as
the godfather of science, particularly its chemical and medical
branches. And even after the Christian Era, numerous works dealing with
religious and philosophical subjects were dedicated to him and to him
alone. And the general term "hermetic art" has been applied to
practically all the abstruse sciences of the ancient, medieval, and
modern worlds.
"The Divine Pymander", more commonly known as "The Shepherd of Men", and
"The Smerigdine<?> Tablet" found in the Valley of Hebron, are the most
famous of the hermetic fragments.
You may reference this in a book by Manley P. Hall entitled "The Lost
Keys of Freemasonry".
And these two works are probably authentic and contain many keys to the
universal science of life as held by The Mysteries--not necessarily me
or anyone else--of which Hermes was a master.
Nearly all hermetic thought was an elaboration of the principle of
analogy contained in the great hermetic axiom--and you have heard me
propound upon this before--and I quote verbatim:
"That which is above is like unto that which is below. And that which
is below is like unto that which is above."
Now at the present time, nearly all the so-called hermetic writings are
said to be lost. Only a few isolated remnants remain of what once must
have been a magnificent collection of philosophical, medical, and
religious wisdom.
During the Middle Ages, one particular branch of hermetic
thought--alchemy--gradually came into prominence, and for several
hundred years dominated all other branches, and was held under that
ancient name: "The Rosy Cross"--for those of you not familiar with the
subjects covered on this broadcast.
Alchemy was the androgynous parent of chemistry.
Notice I said androgynous. This parent of chemistry, which was
separated from its sire by the speculations of Roger Bacon and Baal.
While chemistry as a science dealt only with minerals, medicines, and
essences, alchemy, ladies and gentlemen, struggled with the more
profound elements of macrocosmic and microcosmic relationships, and had
absolutely nothing--nothing--to do with what you have traditionally been
taught.
Alchemy undoubtedly originated in Egypt; for there, for there--the old
legends go--the secrets of transmuting base metals into gold, and of
prolonging the life of the physical body indefinitely, were thoroughly
understood by the priest craft. But this explanation was of the
exoteric, and not the esoteric, meaning which literally dealt with the
soul and not the body, not the base metal. For it had nothing to do
with metal.
It was about elevating oneself above the animal, above the baseness of
the human condition, to the purity of the consciousness of the soul, and
thus, a direct communication with God.
Ancient records tell us that the Chaldean sages knew how to rebuild
their bodies, many of them living to be over a thousand years old--and
then this again is a metaphor.
Many of the processes by which this was accomplished were concealed
under the sacred Egyptian rituals such as "The Book of Coming Forth By
Day", which E. A. Wallis Budge has called "The Book of the Dead". The
correct title is "The Book of Coming Forth By Day", not "The Book of the
Dead".
In the Middle Ages, when religion, divorcing philosophy, was wed to
blind faith, there was a renaissance of the alchemical and hermetic
arts. They were revived by that type of mind which demands reason,
logic, and philosophy, as well as hymns and prayers.
Alchemy won numerous converts in Germany, France, and England. The
long-ignored works of the Arabian magicians--or the Magi--enjoyed wide
popularity, and from them was extracted the greater part of modern
astrology. The ancient philosophies of the Jewish patriarchs were also
revived and cabalism became a universal topic of consideration.
Paracelsus, the great Swiss physician (sometimes called "the second
Hermes"), undoubtedly rediscovered the ancient Egyptian formulae of the
Philosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life, and around him rallied a
coterie of medieval philosophers who today stand out strongly against
the dun-colored background of medieval culture. They are, in fact, some
of the most interesting men of that period of history.
In back of this revival of interest in ancient Egyptian philosophy, we
may find the master minds and guiding hands of three great philosophical
movements who now control the world:
1. One is known as the Order of the Illuminati, represented by
Muhammad, prophet of Islam; Roger Bacon, father of chemistry; and
Paracelsus, father of modern medicine. Remember, The Mysteries--or the
Religion of Illuminism--came from the Middle East, and thus, properly
belongs exactly where it is placed, represented by Muhammad, the prophet
of Islam. For it is from the Islamic faith that the Knights Templars
brought The Mysteries from the Middle East into Europe. It is an
interesting fact that the present buildings and school of Rudolf
Steiner, the German mystic, are located in the grounds of the old estate
of Hohenheim where Paracelsus lived;
2. The Order of Freemasons, represented by the great Robert Flood,
master of symbolism and alchemy, and Elias Ashmole, the unique
philosopher; and
3. The Rosicrucians, a sacred organization founded by the mysterious
Father C.R.C. after his return from Arabia. You see, in the
mythological city of Demcar, he had been educated in alchemy and
astrology by Arabian adepts, according to the story. After him came Sir
Francis Bacon, the remodeler of British law. And then Count Cagliostro,
the sublime adventurer. And last and greatest of all, the great Compte
de St. Germaine, probably the world's greatest political reformer, and
alchemist by fire, and one of the greatest frauds that has ever lived.
These superlative minds leavened the loaf of materiality. And,
according to those who study The Mysteries, kept alight the flame of
Hermes during the medieval centuries of religious intolerance and
bigotry.
Concealed beneath chemistry--the science of relating chemicals and
elements--these minds discovered the ancient Egyptian arcana, long
hidden by the crafty priests of Ra and Amon, and further concealed by
that great Mystery School known as The Vatican. Alchemy, thereupon,
became the chemistry of the soul. For under the material symbol of
chemistry was concealed The Mystery of the Coming Forth By Day.
Now, these ancient wisemen taught that the world was a great laboratory;
that living essences were the chemicals; that the span of life was a
period of time given to the mind in which to experiment with the great
agencies of nature; and that to the thoughtful came wisdom from their
labors, while for the thoughtless life held only foolishness and sorrow.
In this great laboratory, man learned how to combine the living
chemicals of thought, action, and desire, and by learning the ways of
nature, became the master of nature.
According to those who believe, he became a god by actually becoming a
man. You see, in the words of the great Paracelsus, and I quote:
"The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power."
Of all the hermetic mysteries, none is more perplexing than the
so-called "hermetic marriage". A post-Christian interpretation of an
ancient Egyptian ritual, supposedly written 200 years earlier, was
published to the modern world in the first part of the seventeenth
century under the name of "The Chemical Nuptials of Christian
Rosencruits". Little, if anything, has been discovered concerning the
origin either of this book or the "Fama Fraternitatis" which appeared
about the same time.
The exalted order of Rosicrucian philosophers, which today is known as
The Rosy Cross, has been very reticent concerning its members and their
works. And even today it is difficult to prove, from a strictly
material viewpoint, that the order ever existed--unless of course, you
listen to "The Hour of the Time", for we have proved it repeatedly,
cited book, paragraph, chapter and verse.
Concealed under that quaint wording of the alchemical marriage can be
plainly traced a series of mysterious formulae concerning the
transmutation of base metals into gold. And I have already explained
the esoteric meaning of that.
The alchemists taught that man contained within himself all the elements
of nature, both human and divine, and that by special culture, the base
elements of his nature could be transmuted into the spiritual gold
called "the soul".
In discussing this, Paracelsus makes plain that these philosophers did
not wish to leave the impression that something could be made from
nothing; rather they emphasized the fact that each individual thing
contains all other things, and that the alchemical process of making
gold was merely to culture the germ of gold which is contained in every
base substance--to bring it to the top, so to speak--above the baseness
of human nature.
Modern science substantiates the alchemical point of view by stating
that it expects to extract gold from mercury by taking out, or
isolating, the electron of gold which is one of the constituents of
every mercurial atom.
Taking the chemistry of human relationships as a basis therefor, we have
prepared the following thesis concerning the true preparation of a
Philosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life, according to the
fundamentals laid down by Hermes and the ancient Egyptian priest craft.
It is known as the Hermetic Anatomy.
A theory of natural creation has been generally accepted by the faiths
of the world, with the possible exception of Christianity. You see, to
the ancients, everything in nature was alive. Therefore, they accepted
the human body as symbolic of the universe.
The Hebrews called this prototype "adam-qadmon" or, in translation, the
"grand man", in whose mold all things were made. Every system of
cosmogony, except the Christian, makes the universe a living thing.
Instead of a God separated from his creation, the Brahmins, Jews,
Persians, and Chinese have conceived their god as being completely
involved in his creation. They have accepted more literally than the
Christians the idea that man dwells in God, that in God he actually
lives, moves and has his being. They call this god, "Macroprosopis"--or
translated, "the spirit of the grand man", or more commonly known to all
of you as "the soul". From his body was made the macrocosm consisting
of suns, moons, planets, meteors, ethers, gases, and the sundry parts of
creation.
In the Scandinavian edas, the universe was formed from the body of Emir,
the Frost King.
In India, the universe was constructed from the person of Brahma, whose
members became the various bodies of the visible cosmos.
The hermetists, therefore, said, quote:
"Man, know thyself. For thou, like God, art all wisdom, and all power,
and the shadow bearing witness unto the eternal."
Unquote. An anonymous alchemist, writing in the Middle Ages stated, and
I quote again:
"God has given man three ways whereby he may learn the infinite will:
(1) nature, for in the stars that twinkle in the sky, the planets in
their thundering march, and the earth with its multitude of laws, are
concealed the laws of God; (2) holy writ, the inspired word of saints
and sages unnumbered; and (3) anatomy, the structure of our own bodies,
wherein is concealed the structure of the universe, for all things are
made by one mold."
End quote.
The electron revolving around its nebular center obeys the same law that
moves planets around the sun. In this we see the truth of the great
hermetic axiom:
"As above, so below. As with the lesser, so with the greater."
This was believed by all of these ancient philosophers.
The hermetists spent much time studying the intricate construction of
man and, like the Brahmans of Indian, they divided him into three major
parts.
In India, this trinity of basic parts is called "Adeh", "Buddhi" and
"Manis", meaning literally, "spirit", "soul" and "body". Their Trimurti
corresponds to the Trinity of Christian theology. Each of these three
major parts of a god, a man, or a universe, was personified as an
individual.
The "adeh" or spirit, was called "the divine cause" or "the father".
"Manis," or matter, was called "the divine effect", being known in India
as "Shiva" and in Christendom as the Holy Spirit.
Between these two stood "Buddhi", the mediator, the god-man, the Mercury
of the Latins, the messenger of the gods. By some, this intermediary is
considered synonymous with soul. By others it is called "mind" because
mind is the uniting link between life and the sense of energy and death
and the sense of inertia. And to the pagans and hermetists, all things
in nature, the ethers, the air, minerals, even the earth itself, were
endowed with intelligence, consciousness and feeling.
All was linked and gave rise to what you know today and what is known as
the New Age Movement as the Ghia Principle.
The Adeh-Buddhi-Manis constitution of man, as represented by the
alchemists under the symbolism of the Philosopher's Stone and its three
important constituents: salt, sulfur and mercury.
According to alchemy, salt is the substance of all things. It is the
body, the form, the dense crystallized particles from which all physical
things are manufactured.
Sulfur is symbolic of fire, the divine agent. Fire is defined by the
hermetist as the life of all things and is the Adeh of the Brahman
Trimurti.
Mercury, the universal solvent, becomes synonymous with Buddhi, the
mind, the thing which absorbs all experience into itself, the link
between God and nature.
And now maybe you are beginning to understand how all of these esoteric
thoughts, the religion of The Mysteries, can be hidden behind symbology.
Those of you who would read a book concerning the alchemists of the
medieval times would have actually believed that they were attempting to
create gold from lead. And you would have gained the exoteric
interpretation concealing--or re-veiling--the true esoteric meaning of
the verse.
And we're not through.
Before this hour is out, you are going to be absolutely and totally
amazed, for I have just begun.
All the great world saviors have come, it seems, as personifications of
Buddhi, as I have just explained its meaning. Or the universal
mediator.
Like the Indian Vishnu, they have sought to bring God and man closer
together, whether as Christ, Prometheus, Zoroaster, Krishna, or Buddha,
they have come to bear witness to the Father and, being made in the
semblance of man but imbued with the spirit of God, they have become
personifications of the universal solvent represented as mercury.
To the hermetists, man has always been considered androgynous. And they
created the god, Hermaphrodites, to represent the duality of all living
things.
This word is coined from "Hermes", fire or vitality, and Aphrodite, the
goddess of water. The great hermetic and alchemical adage was, quote:
"Make the fire to burn in the water and the water to feed the fire. In
this lies great wisdom."
End quote.
It was the purpose of the pouring of the molten sea.
It is the goal of The Mysteries to reconcile fire and water: the
conflict between God and Lucifer.
Are you beginning to understand? There are deep meanings held in these
metaphors.
To the public was given one meaning. To the priesthood was given the
truth.
The ancient Rosicrucians taught that the eternal feminine was not
extracted from the nature of man, as Moses would have us think; but was
rather made subservient to the opposite side of its own nature. They
believed, you see, that every creature was essentially male and female.
But for reasons which we will discuss later, only one phase of that
nature manifested at a time.
By fire, these philosophers taught that there was but one life force in
the human body, and that man used it in the furtherance of all his
labors; that he digested his food with essentially the same energy with
which he thought, and reproduced his species with the same forces which
he used in physical exercise. This force personified was said to be the
builder of the universal temple. It became the Hiram Abif of Masonry,
the builder of the eternal temple.
In Egypt, this force is symbolized by a serpent and it is worthy of note
that in ancient Hebrew, the words "serpent" and "savior" are
synonymous. And that should be a great revelation to many of you out
there.
Now, remember, I'm not asking that you believe any of this. I am merely
revealing the esoteric meaning behind the stories that you have heard
and read about in your education, in college, in your private life, in
the movies, all your life. And yes, even in your churches.
In ancient Hebrew, "serpent" and "savior" are synonymous.
In the stanzas of Diezen<?>, an ancient Tibetan fragment, it is stated
that at one time a shower of serpents fell upon the earth. Now, this is
understood esoterically to represent the coming of the great world
teachers who have long been called "serpents" or "the gift to man of
intellect" by Lucifer through his agent, Satan.
You see. For the basis of all of these esoteric Mystery religions is
the Luciferian philosophy.
The savior of the Aztecs and Incas was called "gatzalcotl" and this name
means "feathered serpent". From the serpent kings of Egypt to the
feathered serpents of Tibet, the serpent is symbolic of the vital
energies of the human body and is, in fact, a metaphor for the
intellect, knowledge, gnosis.
Moses raised the brazen serpent in the wilderness and all who gazed upon
it lived. Those who gained knowledge, who learned, survived. Those who
did not, perished.
Christ, whom they called "the serpent reborn" says, quote:
"...I, if I be lifted up..., will draw all men unto me." [John 12:32]
Unquote. The simile, folks, is obvious, yet few ever understand it. To
the ancients, the magic wand was the spinal canal. Through this canal
runs a sacred liquid which they called in those days "fire oil".
Remember, these are the philosophers of fire.
In Greek, "christos", the "savior", or "redeemer of things". And
"christos" are those who believed in this were called "christians" long
before the birth of Christ.
In Greek, "christos", the "savior" or "redeemer of things".
This same thought has been preserved for freemasonry under the heading,
quote, "the marrow of the bone", unquote.
The hermetic philosophers recognized this essence in man as a
distillation of universal life derived from the atmosphere, the
sunlight, the rays of the stars, and food.
This universal vitality upon which all living things draw is probably
the origin of the myths of the gods who died for mankind. It is
undoubtedly the origin of the legend of the Last Supper, for man
eternally maintains himself upon the body and the blood of this spirit
of universal energy--according to those who follow The Mysteries.
If this energy, which passes through the conduit of the spine, is
drained off by various parts of the body, it stands to reason that waste
will ultimately result in want.
They knew--or thought they knew--that it was very undesirable to do
heavy thinking directly after eating. Just as today they tell you,
"Don't go swimming right after eating," for at such times the vital
energies are digesting food and cannot safely be diverted to other
channels. The admonition that you cannot go swimming directly after
eating is a leftover legacy of this belief.
By analogy, one-pointedness is the basis of success, for when the bodily
energies are divided against each other, they cannot perform their
proper functions. The ancients, you see, taught that the normal
individual had two distinct avenues of expression: the first mental and
spiritual; the second, emotional and physical.
The mental faculties were radiant, powerful, dominating, and strong--but
often cruel and cynical. The mind was called the positive pole of the
soul, while the heart was called the negative pole. And we have been
taught that the spirit expresses itself through the mind; the soul and
the body through the heart.
The ancient alchemists called the mind "the sun", and the heart "the
moon", for to them strength, reason, and logic were masculine, paternal,
solar powers; while love, beauty, intuition, and kindliness were
feminine, maternal, lunar qualities, reflecting the pure light of their
master. Just as the moon reflects the light of the sun, love, beauty,
intuition, and kindliness reflect the dominance of the strength, reason,
and logic.
Now, this will probably make clear why gold and silver had to be blended
in the great alchemical enterprises, for the gold and silver of the
alchemists were not dead metals, but living qualities in human life.
The marriage of the sun and moon was, therefore, the marriage of the
mind and heart, or the two halves of every nature. It was the union of
strength with beauty; courage with inspiration; and in its greater
sense, the union of science with theology, or God with nature.
The urgency of this alliance is evident in the world today where cold,
intellectualism, and commercialism need the finer sentiments of
friendliness and altruism to offset their heartlessness.
On the other hand, fanaticism, blind faith, and ungoverned emotionalism
require the strong hand of logic and reason to steer them away from the
rocks of insanity and death.
Perfect equilibrium in human nature is very, very seldom found. In
fact, it is nature's greatest rarity. A person with that perfectly
balanced viewpoint, however, is the living Philosopher's Stone, for he
has the strength matched with kindliness, and justice tempered with
mercy.
Hermetic Anatomy teaches that there are two small bodies in the brain
which are identified with the living "yin" and "yang" of China--or the
positive and the negative, the male and the female. In the same way,
every person has a masculine nature and a feminine nature; and never do
we find these two entirely disassociated.
It may be that East Indian philosophy gives us our best light on this
rather perplexing subject--pun absolutely intended--for both the Hindus
and the alchemists agree that the spirit, like God, is androgynous,
being both father and mother. And--bear with me--it states in Genesis,
quote:
"...God created man in his own image,...; male and female created he
them." [Genesis 1:27]
End quote. So, while the creation is singular within the creation,
there is two. Listen to it again and listen very carefully.
"...God created man in his own image,...; male and female created he
them." [Genesis 1:27]
We would infer from this that God is both male and female. And indeed,
if male and female both came from God, then this must be true, as God is
all things. All things emanated from God and from nowhere else.
And as the spirit of man is of God, it must partake of the androgynous
nature of its parent. And in harmony with the eastern sages, sex exists
no more in spirit than it does in the embryo before the third month of
prenatal life.
Sex, you see, is a polarization of the body, a manifestation of spirit.
The fetus, at one point in its development, can go either way, can be
male or female. And all fetuses, up to that point, are exactly the same
in their anatomy. But the germ of life itself is capable of projecting
both the positive and the negative rays.
So, we now become involved in a still more perplexing problem, namely:
what governs the sex which the animal being is to manifest during life?
Well, many people will tell you many different things. The ancient
philosophers would turn to the eastern sages and they would say,
"Evolution is the continuity of form appearing in cycles and gradually
unfolding from a simple cell to a complex organism."
If a form evolves, it is not absurd to suppose that the cause of that
form is also evolving.
The oriental philosophy solves one of the western world's greatest
problems by the law of reincarnation--something which has never been
proven to be a reality by anyone, and can be traced to its origin at a
point in Indian history where the poor threatened rebellion over the
wealthy rulers, and all of a sudden, this theory of reincarnation and
Karma cropped up to keep the poor, lower classes, in their place.
I haven't got time to go into that.
This doctrine--which was removed from the Christian faith in A.D. 550 at
the Council of Constantinople--taught that the spirit, or life, is
immortal; that it descends into gross matter not once, but many times,
in order that it may ultimately gain that perfection which no living
creature has ever yet gained in one appearance in the world.
They say.
Again, you must understand, none of this has ever been proven to be
true. No one, on the other hand, can prove it to be false either.
This doctrine also taught that the consciousness, thus descending into
form, does not always appear in one sex, but alternates, first appearing
in a masculine body and then in a feminine, in this way developing both
sides of the nature symmetrically.
Now, if you accept this doctrine, it will go far toward solving a number
of problems concerning heredity and the so-called injustice and
inequality in the world. Even without it, hermeticism can still stand.
With its aid, however, the alchemical philosophies become far more
clarified.
And, of course, you have the option of rejecting it outright.
The ancient wisdom teaches that the circle of the creative forces in the
human body is broken at the present time. One end of this broken ring
is in the brain where it furnishes the power or vitality which is the
basis of brain function. The other end of this circle is located in the
generative system where it furnishes the means of reproducing the
species.
At a time remote in history, man was a complete creative unit in
himself--they say--being capable of procreating his species like certain
of the lower orders of animals of today. And if you believe in the
theory of evolution, then this could be true. However, there is no
proof of it whatsoever anywhere. There's no proof that the theory of
evolution is correct, as a matter of fact.
At that time, however, when these philosophies bore fruit, and at the
time when man existed--they say--in this state, he had no mind.
According to mythology, the raising of the brazen serpent, therefore,
gave him a mind--remember the gift of intellect by Satan in the Garden
of Eden--but broke the creative circuit.
In the masculine sex, the positive pole of the life force is in the
brain. The negative pole is used for generative purposes.
In the feminine sex, the negative pole is in the brain, the positive
pole is used for generative purposes.
And again, this is the belief of those who follow the hermetic
philosophy.
As a direct outgrowth of this condition--temporarily maintained in order
that man may think and develop his higher nature and at the same time
offer opportunity for other lives to come into manifestation--the
institution of marriage was established.
I bet you thought I'd never get there, didn't you.
Marriage, folks, is therefore the hermetic symbol of the ultimate
reunion of the two halves of each individual's nature, when, after
repeated appearances and associations, equilibrium between these
masculine and feminine qualities is established.
You see, the wedding ring was accordingly symbolic of the golden ring of
the spirit fire which connected the spiritual and material natures of
every individual. And these beliefs, and these marriages, and this ring
existed long before Christianity was ever the remotest thought in any
human mind upon this earth.
Ultimately, the present methods of reproduction will be abolished--they
say--and both halves of the spirit fire will again be turned into the
brain. One of them now finds its polarity in the pituitary body, and
the other in the pineal gland. These two tiny ductless bodies, while an
enigma to modern science, were recognized by the ancients as organs of
great significance.
The ancient wisdom teaches that the pineal gland was the original organ
of vision, namely the third eye, called in the Sanskrit, "dangma" or
"the eye of Shiva". It is the all-seeing eye of the Freemasons, and the
meaning of the word "Buddha". And uniting its spark with the pituitary
body, this gland fuses the broken circle, and thus consummates the
hermetic marriage whereby, through an immaculate conception in the
brain, the great light, the shining one, Lucifer, is born as a luminous
spark in the third ventricle which is the master mason's chamber in the
ancient and accepted rite.
Today, students of the ancient wisdom are seeking to prepare themselves
for this peculiar work. The hermetic marriage is, therefore, an
individual matter involving the attainment of individual completeness,
requiring of the aspirant a sincere effort to be balanced, sane, and
consistent in everything he does.
In the alchemical retorts and vials, we recognize the bodies' glands and
organs of man; and in the chemicals, the essences and forces coursing
through the body. With these, the individual consciousness must labor
until it is capable of combining them according to the perfect formula.
And now, Walt Disney.
What child does not grow up in a fairyland, extending from the first
glimmer of understanding to the time when the grim realities of maturity
tear down the dream world and replace it with hopelessness and despair?
Hearts are broken all the way through this tragic pageantry of
existence: the loss of innocence. But the first heartbreak is when the
fairy stories and their wonderful little people are given up, and those
beautiful beings with which we have peopled the world of our fancies
give way to heartless human creatures and real existence.
Man thoughtlessly destroys not only the dreams of others, but makes his
own world a nightmare peopled with hobgoblins of selfishness and
egotism.
The fairies of childhood are always benevolent, kindly, helpful, serving
the poor in distress, righting wrongs, and doing many beautiful things;
while the realities of later life are generally malevolent and
productive of all the miseries that the fairies of childhood sought to
heal with silver-tipped wands and rainbow dreams.
And there is a double meaning. As in the teachings of The Mysteries and
the fairy tales, there is an exoteric and an esoteric.
Walt Disney, a 33rd degree Freemason of the Scottish Rite, a very famous
Anglophile, a priest of The Mystery Religion of Babylon, has been
teaching this esoteric meaning to your children throughout their life.
In the great game of life, why can we not still preserve some of the
beauty and romance of fairyland?
This is what you see. The world of pixies, gnomes, and fairy godmothers
in a Walt Disney movie is just as real in childhood as the grinding,
commercial system is during later life.
You see, economics would suffer no injury, nor would standards collapse
if dreams were perpetuated and man instructed how to build solid
foundations under his castles of air; for human beings are ever children
at heart. For you, too, the parents, watch these movies and enjoy them.
Man grows old, but he never grows up. Like Peter Pan, he is childlike
from the cradle to the grave. Life, for the average person, has an
insufficiency of beauty or sweetness with which to combat the sordid
grind of modern things and therefore, these esoteric teachings can be
presented to a receptive mind. And here and there, one lives a whole
life in a fairyland of poetry, art or music, and may be called a
dreamer.
But in the case of Disney, it is a message, an inculcation--a
brainwashing, if you will.
For will any child ever forget Cinderella and her wonderful glass
slipper; how she met and won the beautiful prince while her envious
sisters and cruel step-mother gnashed their teeth in rage? The story is
part of childhood.
But with the coming of years, poor little Cinderella is forgotten. The
rag dolls are thrown in the corner. The toy blocks are covered with
dust. For the dream world of childhood is faded from the mind. And
little pattering feet, once running hither and thither, have given place
to slow uncertain steps.
Yet the romance finds another setting. Prince Charming becomes a soda
fountain clerk or a floor walker in a downtown store, while Princess
Beautiful sells ribbons in some little country shop.
The lives of people are really fairy stories in which they play out the
comedies and tragedies of their lives, seeking for something today to
take the place of the shattered dreams of yesterday. And so, they
relish and absorb these movies, for they have a counterpart in nature.
The world about us is filled with ugly step-mothers and half-sisters who
cannot wear glass slippers.
Do you remember Beauty and the Beast, how, in spite of the sorcery that
had turned the handsome prince into a hideous monster, the coming of
Beauty into his life restored him again to human form and happiness?
Through the lack of beauty in his own heart, many an individual has
become a horrible, hideous beast who, while still in human shape, has
all the attributes of a ferocious animal.
How often the sense of beauty is the thing that redeems. Beauty of soul
and beauty of life bring back happiness to the beast. The whole world
is a romance of beauty and the beast.
We see it on the battle field of Flanders where flowers are springing up
in the shadows of the trenches.
In nature we ever see beauty redeeming the beast. Out in the forest:
the dark, dead trees, gaunt and bare. But nature, with her magic wand,
covers the tree with creeping vines, decking its gaunt limbs with
mantles of flowers.
Have you read the story of Sleeping Beauty? If not, go straight to the
library and visit the children's room. Sit down in one of those little
chairs about ten inches from the floor. Get out the book with its
colored pictures and much-thumbed pages and go with the Prince to the
great forest of nettles and thorns which surrounds the palace of
Princess Beautiful.
The Princess is under a spell which causes her to sleep until she is
awakened by the handsome prince, who passes through all the obstacles in
life in order to claim her as his own.
The soul.
The mating.
The bringing together of the masculine and the feminine, after passing
through the degrees, the trials, the tribulations of initiation in The
Mysteries.
And I could go on and on and on and on and on, ladies and gentlemen.
But unfortunately, we're out of time.
Good night. God bless you all. ...And think of the magical lamp of
Aladdin: the lamp of illumination.
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and propriety both interior and exterior in everything. 2A blessing
should precede the meal, and it should be followed by a thanksgiving
which all should recite with proper devotion and reverence. 3While the
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meal is being eaten, food should be given also to the soul, through the
reading of a book[4] which is devotional rather than difficult so that all can
understand it and draw profit from it, or through having someone preach
during that time according to what the superiors may order, or through
doing something similar for the glory of God our Lord [E].
The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms
A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts
THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES
SAINT LOUIS, 1996
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Early Female Transgender Identity after Prenatal Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol: Report from a French National Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Cohort
by Laura Gaspari 1,2,3,†,Marie-Odile Soyer-Gobillard 4,5,†ORCID,Scott Kerlin 6,Françoise Paris 1,2,3 andCharles Sultan 1,*
1
Unité d’Endocrinologie-Gynécologie Pédiatrique, CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
2
INSERM 1203, Développement Embryonnaire Fertilité Environnement, University of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
3
CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier, Centre de Référence Maladies Rares du Développement Génital, Constitutif Sud, Hôpital Lapeyronie, 34295 Montpellier, France
4
Laboratoire Arago, Observatoire Océanologique, Sorbonne University, CNRS, 75016 Paris, France
5
Association HHORAGES-France, 66100 Perpignan, France
6
DES International Information and Research Network, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
J. Xenobiot. 2024, 14(1), 166-175; https://doi.org/10.3390/jox14010010
Submission received: 28 November 2023 / Revised: 8 January 2024 / Accepted: 10 January 2024 / Published: 12 January 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in the Human Health)
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Abstract
Diagnostic of transsexualism and gender incongruence are terms to describe individuals whose self-identity does not match their sex assignment at birth. A transgender woman is an individual assigned male at birth (AMAB) on the basis of the external or internal genitalia who identifies and lives as a woman. In recent decades, a significant increase in the number of transgender people has been reported. Although, its etiology is unknown, biological, anatomical, genetic, environmental and cultural factors have been suggested to contribute to gender variation. In XY animals, it has been shown that environmental endocrine disruptors, through their anti-androgenic activity, induce a female identity. In this work, we described four XY individuals who were exposed in utero to the xenoestrogen diethylstilbesterol (DES) and were part of the French HHORAGES cohort. They all reported a female transgender identity starting from childhood and adolescence. This high prevalence of male to female transgenderism (1.58%) in our cohort of 253 DES sons suggests that exposure to chemicals with xenoestrogen activity during fetal life may affect the male sex identity and behavior.
Keywords: sexual identity; diethylstilbestrol (DES); prenatal exposure
1. Introduction
Gender identity defines each individual’s deeply held personal sense of their own gender as male or female or something else [1]. Moreover, gender diversity and variance are umbrella terms used to describe the wide range of gender identifications outside the conventional gender categories [2]. Gender dysphoria [3] relates to the distress and unease experienced by individuals who are discontent with their assigned gender and identify with a gender other than the one associated with their birth sex [4]. A transgender man or woman is a person born phenotypically female or male, assigned female or male at birth on the basis of their external or internal genitalia, who identifies and lives as a male or a female. Actually, for many experts [5] this definition should be enlarged to Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) individuals, people with disorders of sex development (DSDs) and people assigned male (AMAB) or female at birth (AFAB) [6].
All studies on secular trends have reported a dramatic increase in the number of transgender people in recent decades [7]. A temporal change in the age of presentation is another notable phenomenon [8]. Quoting Hassler et al. [8] in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5), signs of transgender in children include: “A repeated desire to be the other sex or an assertion that they are the other sex; a belief that their assigned sex will change on its own (e.g., thinking they will grow a penis or that their penis will come off when they get older); wanting to change their name to a name typically associated with another gender, or a gender-neutral name; a preference for presenting as another gender (e.g., a child assigned male at birth who prefers long hair and wearing dresses, or a child assigned female at birth who prefers short hair and wearing gender-neutral clothing); resistance or distress when made to present as a gender they do not identify with (such as a ‘girl’ throwing a tantrum over having to wear a dress or a ‘boy’ crying after having to get a haircut); assuming the role of another gender in fantasy games or make-believe; an intense desire to participate in the games and activities typical of the other gender (such as an assigned-male child playing with Barbie and an assigned-female child playing contact sports); a preference for playmates of another gender”.
Hassler et al. also wrote [8]: “In adolescence, signs of transgender includes: feelings of panic or severe discomfort concerning puberty and body changes (e.g., refusing to acknowledge or admit that changes are occurring, refusing to look at their body, or becoming distressed or uncomfortable with body development, menstruation, or ejaculation); discomfort or distress with certain forms of gender presentation, such as disliking long hair or certain types of clothing; increased bullying at school due to differences in acting out one’s perceived gender or lack of self-confidence; isolation from peers due to lack of connection or fear of bullying; depression and/or anxiety as a result of confusion over gender identity or not fitting in with peers; be aware that some adolescents may try to repress their true gender due to outside pressure, such as from family and peers, even if they previously expressed their true gender as a child”.
The literature on the prevalence of transgender people is heterogeneous, depending on the geographic area, inclusion criteria and age at presentation [9]. Specialized centers that manage transgender people estimate a prevalence between 17 and 33/100,000 individuals [10]. Actually, people who identify as transgender represent a sizable proportion of the general population, from 0.1% to 2% [11,12].
Although the biological basis of transgenderism/incongruence is unknown, biological, anatomical, genetic and environmental factors have been suggested to contribute to gender identity [13,14]. The role of sex hormones and genetics in sexual development was described by studies published between 1948 and 2019, and the implication of endogenous steroids in brain sexual differentiation has been widely studied [14,15,16,17,18]. According to the accepted dogma, high levels of fetal testosterone organize the brain towards a male phenotype [19]. Any exogenous chemical that can reduce testosterone action during fetal life can affect the differentiation of genitalia and sex behavior.
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a molecule that has strengthened the concepts of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and the fetal basis of adult diseases [20]. It is well known that in utero exposure to DES, a compound with estrogenic and anti-androgenic activity, induces a wide range of reproductive tract/function abnormalities in the so-called ‘DES daughters’, e.g., alterations to Müllerian duct development, fertility problems, ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, premature births and cancers, especially clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA) of the vagina and cervix in girls and young women [21]. In ‘DES sons’, epididymal cysts, hypospadias, cryptorchidism, hypoplastic testes and micropenises have been observed [22,23,24,25,26]. In addition, although less studied, in utero exposure to synthetic sex hormones, particularly DES, can cause psychological disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, eating disorders and suicidal behavior [27]. Interestingly, some studies in patients exposed in utero to DES with psychotic disorders identified methylome changes that affect the expression of ZFP57 and ADAMTS9, two genes implicated in neurodevelopment regulation [28], with potential multigenerational and transgenerational effects [29,30].
In this work, we first describe four transgender women identified among the 253 sons exposed in utero to DES included in the HHORAGES-France cohort (a French National patient association). This high prevalence of male-to-female transgender individuals among DES sons (1.58%) strongly suggests that exposure of male fetuses to this xenoestrogen during fetal life may affect future male sex identity and behavior.
2. Patients and Methods
This study was based on a French national retrospective cohort of DES-treated women (HHORAGES-France Association) (n = 1200) and their families. Detailed standard questionnaires were obtained from all DES mothers when they joined the HHORAGES-France Association and all DES children were already adults at this time. The answers to this online questionnaire were used to select women who met the following inclusion criteria: (1) at least two pregnancies with two viable male babies (same father) among whom the first child was not exposed in utero to DES (pre-DES), followed by one or more children with fetal exposure to DES (DES); (2) confirmed data on the total DES dose (health record or physician’s observation). The cumulative dose D administered to the French pregnant mothers was 4050 mg < D < 7300 mg. This is considered a medium-low-dose cohort, in accordance with the observations by Tournaire et al. [31] and compared with the higher doses administered in the United States (7550 mg < D < 12,742 mg). The answers to the questionnaires were also used to identify women with a DES son who presented female gender variance. We then contacted all DES sons with female gender variance and we carried out an individual interview with them.
The local university hospital ethics committee approved this study (ID IRB No. 202301531), and all patients gave their informed consent through the HHORAGES-France Association (CNIL: J B/EM/DC042793, N° 1006460).
All DES sons who identified as transgender women underwent karyotyping at their local hospital at the moment of transition.
https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4713/14/1/10
Thomas Trace Beatie (born 1974[1]) is an American public speaker, author, and advocate of transgender rights and sexuality issues, with a focus on transgender fertility and reproductive rights.[2]
Beatie came out as a trans man in early 1997. Beatie had gender-affirming surgery in March 2002 and became known as "the pregnant man" after he became pregnant through artificial insemination in 2007.[3] Beatie chose to be pregnant, with donated sperm,[4][5] because his wife Nancy was sterile.
The couple filed for divorce in 2012. The Beatie case is the first of its kind on record, where a documented legal male gave birth within a marriage to a woman, and for the first time, a court challenged a marriage where the husband gave birth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Beatie
Tracing boards are painted or printed illustrations depicting the various emblems and symbols of Freemasonry. They can be used as teaching aids during the lectures that follow each of the Masonic Degrees, when an experienced member explains the various concepts of Freemasonry to new members. They can also be used by experienced members as reminders of the concepts they learned as they went through the ceremonies of the different masonic degrees.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracing_board
Exoteric Masonry, which is only the husks of the Mystic Order formed by the Sons of Cain has in modern times attracted the masculine element with its positively polarized physical vehicles, and educated them in industry and statecraft, thus controlling the material development of the world. The sons of Seth, constituting themselves the Priestcraft have worked their spell over the positive vital bodies of the feminine element to dominate the spiritual development. And whereas, the sons of Cain working through Freemasonry and kindred movements, have openly fought for the temporal power, the Priestcraft has fought as strenuously and perhaps more effectively, by stealth, to retain their monopoly upon the spiritual development of the feminine element. To the casual onlooker it would seem as if there were no decided antagonism between these two movements at the present time, but though Freemasonry of today is but a shell of its true ancient mystic self, and though Catholicism has been terribly tarnished by the touch of time, in that one thing there is no difference, the war is as keen as ever, the efforts of the Church are not concentrated upon the masses however as much as upon those who are seeking to live the higher life, so that they may gain admission to the Mystery Temple and learn how to make the Philosophers’ Stone. As mankind advances in evolution, the vital body becomes more permanently positively polarized giving to both sexes a greater desire for spirituality, and though we change from the masculine to feminine in alternate embodiment, positive polarity of the vital body is becoming more pronounced regardless of sex, and this accounts for the growing tendency towards Altruism which is even being brought out by the suffering entailed by the great war we are now fighting, for all agree that they are seeking to obtain a lasting peace where the swords may be made into plowshares, and the spears into pruning hooks. In the past humanity has been claiming universal brotherhood as a great ideal, but we must come closer than that to be in full accord with the Christ. He said to his Disciples “ye are my friends.” Among brothers and sisters hate and enmity may exist, but friendship is the expression of love and cannot exist apart from that. This is therefore the magic word which will eventually level all distinctions, bring peace upon earth and goodwill among men. This is the great Ideal proclaimed by the Rosicrucian Fellowship, an Ideal which points the shortest way to the New Heaven and the New Earth, where the sons of Cain and the sons of Seth will eventually be united.
FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM
by MAX HEINDEL
https://dn720206.ca.archive.org/0/items/freemasonryandca017137mbp/freemasonryandca017137mbp.pdf
“Rosa Jesuitica, oder Jesuitische Rottgesellen, das ist, Eine Frag ob die Zween Orden, der ganandten Ritter von der Neerscharen Jesu, und der Rosen-Creuzer ein einiger Ordensen: per J. P. D. a S. Jesuitarum Protectorum. Prague, 1620.” (4to). This is a truly curious tract upon the “relations of the Jesuits and the Rosicrucians."
Rosa jesuitica, oder, Jesuitische Rottgesellen (1620) - Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dT28PyPUPfqDfC0iVg7nGFsle8vYBXLf/view
Fulcanelli’s main strategy, the key to unraveling the mystery, lies in an understanding of what he calls the “phonetic law” of the “spoken cabala,” or the “language of the birds.” This punning, multilingual wordplay can be used to reveal unusual and, according to Fulcanelli, meaningful associations between ideas. “What unsuspected marvels we should find, if we knew how to dissect words, to strip them of their bark and liberate the spirit, the divine light which is within,” Fulcanelli writes. He claims that in our day this is the natural language of the outsiders, the outlaws and heretics at the fringes of society. (See appendix A, “Fulcanelli on the Green Language,” for the complete text of this chapter.) 6 This spoken cabala was also the “green language” of the Freemasons (“All the Initiates expressed themselves in cant,” Fulcanelli reminds us) who built the art gothique of the cathedrals. “Gothic art is in fact the art got or art cot —χοτ—the art of light or of the spirit,” Fulcanelli informs us. Ultimately the “art got,” or the “art of light,” is derived from the language of the birds, which seems to be a sort of Ur-language taught by both Jesus and the ancients."
The Mysteries of the Great Cross
by Jay Weidner
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vrxcBcn4h7RRM2SA3X1SS1DsooSxfitI/view?usp=sharing
How to Speak Ignatian: Common words and phrases of the Society of Jesus
Adapted from “How to Speak Loyola,” a glossary developed by the Office of Mission &
Identity, Loyola University, Chicago.
Microsoft Word - How to Speak Ignatian.doc (jesuithighschool.org)
https://www.jesuithighschool.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/how_to_speak_ignatian_0.pdf
IF WE LOOK AGAIN TO THE BOOK OF DANIEL, this time to chapter 8, verse 25, the prophet foretold that Anti-Christ would cause "craft" to prosper: "And through his policy also he shall cause 'craft" to prosper in his hand: and he shall magnify himself..." What is "kraft"? Strong's Concordance defines the word craft (#4820) as meaning "fraud, deceit, and treachery." Thus, Anti-Christ "through" craft, deceit and treachery (viz., deception) would advance its position, influence and agenda.
But how do we know that this entity (referred to by Daniel) is indeed the dreaded Anti-Christ? We know this entity is Anti-Christ because it opposes and magnifies itself against Jesus Christ: "he shall magnify in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes" (latter part of Dan. 8: 25).
Earlier in verse 23 of Daniel 8 it says "he" shall also understand dark sentences." Strong's Concordance tells us that the word for dark is the same word for sentences (#2420). Both words mean "a puzzle," or "trick" saying. The expression "dark sentences" comes from the root word meaning "to put forth (#2330)." Thus, Antichrist would put forth, or utter dark sentences-language not readily understood by the unintiated, which language will have a double meaning designed to trick or mislead the hearer. The "puzzle, or trick" in these "dark sentence" will be the issuing of double meaning in the same statements. In other words, reader, Anti-Christ would have a double rule-"one for its private and particular use, and another to flaunt with before the world."
The agents, or spokesmen of Anti-Christ will speak with mental reservation and amphibologies. That is to say, with double sensed or ambigous words, or to use the words of Constantine Labarum "justification of the means by the end, and many other maxims,
+I say agents of Anti-Christ, because no sensible individual could really believe that Anti-Christ is a single man, for Paul says Anti-Christ (its early manifestation) was already in existence in his day and would continue till the end of time.+
subversive of honesty and morality." In short, Anti-Christ would be a system of unscrupulous duplicity, of impostors, of wolves in sheep's clothing!
Have we any example in the long anals of history of such a duplicitous system using "craft" "deceit" "fraud" and "treachery" as it crept into power over the world? William Tyndale, the great English Reformer, in his Practice of Prelates, speaks of the rise of this phenomenon by the following graphic parable:-
"To see how the holy father came up, mark the ensample of the ivy. First it springeth up out of the earth, and then awhile CREEPETH ALONG BY THE GROUND, till it finds a great tree, and creepeth up a little and a little, fair, and softly. At the begininning, while it is yet thin and small, the burden is not perceived; it seemeth glorious to garnish the tree in the winter. BUT IT HOLDETH FAST WITHAL, AND CEASETH NOT TO CLIMB UP TILL IT BE AT THE TOP, AND EVEN ABOVE ALL. And then it sendeth its branches along by the branches of the tree, and overgroweth all, and waxeth great, heavy, and thich : and sucketh the moisture so sore out of the tree and his branches that choaketh and stifleth them. And then THE FOUL, STINKING IVY waxeth MIGHTY in the stump of the tree, and becometh a seat and a nest for all unclean birds, and for blind owls, which hawk in the dark, and dare not come to the light. EVEN SO THE BISHOP OF ROME, NOW CALLED THE POPE, AT THE BEGINNING CROPE ALONG UPON THE EARTH...."
How accurate is William Tyndale's description of the rise of the pope and the popedome as predicted by prophet Daniel: "in the latter time... a king.. understanding dark sentences, shall stan up... and shall he cause craft to prosper" "and shall prosper, practice, and shall destroy..." (Dan. 8:23,24,25).
Yeah, with what clearness and boldness, and considerable amount of historical learning, does Tyndale trace the way by which the supremacy of the pope arose. It has been said of this passage by one learned author that there is "probably nowhere in the English language any passage superior in force and graphic skill o the well-known description of the rise of the Pope." And we may add here that like the stinking ivy-which plant is almost impossible to entirely kill-it is also very difficult to rid our world of popery: this requires a lot of hard work, courage and persistence, and still the dead stump may yet shoot up again.
Said historian Henry Grattan Guinness, "In the fourth century, with the the fall of paganism, began a worldly, imperial Christianity, wholly unlike primitive apostolic Christianity, a sort of Christianized heathenism: and in the fifth and sixth centuries sprang up the Papacy, in those career the apostasy culminated later on. The mighty Caesars had fallen; Augustus, Domitian, Hadrian, Diocletian were gone; even the Constantines and Julians had passed away. The seat of sovereignty had been removed from Rome to Constantinople. Goths and Vandals' had overthrown the western empire; the once mighty political structure lay delivered into broken fragments. The imperial government was slain by the Gothic sword. The Czesars were no more, and Rome was an actual desolation Then slowly on the ruins of old imperial Rome an actual desolation. Then slowly on the ruins of an old imperial Rome rose another power and another monarchy-a monarchy of loftier aspirations and more resistless might, claiming dominion, not only within the omits of the fallen empire, but throughout the entire world. Higher and higher [like the stinking ivy] rose the Papacy, till in the dark ages all Christendom was subject to its sway...."
The 'craft' of Rome, both in medieval times and today, is the art of fabrication and daring falsehoods: "Like the successive strata of the earth covering one another, SO LAYER AFTER LAYER OF FORGERIES AND FABRICATIONS HAS BEEN PILED UP IN THE CHURCH |OF ROME|," bolstered by a Jesuitical "literaryand academic flexibility and elastic versatality of pen hitherto confined to journalism."
"Anti-Christ Would Use "Craft" And Deceit To Prosper"
Codeword Barbelon book Two
by P.D. Stuart
The term Black Madonna or Black Virgin tends to refer to statues or paintings in Western Christendom of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus, where both figures are depicted with dark skin.[1] Examples of the Black Madonna can be found both in Catholic and Orthodox countries.
The paintings are usually icons, which are Byzantine in origin or style, some of which were produced in 13th or 14th-century Italy. Other examples from the Middle East, Caucasus or Africa, mainly Egypt and Ethiopia, are even older.[citation needed] Statues are often made of wood but are occasionally made of stone, painted, and up to 75 cm (30 in) tall. They fall into two main groups: free-standing upright figures or seated figures on a throne. About 400–500 Black Madonnas have been recorded in Europe, with the number related to how they are classified. There are at least 180 Vierges Noires in Southern France alone. There are hundreds of copies made since the medieval era. Some are displayed in museums, but most are in churches or shrines and are venerated by believers. Some are associated with miracles and attract substantial numbers of pilgrims.
Black Madonnas come in different forms. Speculations behind the basis of the dark hue of each individual icon or statue vary greatly and some have been controversial. Explanations range from the Madonnas being made from dark wood, Madonnas that have turned darker over time, due to factors such as aging or candle smoke, to a study by Jungian scholar Ean Begg into the potential pagan origins of the cult of the black Madonna and child or the intent to reflect the darker-skinned populations indigenous to certain parts of the world.[2] Another suggestion is that dark-skinned representations of pre-Christian deities were re-envisioned as the Madonna and child.[3]
Studies and research
Research into the Black Madonna phenomenon is limited. Begg links the refrain from the Song of Solomon, “I am black, and I am beautiful” to the Queen of Sheba.[2] Recently, however, interest in this subject has gathered more momentum.
Important early studies of dark-skinned holy images in France were by Camille Flammarion (1888),[4] Marie Durand-Lefebvre (1937), Emile Saillens (1945), and Jacques Huynen (1972).
The first notable study in English of the origin and meaning of the Black Madonnas appears to have been presented by Leonard Moss at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on December 28, 1952. Moss divided the images into three categories: (1) dark brown or black Madonnas with physiognomy and skin pigmentation matching that of the indigenous population; (2) various art forms that have turned black as a result of certain physical factors such as deterioration of lead-based pigments, accumulated smoke from the use of votive candles, and accumulation of grime over the ages, and (3) miracle-worker Madonnas, the focus of the study, Black Madonnas found in areas of a Roman legion and, therefore, not a reflection of the current population's skin colour.[3]
In the cathedral at Chartres, there were two Black Madonnas: Notre Dame de Pilar, a 1508 dark walnut copy of a 13th-century silver Madonna, standing atop a high pillar, surrounded by candles; and Notre Dame de Sous-Terre, a replica of an original destroyed during the French Revolution. Restoration work on the cathedral resulted in the painting in 2014 of Notre Dame de Pilar, to reflect an earlier 19th-century painted style. The statue is no longer a "Black Madonna" and the restoration was severely criticized for wiping away the past.[5][6]
Some scholars have chosen to explore the significance of the dark-skinned complexion to pilgrims and worshippers rather than focusing on whether this depiction was intentional. By virtue of their unusual presence, the Black Madonnas have sometimes acted to make their shrines revered pilgrimage sites. Monique Scheer attributes the importance of the dark-skinned depiction to its connection with authenticity. The reason for this connection is the perceived age of the figures.[7]
List of Black Madonnas
Africa
Algeria, Algiers: "Our Lady of Africa"[8]
Côte d’Ivoire, Yamoussoukro: Madonna and child inside Basilica of Our Lady of Peace.
Senegal, Popenguine: "Notre-Dame de la Délivrance"[9]
South Africa, Soweto: "The Black Madonna"[10]
Asia
Japan
Black Madonna at Tsuraoka Catholic Church, Yamagata, Japan
Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture: the Tenshudō Catholic Church features a Black Madonna statue from France dating to the Meiji Era.[11][12]
The Philippines
Our Lady of the Rule of Opón, Lapu-lapu City, Cebu
Our Lady of Guidance, Ermita, Manila
Antipolo, Rizal: Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje de Antipolo (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage of Antipolo)[13]
Ermita, City of Manila: Nuestra Señora de Guía (Our Lady of Guidance)
Santa Ana, City of Manila: Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados (Our Lady of the Abandoned)
Parañaque: Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso (Our Lady of the Good Event)
Lapu-Lapu City: Nuestra Señora de Regla (Our Lady of the Rule)[14]
Naga, Camarines Sur: Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia (Our Lady of Peñafrancia)
Piat, Cagayan: Nuestra Señora de la Visitación de Piat (Our Lady of Piat)[15]
Joroan, Tiwi, Albay: Nuestra Señora de la Salvación (Our Lady of Salvation)
India
Dhori Mata
Korvi Mata, Dediapada, Gujarat
Turkey
Trabzon: Sümela Monastery[16]
Europe
Austria
Lavanttal, Carinthia, Austria: St. Andrä im Lavanttal „Schwarze Madonna von Loreto" Basilica Maria Loreto
Belgium
Brugge, "Our Lady of Regla"[17]
Brussels: "De Zwerte Lieve Vrouwe", St. Catherine Church
Halle (Flemish Brabant) : Sint-Martinusbasiliek
Liège: La Vierge Noire d'Outremeuse,
Lier: Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Gratiën
Scherpenheuvel-Zichem: Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel
Tournai: Our Lady of Flanders in Tournai Cathedral
Verviers: "Black Virgin of the Recollects", Notre-Dame des Récollets Church,
Walcourt: (Notre-Dame de Walcourt)
Marija Bistrica
Croatia
Marija Bistrica: Our Lady of Bistrica, Queen of Croatia
Czech Republic
Brno: Assumption of Virgin Mary Minor Basilica, St Thomas's Abbey, Brno[18]
Cesky Krumlov Monastery Museum [19]
Prague: The Madonna of Breznice; The Black Madonna in The Church of Our Lady Under the Chain (Kostel Panny Marie pod řetězem)[20] The Black Madonna on the House of the Black Madonna.
TROJA CHATEAU chapel- original "Montserrat Madonna" from Old Town Byzantine building (pg.100 of Martin Krummholz ISBN 978-80-7010-131-5)
France
Madonna of Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets (35)
Vierge noire de Graville (Le Havre)
The statue of the Black Virgin at Rocamadour
Aix-en-Provence, (Bouches-du-Rhône): Notre-Dame des Graces, Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d'Aix[21]
Arconsat: (Notre-Dame des Champs)
Aurillac (Cantal): Notre-Dame des Neiges[22]
Beaune: Our Lady of Beaune
Besançon: Our Lady de Gray
Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, (Puy-de-Dôme): Saint-André Church, Notre-Dame de Vassivière
Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain): 13th century
Chartres, (Eure-et-Loir): crypt of the Cathedral of Chartres, Notre-Dame-de-Sous-Terre[23]
Clermont-Ferrand, (Puy-de-Dôme)[24]
Cusset: the Black Virgin of Cusset
Dijon, (Côte-d'Or): Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon
Douvres-la-Délivrande, Basilique Notre-Dame de la Délivrande, "Notre-Dame de la Délivrande"[25]
Dunkerque, (Nord) : Chapelle des Dunes
Guingamp, (Côtes-d'Armor): Basilica of Notre Dame de Bon Secours.
La Chapelle-Geneste, (Haute-Loire: Notre Dame de La Chapelle Geneste[26]
Laon (Aisne): Notre-Dame Cathedral, statue of 1848
Le Havre,(Seine-Maritime): statue near the Graville Abbey (Abbaye de Graville)
Le Puy-en-Velay: In 1254 when passing through on his return from the Holy Land Saint Louis IX of France gave the cathedral an ebony image of the Blessed Virgin clothed in gold brocade (Notre-Dame du Puy). It was destroyed during the Revolution, but replaced at the Restoration with a copy that continues to be venerated.[27]
Liesse-Notre-Dame (Aisne): Notre-Dame de Liesse, statue destroyed in 1793, copy of 1857
Limeuil (Dordogne): Sainte Catherine d'Alexandrie á Limeuil. This XVII century statue was broken and thrown in the Dordogne during the French Wars of Religion (1562 - 1598) but recovered and returned to the church.
Marseille, (Bouches-du-Rhône): Notre-Dame-de-Confession,[28] Abbey of St. Victor; Notre-Dame d'Huveaune, Saint-Giniez Church
Mauriac, Cantal: Notre Dame des Miracles[29]
Mende (Lozère) : Cathedral (Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat de Mende)
Menton, (Alpes-Maritimes): St. Michel Church
Meymac (Corrèze): Meymac Abbey[30]
Molompize: Notre-Dame de Vauclair
Mont-Saint-Michel: Notre-Dame du Mont-Tombe
Myans (Savoie): Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Myans
Paris, (Neuilly-sur-Seine): Notre-Dame de Bonne Délivrance, in the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Thomas of Villanova[31]
Quimper (Finistère): Eglise de Guéodet, nommée encore Notre-Dame-de-la-Cité
Riom, (Puy-de-Dôme): Notre-Dame du Marthuret[32]
Rocamadour, (Lot): Our Lady of Rocamadour[33]
Saint-Germain-Laval: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Baffy
Sainte Marie (Réunion) : Black Virgin of the Rains River [fr]
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (Camargue) Avignon: Annual Roma pilgrimage and festival[34] celebrating Sara, the patron saint of the Roma[35]
Soissons (Aisne): statue of the 12th century
Tarascon, (Bouches-du-Rhône): Notre-Dame du Château[36]
Thuret, (Puy-de-Dôme)[37]
Black Madonna of Toulouse
Toulouse: The basilica Notre-Dame de la Daurade in Toulouse, France had housed the shrine of a Black Madonna. The original icon was stolen in the fifteenth century, and its first replacement was burned by Revolutionaries in 1799 on the Place du Capitole. The icon presented today is an 1807 copy of the fifteenth century Madonna. Blackened by the hosts of candles, the second Madonna was known from the sixteenth century as Our Lady La Noire[38]
Tournemire, Château d'Anjony, Our Lady of Anjony
Vaison-la-Romaine (Vaucluse): statue on a hill
Vichy (Allier): Saint-Blaise Church
Germany
Shrine of Our Lady of Altötting, Altötting: Gnadenkapelle
Altötting (Bavaria): Gnadenkapelle (Chapel of the Miraculous Image)
Beilstein (Rhineland-Palatinate): Karmeliterkirche St. Joseph
Bielefeld (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Düsseldorf-Benrath (North Rhine-Westphalia): Pfarrkirche St. Cäcilia
Hirschberg an der Bergstraße (Baden-Württemberg): Wallfahrtskirche St. Johannes Baptist
Schloss Hohenstein, Upper Franconia (Bavaria)
Köln (Nord Rhein Westfalen): St. Maria in der Kupfergasse
Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim (Rhineland-Palatinate): Schloss- und Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt (Ludwigshafen)
Mainau (Baden-Württemberg): Schlosskirche St. Marien
Munich (Bavaria): Theatine Church; St. Boniface's Abbey
Rastatt (Baden-Württemberg): Einsiedelner Kapelle
Regensburg (Bavaria): Regensburg Cathedral
Remagen (Rhineland-Palatinate): Kapelle Schwarze Madonna
Spabrücken (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Stetten ob Lontal, Niederstotzingen (Baden-Württemberg)
Windhausen in Boppard-Herschwiesen (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Wipperfürth (North Rhine-Westphalia): St. Johannes, Kreuzberg
Wuppertal-Beyenburg (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Greece
Hidden church of the Black Madonna, Vamos, Crete
Hungary
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Cathedral Basilica of Eger, Hungary
Cathedral Basilica of Eger: Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Ireland
Dublin (Leinster): Our Lady of Dublin in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church
Italy
Tindari Madonna Bruna: restoration work in the 1990s found a medieval statue with later additions. Nigra sum sed formosa, meaning "I am black but beautiful" (from the Song of Songs, 1:5), is inscribed round a newer base.
Street performer in Black Madonna costume in Venice
Biella (Piedmont): Black Virgin of Oropa, sanctuary of Oropa
Canneto Valley near Settefrati (Lazio): Madonna di Canneto
Casale Monferrato (Piedmont): Our Lady of Crea. In the hillside Sanctuary at Crea (Santuario di Crea), a cedar-wood figure, said to be one of three Black Virgins brought to Italy from the Holy Land c. 345 by St. Eusebius.
Castelmonte, Prepotto (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
Gubbio, Italy: The Niger-Regin square, discovered carved in the cave of Sibilla Eugubina on Mount Ingino, is considered to be a word square form of the "Black Queen". Seemingly of neo-Templar origin, it is dated between 1600–1800 CE, was discovered in 2003, and destroyed by vandalism in 2012.[39][40][41]
Loreto (Marche): Basilica della Santa Casa
Montevergine (Campania): Mamma Schiavona (lit. "Slave Mamma") located at Sanctuary of Montevergine[42][43]
Naples (Campania): Santuario-Basilica SS Carmine Maggiore
Pescasseroli (Abruzzo): Madonna di Monte Tranquillo
Positano (Campania): Located in the church of Santa Maria Assunta, the story of how it got there—sailors shouting "Posa, posa!" ("Put it down, put it down!")—gave the town its name.
San Severo (Apulia): "La Madonna del Soccorso" (The Madonna of Succor), St. Severinus Abbot and Saint Severus Bishop Faeto. Statue in gold garments, object of a major three-day festival that attracts over 350,000 people to this small town.
Seminara (Calabria): Maria Santissima dei poveri
Tindari (Sicily): Our Lady of Tindari
Torre Annunziata (Campania): Madonna della Neve
Venice (Veneto): Madonna della Salute, Santa Maria della Salute
Viggiano (Basilicata): Santuario Madonna del Sacro Monte[44]
Kosovo
Vitina-Letnica [fr]: Church of the Black Madonna, where Mother Teresa is believed to have heard her calling.[45]
Lithuania
Our Lady of the Pine Woods Lithuania
Aušros vartai: Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn
Our Lady of Šiluva: Our Lady of the Pine Woods
Luxembourg
Esch-sur-Sûre
Luxembourg City: Grund
Luxembourg City: St. John's Church[46]
Macedonia
Kališta, Monastery: Madonna icon in the Nativity of Our Most Holy Mother of God church
Ohrid, Church: Madonna with the child
Malta
Ħamrun: Our Lady of Atoċja, a medieval painting brought to Malta by a merchant in the year 1630, depicting a statue found in Atocha, a parish in Madrid, Spain, and widely known as Il-Madonna tas-Samra. (This can mean 'tanned Madonna', 'brown Madonna', or 'Madonna of Samaria'.)
Poland
Icon of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa, covered in a decorative silver shield, at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Poland
Częstochowa: Our Lady of Czestochowa
In the United States, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania houses a reproduction of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa. A second shrine to Our Lady of Częstochowa is located near Eureka, Missouri.
In Israel there are two reproductions of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa: One in St. Peter's Church in Tel Aviv, and another in the Abbey of the Dormition in Jerusalem.[47][48][49][50][51][52]
Głogówek: Our Lady of Loretto
Portugal
Nazaré (Oeste Subregion): Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazaré; see: the legend of Nazaré
Romania
Ghighiu [ro]: Maica Domnului Siriaca – Manastirea Ghighiu [ro]
Cacica: Madona Neagra – Biserica Cacica
Bucuresti: Madona Neagra – Biserica Dichiu
Serbian Orthodox Three-handed Black Madonna, Serbian Orthodox Hilandar. Serbia
Russia
Kostroma (Kostroma Oblast): Theotokos of St. Theodore also known as Our Lady of St. Theodore (Федоровская Богоматерь), in Theophany Monastery
Our Lady of Wladimir, from the 12th century
Black Virgin of Taganrog, Taganrog Old Cemetery
Serbia
Apatin: Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church
Slovenia
Koprivna, Črna na Koroškem: St. Anne's Church, Koprivna – the altar of Black Madonna
Spain
Image of the Virgin of Candelaria, in the Basilica of Candelaria (Tenerife)
Andújar (Province of Jaén): Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza (Our Lady of Cabeza), named after the mountain, Cerro de la Cabeza or Cerro de Cabezo.
Chipiona (Province of Cádiz): la Virgen de Regla or Nuestra Señora de Regla (Our Lady of Regla or the Virgin of Regla), considered by some as the custodian of the Rule of Saint Augustine
Coria (Province of Cáceres): Virgen de Argeme (Our Lady of Argeme)
El Puerto de Santa María (Province of Cádiz): Virgen de los Milagros (The Virgin of the Miracles)
Guadalupe (Province of Cáceres): Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe, Extremadura)
Jerez de la Frontera (Province of Cádiz): Nuestra Señora de la Merced (Our Lady Of Mercy)
Madrid (Community of Madrid): Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Our Lady of Atocha)
Lluc, Majorca (Balearic Islands): Mare de Déu de Lluc (Our Lady of Lluc), Lluc Monastery
Monistrol de Montserrat (Catalonia): Mare de Déu de Montserrat (Virgin of Montserrat) or "La Moreneta" in the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria de Montserrat
Ponferrada (Province of León): Virgen de la Encina (Our Lady of the Holm Oak)
Salamanca (Province of Salamanca): Virgen de la Peña de Francia (The Virgin of France's Rock, named after the local mountain called Peña de Francia)
Santiago de Compostela (Galicia): A replica of "La Moreneta"
Rianxo (Galicia): Virgen de Guadalupe
Tenerife (Canary Islands): Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Virgin of Candelaria), or "La Morenita"
Toledo (Province of Toledo): Virgen Morena (Dark Virgin), statue of La Esclavitud de Nuestra Señora del Sagrario in the Cathedral of Toledo (Catedral Primada de Santa María) (The Enslavement of Our Lady of the Tabernacle)
Torreciudad (Huesca): Our Lady of Torreciudad
Sweden
Lund Cathedral Attached to a marble pillar in the crypt: Black madonna with child
Skee Kyrka, Skee, Bohuslän former Norwegian province. Black madonna with beheaded child [1]
Switzerland
Einsiedeln (Canton of Schwyz): Our Lady of the Hermits
In the United States, a reproduction of Our Lady of the Hermits was gifted to the St. Meinrad Archabbey located in St. Meinrad, Indiana
Sonogno, Valle Verzasca (Canton of Ticino): Santa Maria Loretana
Uetikon upon Lake (Canton of Zürich): Catholic Church Saint Francis of Assisi
Metzerlen-Mariastein (Canton of Solothurn): Mariastein Abbey
Ascona (Canton of Ticino): Black Chapel
Lugano (Canton of Ticino): Chiesa di Santa Maria di Loreto
One of three of Turkey's surviving icons of the Theotokos on the island of Heybeliada at the Theological School of Halki
Ukraine
Tsarytsya Karpat (Hoshiv Monastery): The Queen of the Carpathian Land
United Kingdom
St. Mary Willesden (Our Lady of Willesden): The original Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden.
Our Lady of Częstochowa (Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Nottingham)
North America
Costa Rica
Cartago, Cartago Province: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Our Lady of the Angels Basilica)
Cuba
Regla, Havana Province: Nuestra Señora de Regla (Spanish for Our Lady of Regla)
Mexico
Tepeyac, Mexico City: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Trinidad and Tobago
Siparia: La Divina Pastora[53]
Gran Couva: Our Lady of Montserrat[54]
United States
Pacific, Missouri: Black Madonna Shrine and Grottos
Doylestown, Pennsylvania: National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa
Jersey City, New Jersey: Our Lady of Czestochowa
New York City, New York: Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York City, New York: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Detroit, Michigan: Shrine of the Black Madonna Church
Chicago, Illinois: Monastery of the Holy Cross
Westport, Connecticut: [2] Church of the Assumption
Cheektowaga, New York: [3] Our Lady of Czestochowa Roman Catholic Church
North Tonawanda, New York: [4] Our Lady of Czestochowa Church
Canada
Windsor, Ontario -Black Madonna chapel located at Italian banquet hall Ciociaro club.
South America
Brazil
Nossa Senhora Aparecida
Aparecida, São Paulo: Our Lady of Aparecida or Our Lady Appeared (Nossa Senhora Aparecida or Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida) in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida
Chile
Andacollo, Elqui Province: La Virgen Morena (Spanish for The Brunette Virgin)
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Larceny is a crime involving the unlawful taking or theft of the personal property of another person or business. It was an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law (also statutory law), where in many cases it remains in force.
The crime of larceny has been abolished in England, Wales, Ireland, and Northern Ireland, broken up into the specific crimes of burglary, robbery, fraud, theft, and related crimes. However, larceny remains an offence in parts of the United States, Jersey,[1] and in New South Wales,[2] Australia, involving the taking (caption) and carrying away (asportation) of personal property without the owner's consent and without intending to return it.
Etymology
The word "larceny" is a late Middle English word, from the French word larcin, "theft". Its probable Latin root is latrocinium, a derivative of latro, "robber" (originally mercenary).
By nation
Australia
New South Wales
In the state of New South Wales, the common law offence of larceny is punishable with up to 5 years' imprisonment.[3] Whilst section 117 of the New South Wales Crimes Act 1900 specifies the punishment for larceny, it is silent on the elements of the offence, leaving them to be articulated by the common law.[3] The leading authority on larceny in NSW is the High Court of Australia case of Ilich v R (1987).[4] This case stipulates the mens rea and actus reus elements required to be proven by the prosecution for a successful conviction.
Ireland
The common law offence of larceny was abolished[5] on 1 August 2002.[6] However, proceedings for larceny committed before its abolition are not affected by this.[7]
United Kingdom
England and Wales
The common law offence of larceny was codified by the Larceny Act 1916. It was abolished[8] on 1 January 1969,[9] for all purposes not relating to offences committed before that date.[10] It has been replaced by the broader offence of theft under section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968. This offence did incorporate some of the terminology and substance of larceny. Despite the offence's being abolished in England, it has been retained in the Crown Dependency of Jersey.[11]
Northern Ireland
The common law offence of larceny was abolished[12] on 1 August 1969,[13] for all purposes not relating to offences committed before that date.[14] It has been replaced by the broader offence of theft under section 1(1) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.
United States of America
Chart indicating the distribution of forms of larceny in the United States, according to the 2004 Uniform Crime Report.
Larceny laws in the United States of America have their roots in common law, pursuant to which larceny involves the trespassory taking (caption) and carrying away (asportation, removal) of the tangible personal property of another with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of its possession. Larceny is now codified as a statutory crime in all U.S. jurisdictions.[15]
Under many states' larceny statutes, including California, larceny can include the taking of "money, labor, or real or personal property."[16]
Elements
Possession versus custody
Larceny is a crime against possession. Furthermore, it has two elements which must be met: the actual taking of the property, even if momentarily (actus reus), and the culpable intent (mens rea) to deprive another of their property. Larceny involves the trespassory taking of property from possession of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of that property.[17]: 945 To understand larceny, one must understand the distinction between custody and possession.[18]
A person has possession of property when he has actual physical control over the property (actual possession) or he has the right to exercise considerable control over the disposition or use of the property (constructive possession).
A person has custody if he has actual physical control of the property, but the person who has constructive possession has substantially restricted the custodian's right to use the property.[18]
Examples of custody would be a store customer examining the goods of a merchant, or an employee who has been given the property of his employer to be used in his employment. This is to be contrasted to, for example, a person who has obtained actual possession of the property by fraud.
Ancient Roman law (first 50 years of written University law, possibly borrowing from Greek law there is no copy of) was more lax about "simple possession"; it was assumed "borrowing" if there was no one to ask: unless or until other factors arose (such as refusal to return promptly when asked).
Take
The taking or caption element requires that the offender take actual physical control of the property, if but for a moment.[19] Under the common law, it was not sufficient if the offender simply deprived the victim of possession; the offender must have gained control over the property. Thus merely knocking an article from a person's hand was not larceny, as long as the defendant did not thereafter take it. The control must be complete. In a famous case, the defendant removed an overcoat from a department store mannequin and began to walk away with it. The overcoat was secured to the mannequin by a chain, a fact the defendant first discovered when the chain drew taut. These actions were held not to be larceny because the defendant never had complete control over the disposition and use of the coat.[20]
The taking may be only momentary. In another famous case,[21] the defendant snatched an earring from the victim which immediately became entangled in the victim's hair. The court held that the defendant's control over the property, although momentary, was sufficient to constitute a taking. The taking may be either direct or indirect; that is, accomplished by the criminal himself or an innocent agent.
The equivalent term "deprive" is also sometimes used:
To "deprive" another of property means (a) to withhold it or cause it to be withheld from him permanently or for so extended a period or under such circumstances that the major portion of its economic value or benefit is lost to him, or (b) to dispose of the property in such manner or under such circumstances as to render it unlikely that an owner will recover such property.
— N.Y. Penal L. § 155.00 (3).[22]
Carry away
Traditionally, a thief must not only gain dominion over the property, but also must move it from its original position. The slightest movement, a hair's breadth, is sufficient.[23] However, the entirety of the property must be moved. As Professor Wayne LaFave noted, at its most literal this requirement renders the rotating of a doughnut a larceny, but not the rotating of a pie,[24] as all of the doughnut is moved through rotation while the pie's exact center remains in the same place when rotated. The movement must also be an actual asportation, rather than movement in preparation. For example,[25] in one case the victim had left his wheelbarrow in his yard. As was his custom he turned the wheelbarrow upside down to avoid water collecting in the tub. The defendant intending to steal the wheelbarrow turned it over but was apprehended by the owner before he could push the wheelbarrow away. The court held that the defendant's acts did not satisfy the asportation element of larceny because the movement of the wheelbarrow had merely been preparatory to the carrying away.
Contrary to popular belief, it is not necessary that the property be removed from the owner's premises or be taken off his property for an asportation to be complete. The slightest movement from its original position with the intent to steal is enough. The problem is proof. If a person picks up a package of steaks intending to steal them then changes her or his mind and puts the steak back in the meat counter, the crime of larceny has been committed but the state will have a difficult time proving it. However, if the thief conceals the steaks by sticking them inside clothing, his or her intent is rather clear. Of course, there could still be an innocent if bizarre explanation.[26]
That said, the asportation requirement is not universally required. In People v. Alamo, for example, the New York Court of Appeals eliminated the asportation requirement. In that case the defendant entered a stranger's car and turned on the car's lights and engine.[27] The Court read asportation as merely a corroborative element of possession and control, and thus not necessary to establish possession and control of a car because transportation is the purpose of a car. Turning it on suffices to establish that the thief has taken possession and control.[28]
Additionally, the Model Penal Code eliminates the asportation requirement and instead requires that the defendant "exercise unlawful control".[29] The drafters noted that historically the asportation requirement distinguished larceny (a felony) and attempted larceny (a misdemeanor).[30] They reasoned, therefore, that asportation was an irrelevant requirement because in modern criminal law, like the Model Penal Code,[31] the sentencing consequences between an attempted and completed crime are negligible.
Personal property
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From its creation[32] the subject matter of larceny has been tangible personal property,[33] with a physical existence: items that can be seen, held, and felt (or in technical terms, property that has a "corporeal existence").[34]
This limitation means that acts of common law larceny cannot be committed against land[35] or items attached to or forming part of land, such as buildings, trees or shrubbery, crops growing in the field, or minerals.[18] Acts of common law larceny cannot be committed against intangible things, such as love or affection, identity (identity theft is a type of fraud), or intellectual property, such as information and ideas. For example, if a person stole the Coca-Cola formula, the crime would be larceny, but the grade of the offense would be determined by the value of the paper on which the formula was recorded, not the value of the recipe. (Theft of trade secrets would be a different offense.)[36]
Services and labor, as well as intangible personal property (incorporeal rights)[18] such as contract rights and choses in action;[37] wills, codicils, or other testamentary documents; wild animals;[18] and items having no economic value[38] cannot be the subjects of acts of common-law larceny.
Most states have enacted statutes to expand the coverage of larceny to include most if not all of the items mentioned above.[citation needed] For example, North Carolina has statutes that make it a crime to steal choses in action, growing crops and so on.[39]
The restriction of the scope of larceny to personal property may have practical consequences. For example, a person may "steal" a central air conditioning unit by cutting the connections to the house, removing the unit from its concrete pad and hauling the disconnected unit away in a truck. In most jurisdictions, a central air conditioning unit changes from personal property to real property (a fixture) once it is attached to a building. Modernly, severance of a fixture from the realty would convert the fixture from real property back to personal property. However, the common law stated that if the severance and carrying away of a fixture were one continuous act, no larceny would occur. The defendant's actions in this example would thus merely constitute damage to real property, and would further not result in possession of stolen property since no larceny had taken place. However, if the person disconnected the air conditioner, left the premises to find someone to help him move the unit, returned and loaded the unit on his truck and left, the crime would be larceny.[citation needed]
Of another
The property taken must be "of another". Thus wild animals cannot be stolen, although possession of a wild animal can itself be unlawful. Nor can co-owners be guilty of larceny. Larceny is a crime against possession. Therefore, it is possible for the person who has title to the property to steal the property from a person who had lawful possession. For example, states provide that a person who repairs a car had a lien on the car to secure payment for the work. The lien is a possessory lien meaning the repair person has the lien as long as he maintains possession of the car. If the title owner were to take the car from the lienholder this action could be prosecuted as larceny in some jurisdictions.
Without consent
The taking must be trespassory; that is, it must be without the consent of the owner. This means that the taking must have been accomplished by stealth, force, threat of force, or deceit. If the offender obtained possession lawfully then a subsequent misappropriation is not larceny.
Intent to steal (animus furandi)
See also: Furtum
The offender must have taken the property with the intent to steal it. Traditionally intent to steal is defined as the intent to deprive the owner of the possession of the property permanently. "Permanently" means indefinitely, that is, with no plan to return the property to the rightful owner. However, intent to steal includes other states of mind such as the intent to recklessly deprive the owner of the property permanently.
A person who takes property of another under the mistaken belief that the property belongs to him does not have the requisite intent to steal; nor does a person "intend to steal" property when he takes property intending to make temporary use of it and then return the property to the owner within a reasonable time.[40] However, it is not a defense that the defendant did not know that the property belonged to the true owner, only that he knew that it did not belong to him.
Must have value
Larceny protects the possession of goods – objects that have economic value. A good has economic value if it has a price; that is, the property can be sold in a market. Thus, if the property taken has no economic value, it is not subject to larceny statutes. Under contemporary larceny laws, it is normally sufficient to support a larceny charge if the item has any value to the owner, even if its market value would be negligible.[41]
Under New York State law, written instruments, utility services, and items of unascertainable value have special rules,[42] and for grand larceny in the fourth degree, a motor vehicle must have value of $100 or greater.[43] Otherwise, value is defined generally as:
the market value of the property at the time and place of the crime, or if such cannot be satisfactorily ascertained, the cost of replacement of the property within a reasonable time after the crime.
— N.Y. Penal L. § 155.20 (1).[44]
Grand larceny
"Grand larceny" redirects here. For the 1987 film, see Grand Larceny. For the 1922 lost film, see Grand Larceny (1922 film).
Grand larceny is typically defined as larceny of a more significant amount of property. In the US, it is often defined as an amount valued at least $400. In New York, grand larceny refers to amounts of at least $1,000. Grand larceny is often classified as a felony with the concomitant possibility of a harsher sentence. In Virginia the threshold is only $5 if taken from a person, or $500 if not taken from the person.[45] The same penalty applies for stealing checks as for cash or other valuables.[46] Some states (such as North Carolina) use the term "felonious larceny" instead of grand larceny.
The classification of larceny as grand or petit larceny originated in an English statute passed in 1275 (grand is a French word meaning "large" while petit is a French word meaning "small"). Both were felonies, but the punishment for grand larceny was death while the punishment for petit larceny was forfeiture of property to the Crown and whipping. The classification was based on the value of the property taken. The offence was grand larceny if the value of the property taken was greater than twelve pence, approximately the value of a sheep in the thirteenth century.[47]
Most jurisdictions have discarded the grand/petit terminology and use value to classify larcenies as felonies or misdemeanors. "Value" means the fair market value of the property at the time and place taken. Most jurisdictions also make certain larcenies felonies regardless of the value of the property taken. For example, North Carolina General Statutes Section 14 - 72 (b)(1) makes the crime of larceny a felony "without regard to value" if the larceny is (1) from the person (2) committed pursuant to certain types of breaking or enterings (3) of any explosive or incendiary device or (4) of any firearm.[48] The modern spelling is petit larceny for the misdemeanor level.[citation needed] Some states may also charge certain types of larceny as "robbery", "burglary", "theft", "shoplifting", "conversion", and other terms.
Problem areas
Subject matter
As noted above one cannot steal items "affixed to the earth" because such things are not personal property. However, one of the remarkable qualities of property is its shiftiness: its ability to change its character often and quickly, from real to personal and from personal to real. The principal methods of achieving this transformation are attachment and severance. If personal property is attached to land, it becomes real property. And if real property is severed from the land (rendered unattached) it becomes personal property. Examples abound. A person buys a furnace. The furnace company dispatches a technician to deliver and install the heating system. Before installation the heating system is personal property. It has corporeal presence and it can be moved around as witnessed by the fact that the technician picked it up at the warehouse, loaded it into his truck, drove it to the house, unloaded it, placed it in the basement and hooked it up to the house. The "hooking up" is the act that transformed what was personal property to real property. Once it is installed it has become "attached to the land" (the house) and is now considered real property. The attachment to the house has to be more than casual for personal property to become real property. For example, a table lamp that is plugged into a wall socket is not real property. A window air conditioning unit is not real property.
Comparison with embezzlement
Embezzlement differs from larceny in two ways. First, in embezzlement, an actual conversion must occur; second, the original taking must not be trespassory.[49] To say that the taking was not trespassory is to say that the person(s) performing the embezzlement had the right to possess, use, and/or access the assets in question, and that such person(s) subsequently secreted and converted the assets for an unintended and/or unsanctioned use. Conversion requires that the secretion interferes with the property, rather than just relocate it. As in larceny, the measure is not the gain to the embezzler, but the loss to the asset stakeholders. An example of conversion is when a person logs checks in a check register or transaction log as being used for one specific purpose and then explicitly uses the funds from the checking account for another and completely different purpose. It is important to make clear that embezzlement is not always a form of theft or an act of stealing, since those definitions specifically deal with taking something that does not belong to the perpetrator(s). Instead, embezzlement is, more generically, an act of deceitfully secreting assets by one or more persons that have been entrusted with such assets. The person(s) entrusted with such assets may or may not have an ownership stake in such assets.
In the case where it is a form of theft, distinguishing between embezzlement and larceny can be tricky.[50] Making the distinction is particularly difficult when dealing with misappropriations of property by employees. To prove embezzlement, the state must show that the employee had possession of the goods "by virtue of her employment"; that is, that the employee had the authority to exercise substantial control over the goods. Typically, in determining whether the employee had sufficient control the courts will look at factors such as the job title, job description and the particular employment practices. For example, the manager of a shoe department at a store would likely have sufficient control over the shoes that if she converted the goods to her own use she would be guilty of embezzlement. On the other hand, if the same employee were to steal cosmetics from the cosmetic counter, so long as they did not convert the product, the crime would not be embezzlement but larceny. For a case that exemplifies the difficulty of distinguishing larceny and embezzlement see State v. Weaver, 359 N.C. 246; 607 S.E.2d 599 (2005).
By trick
See also: Fraud
Using confidence tricks (deception) to get possession of property is larceny.
Larceny by trick is descriptive of the method used to obtain possession. The concept arose from Pear's Case decided in 1779.[51] The issue was whether a person who had fraudulently obtained possession of personal property (a horse) could be convicted of larceny. The chief impediment to conviction was the doctrine of possessorial immunity which said that a person who had acquired possession lawfully, that is with the consent of the owner, could not be prosecuted for larceny. Clearly the owner of the horse had given the defendant possession of the animal – he had agreed that the defendant could borrow the horse to ride to Surrey.[52] The case would seem to have been cut and dried – the doctrine of possessorial immunity applied and the defendant was therefore not guilty of larceny. The court held that consent induced by fraud was not consent in the eyes of the law. The fraudulent act that induced the owner to transfer possession "vitiated" the consent. This concept of consent broadened the scope of larceny. Before, consent meant the voluntary relinquishment of possession and thus property was wrongfully taken only if the defendant acquired possession by stealth, force or threat of force.
By employees
An employee is generally presumed to have custody rather than possession of property of his employer used during his employment. Thus the misappropriation would be larceny. However, officers, managers and employees who have significant authority over the disposition or use of the employer's property have possession rather than custody and the misappropriation of the property would likely be embezzlement rather than larceny. Determining whether an employee has custody or possession can be difficult. A careful examination of the employee's duties and responsibilities, his authority over the property and the actual business practices is required.[53]
If a third party transfers possession of property to an employee for delivery to his employer, the employee has possession of the property and his conversion of the property would be embezzlement rather than larceny. For example, if a customer of a bank delivers money to a teller to deposit in the customer's account, the teller had possession of the property and his misappropriation would be embezzlement rather than larceny. However, once the teller transfers possession of the money to his employer, by placing the money in the till for example, the subsequent taking would be larceny rather than embezzlement. This rule does not apply if the teller intending to steal the property places the money in the till merely as a temporary repository or to hide his peculation.
Aggregation issues
Thievery may well involve many items of personal property stolen from multiple victims. Questions arise as to whether such situations are to be treated as one large theft or multiple small ones. The answer depends on the circumstances. If a thief steals multiple items from one victim during a single episode the courts doubtlessly would treat the act as one crime. The same result would obtain if the thief stole items from the same victim over a period of time on the grounds that the stealing was pursuant to a common scheme or plan. The effect would be that the state could aggregate the value of the various items taken in determining whether the crime was a felony or misdemeanor. Such a result would not always work to the criminal's detriment. Aggregation is also generally permitted when the thief steals property from multiple victims at the same time. For example, a thief steals "rims" from several cars parked in the same lot. On the other hand, aggregation is not permitted when a thief steals items from various victims at different times and places.[54]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larceny
Windows Vista is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on November 8, 2006, and became generally available on January 30, 2007, on the Windows Marketplace, the first release of Windows to be made available through a digital distribution platform.[7] Vista succeeded Windows XP (2001); at the time, the five-year gap between the two was the longest time span between successive Windows releases.
Microsoft began developing Vista under the codename "Longhorn" in 2001, shortly before the release of XP. It was intended as a small upgrade to bridge the gap between XP and the next major Windows version, codenamed Blackcomb. As development progressed, it assimilated many of Blackcomb's features and was repositioned as a major Windows release. Vista introduced the updated graphical user interface and visual style Aero, Windows Search, redesigned networking, audio, print, and display sub-systems, and new multimedia tools such as Windows DVD Maker among other changes. Vista aimed to increase the level of communication between machines on a home network, using peer-to-peer technology to simplify sharing files and media between computers and devices. Vista included version 3.0 of the .NET Framework, allowing software developers to write applications without traditional Windows APIs. It removed support for Itanium and devices without ACPI.
While its new features and security improvements garnered praise, Vista was the target of significant criticism, such as its high system requirements, more restrictive licensing terms, lack of compatibility, longer boot time, and excessive authorization prompts from User Account Control. It saw lower adoption and satisfaction rates than XP, and it is generally considered a market failure.[8][9] However, Vista usage did exceed Microsoft's pre-launch two-year-out expectations of achieving 200 million users, with an estimated 330 million internet users in January 2009. On October 22, 2010, Microsoft ceased sales of retail copies of Windows Vista, and the original equipment manufacturer's sales for Windows Vista ceased the following year.[10]
Vista was succeeded by Windows 7 (2009), which retained and refined many of the features that Vista introduced. Microsoft ended mainstream support for Vista on April 10, 2012, and extended support on April 11, 2017.[11] In retrospect, Vista is often described as one of the worst versions of Windows,[12] but also an important one that laid the foundation for future releases.[13][14]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista
The Marriott World Trade Center was a 22-story, 825-room hotel at 3 World Trade Center within the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City. It opened in April 1981 as the Vista International Hotel and was the first major hotel to open in Lower Manhattan south of Canal Street since 1836. It was also unofficially known as World Trade Center 3 (WTC 3 or 3 WTC), and the World Trade Center Hotel, officially the Vista Hotel, and the Marriott Hotel throughout its history.
The hotel was damaged in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. It was destroyed by structural damage caused by the collapse of the World Trade Center as a result of the September 11 attacks. The hotel was not replaced as part of the new World Trade Center complex, although its address was reused for a tower at 175 Greenwich Street.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriott_World_Trade_Center
An anonymous Internet commentator reflects:A friend of mine got hold of the beta test CD of Win95, and set up a packet sniffer between his serial port and the modem. When you try out the free demo time on The Microsoft Network, it transmits your entire directory structure in background.This means that they have a list of every directory (and, potentially every file) on your machine. It would not be difficult to have something like a File Request from your system to theirs, without you knowing about it. This way they could get a hold of any juicy routines you've written yourself and claim them as their own if you don't have them copyrighted." Liability For Distributed Artificial Intelligences"
Berkeley Technology Law Journal (btlj.org)
https://www.btlj.org/data/articles2015/vol11/Searchable/11-1/03%20Karnow.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3N1_M0djLd_bQgTM_xQto8kfgVZRyQkphkkmMOmvXec71yVJuGf9UvVnU
The Vatican has founded the Pope John Paul II Center for Prayer and Study for Peace at 1711 Ocean Avenue, Springlake, New Jersey, in a mansion overlooking the ocean. The mansion was given to the New York Archdiocese by the estate of Elmer Bobst, who died in 1978. He was a multimillionaire and chairman of Warner Lambert Company. Richard Nixon was a frequent visitor. Directors of the Center were Kurt Waldheim, former Secretary General of the United Nations and ex-nazi war criminal; Cyrus Vance, former Secretary of State under Carter and member of both the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission; Clare Booth Luce, a dame of the Knights of Malta; and J. Peter Grace of W.R. Grace Company, who is head of the Knights of Malta in the United States. The Center was set up by the Vatican as a part of the Pope's new peace plan, which will bring the world together (see my paper "The Secret Government"). The Center has two roles:
(1) Educate Catholics and their children to accept the New World Order.
(2) Provide residence for the world-peace-solution computer and an ongoing study for peaceful solutions to any future problems which may endanger world peace. The computer is hooked to the world capitals via satellite. All nations have agreed to relinquish sovereignty to the Pope and submit future problems to the computer for solution. Of course, this will not go into effect until the New World Order is publicly announced. I believe that the New World Order was born in secrecy on January 19,1989. Now you know.
Acquaint yourself anew with the teachings of Jesus. Compare his teachings with the tenets of the Illuminati and then compare it with the following. The Vatican has stated at various times that "the Pope is for total disarmament; the Pope is for elimination of the sovereignty of the nation states; the Pope is also stating that property rights are not to be considered true property rights. The Pope believes that only the Vatican knows what is right for man." In the early 1940s, the I.G. Farben Chemical Company employed a Polish salesman who sold cyanide to the Nazis for use in Auschwitz. The same salesman also worked as a chemist in the manufacture of the poison gas. This same cyanide gas along with Zyklon B and malathion was used to exterminate millions of Jews and other groups. Their bodies were then burned to ashes in the ovens. After the war the salesman, fearing for his life, joined the Catholic Church and was ordained a priest in 1946. One of his closest friends was Dr. Wolf Szmuness, the mastermind behind the November/78 to October/79 and March/80 to October/81 experimental hepatitis B vaccine trials conducted by the Center for Disease Control in New York, San Francisco and four other American cities that loosed the plague of AIDS upon the American people. The salesman was ordained Poland's youngest bishop in 1958. After a 30-day reign his predecessor was assassinated and our ex-cyanide gas salesman assumed the papacy as Pope John Paul II. 1990 is the right time with the right leaders: ex-chief of the Soviet secret police Mikhail Gorbachev, ex-chief of the CIA George Bush, ex-Nazi cyanide gas salesman Pope John Paul II, all bound by an unholy alliance to ring in the New World Order."
Behold A Pale Horse
by William Cooper
hourofthetime .com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/William_Cooper-Behold_a_Pale_Horse1991A.pdf
Computer hackers at 2029 Lonnie Lane Dayton Nevada that might have also remoted into bank accounts and possibly remoted files into neighbors computers to frame for search warrant and felony chargers, neighbors beware of Alberto, and the first person that files restraining order "wins" and made ass out of the court that doesn't seem to care about the community (the outer court) which it claims to serve only because the courts have been hijacked by officers that takes bribes from the Vatican bank.
In 2029, Earth has been ravaged by the war between the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet and the human resistance. Skynet sends the T-1000—an advanced, shape-shifting prototype Terminator made of virtually indestructible liquid metal—back in time to kill resistance leader John Connor when he is a child. To protect John, the resistance sends back a reprogrammed T-800 Terminator, a less advanced metal endoskeleton covered in living tissue.
In 1995 Los Angeles, John's mother Sarah is incarcerated in Pescadero State Hospital for her violent efforts to prevent "Judgment Day"—the prophesied events of August 29, 1997, when Skynet will gain sentience and, in response to its creators' attempts to deactivate it, incite a nuclear holocaust. John, living with foster parents, also considers Sarah delusional and resents her efforts to prepare him for his future role. The T-1000 locates John in a shopping mall, but the T-800 intervenes, coming to John's aid and enabling his escape. John calls to warn his foster parents, but the T-800 deduces that the T-1000 has already killed them. Realizing the T-800 is programmed to obey him, John forbids it to kill people and orders it to help him rescue Sarah from the T-1000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president of the United States for a term of four years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_United_States_presidential_election
Kamala Devi Harris (English: /ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi/ ⓘ,[1] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, serving under President Joe Biden.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris
RAPHAEL Gamaliel Warnock[1] (/ˈrɑːfiɛl ˈwɔːrnɒk/ RAH-fee-el WOR-nok; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptist pastor serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Warnock
The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral John Warren's Chesapeake campaign. It was the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power had captured and occupied a United States capital. Following the defeat of American forces at the Battle of Bladensburg on August 24, 1814, a British army led by Major-General Robert Ross marched on Washington, D.C. That evening, British soldiers and sailors set fire to multiple public buildings, including the Presidential Mansion, United States Capitol, and Washington Navy Yard.[5][permanent dead link]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington
London is going to launch nuclear attack on Washington D.C 2030-2031 after false flag attacks in Jerusalem because of the Vatican and CIA.
The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the U.S. presidency (or the office itself, in the instance of succession by the vice president) upon an elected president's death, resignation, removal from office, or incapacity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving since 2025 as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard
The Cheyenne Mountain Complex (CMOC)[a] is a non-public military installation of the United States Department of Defense[b] located inside Cheyenne Mountain, in El Paso County, Colorado.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Complex
The conspiracy is racist, considering Blacks, Hispanics, and Aboriginal Peoples to be inferior races of useless eaters. They believe or at least profess that the Anglo/Aryan race is the true Israel (British Israel and Christian Identity for the dupes and an Anglophile Secular Humanism for the leaders) and thus the Master race. They have convinced the so-called useless eaters that they are friends, benefactors, and protectors. In the meantime they plan to enslave these poor People under socialism or eliminate them altogether. The Illuminati has convinced them that Karl Marx is their savior, and the sheople follow this Judas goat eagerly.
MAJESTYTWELVE by William Cooper Copyright © 1997 William Cooper All Rights Reserved
HOTT - MAJESTYTWELVE (hourofthetime.com)
https://www.hourofthetime.com/majestyt.htm
Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House
Kim Luciani
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET
Key Points AI-assisted summary
President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/
̶A̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶(̶L̶a̶t̶i̶n̶:̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶t̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶)̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶b̶d̶i̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶o̶c̶c̶u̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶C̶a̶t̶h̶o̶l̶i̶c̶ ̶C̶h̶u̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶v̶o̶l̶u̶n̶t̶a̶r̶i̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶s̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶
̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶e̶n̶.̶w̶i̶k̶i̶p̶e̶d̶i̶a̶.̶o̶r̶g̶/̶w̶i̶k̶i̶/̶P̶a̶p̶a̶l̶_̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶
Pope John Paul I[a] (born Albino Luciani;[b] 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I
On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Pope_John_Paul_II
SAKO Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3
LOUIS Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako
The word asas in Arabic means "PRINCIPLE". The Asāsiyyūn (plural, from literary Arabic) were, as defined in Arabic, the principle people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins
PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola
TRANSLATED FROM
THE AUTOGRAPH
BY
FATHER ELDER MULLAN, S.J.
I.H.S.
NEW YORK
P.J. KENEDY & SONS
PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE
https://ia601603.us.archive.org/32/items/spiritualexercis00ignauoft/spiritualexercis00ignauoft.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxUizo_-8nBA9QAUywKNkx-WBNy2KDmie3
Which type of malware resides only in RAM? Explaining fileless malware
January 11, 2024
Unlike most malware, which requires user installation, fileless malware typically operates without writing anything to the hard drive.
Explaining malware which resides only in RAM
Unlike traditional malware, which typically involves downloading and running an executable file, fileless malware operates in the system’s memory (RAM) and often exploits legitimate tools (like PowerShell, WMI, or Windows Registry) and scripts already present on the target system (such as JavaScript or VBScript).
https://any.run/cybersecurity-blog/fileless-malware/
In computer networking, IP address spoofing or IP spoofing is the creation of Internet Protocol (IP) packets with a false source IP address, for the purpose of impersonating another computing system.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address_spoofing
DVD smut malware blights US forces in Iraq
Malware infected bootleg DVDs bought from Iraqi souks are causing US troops all sorts of problems. "Porno-Viruses" spread on these DVDs are triggering issues with so-called computer "RAM-rot". The popularity of smutty videos among Iraqi troops, in particular, is a concern, according to US Army Reserve Capt. Michael Noonan. " …
https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2008/05/12/dvd_smut_malware_hits_army/
In home invasions by neighbors my mother Susan Dunn and I are both being coordinated on by US Marine corps neighbors that put restraining orders on me accusing me of stalking when it is them doing the stalking while having a restraining order is dumb deadly irony, total hypocrisy, lawlessness that the corrupt courts are enforcing and need to repent from facilitating neighbors backstabbing each other, these lockpickers Sarina Barela and Alberto Banda Marine Corps computer hackers from 2029 Lonnie Lane are capable of putting poisons into the milk in the refrigerator when Susan leaves the house 2031 Lonnie Lane Dayton Nevada
Merkin Diddler wifi name is Jeremy Silva 2025 Lonnie Lane and Hello Kitty wifi name is Joshua Swanick 2026 Lonnie Lane and they park their cars in the driveway reversed facing the street and each other is war. DABEARS wifi name is Julia Ann Byse at 2030 Lonnie Lane Dayton Nevada.
Mae Brussell - Opus Dei, Knights Of Malta, Vatican Death Squads.
Transcript
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good evening this is May Brussel this program emanates from Kazo k a zuu FM in
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Pacific Grove California it's broadcast number 681 December the 24th 1984 just one more
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program on New Year's Eve next week and then we tuck this year away for Better
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or For Worse we have survived the year of 1984 but as Ronald Reagan said at the
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time that he won the election you ain't seen nothing yet and with that grin on his face we don't know what he means by
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that so some of us will have to wait and see last week uh I finished the broadcast number
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680 with uh sections from a book called The Year of Armageddon the these
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sections were mailed to me by some friends in the East the authors are Gordon Thomas Max Morgan it's from
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Granada press London 1984 and I'm sure that Tom Davis out here in Capitola an
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Aptos will be carrying this book and you can order from him but the importance of
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this uh particular chapter has to do that I've been referring to has to do with Wild Bill Donovan William Donovan
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his close relationship to the Vatican and how he was kned with the highest
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order of the Vatican he was the chief of the OSS and then helped form the Central
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Intelligence Agency and from the OSS days working closely with the Vatican
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and simultaneously with Nazis such as hinry Kimler and SS Carl wolf and a
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whole bag of Nazis Reinhardt Galen and the Aerospace Nazis with with that uh
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Team of the Vatican and the Nazis and the American intelligence working together when the war was over the bonds
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got even closer because they had now to coexist with Russia which the Vatican
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and the United States Pentagon never wanted anyway and when the CIA was formed it we have our officials in Rome
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it became the official Espionage uh Department of the United States government but it also is a military
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branch just as the Knights of Malta are a military branch The Sovereign military
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means military if you look in the dictionary Sovereign is the supreme power and authority and Military relates
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to soldiers arms or War well the Vatican doesn't have men in uniform that go out
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and fight or tanks or airplanes but it has the power over the members of the
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church to tell them put on a uniform to tell them don't resist these people to
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tell them to confess to political stories even or political actions that they're doing and uh they are very much
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a part the Vatican and the intelligence community of running the world and the
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intelligence Community can tell the Pentagon and tell Congress what to vote because we are in danger here or there
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they are the intellectual military but they are the military because you can't get the uniforms on and the war going
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without the idea first of who are your friends or who are your enemies so this book says that the Knights of Malta
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serves an ideal cover for William Casey because he can operate under the organization of the Knights of Malta and
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it becomes military from the Vatican and Casey is the chief director of the CIA
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at home the book says that both the CIA and the Vatican know that is essential
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for the pope never to be seen openly or Alig himself with the political aims of the CIA and I talked about that last
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week you can't be seen walking in and out of the door every day the CIA briefing him once a week is enough and
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it says working through an order such as the Knights of Malta The Sovereign
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military Order of Malta the country's leading Catholics and the CIA have a
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wider distance away from each other on an official lever level but they can
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meet H what you describe as casually and still get together and and they appear
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to keep the distance away each from each other so that the pope and the CIA station Chief in Rome appear to have
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this distance so that they're not constantly having eye contact but their messages in between those men that have
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been made Knights of Malta for the military part of protecting the Roman Church the book says the CIA in Rome can
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brief the pope once a week and we talked about that they can give him a weekly briefing but the CIA would appear
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unacceptable if the station Chief was in and out of the Pope's office every day and uh I I shared that with you last
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week and we'll go on from there it says nowadays William Casey doesn't have to fly to Rome he doesn't even telephone
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the Vatican he has powerful emissaries in the order the Knights of malda the Sovereign military order who ConEd
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conveyed John Paul and an informal way what the CIA wants the Vatican to do
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William Casey the CIA director has a wide choice of Messengers thousands of
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more to send to Rome some of these Knights are secret we don't know who they are I'd like to know who they are
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some are well known like Leia cokus barus scus Robert appap that was the
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Godfather of Ronald of Richard Nixon's children he used to Nixon fly down to his place for briefings Baron Hilton and
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they mentioned uh three others in this book maybe more later in the book but in this chapter William Simon Robert Wagner
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and Claire loose now that those three are important in addition to the ones I
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mentioned but how does the Vatican and the the policy of the military order of
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the Vatican affect domestic policy William Simon is on the board of helion etics making the laser beams and Star
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Wars that the Russians do not want to get into with us the weapons up in space
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and he works with Edward Teller of the hydrogen bomb and Admiral Hayward I mention these names many times but every
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time he comes up with a new appointment uh or something that's pertinent I want to repeat it till you really understand
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how far-reaching they are William Simon was the former chairman of the Olympics and I wonder what would have happened if
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the Soviet Union had appeared and he recently it seems or was just exposed recently is being on the team of kissing
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or in a Associates working with Henry Kissinger and Lawrence Eagle Berger in the defense department on that
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mysterious Advisory Group under the name of Henry Kissinger Associates another
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member that they side here is Robert Wagner the former mayor of New York the he's the presidential Envoy to the holy
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sea well it was his law office of Mr Wagner and Weiss and Simon rifken that
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set up the uh Corporation papers for autovon bullwin the head of reinart
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galen's domestic operations when Galen went back to Germany to be working with
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the BND Hitler's chief of Intelligence on the East uh Galen was kned by the
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Vatican and Robert Wagner a knight can travel and in the offices with Mr
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riffkin clar loose I have mentioned many times before and again it's in this book
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that's why I'm bringing up again is a knight of Malta well Henry loose is P
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long gone he passed away a few years ago but Lifetime and Fortune are sports illustrator very political and probably
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the two most political covers that I remember on the cover of Life magazine when Henry loose was alive one was the
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picture of Lee Harvey oswal the famous picture holding the rifle and the Shadows under his nose aren't the same
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as the Shadows where the rifle Falls and Oswald saw it when he was alive and said that the picture was uh cut around and
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that it wasn't his body it was his head and not his body and the picture of Charles Manson the time of the Manson
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killings to make appear that hippies and the deranged musician the music cult
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group killed Sharon Tate and Mr palansky and everyone in that house um those two
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covers are very political statements because they are facts of disinformation in other words they're not facts at all
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they're trying to project a thought in your mind that will be locked in there but in which in fact isn't the way it
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was told and it was done for a purpose of prom propaganda now left out of the
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list and I won't run down there politics because you know how important they are and think of them as passing Messengers
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in and out of the Vatican is J Peter Grace William Buckley James Buckley Alexander heg Patrick folley Jeremiah
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Denton and we could go on for many many more this book says all these persons have a common Bond they have the ability
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to call the Vatican switchboard and ask to be connected to extension 3101 to the Pope's desk at any time they
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want they are knighted and of course James Jesus Angleton is a knight of Malta and uh you can't uh pass off the
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envoy to the Vatican Mr Wilson William Wilson now Wilson was formerly in charge
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of Ronald Ran's personal finances he's one of the two men that takes credit for
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sending the Vatican Envoy from the United States of the Vatican something
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this country hasn't done for many many many years uh Robert Keith Gray is proud that he
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did that and the second man who takes credit for having a knight of Malta as ambassador to the Vatican is Senator
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Richard Lugar the now head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who has close ties to the Vatican now Mr lugar's
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name is controversial I brought it up a while back on allegations that he was
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funded or picked up money from a Nazi in Switzerland at the time time of
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Nixon's elections I talked about that on broadcast number 600 in
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1983 and also another broadcast on Senator Lugar uh there were two that I
10:11
did two tapes on Lugar one on 620 and one on 600 if you want to look them up
10:17
one story broke in the newspaper the uh Senator Lugar bizarre scheme Swiss bank
10:23
and transfer of money that was it was titled and it had to do with the signature of hor Horus SEMA a fugitive
10:30
and Nazi war criminal living in Spain who wrote a check that Lugar had picked
10:36
up and put into a Swiss bank for funds for the Republican party there are many
10:42
Links of non Nazi war criminals such as lisso jelly uh and other Nazis many of
10:48
them funding the GOP and lined up with the GOP Nicol Mao and the office of
10:53
Richard Nixon the book wanted search for the Nazis by Mr bloom goes into Nazis
10:59
live in America but the most controversial is the one that goes into Richard Nixon's office and uses it as a
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dummy front in Whittier now this last election to show you how important these
11:11
Vatican links are and how they can affect our Congress uh there was election in November and Senator Charles
11:18
Percy wanted the nomination he's in Illinois and he was pushed out of the
11:24
seat by a gentleman named Michael goand g l n d from Los Angeles and goand moved
11:31
to Illinois for one year and took up a residency and put in a million dollars
11:36
to defeat Percy now this Goan has links to Israel but the article on the uh
11:43
fellow in Los Angeles Times December the 5th said a man who helped topple Senator
11:49
pery won't say why now what happened when Senator Percy didn't win the
11:54
election in November to go back to the Senate he was in charge of the Senate Foreign Relations committee so by his
12:01
being out of the Foreign Relations Committee Senator Richard Lugar took the position so somebody who has possibly
12:08
worked with a Nazi war criminal with taking money into Swiss banks from
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Madrid um who has ties to Nazis and to the Vatican is in charge of the Senate
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Foreign Relations Committee the overt purpose of this toppling of Mr Golan as
12:26
I say is that he is pro-israel but the story of his money seems to be secret and the point is that uh somebody close
12:34
to the Vatican might have wanted Lugar to be head of the Foreign Relations
12:40
Committee he's close to the Ambassador that he wanted in he pushed that along
12:46
with Robert Keith Gray and he also in November got his promotion into the
12:52
Senate and I think it's significant the way our Senators are soon to be moved
12:57
out and bought so that the liking of them you know whatever the Vatican or the CIA wants unlimited money will pour
13:06
23 million into Jesse Helms uh in North Carolina money not identifiable from
13:13
sources all over the world can come and push these men out until we get a senate
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that is all of One mind no controversy and behind it all is the possibility of
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the Vatican movers of William Casey and the various agents William Wilson and
13:30
people traveling back and forth as Knights of Malta this book says William
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Casey of the CIA and William Wilson were two people that told the Pope that the
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about Liberation theology that it is in quotes the greatest danger the church faces in Latin America Liberation
13:48
theology is political activism of priests it means to liberate you from the death squads of El Salvador to
13:55
liberate you from Samoa to divide up the property to feed the poor educate them
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and have a better land use so the Central Intelligence Agency through Casey and Wilson say to the pope as if
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this osa's Pope didn't know it that is the greatest danger the church the church in other words you will suffer
14:15
rcia has told us that if you don't do something about Liberation theology your
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church the Vatican will suffer so the chapter in this book goes on the CIA through their briefly
14:29
weekly briefings to the pope and both through that and the Knights of Malta
14:35
keep telling the Vatican of their strategy and it's formulated earlier by
14:40
the predecessor really Richard Helms and they helped the Vatican on how to combat
14:46
clerical dissidence as if the Vatican needs that help but they're Whispering or yelling into the Pope's ear so that
14:54
Casey as a knight of Malta his excuse is in quotes he only has has the good of
14:59
the church in mind well I don't know if the church in mind is what William Casey
15:05
should have there is the United States of America and our interest may not be
15:11
the same as the church the church and the CIA are pushing inquisitions and
15:16
Crusades and if you don't like the Spanish Crusades in Madrid or you don't know about them get a few history books
15:24
and look that up uh $30 million last week was given by by the intelligence
15:30
community and the defense department to Mr pinet in Chile in spite of the repressions and the rounding up of one
15:36
or 2,000 of the youth and as I said last week Mr Doan was honored last week for
15:43
what he did in El Salvador admitting that he did set up the death squads in
15:48
El Salvador where there are 50,000 people dead so why Mr Casey thinks he
15:54
has the church in mind the good of the church in mind somewhere along theine line there should be breaks put on this
16:00
where we say are the interests of the Catholic Church identical with the interests of the many people in the
16:07
United States of America who don't approve of wiping out those middlemen
16:13
the the priests the nuns the archbishops who are trying to better the lives of the very poor people that they have to
16:19
work with now in the book The Year of Armageddon they tell about the briefing
16:25
of the church do gooders the people who try to help the priests and they Snidely
16:31
remark about them as do gooders and one of the examples is Father Romero down in
16:37
El Salvador the CIA trains and finances police forces in Latin America that have
16:43
tortured murdered Bishops and Archbishop priests and nuns and these men are
16:49
asking Mr Thomas and Morgan how is that the Vatican goes along with that when
16:54
members of their own church are being killed well they're told that those people who were killed are enemies of
17:00
the state because they have Liberation theology so there's no contradiction in being killed if you don't think like the
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people at home think which is good for the Vatican this book goes on John Paul's Vatican Envoy to Washington DC p
17:16
lji l a ghi knows that the US Institute for
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religion and democracy the initials ird was established in 1981 3 years ago and
17:28
has receive funds from the American institutions previously acted as CIA
17:33
monetary Outlets the Vatican knows that the CIA is already funding The Institute
17:39
for religion and democracy and Mr poi's work with that and it goes on to say the
17:47
ird is currently engaged in a powerful campaign against Church activists who do
17:52
not agree with the Reagan Administration or the policies in El Salvador or Latin America where they oppose the repressive
18:00
regimes so hand inand uh the uh POI and
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he is the Vatican Envoy to our government now the governments have exchanged ambassadors he's the
18:12
equivalent of the Ambassador from the Vatican to uh Washington DC now just a
18:18
few weeks ago November the 11th 1984 in the London Times there's a story about
18:24
our ambassador from the Vatican the current ambassador who gets these brief and works with the Pope Mr pagi and the
18:32
title of the article is Nuno at death camp this comes out of the London Times
18:38
it says the Pope's Envoy to Washington monor pagi has been accused of having
18:43
toured a camp in 1976 setting up set up by the ruling Hunter to murder left
18:49
Wingers lji as a Papal Envoy to Argentina before he was the envoy to the
18:55
United States he was down there in Argentina kept silent the secret of these murders for 5 years he was guarded
19:02
the camp is the noeva baviera camp in the tukman provin newspapers of the time
19:08
this is going back to 1976 said that Lei I I hope I'm pronouncing that right say he lectures
19:15
to the soldiers in the barracks who do the killings on the need to protect Argentina from the dangers of outside
19:24
forces he goes there he's going there in 1976 and for five years talking to the
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men in case they had a conscience on the necessity to protect Argentina that
19:36
they're endangered from an invasion of ideas of foreign ideas so Lai was
19:42
helping The Men Who tortured and uh 30,000 people were murdered which is
19:48
according to this article a euphemism for they were missing which is a euphemism for being murdered now there
19:55
14 other Bishops were named in the newspaper clipping going back to that time period I guess they thought nobody
20:01
would ever look this up just as Alan delas thought nobody would read the Warren Commission exhibits and hearings
20:08
at least 14 other Bishops and high-ranking clergy in Argentina were regular visitors that death camp one
20:14
priest traveled to three camps to absolve the guilt of the torturers the
20:19
role of the priest there was to tell the torturers it's all right kids because
20:26
the worst thing that can happen to Argent Ina is to be endangered by an invasion of ideas you can't have a new
20:34
idea so kill these people because they have maybe a new idea on how to go grow
20:40
crops how to divide the land how to build shelters lowcost housing all of
20:45
these are dangerous ideas health care or even changing the president the
20:51
president now as a democracy he's been trying to investigate the murders that took place in Argentina and that's why
20:58
these artic are coming out then London Times said none of the priests none of the Vatican ever denounced the military
21:05
Hunt's dirty tricks where these 30,000 disappeared this information that just
21:11
came out this last November according the London times has made the Vatican Furious it has enraged the Vatican
21:18
because the new president R Al alanine has revealed the secret list of those
21:24
who cooperated with the killings and the torture in the Vatican and among them
21:29
was the Nuno at the death camp po lii the current ambassador from the Vatican
21:36
to Ronald Reagan so you can imagine what he thinks on current Central American Affairs after advising tortures and sure
21:44
with the permission of the Pope that it's koser and okay one survivor of the death camps uh provide information the
21:51
London Times about this he's living in Spain he's afraid he'll be killed he's gotten death threats and he p L saw Mr
21:59
Le there and in fact he was interviewed by him or saw him in the prison and he
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asked him did your family know where you were because these people were taken away and this is one fellow who was lucky enough to live and he promised
22:13
them this Vatican Envoy that he called the family and say he saw him which he never did in conclusion on this section
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on the Vatican the CIA uh these authors say the pope is aware of both the CIA and their links
22:28
with one of his favorite secret societies the Opus day the pope knows that the CIA is linked to the Opus day
22:37
we might have figured this out with the kind of bit prominent people in there but this is uh a time where it is
22:42
reprinted in a book so you can see it and it goes on to say the Opus day in Chile receives indirect financial
22:49
support from the Central Intelligence Agency the agency provides Opus day with
22:55
evidence of Jesuits who challenge the papal pronouncement can you imagine
23:00
anything so sickening or Insidious as this going very slowly on this I have a lot of material but I can't think of
23:07
anything worse the CIA tells the Opus day of evidence of particular Jesuits
23:14
who challenge the papal pronouncements or who are involved in political causes
23:19
the CIA opposes so in addition to snitching at all other levels the Opus
23:25
day is a group that functions for the Vatican as well as a sovereign military
23:31
Sovereign military Order of Malta it goes on it was the CIA who suggested to
23:36
John Paul that he should encourage the Opus day to begin working in Poland uh
23:42
one time it was revealed that the pope gave Le Wella $50 million and later
23:48
there's sort of a scandal because there wasn't a trace of what the money went to just for demonstrations and in
23:53
conclusion it says the Vatican and the CIA will always reach each other through the church Institution there is besides
24:00
the CIA there's the nights of Malta and the Opus day now is there a solution to this yes cut off every public official
24:09
who is appointed or nominated who has an allegiance to the Church of Rome and only allow if you're going to have
24:15
Catholic people working for you let them be good Catholics or P Catholics and not
24:21
the kind that promise they'll do the snitching and do the kind of work that the Opus day and the kns of Malta are
24:28
doing their obedience shouldn't always be to the Church of the Roman Empire there are other things at stake here and
24:35
people have to learn to get live along with each other so and the Vatican feels better dead than red so they encourage
24:42
the snitches and then the pressure comes down these people lose jobs lose homes and are killed a very dangerous
24:49
situation and many of those names every time they come up in the news in another format I'll run them down again because
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they are prominent in decision-making policies right here in the United States they affect the entire world now another
25:03
group of people that are just as dangerous as the Knights of Malta and I have to slip this in before I get back
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to Mr Wild Bill Donovan are these private armies that are formed that are
25:15
raising money on their own with the D in quotes on their own with the defense
25:20
department with the the CIA when Congress says we sent enough to those people we have no record of what they do
25:27
with it or they're torturing there's too many death squads when the elected members of 50 states are sent to
25:33
Congress and the congressman vote on a certain issue and goodness knows it's hard to get an agreement on that issue
25:39
if the certain persons affiliated with violence and killings and counter
25:45
Espionage and guilla warfare don't like the decisions of the elected government
25:50
they go out on their own and I have a large amount of Articles piled up on just that fact but the Washington Post
25:57
at a very important story December the 10th 1984 on this that epitomizes how
26:03
Insidious this is and this is really the seeds this is our Gusto because it links
26:10
to those same Christian fundamentalists that I talked about last week and the week before the Nazis and clans there
26:16
are direct connections of these people to the men in Idaho and to their National and international Roots now the
26:23
title of the Washington Post story is private groups press Contra a
26:29
the title says they press it after you read the story they've already given Millions it says they've raised millions
26:36
they have given out Millions down to South America this is the way the article goes a network of conservative
26:43
activists of military and intelligence officials including several members of a
26:49
pentagon advisory panel on Central America have stepped up efforts efforts to funnel money private money that they
26:56
call humanitarian uh Aid to the Nicaragua Rebels John singl is one of
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those people in charge of this retired General John singl president of the world anti-communist league raises
27:11
500,000 a month from wealthy citizens and groups since Congress cut off the
27:16
back for the CIA funds and I'm sure you've read this before how they funding the contct John ziglam works with the
27:23
Nazis from he works out of Taiwan works with Reverend Moon and Mr asakawa with
27:29
Pinos in Chile around the world he's on the board of Western goals that's still functioning and was part of that go
27:36
board when 100,000 was placed in Los Angeles to take documents on people who
27:42
were law-abiding citizens in 1975 and in the 60s that were order destroyed and
27:47
feeding them into these computers with that mysterious John Reese from London
27:52
and John ree Reese's wife Louise was on the staff of Senator Joe McCarthy
27:58
they're not their track record shows are not on any humanitarian activities and
28:03
all of a sudden they Halo so bright you can hardly read the article because they want to send humanitarian material to uh
28:11
these countries to protect the death squads in El Salvador and the torture there and to put the Samoa people back
28:19
into power in Nicaragua it says sing La has raised as I say 500,000 a month sing
28:25
loud will do what the defense department wants and the defense department does
28:31
what sing laab wants and in this article it melts the two it says sing laab and others have not only sent millions of
28:38
dollars in uniforms food medicine and other Aid to Honduras El Salvador and
28:43
Guatemala but the defense department has helped coordinate their aid they're
28:49
doing this and as I say it says because Congress cut off the money the elected officials cut it off the defense
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department works with them s La who was recalled from South Korea by Jimmy Carter formed a private Institute to
29:03
train police forces in El Salvador and possibly the contas and soldiers if the
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United States government will not that doesn't sound very humanitarian to me he
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has an Institute called The Institute for regional and international studies in Boulder Colorado which is run by
29:21
Alexander mcll from Soldiers of Fortune he's the military Affairs editor of
29:27
soldiers of fortune and of course you get the Mr Brown of Soldiers of Fortune
29:33
with a Christian Defense League The Fringe area of the uh fight it out
29:38
yourself we'll go in and do it cut them up and slice them up if your government will let us we have Soldiers of Fortune
29:45
sing La and the Pentagon working together briefing and helping each other
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we'll take a one minute break and get back to this story in about one minute
30:02
this is May Brussel it's broadcast number 681 December the 24th 1984 this is side
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two of this tape uh John singl on the board of Western goals a Warrior from
30:17
Guerilla tactics and warfare in Southeast Asia and around the globe particularly in Southeast Asia working
30:24
with the Pentagon having a meeting with the Pentagon he set up his own Institute
30:29
in Colorado and The Institute is run by Mr McCall of the soldier of fortune and
30:35
uh solder of Fortune of course has uh gor L to their conventions and Gordon Noel and the late Mitchell wbel and the
30:43
various far right Savages I call them Savages of our uh spy systems all
30:49
coordinated and working together and all part of the perex operation I'll get back to the OSS and the perex uh the
30:58
ossi Donovan connections because all of these people are a product of it and I
31:04
have to take the current news and show you how they're acting in the present as well as in the past now this article
31:10
goes on the Washington Post sing loud met with the defense department in May of 1984 to study the wars in Central
31:17
America and ADV offer advice on US military history now if you think of the
31:23
failures of what these military men and retired intelligence and generals have
31:28
behind them uh what they've done with a dictatorship in Bolivia and what they
31:34
with Mr uh balazar before the current government changed hands and that will
31:40
be out by May or June of 1985 the relationship with the cocaine King in
31:45
Bolivia and the Nazis there and the relationship of sing laab to Southeast Asia and n nanhan and the dope pouring
31:52
into this country and the Fascism and Taiwan and the policies of this country
31:58
they have been a failure in so many countries and all of a sudden they become experts on military history at
32:04
the Pentagon Nation magazine ran a story by Peter Stone on this meeting in May
32:10
and he said it was held at the request of Fred kley the under Secretary of the defense for of defense for policy sing
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loud plus many veterans of the Guerilla Warfare of the Philippines Korea and
32:23
South Vietnam included retired General Edward G Lansdale and general HC
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anderol I know Charles's hair will stand on in when you understand it how much he
32:35
has studied Lansdale and anyone wants to know the policies of Southeast Asia you studyed Lansdale so here we have
32:42
Lansdale the Soldiers of Fortune which are the private armies then the sing
32:48
laabs who are again the secret private armies then with the defense department that are over armies but are doing
32:55
actions that are not allowed by Congress so so really they are a government into
33:00
and by themselves there's no other way you could slice it in the book deadly deceits Ralph McGee discusses just a
33:07
little bit about Lil I could say many many stories about him but because he is advising on Guerilla Warfare in the
33:15
Central America remember Henry Kissinger their buddy and uh the armchair buddy of all these Fells went over to Central
33:21
America First and put suggestions into order that they're working on now in the
33:27
book Dead deceits it describes how the OSS during the war the office of oss the
33:33
predecessor of the CIA and this again goes back to Donovan before there was a CIA and and Donovan was the head of the
33:40
OSS had agents Stag and over with Vietnam and they worked in cooperation
33:45
the Vietnamese with the OSS and the OSS gave them weapons and ammunition to
33:50
train the grill into an organized Army and once the Japanese surrendered in
33:55
August of 1945 these people thought they would be free and have a democracy for the first time
34:02
and by 1945 Vietnam was for the first time in the history free of foreign
34:07
domination then when the French begin to pull out the Americans come in and take over and the US policy makers decided
34:15
the French lost their will to fight in Vietnam the Vietnamese helped fight the Japanese and wanted their own country so
34:23
the French say well we'll get out now they wanted and they fought against the Japanese the French get out and lo and
34:30
behold in comes Mr DM handpicked by the National Security Council August the
34:35
20th 1954 and it sites the example DM was supposed to broaden the governmental
34:42
base elect an assembly and take over the French are out now and the DM is going
34:48
to be there in Vietnam just building up to our friend Mr Lansdale once the
34:53
decision was made overnight the CIA intelligence had to decide on the
34:58
situation in Vietnam the French would be out the decision is made we'll take over let's put in DM DM now was portrayed as
35:06
The Miracle Worker who was saving Vietnam to make the illusion a reality the CIA undertook a series of operation
35:14
that help him turn South Vietnam into a vast police state from the Democracy to
35:20
The Miracle Worker the purpose of these operations was to force the native South Vietnamese to accept the Catholic
35:26
Mandarin DM and here's Donovan the importance of the Vatican being united by the Vatican the military order of the
35:33
Vatican uh the soldier the The Sovereign military order that Soldier says we'll
35:40
put in a Catholic Mr DM and make a police state if you don't want to be a Catholic you'll have a police state so
35:47
DM through Donovan and then Mr Casey is Protege also and many of the CIA that
35:54
were Knights of Malta but particularly Donovan's hands over there in Southeast Asia they made DM the a head of the
36:02
Catholic man they and he was selected by US policy makers to provide an alternative to Communism in Vietnam if
36:10
you don't want the Russians if you don't want communism and divide up the property take our Catholic puppet Mr DM
36:18
McGee says it was a strange Choice from 1950 to 1953 while hose forces were
36:24
earning the Loyalty of the people fighting the French Mr DM a short fussy
36:29
Bachelor was in the United States at the Marinol Cemetery in New Jersey and New
36:35
York uh Mr Donovan uh Raymond Donovan Secretary of Labor uh studied at these
36:41
Catholic places that wanted to be a priest Mr DM was at the seminaries in
36:46
New Jersey New York as a good Catholic DM arrived in Saigon in mid1 1954 and
36:52
was greeted by Colonel Edward Lansdale the CIA man in South am and the head of
36:58
the agency Saigon military Mission DM was opposed by virtually every element
37:04
of South Vietnamese society and this is so important because we're going to let Mr Lansdale and Mr sing laab and these
37:12
various uh people from Soldier of Fortune decide for these poor people
37:17
down in Central America who will run them and who will run their countries and if they don't take who we want we'll
37:23
split their bellies open and pour the salt in and gouge out their eyes Mr Lansdale decided every element of
37:31
South Vietnamese Society bow D's followers the pro French religious sex
37:37
the Buddhist B bod Dai was one who had captured their interest or mind his
37:43
followers were the pro- French the religious sect the Buddhist The Remnant nationalist organizations and of course
37:49
followers of hoochi men he had no troops no police no government no means of
37:54
enforcing his rule but what he did have was the complete support of Colonel Lansdale who came in and all the money
38:02
and all the Manpower and the weapons and training and propaganda and the political Savvy in the cia's covert
38:10
action chest and to create DM's government to take over then uh from those followers to create that Lansdale
38:17
was behind operating teams in North Vietnam he stimulated North Vietnamese
38:22
Catholics and the Catholic armies to Desert and come South and the teams would be promised Catholic Vietnamese
38:29
assistance out of the Vatican and New Opportunities if they would immigrate and to help contribute to this to they
38:37
would tell the people up north they had brochures that they handed and leaflets they passed out telling them that the
38:43
Viet Vietnam uh what to expect of the citizens in the new government that they
38:49
attributed to the northern Vietnamese what was going to happen to them if they stayed there so they appealed to the
38:56
Catholics to come down get support fight the army do any lies you want and the covert action began now that is Mr lale
39:04
just one little page on a long career sitting there in the Pentagon with General HC an anderholt a andd e r h o
39:14
LT eight people met in the defense department in May of 1984 and they had a
39:20
decision to move from the conventional Warfare in El Salvador the conventional
39:25
Warfare has only killed 50,000 so far and kept the property in the hands of those 14 families but they're going to
39:33
improve improve and increase the emphasis on psychological warfare civil
39:38
action and break into small units Ander hold heads a 1500 member 1500 member of
39:44
air Commando Association at Fort Walton Beach in Florida and so they came in to
39:49
advise them what you need is what soldier of Fortunes shows in their magazines month after month Mr Brown
39:56
pushes what uh Mr mcco pushes what Mr Sing Loud pushes all tied together and
40:02
working in the defense department uh and having their own Institute for regional
40:09
and international studies in Boulder Colorado and they're going to get the
40:14
defense department to do what Congress doesn't want to do and emphasize which
40:19
kind of weapons is transferred for other ones and the article goes on with the kind of weapon substitute which is Tech
40:27
tecal but which is ridiculous and one of the points of this article is that they're going to send in medical
40:33
supplies for these people that this is all humanitarian now all you have to do
40:39
is take the people that we're meeting and take what they've published and take where they've lived and use the examples
40:45
of the countries they've been to and you know there's more than medicine and food and clothing going on in this operation
40:52
now they went on to say they've raised millions of dollars Mr anderol and the defense Department in quotes hasn't
40:58
helped much because of congressional opposition but they have offered to help them in some ways their big problem they
41:06
say in quotes is the Liberals in Congress you see the bleeding hearts and the Liberals would ruin everything for
41:12
them now sing La has another organization he has many of them I have his name on many many groups where he
41:19
gets help from the pedon he has the institute for regional and international studies in Boulder Colorado on how to
41:26
use these other types of warfare that's one group that's formed
41:31
now and the other is the US Council for World freedom and this admittedly in the
41:36
Washington Post received substantial coordinating help from the Pentagon so
41:42
tell me the difference why not just say the United States is at war against the
41:47
Nicaraguan government Declare War uh which we really have done but we hide it
41:53
through these various organizations it's so Insidious uh the way they behind the operations and yet in a way they're not
41:59
hidden they're in the newspaper but Congress seems to not be able to put the brakes on because when they vote no
42:04
you've had enough or no Mr dardy still has all these massacres or death no we
42:10
don't like what's going on we want some accountability well then they have meetings at the defense department
42:15
between MCO and sing La and Lansdale and all the sleazy rot from the last years
42:23
that's been going on last 20 years and before but obviously what they did in LA
42:28
and Cambodia and Vietnam is a horrible mess just as the Vietnam the Middle East
42:34
advisers Henry kissing here helping Middle East and Asia now Central America
42:39
uh Middle East is a mess of what's going on with Syria Iraq Iran and Lebanon all
42:45
of our policies these have been failures these advisors are mentally sick they are actually psychologically sick and
42:52
what's more sick is that they always get together to think who they can ruin next and they don't look back and realize who
42:59
they're hurting or how they're hurting and they're just drunk on their own power and because these people go beyond
43:06
the reach of what Congress votes or wants you can't say enough about them and I have many many articles on this
43:12
gang but they are a threat because again when America has food riots when there's
43:18
unemployment if the banks collapse if there are people gunned down like Mr
43:24
Berg the radio announcer in Colorado by one of their cohorts and buddies if the
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clan and the Nazis had taken Dominica and the fact that they fail doesn't mean they won't take other Islands when these
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people work together and have everything else they want there's only one thing left and that's America the United
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States of America that's us keep looking at us because these people have our tax
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money they have the approval there's no breaks on this car this motor is going fast down the hole and the same sleazy
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characters who should have been removed after Vietnam for the agent orange for The Phoenix Program for the tiger cages
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for the torture they should have been retired and sent to some kind of a funny farm and bring in new people because the
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old way didn't work it bankrupted us our people from Vietnam are divided they're
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sick they're drugged they fill the prisons they have nightmares and diseases from the chemicals that were
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there why is it that they are allowed to come home and put on their uniforms
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again and go into the institutions that we have here and start all over with another piece of territory another
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country and break it up until as I say nothing is left in America then they'll be sitting in the Pentagon as they have
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already with the garden plot and and their FEMA the Federal Emergency to
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decide then what to do for us they already have their chain of command ready and then we become the final and
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the last victims and someday maybe the Soviet Union will have to free and save
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us before they can be free to fight those people that will take control and have control of our government we may be
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rescued by Russia someday so don't be too hard on them now getting back to Donovan and the roots of this disease
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we're talking about the over cancers on this body politic that's what John Dean
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told Nixon those messages didn't uh last too long people don't remember that part
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of it but where did the roots of this come this dawn of the Osa say with the
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Vatican written in the book on the Armageddon the Armageddon how about Donovan the OSS with southeast Asia
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going back to a few pages on Donovan and the control of news media and propaganda
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and the power and to remind you of his work with Rockefeller Institute with Herbert Hoover and then with J Pont
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Morgan and then forming this OSS that continue with the line of thought then
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he went to England to William Stevenson and in tret and merge the intelligence mind control programs the psychological
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warfare and the British intelligence with the United States intelligence plus the Vatican Sovereign military kns of
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Malta to represent the Vatican interest at the same time this pages are from
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1224 to 126 that I'm referring to in the book by car Corey Ford on Donal for the
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OSS it says in Washington DC in the building the National Health Institute
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uh up The Institute was evacuated and moved upstairs and in that building the COI was born the office of coordinator
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of information coordinator of information the COI was born down below
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the National Health Institute which is a marvelous place for Donovan to be because when World War II was over and
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in the OSS he was put on the board of the American Cancer Society and I cited
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just last week two weeks ago how our government tested giving live can cancer cells to people to spread the disease
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not to cure in those buildings the National Health Institute they were moved upstairs Donovan's office of
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coordinator of information took place the headquarters for Mr Donovan it started during the wartime with radio
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broadcast against the Nazis and the uh certain people from the government
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decided that they would study the broadcast and counteract them for what would eventually be like Radio free
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Europe or um Radio America the uh propaganda Media or to counteract German
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and Japanese propaganda at the time it started with radio broadcast against the Naes were and then it grew to combine
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independent news networks with the war department and I'm just reading again the book on CBS the origins of CBS and
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the roots of these new networks how they were independent stations and then to grew grow to be these networks after
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December the 7th 1941 Pearl Harbor uh the independent American American
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Broadcasting s industry the ABC NBC CBS The Independent American Broadcasting
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industry that was not linked to the government or the military agencies became in quotes more Cooperative with
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Donovan who was working as an American agent Robert Sherwood the playright
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worked for Donovan in the OSS and he had a falling out over Donovan because he felt that the director of the COI the
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coordinator of information uh shouldn't be against Franklin Roosevelt he hated
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Franklin Roosevelt he hated the New Deal and he felt that it wasn't right to have
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somebody uh is in charge of this like Donovan Roosevelt appointed him but it was probably the pressure from the
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Morgans and uh that put him there you know in that position strategic position
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of the OSS but Sherwood objected to the appointment of Donovan at the same time
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he had been appointed the director for foreign information service when they were just for after Pearl Harbor and
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they used the powerful NBC antenna from New Jersey to Paris and that's how the
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networks became part of the war department and stayed that way ever since and the CI CBS transmitter was on
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Long Island and this book says Colonel Donan believed that once a state of War
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existed the propaganda arm should be exploited as a weapon of deception and
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pro and subversion and should be under the military supervision vision and
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there's a letter in this book to Franklin Roosevelt that Donovan sent now that we are at War foreign propaganda
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must be employed as an instrument of War a judicious mixture of rumor and
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discretion and mixing truth as bait to Foster disunity and confusion in support
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of military operations that you use rumors you use deceptions and not much
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description mostly deceptions and Truth a little bit of Truth to bait them give
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them a little bit of truth then wh break them up and the main purpose is
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confusion in military operations and he felt that propaganda is an arrow this is
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Donovan propaganda is an arrow of initial penetration in preparing the
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people of a territory where the invasion may be contemplated it is the first step
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then comes the fifth column those the people inside the government they're going to make it collapse from
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underneath and working with the press the Press comes in there and works with them then the militarized Raiders or the
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Commandos and those are your special forces your soldiers of Fort uh Fortune
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your green berad and so your Rangers finally the invading divisions when you
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bring in the whole bang and group nothing has changed much even with the grade invasion they did this kind of
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thing the confusions and the students needed rescuing and the papers saying they're in trouble their American
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students may be hostages and then income the Commandos and finally the troops come in and that's the way it goes now
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Robert Sherwood objected the tactics of Donovan that he wrote in this is a March
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of 1942 and he told this is what he told Franklin Rosevelt and this is very
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important to the matters we study now it seems a long time ago 1942 but it's
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pertinent today and Robert Sherwood wrote this he said propaganda broadcast
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should stick scrupulously to the facts and let the truth Prevail the American
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Image overseas would suffer if we emulated the axis and it resorted to
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lies and deceits the American Image would suffer the agency of news of
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propaganda and Communications should be under civilian Direction and not be a
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supporting arm of the military establishment which Mr Donovan wanted
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because in time it would become an American gapo this is Robert cherwood
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the well-known playright wrote the Petrified Forest one of my favorite stories or plays okay he is saying that
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propaganda should stick if you want to tell them propaganda doesn't have to be a lie it's something you can say over
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and over again like if we win the war we will give you all of you housing or we'll give you clothing or we will have
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full employment you don't have to tell lies about your enemy tell the truth of what would
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happen of you in the war what would be better he says when you emulate your enemy and their methods and you resort
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to lies and deceits deceits it is a problem you will always suffer and never get over the agency of news propaganda
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communication should be under civilian control I'm repeating this again civilian control because it should not
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be the military branch of the establishment which Mr Donovan wanted
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and which Mr Donovan got because in time it would become an American gestapo now
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when Mr Truman resigned uh didn't resign he was out of office his time was up
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when he stepped out he referred to the American gestapo that he had created when the CIA was formed in 1947
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literally the Gustavo when Eisenhower left he talked about the military industrial establishment the military
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EST establishment is what was referred to and the Gusto by this well-known
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playright objecting to the uh Mr Donovan's tactics and remember at this
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time in 1942 Mr Donovan had Mr morle on from the Vatican and had another purpose
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that he was serving the Vatican church and he would be knited for it and he
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would do things that Rome wanted that were not what the American government wanted but were okay for the Crusades
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and the inquis position it was okay for them but America had our share of with
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problems with slaves and the blacks and the Indians and to bring in possible inquisitions later or Gustavo is
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something the United States does not need and didn't need now this book goes on Colonel William
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Donovan uh during World War II kept working with the government agencies and
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at the time in the news media business there was a proliferation of government information agencies he was working with
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them there was the coi's foreign information service one with Robert Sherwood the offs the office of facts
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and figures under archal mcclees the ogr the office of government reports the OCD
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the office of Civilian defense the OEM the office Emergency Management now these communication agencies in 1942 to
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45 were getting 30 million a year of government funds I heard somebody saying
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on a talk show this week you shouldn't object to the nuclear Arrangements that Ronald Reagan has because he was elected
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by a majority and that is so wrong he was true he was elected by a majority
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but the problem is that the majority were only given the information that the ABC the NBC and CBS or Turner
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Broadcasting gives you and it is all controlled very heavily controlled and
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these people already were mingling with the government way back back then and it's hard to get decisions or facts to
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the American people with that this kind of money $30 million of government funds
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into the controlling of literally the minds of the people or what they're to know at that time now it goes on that
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facts were elaborated and distorted some things were taken from Mr Sherwood's
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office the foreign news editor Barn selected things of interest he handed them to writers and researchers they
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were put on a private type and they weren't exactly what he said facts were
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ingeniously elaborated or distorted just like they are today you can say the Russians have X amount 10 times more
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than we have uh you can say that down in in Grenada that Mr Bishop Maurice Bishop
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has an air strip solely for the purpose of Russia invading Central America facts
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were distorted elaborated and taken from the foreign office and given to other
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people in other words what Mr Sherwood s in wasn't what they got out in June of 1942 Mr Donovan left his Washington
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offices and all these men with their $30 million in media linked up to the major networks and went to work with Colonel
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men and Mr hambro and Lord mount baton over in London and this is very
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important and by order 9182 they created the OSS in this OSS it
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was formed where as soon as he gets to London and it was a more informal organization at the time of Pearl Harbor
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with the British intelligence the secret British intelligence the Special Operations Executives from London Mr
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hambro menes and mount baton names very important to the Future they created the OSS under the direction and supervision
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of the joint Chief of Staff of the United States Army and they would take over the coordination of information so
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that the joint chief of staff and the coordination of information that office then began to be in the hands of the
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army with all those millions of dollars of propaganda the civilian aspect was swallowed up by Pentagon order
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9182 that uh created the oss the the all the clear white propaganda was handled
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by the office of War information and all the lies all the covert information all
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the black propaganda was under William Donovan's oss the green light the
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presidential order for the lies was given to Mr Donovan who two years later would be knited by the pope among 100
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special people and then come home and form the CIA so this is the transfer very important item of the transfer of
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the news media that first begins as one branch and then mingles with the uh
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networks our major networks and then goes under the umbrella of the defense department when OSS was formed 9182
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order it was to collect analyze strategic information and and here in quotes was one of the things that
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Donovan wanted in quotes to enforce our will upon the Enemy by means other than
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military action in support of actual or planned military operations including
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unorthodox Warfare Guerilla activities resistance groups subversion and
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sabotage the director of the OS would be William Donovan and here is the seed the
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roots of what was planed for Southeast Asia then in 1945 and 1954 with Mr
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Lansdale and Mr sing laab and all these people working Mr Donovan is dead but Mr
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Casey's Protege is our CIA director and they sit there now and plan an orthodox
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Warfare Guerilla activities resistance groups subversion to enforce our will
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upon the enemy and we or they decide who is the enemy we have declared war
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against Nicaragua because they didn't like Samoa our West Point graduate we declare war against the native
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populations of these various countries against the poor masses of El Salvador if the majority won the election here in
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this country let the majority vote vote in El Salvador after you throw the guns away so the point about Donovan is he
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combined these agencies he took a great a trip to Great Britain he used their
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British intelligence melted with ours as when Pearl Harbor was over and this was the beginning this was the roots and
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then the man has the influence of his Knights of Malta to go in and out of the
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Vatican to snitch on the priests to snitch on the nuns to force the lower
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Echelon of the poor Catholics to shape up to what other fascist government you
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want them to obey in to not think for themselves it's no different than jonest
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toown Jim Jones people ask about cults these religions are Cults you take
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orders you call the the headman father Yes father he becomes your father
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replaces your natural father and then you are allowed to do what is black
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propaganda covert operations Guerilla Warfare res breaking down resistance
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groups subversion and sabotage which includes bloming places and blow blowing
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up uh like the bolognia bombing the train stations and the tunnels where
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people are killed and mutilated well our time is up now this is uh the end of this broadcast we can't stretch this
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tape anymore but Donovan and the roots of our agencies are important and how
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they operate are important and how they are working today in the Pentagon in Central America is terribly important
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the Bloodshed just keeps rolling on and on it had a beginning and hopefully it'll have some end this is May Brussel
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I'll be back with you next week you take care and have a good year that is coming along pretty soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY20FLTzP9o
SOCIALISTS IN THE KOOL-AID
Forty years ago, the name Jim Jones and the idea of “drinking the Kool-Aid” became indelibly etched in our collective memory as the world learned of a mass cult suicide in the jungles of South America. Movies and books have been written about Jones, but a key element of his story remains in the shadows: his career in San Francisco as a preacher and politico, courting and seducing some of the most powerful Democratic Party players in that weird and wild city, including a man who has become a cultural icon and hero to many, Harvey Milk. Daniel J. Flynn, author of Blue Collar Intellectuals and Intellectual Morons, has written a deeply researched and chilling account of the strangest of bedfellows—Cult City, which hits bookstores today. Here is an excerpt.
The advertisement billed the December 2 benefit gala as “A Struggle Against Oppression.” Scheduled speakers included rising Assemblyman Willie Brown as the master of ceremonies and funnyman Dick Gregory as the keynote. Supervisor Harvey Milk and other movers and shakers of an oft moved and shaken city crammed their big names into a small font on the flyer. For the bargain of $25—and “tax deductible” at that—influence seekers could seek to influence the mighty of a great American city. In addition to mingling with such power brokers as Brown and Milk, they could corner Sheriff Eugene Brown, physician and newspaper publisher Carlton Goodlett, and Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver at San Francisco’s Hyatt Regency. And doing well meant doing good. The dinner’s proceeds subsidized the Peoples Temple Medical Program.
The Hyatt ballroom remained empty on December 2, 1978. Two weeks earlier, the small staff of the Peoples Temple Medical Program had mixed cyanide with Flavor Aid and administered the poisonous, sugary elixir to hundreds of people in faraway Guyana. The smiling seniors and racial rainbow of children touting the wholesomeness of the agricultural commune in the fundraiser’s promotional literature rotted in piles in the steamy South American jungle. On an airstrip in nearby Port Kaituma, five people, including Congressman Leo Ryan, lay dead, gunned down by Peoples Temple assassins. Others, including future congresswoman Jackie Speier, State Department official Richard Dwyer, and San Francisco Examiner reporter Tim Reiterman, nursed bullet wounds. In Guyana’s capital city, a former Harvey Milk campaign volunteer slashed her children’s throats.
The Reverend Jim Jones, the darling of the San Francisco political establishment, orchestrated the murders and suicides of 918 people on November 18, 1978. The man-made cataclysm represented the largest such loss of civilian life in American history until 9/11 and the largest mass suicide of the modern age. Nothing before or after struck Americans as so bizarre.
The event shocked the world. But the small world surrounding Peoples Temple predicted it—loudly and repeatedly. Not every utterance from Jonestown’s namesake, after all, proved as cryptic as the one block-quoted on the “Struggle Against Oppression” promotional literature: “We have tasted life based on total equality and now have no desire to live otherwise.”
https://isi.org/intercollegiate-review/socialists-in-the-kool-aid/
Few national cemeteries can compete with the dramatic natural setting of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The "Punchbowl" was formed some 75,000 to 100,000 years ago during the Honolulu period of secondary volcanic activity. A crater resulted from the ejection of hot lava through cracks in the old coral reefs which, at the time, extended to the foot of the Koolau Mountain Range.
Although there are various translations of the Punchbowl's Hawaiian name, "Puowaina," the most common is "Hill of Sacrifice." This translation closely relates to the history of the crater. The first known use was as an altar where Hawaiians offered human sacrifices to pagan gods and the killed violators of the many taboos. Later, during the reign of Kamehameha the Great, a battery of two cannons was mounted at the rim of the crater to salute distinguished arrivals and signify important occasions. Early in the 1880s, leasehold land on the slopes of the Punchbowl opened for settlement and in the 1930s, the crater was used as a rifle range for the Hawaii National Guard. Toward the end of World War II, tunnels were dug through the rim of the crater for the placement of shore batteries to guard Honolulu Harbor and the south edge of Pearl Harbor.
https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/nmcp.asp
Pope John Paul I (Latin: Ioannes Paulus I; Italian: Giovanni Paolo I; born Albino Luciani [alˈbiːno luˈtʃaːni]; 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, resulting in the most recent year of three popes and the first to occur since 1605. John Paul I remains the most recent Italian-born pope, the last in a succession of such popes that started with Clement VII in 1523.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James I by a group of English Catholics led by Robert Catesby who considered their actions attempted tyrannicide and who sought regime change in England after decades of religious persecution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot
Pope John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojty?a (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005), known as Blessed John Paul II since his beatification on May 1, 2011, reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of The Holy See from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at 84 years and 319 days of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted 26 years and 168 days; only Pope Pius IX (1846–1878) who served 31 years, has reigned longer. Pope John Paul II is the only Slavic or Polish pope to date, and was the first non-Italian Pope since Dutch Pope Adrian VI (1522–1523).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II
On March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States. A series of phreatic blasts occurred from the summit and escalated until a major explosive eruption took place on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 am. The eruption, which had a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5, was the most significant to occur in the contiguous United States since the much smaller 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak in California.[2] It has often been declared the most disastrous volcanic eruption in U.S. history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens
On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck twice and suffered severe blood loss. Ağca was apprehended immediately and later sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Pope_John_Paul_II
Published: 10 October 1996
Russian documents Set out 'tectonic weapon' research
Carl Levitin
Moscow. The first official details have emerged in Moscow of ambitious research into 'tectonic warfare' carried out by the former Soviet Union and subsequently by the government of Russia, and involving atte mpts to stimulate 'artificial' earthquakes as weapons of destruction. According to documents obtained by the newspaper Moscow News, two research programmes, the first known as ' Mercury ' and the second as ' Volcano', were aimed at creating new earthquake epicentres by using underground nuclear explosions . Geophysicists are aware that impending earthquakes may be triggered by underground nuclear explosions . But Western geophysicists remain sceptical about tectonic warfare and have all but abandoned research after two unsuccessful phases of activity in the 1960s and 1980s, says Roger Clark, a lecturer in geophysics at the University of Leeds. Clark is not at all surprised that th e Russians tried to create earthquakes and control their location electromagnetically, however. "This sort of science is very much part of their heritage. We don't think it is impossible, or wrong , but past experience suggests it is very, very unlikely. "
The programme , which was secretly launched by the Communist rulers of the former Soviet Union in 1987, and has been unofficially known to Western geophysicists for several years, is now believed to have been abandoned. It would certainly contravene the terms of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which Russia signe d at the United Nations in Geneva last month . The Mercury project was launched in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, but came to a halt when the republic became independent. It was superseded by the Volcano project. Three underground nuclear tests are believed to have taken place at sites in Kyrgyzstan.
According to the documents, the Mercury project was launched by a secret decree of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. The objective was to "develop a methodology for remote operation on an earthquake epicentre by using weak seismic fields and research possibilities of transferring the seismic energy of an explosion ".
The documents say that the Mercury project involved 22 scientific and industrial organizations, including the Geological Institute of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences in Baku. The remit extended to developing the electronic equipment to be installed aboard space satellites that would control the tectonic weapon. The scientists were given three years to complete research, with testing planned for 1990.
During the research phase, Azerbaijani scientists grew increasingly confident and, according to the documents, were sure that " after [a] nuclear explosion, subterranean energy may accumulate at huge distances from the epicentre and reach massive capacity, after which the next directed explosion can release it all ".
Underground testing began at the town of Batken in Kyrgyzstan, and was directed by lkram Ke rimov , of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences. The documents say that scientists detonated an underground nuclear charge and tried to control the direction of seismic energy release d using British-built equipment known as 'system 9690 ' .
A report prepared by the Mozhaisky Military Engineering Institute concluded that the test had been a success. But progress slowed considerably following Azerbaijan's independence from the Soviet Union. At about this time , Russia embarked on a more comprehensive tectonic warfare programme known as the Volcano project. The Earth Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) became the project headquarters .
Research was scheduled to be completed in 1992, with underground testing beginning the following year. The final test was carried out at a place code-named S36NZ-0Kh; Moscow News believes the letters 'NZ' refer to Novaya Zemlya, where Soviet nuclear testing began in the 1950s."
https://www.nature.com/articles/383471a0
BRICS is an intergovernmental organization consisting of ten countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. It is considered to be a counterpart and alternative to the G7 bloc of the world's largest economies and combined represent nearly half[2] of the world's population.
BRIC was originally an American investment term invented to highlight opportunities in emerging markets.[3] The first summit in 2009 featured the founding countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, where they co-opted the name BRIC and formed a multipolar[4] grouping or informal diplomatic club,[5] where their governments could meet annually at formal summits and coordinate multilateral policies.[6][7] In April 2010, South Africa attended the 2nd BRIC summit as a guest, joining the organization in September 2010, renaming the organization to BRICS, and attended the 3rd BRICS summit in 2011 as a full member.[8][9] Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates attended their first summit as member states at the 2024 summit in Russia.[10] Indonesia officially joined as a member state in early 2025, becoming the first Southeast Asian member.[11][12] The acronym BRICS+, or its expanded form BRICS Plus, has been informally used to reflect new membership since 2024.[10][13][14]
The group is dominated by China, which has the largest share of the group's GDP, accounting to about 70% of the organization total.[13] Some in the West consider BRICS institutions an alternative to institutions such as those led by nations of the G7 bloc, which are among the world's leading economies.[13] Others describe the grouping as an incoherent joining of countries around increasing anti-Western and anti-American objectives.[15] Together BRICS has implemented competing initiatives such as the New Development Bank, the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement, BRICS pay, the BRICS Joint Statistical Publication[16] and the BRICS basket reserve currency.[17] In its first 15 years BRICS has established almost 60 intra-group institutions, and think tanks to dialogues, covering agenda in 34 subjects.[18] BRICS has received both praise and criticism from numerous commentators and world leaders.[19][20][21][22][23]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS
Rishi Sunak[a] (born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2024. He was Leader of the Conservative Party from October 2022 to November 2024. Following his defeat to Keir Starmer's Labour Party in the 2024 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition, serving in this role from July to November 2024. He previously held two Cabinet positions under Boris Johnson, latterly as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022. Sunak has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond and Northallerton, previously Richmond (Yorks), since 2015.
Sunak was born in Southampton to parents of Indian descent who immigrated to Britain from East Africa in the 1960s. He was educated at Winchester College, studied philosophy, politics and economics at Lincoln College, Oxford, and earned a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University in California as a Fulbright Scholar. During his time at Oxford University, Sunak undertook an internship at Conservative Central Office, and joined the Conservatives. After graduating, Sunak worked for Goldman Sachs and later as a partner at the hedge fund firms the Children's Investment Fund Management and Theleme Partners. Sunak was elected to the House of Commons at the 2015 general election. As a backbencher, Sunak supported the successful campaign for Brexit in the 2016 European Union membership referendum. Sunak was appointed to the junior ministerial position of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government by Theresa May in 2019, and was appointed to the cabinet-attending role of Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Johnson in 2019.
In 2020, Sunak was promoted to Chancellor of the Exchequer. During his time in the position, Sunak was prominent in the government's financial response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact, including the furlough and Eat Out to Help Out schemes, and was also prominent in the government's response to the cost-of living crisis. As chancellor, Sunak received high approval and popularity ratings in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, although his popularity later declined amid the cost-of living crisis in 2022. He resigned as chancellor in July 2022 amid a government crisis that culminated in Johnson's resignation, and stood in the leadership election to succeed him. He received the most votes in each of the series of MP votes, but lost the members' vote to Liz Truss. After spending the duration of Truss's premiership on the backbenches, Sunak was elected unopposed in the leadership election to succeed Truss, who resigned amid another government crisis; aged 42 at the time he became prime minister, Sunak became the youngest prime minister since The Earl of Liverpool in 1812.
During his premiership, Sunak attempted to improve the economy and stabilise national politics. He outlined five key priorities: halving inflation, growing the economy, cutting debt, reducing National Health Service waiting lists, and stopping the illegal small-boat crossings of the English Channel by enacting the Rwanda asylum plan. On foreign policy, Sunak authorised foreign aid and weapons shipments to Ukraine in response to the Russian invasion of the country, and pledged support for Israel after the attacks which began the Israel–Hamas war whilst later calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. He did not avert further unpopularity for the Conservatives, reflected in the party's poor performances in the 2023 and 2024 local elections. Sunak called a general election for July 2024 despite being widely expected to call the election in the autumn; the Conservatives lost this election in a landslide to the opposition Labour Party led by Keir Starmer, ending 14 years of Conservative government.
After leaving office, Sunak became Leader of the Opposition and remained Conservative leader for nearly four months while the leadership election to replace him took place, and formed a shadow cabinet. He was succeeded by Kemi Badenoch, his Shadow Housing Secretary. He also intends to remain as a backbench MP for the next five years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi_Sunak
Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel[1][2] (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer, former federal prosecutor and official, and conspiracy theorist.[b][discuss] He served as a National Security Council official, chief of staff to the acting U.S. secretary of defense, and senior advisor to the acting director of national intelligence, all during the first presidency of Donald Trump. In November 2024, President-elect Trump nominated Patel to succeed Christopher Wray as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
A member of the Republican Party, Patel was appointed senior counsel on counterterrorism for the House Intelligence Committee in 2017, as well as senior director of the Counterterrorism Directorate at the National Security Council in 2019. He worked as a senior aide to congressman Devin Nunes during his tenure as chair of the House Intelligence Committee. While working with Nunes, Patel played a key role in helping Republicans in the investigations into Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 election. Patel was instrumental in drafting the Nunes memo in 2018, which alleged errors in the FBI application for a surveillance warrant of a Trump 2016 campaign aide.
Patel has promoted several conspiracy theories[b] and sold branded merchandise under the logotype "K$H". He is president and a board member of the Kash Foundation based in Alexandria, Virginia. He also owns the consulting firm Trishul.[3]
Early life and education
Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel[1][2] was born on February 25, 1980,[4] in Garden City, New York, to Indian Gujarati immigrant parents.[5][6] His parents first moved to Canada in the early 1970s from Uganda in East Africa, where they were facing ethnic repression.[5][7] Subsequently, they moved to the United States and his father started working as a financial officer at an aviation firm.[8] Patel was raised in the Hindu faith.[8][9] Patel graduated from Garden City High School on Long Island.
After high school, Patel earned a BA in history and criminal justice from the University of Richmond in 2002.[10] He completed his JD at Pace University School of Law, New York in 2005, and obtained a certificate in international law from University College London in England in 2004.[11][12][6][13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kash_Patel
The Inaugural Address
January 20, 2025
U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
12:10 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much, everybody. (Applause.) Wow. Thank you very, very much.
Vice President Vance, Speaker Johnson, Senator Thune, Chief Justice Roberts, justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and my fellow citizens, the golden age of America begins right now. (Applause.)
From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer. During every single day of the Trump administration, I will, very simply, put America first. (Applause.)
Our sovereignty will be reclaimed. Our safety will be restored. The scales of justice will be rebalanced. The vicious, violent, and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end. (Applause.)
And our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud, prosperous, and free. (Applause.)
America will soon be greater, stronger, and far more exceptional than ever before. (Applause.)
I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success. A tide of change is sweeping the country, sunlight is pouring over the entire world, and America has the chance to seize this opportunity like never before.
But first, we must be honest about the challenges we face. While they are plentiful, they will be annihilated by this great momentum that the world is now witnessing in the United States of America.
As we gather today, our government confronts a crisis of trust. For many years, a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens while the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair.
We now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home while, at the same time, stumbling into a continuing catalogue of catastrophic events abroad.
It fails to protect our magnificent, law-abiding American citizens but provides sanctuary and protection for dangerous criminals, many from prisons and mental institutions, that have illegally entered our country from all over the world.
We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders but refuses to defend American borders or, more importantly, its own people.
Our country can no longer deliver basic services in times of emergency, as recently shown by the wonderful people of North Carolina — who have been treated so badly — (applause) — and other states who are still suffering from a hurricane that took place many months ago or, more recently, Los Angeles, where we are watching fires still tragically burn from weeks ago without even a token of defense. They’re raging through the houses and communities, even affecting some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in our country — some of whom are sitting here right now. They don’t have a home any longer. That’s interesting. But we can’t let this happen. Everyone is unable to do anything about it. That’s going to change.
We have a public health system that does not deliver in times of disaster, yet more money is spent on it than any country anywhere in the world.
And we have an education system that teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves — in many cases, to hate our country despite the love that we try so desperately to provide to them. All of this will change starting today, and it will change very quickly. (Applause.)
My recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal and all of these many betrayals that have taken place and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy, and, indeed, their freedom. From this moment on, America’s decline is over. (Applause.)
Our liberties and our nation’s glorious destiny will no longer be denied. And we will immediately restore the integrity, competency, and loyalty of America’s government.
Over the past eight years, I have been tested and challenged more than any president in our 250-year history, and I’ve learned a lot along the way.
The journey to reclaim our republic has not been an easy one — that, I can tell you. Those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom and, indeed, to take my life.
Just a few months ago, in a beautiful Pennsylvania field, an assassin’s bullet ripped through my ear. But I felt then and believe even more so now that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again. (Applause.)
Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.)
Thank you very much. (Applause.)
That is why each day under our administration of American patriots, we will be working to meet every crisis with dignity and power and strength. We will move with purpose and speed to bring back hope, prosperity, safety, and peace for citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed.
For American citizens, January 20th, 2025, is Liberation Day. (Applause.) It is my hope that our recent presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country.
As our victory showed, the entire nation is rapidly unifying behind our agenda with dramatic increases in support from virtually every element of our society: young and old, men and women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, urban, suburban, rural. And very importantly, we had a powerful win in all seven swing states — (applause) — and the popular vote, we won by millions of people. (Applause.)
To the Black and Hispanic communities, I want to thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and trust that you have shown me with your vote. We set records, and I will not forget it. I’ve heard your voices in the campaign, and I look forward to working with you in the years to come.
Today is Martin Luther King Day. And his honor — this will be a great honor. But in his honor, we will strive together to make his dream a reality. We will make his dream come true. (Applause.)
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.)
National unity is now returning to America, and confidence and pride is soaring like never before. In everything we do, my administration will be inspired by a strong pursuit of excellence and unrelenting success. We will not forget our country, we will not forget our Constitution, and we will not forget our God. Can’t do that. (Applause.)
Today, I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense. It’s all about common sense. (Applause.)
First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. (Applause.)
All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. We will reinstate my Remain in Mexico policy. (Applause.)
I will end the practice of catch and release. (Applause.)
And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country. (Applause.)
Under the orders I sign today, we will also be designating the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. (Applause.)
And by invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, I will direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil, including our cities and inner cities. (Applause.)
As commander in chief, I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions, and that is exactly what I am going to do. We will do it at a level that nobody has ever seen before.
Next, I will direct all members of my cabinet to marshal the vast powers at their disposal to defeat what was record inflation and rapidly bring down costs and prices. (Applause.)
The inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices, and that is why today I will also declare a national energy emergency. We will drill, baby, drill. (Applause.)
America will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have — the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on earth — and we are going to use it. We’ll use it. (Applause.)
We will bring prices down, fill our strategic reserves up again right to the top, and export American energy all over the world. (Applause.)
We will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.
With my actions today, we will end the Green New Deal, and we will revoke the electric vehicle mandate, saving our auto industry and keeping my sacred pledge to our great American autoworkers. (Applause.)
In other words, you’ll be able to buy the car of your choice.
We will build automobiles in America again at a rate that nobody could have dreamt possible just a few years ago. And thank you to the autoworkers of our nation for your inspiring vote of confidence. We did tremendously with their vote. (Applause.)
I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens. (Applause.)
For this purpose, we are establishing the External Revenue Service to collect all tariffs, duties, and revenues. It will be massive amounts of money pouring into our Treasury, coming from foreign sources.
The American dream will soon be back and thriving like never before.
To restore competence and effectiveness to our federal government, my administration will establish the brand-new Department of Government Efficiency. (Applause.)
After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I also will sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America. (Applause.)
Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents — something I know something about. (Laughter.) We will not allow that to happen. It will not happen again.
Under my leadership, we will restore fair, equal, and impartial justice under the constitutional rule of law. (Applause.)
And we are going to bring law and order back to our cities. (Applause.)
This week, I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life. (Applause.) We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based. (Applause.)
As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male and female. (Applause.)
This week, I will reinstate any service members who were unjustly expelled from our military for objecting to the COVID vaccine mandate with full back pay. (Applause.)
And I will sign an order to stop our warriors from being subjected to radical political theories and social experiments while on duty. It’s going to end immediately. (Applause.) Our armed forces will be freed to focus on their sole mission: defeating America’s enemies. (Applause.)
Like in 2017, we will again build the strongest military the world has ever seen. We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end — and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into. (Applause.)
My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. That’s what I want to be: a peacemaker and a unifier.
I’m pleased to say that as of yesterday, one day before I assumed office, the hostages in the Middle East are coming back home to their families. (Applause.)
Thank you.
America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on earth, inspiring the awe and admiration of the entire world.
A short time from now, we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America — (applause) — and we will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs. (Applause.)
President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent — he was a natural businessman — and gave Teddy Roosevelt the money for many of the great things he did, including the Panama Canal, which has foolishly been given to the country of Panama after the United Spates — the United States — I mean, think of this — spent more money than ever spent on a project before and lost 38,000 lives in the building of the Panama Canal.
We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made, and Panama’s promise to us has been broken.
The purpose of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated. American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape, or form. And that includes the United States Navy.
And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back. (Applause.)
Above all, my message to Americans today is that it is time for us to once again act with courage, vigor, and the vitality of history’s greatest civilization.
So, as we liberate our nation, we will lead it to new heights of victory and success. We will not be deterred. Together, we will end the chronic disease epidemic and keep our children safe, healthy, and disease-free.
The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation — one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations, and carries our flag into new and beautiful horizons.
And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars. (Applause.)
Ambition is the lifeblood of a great nation, and, right now, our nation is more ambitious than any other. There’s no nation like our nation.
Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts. The call of the next great adventure resounds from within our souls.
Our American ancestors turned a small group of colonies on the edge of a vast continent into a mighty republic of the most extraordinary citizens on Earth. No one comes close.
Americans pushed thousands of miles through a rugged land of untamed wilderness. They crossed deserts, scaled mountains, braved untold dangers, won the Wild West, ended slavery, rescued millions from tyranny, lifted billions from poverty, harnessed electricity, split the atom, launched mankind into the heavens, and put the universe of human knowledge into the palm of the human hand. If we work together, there is nothing we cannot do and no dream we cannot achieve.
Many people thought it was impossible for me to stage such a historic political comeback. But as you see today, here I am. The American people have spoken. (Applause.)
I stand before you now as proof that you should never believe that something is impossible to do. In America, the impossible is what we do best. (Applause.)
From New York to Los Angeles, from Philadelphia to Phoenix, from Chicago to Miami, from Houston to right here in Washington, D.C., our country was forged and built by the generations of patriots who gave everything they had for our rights and for our freedom.
They were farmers and soldiers, cowboys and factory workers, steelworkers and coal miners, police officers and pioneers who pushed onward, marched forward, and let no obstacle defeat their spirit or their pride.
Together, they laid down the railroads, raised up the skyscrapers, built great highways, won two world wars, defeated fascism and communism, and triumphed over every single challenge that they faced.
After all we have been through together, we stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history. With your help, we will restore America promise and we will rebuild the nation that we love — and we love it so much.
We are one people, one family, and one glorious nation under God. So, to every parent who dreams for their child and every child who dreams for their future, I am with you, I will fight for you, and I will win for you. We’re going to win like never before. (Applause.)
Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.)
Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.)
In recent years, our nation has suffered greatly. But we are going to bring it back and make it great again, greater than ever before.
We will be a nation like no other, full of compassion, courage, and exceptionalism. Our power will stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent, and totally unpredictable.
America will be respected again and admired again, including by people of religion, faith, and goodwill. We will be prosperous, we will be proud, we will be strong, and we will win like never before.
We will not be conquered, we will not be intimidated, we will not be broken, and we will not fail. From this day on, the United States of America will be a free, sovereign, and independent nation.
We will stand bravely, we will live proudly, we will dream boldly, and nothing will stand in our way because we are Americans. The future is ours, and our golden age has just begun.
Thank you. God bless America. Thank you all. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.)
Thank you. (Applause.)
END 12:40 P.M. EST
https://www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/2025/01/the-inaugural-address/
PATCON
Policy Paper
By J.M. Berger
May 21, 2012
Since September 11, 2001, more than 300 U.S. residents have been prosecuted for crimes related to homegrown terrorism. About half were targeted by law enforcement using infiltration techniques – confidential informants, undercover operations, or, in some cases, both.[i]
The use of infiltration has grown increasingly controversial, particularly within the American Muslim community, where many view these techniques as bordering on entrapment (regardless of the legal definition). In the worst light, informants and undercover officers are seen as agents provocateurs – government employees who are instructed to provoke people into illegal acts so that they can be prosecuted.
A 2011 Pew survey found that 52 percent of all American Muslims feel anti-terrorism policies in the United States single out Muslims for surveillance and monitoring. That number jumped to 71 percent among native-born American Muslims. Forty-four percent of the general public agreed with the assessment.[ii]
That survey was taken before a series of investigative reports by the Associated Press on the New York Police Department’s anti-terrorism unit confirmed some of the community’s worst fears. The AP series, starting in August 2011, revealed that the NYPD has engaged in widespread surveillance of Muslim communities in New York, often without evidence of illegal activity and often without producing actionable results.[iii]
But questions about when and how to use infiltration techniques are not new and are not limited to Muslim communities in the post-9/11 era. Whether it’s an undercover agent buying supplies for an al Qaeda sympathizer,[iv] an FBI handler getting inappropriately close to a mob informant,[v] or informants collecting evidence even as hackers compromise a private company’s data,[vi] infiltration inherently involves unique risks along with its potential rewards.
Informants and undercover agents are essential tools for law enforcement officials, whether they are investigating terrorism, organized crime, corporate wrongdoing, computer hacking, or fraud. Infiltration methods have a proven track record as far as their legality and their investigative merits in the vast majority of cases. But methods that fall within legal bounds are not necessarily without negative consequences. Violent extremism presents a particularly devilish problem set in this respect.
Law enforcement has an obvious stake in trying to determine whether nonviolent people who espouse extremist beliefs or engage in violent rhetoric might become violent. Now more than ever, the government is focused on preventing potential extremists from becoming violent. But infiltration techniques can have a dramatic effect on how targeted communities view efforts to counter and prevent violent extremism by raising questions about the government’s intent and integrity. Aggressive infiltrations can even reinforce extremist narratives that claim the government targets communities because of their fundamental identities rather than in pursuit of illegal activities. The ripple effects of perceived overreach can also make it more difficult for otherwise friendly community partners to encourage cooperation with law enforcement.
Studying the secondary effects of infiltration in current situations verges on the impossible for several reasons. The current activities of undercover agents and informants are closely guarded secrets, for obvious reasons. When infiltrators are exposed in the course of an arrest and prosecution, descriptions of their activities are carefully controlled by prosecutors and carefully spun by defense attorneys, resulting in a distorted picture. Members of a targeted community may be reluctant to frankly discuss their attitudes toward these activities for fear of being targeted themselves. And finally, the secondary effects of infiltration can play out over years or even decades, rendering any short-term picture incomplete.
Legacy cases, while still subject to many of the same pressures, offer an improved window on the details of specific infiltrations and on the medium- and long-term effects on targeted communities. In the case of closed investigations, it is also possible to make a better evaluation of overt successes, such as arrests, prosecutions, and the prevention of violence and other planned activities.
From 1991 to 1993, the FBI conducted an ambitious infiltration program code-named PATCON, short for Patriot Conspiracy. “Patriot” is an umbrella label for a loosely defined movement of antigovernment, racist, anti-Semitic, and/or Christian extremists. The PATCON program is documented in extraordinary detail in thousands of pages of FBI records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Interviews with people involved on both sides of the infiltration supplement this information.
PATCON consisted primarily of three FBI undercover agents posing as members of a fictional extremist group called the Veterans Aryan Movement. Three Patriot groups were the primary targets of PATCON – Civilian Materiel Assistance, the Texas Light Infantry, and the American Pistol and Rifle Association. PATCON agents roved the country for more than two years collecting intelligence on these and other Patriot organizations and on dozens of individuals, investigating leads on plots from the planned murder of federal agents to armed raids on nuclear power plants to a new American Revolution.
Despite spending hundreds of thousands of dollars and logging uncounted man-hours, PATCON and related investigations produced negligible results in terms of serious criminal convictions. Instead, PATCON became an intelligence tool, predicated on a series of suspected crimes, most of which were discussed but never committed.
Because it was not directly tied to a prosecution, the existence of PATCON was not formally disclosed until 2007, when references to the program appeared in documents released through Freedom of Information Act requests about the targeted groups. But the Patriot movement was keenly aware it had been infiltrated. Several people involved with targeted groups asserted in interviews after the fact that they were aware that at least one undercover agent involved with PATCON was a “fed.” Whether or not that’s true, the movement was actively worried about infiltration, and justifiably so. One group targeted by PATCON was described by the FBI as “extremely sensitive to investigative pressure.”[vii] Another group deliberately discussed “exotic” threats in order “to provoke the FBI into overreacting and to surface informants.”[viii]
The paranoia that resulted from the awareness of infiltration led to some members being expelled or ostracized on the often-incorrect suspicion that they were informants. Patriot gatherings were at times disrupted and even canceled over concerns about infiltration by federal investigators. One former informant interviewed for this report said he believed the FBI was just fine with that outcome but added that such mind games often reinforced the radical beliefs of those being monitored.
“I think they played a lot of people against each other,” he said. “The guys hated them more and more for it. They thought Big Brother was moving in on them.”
In addition to the murky complexities of the observer effect – in which the act of observing something causes changes in the subject of observation – the PATCON investigation highlights several critical issues surrounding the use of infiltration.
To read the rest of this policy paper, please click here.
[i]http://homegrown.newamerica.net/
[ii]Muslim Americans: No signs of growth in alienation or support for extremism, Pew Research Center, August 2011, http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/Muslim-American-Report.pdf
[iii]A list of stories and related documents published by the Associated Press can be found at http://ap.org/nypd/
[iv]Abby Goodnough, “Man Is Held in a Plan to Bomb Washington,” New York Times, September 28, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/us/massachusetts-man-accused-of-plotting-to-bomb-washington.html
[v]Shelley Murphy, “’Whitey’ Bulger’s ex-girlfriend testifies at Connolly trial,” Boston Globe, October 16, 2008, http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/10/whitey_bulgers.html
[vi]Paul Wagenseil, “FBI may have known in advance of Stratfor hack,” MSNBC.com, March 7, 2012, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46658033/ns/technology_and_science-security/#.T1yuzjGrK-Q
[vii]FBI communication, San Antonio to HQ, June 16, 1992
[viii]FBI communication, Birmingham to HQ, March 5, 1993
https://www.newamerica.org/future-security/policy-papers/patcon/
In home invasions by neighbors my mother Susan Dunn and I are both being coordinated on by US Marine corps neighbors that put restraining orders on me accusing me of stalking when it is them doing the stalking while having a restraining order is dumb deadly irony, total hypocrisy, lawlessness that the corrupt courts are enforcing and need to repent from facilitating neighbors backstabbing each other, these lockpickers Sarina Barela and Alberto Banda Marine Corps computer hackers from 2029 Lonnie Lane are capable of putting poisons into the milk in the refrigerator when Susan leaves the house 2031 Lonnie Lane Dayton Nevada and they want me in jail so they can harm Susan and take over this house and the guns and Jeremy Silva is the same that fronts a family while framing another family man across the street Joshua Swanick that also hacks computers
Computer hackers at 2029 Lonnie Lane Dayton Nevada that might have also remoted into bank accounts and possibly remoted files into neighbors computers to frame for search warrant and felony chargers, neighbors beware of Alberto, and the first person that files restraining order "wins"
In 2029, Earth has been ravaged by the war between the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet and the human resistance. Skynet sends the T-1000—an advanced, shape-shifting prototype Terminator made of virtually indestructible liquid metal—back in time to kill resistance leader John Connor when he is a child. To protect John, the resistance sends back a reprogrammed T-800 Terminator, a less advanced metal endoskeleton covered in living tissue.
In 1995 Los Angeles, John's mother Sarah is incarcerated in Pescadero State Hospital for her violent efforts to prevent "Judgment Day"—the prophesied events of August 29, 1997, when Skynet will gain sentience and, in response to its creators' attempts to deactivate it, incite a nuclear holocaust. John, living with foster parents, also considers Sarah delusional and resents her efforts to prepare him for his future role. The T-1000 locates John in a shopping mall, but the T-800 intervenes, coming to John's aid and enabling his escape. John calls to warn his foster parents, but the T-800 deduces that the T-1000 has already killed them. Realizing the T-800 is programmed to obey him, John forbids it to kill people and orders it to help him rescue Sarah from the T-1000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day
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Kamala Devi Harris (English: /ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi/ ⓘ,[1] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, serving under President Joe Biden.
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RAPHAEL Gamaliel Warnock[1] (/ˈrɑːfiɛl ˈwɔːrnɒk/ RAH-fee-el WOR-nok; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptist pastor serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021.
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The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral John Warren's Chesapeake campaign.
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London is going to launch nuclear attack on Washington D.C 2030-2031 after false flag attacks in Jerusalem because of the Vatican and CIA.
The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the U.S. presidency (or the office itself, in the instance of succession by the vice president) upon an elected president's death, resignation, removal from office, or incapacity.
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Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving since 2025 as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI).
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The Cheyenne Mountain Complex (CMOC)[a] is a non-public military installation of the United States Department of Defense[b] located inside Cheyenne Mountain, in El Paso County, Colorado.[3]
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The conspiracy is racist, considering Blacks, Hispanics, and Aboriginal Peoples to be inferior races of useless eaters. They believe or at least profess that the Anglo/Aryan race is the true Israel (British Israel and Christian Identity for the dupes and an Anglophile Secular Humanism for the leaders) and thus the Master race.
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AI Overview
Based on the provided search results, a virus or malware residing in RAM (memory-resident virus) can absolutely infect or spread to a new, clean hard drive upon connection.
Here is the breakdown of how this process works, according to the search results:
How Infections Spread from RAM: Memory-resident viruses embed themselves in the computer's RAM (system memory) and stay active even after the original infected program is closed. If this virus is active in the RAM when a new hard drive is connected, it can infect that drive.
Malware Characteristics: Malware can be automatically installed when an infected system connects to a new drive.
Boot Sector Viruses: Specifically, boot-sector viruses can replicate themselves onto a new hard drive's master boot record (MBR), taking control of the boot process.
Protection Measures: To prevent this, it is critical to have active security software scanning for malicious code before it can be "run" or saved to the new disk.
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If you are concerned about a new drive being infected, performing a secure, clean installation of the operating system is generally effective at removing such threats.
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Pete Spinuzzi, Candidate for Walker River Justice of the Peace
Pizen Switch Times October 17, 2024
Pizen Switch Times: Candidates for local offices are welcome to send their candidacy announcement for publication in “Elections”.
“I am Pete Spinuzzi, candidate for Walker River Justice of the Peace.
The Walker River Justice Court is located in Yerington at the justice complex. Walker River Justice Court encompasses Silver Springs, Yerington, Mason Valley and Smith Valley.
A few of the duties of the Justice Court include but are certainly not limited to: Probable Cause hearings, Bail hearings, Preliminary hearings, issuance of protective orders, traffic violations, small claims court and again much more.
Born in Los Angeles California in 1957, I left effectively California in 1980 when I joined the Marine Corps. Upon returning from the Persian Gulf in 1991, then as a Staff Sergeant, I was stationed at the Mountain Warfare Training Center near Bridgeport California. I bought a house in the Topaz Ranch Estates. In 1993, the Marine Corps wanted to send me back to Camp Pendleton. Not wanting to go back to California I took an early out. My new career then began with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office in 1994 and I moved to Yerington.
Over the next twenty eight and a half years I served with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office in numerous positions and attended many career enhancing schools enabling me to better serve the citizens of Lyon County. I am a father of five, grandfather of 11, great grandfather of 2 and live in Yerington on a small farm with his wife Theresa.
My Marine Corps career included travels or deployments to: Okinawa, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Spain, and Germany. Assignments and Schools include: 1980 Marine Corps Recruit Depot 1981, Camp Lejeune Schools Battalion, 1981-1982 Marine Wing Support Squadron El Toro, CA, 1982-1983 Attached to Marine Air Support Squadron 2 Okinawa, 1983 Yechon Korea where I served as the Sergeant of the Guard during the Shoot down of Korean Airline 007. 1984 Dam Neck VA, Basic Intelligence schools then attached to Third Marine Aircraft Wing Air Combat Intelligence division. 1985 Little Creek VA, for Advanced Intelligence Analyst School then assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 16, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 166, newly commissioned and served as the first Intelligence Chief for that squadron. 1985 First Marine Amphibious Force Tactical Exercise Control Group. 1986 awarded for having the highest rated intelligence office in the First Marine Amphibious Force. 1986 Coronado, Ca. Advanced Amphibious Intelligence School 1987 Returned to HMM-166 as Intelligence Chief and served as such for West Pack aboard the USS Tarawa. 1989 Deployed with HMM-166 as Intelligence during West Pac aboard USS Peleliu. Returned to Marine Corps Air Station Tustin serving with HMM-166 until August of 1990 when I was attached to HMM-161 as part of Contingency Air Group 70 to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. August 1990 – Spring 1991. Served as the Intelligence Chief For MAG-70 during Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
Later in 1991 to 1993 I was assigned to Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Ca. Trained as an instructor for winter and summer survival. Further worked in academics, rewriting lesson plans for various training disciplines. Honorably discharged from the Marine Corps as a Staff Sergeant in 1993.
My Law Enforcement Career included: Sworn in as a Lyon County Deputy on Thanksgiving Day 1994. 1994 to 1996 Jail Deputy 1996 Attended the Nevada POST Academy 1996 to 2000 Patrol Deputy Interview, Interrogations, and Statement Analysis During that time, assigned to work with the U.S. Secret Service developing emergency action plan for the visit by former president Jimmy Carter. 2000 Certified by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a Clandestine Lab Technician. 2000 to 2003 Narcotics Officer when I returned to the Patrol Division I was chosen as One of only Two Officers from the State of Nevada to attend the Drug Enforcement Agency Tactical Academy in 2003. 2003 – 2008 worked patrol, primarily in the Walker River area (Smith Valley, Yerington/Mason Valley area, Silver Springs). Detective Sergeant 2008 to 2010, Trained and served as Crisis Negotiator. SWAT Sniper concurrent with Detective Patrol Sergeant, Jail Sergeant, Patrol Lieutenant, and Administrative Captain. I retired from the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office on January 03, 2023.
I bring with me INTEGRITY and TRUE LIFE EXPERIENCE. I stand behind the Constitution of the United States and Nevada State Law. I believe in FAIR AND EQUAL JUSTICE and further, I am qualified to be your next Walker River Justice of the Peace and would appreciate your vote.”
https://pizenswitchtimes.com/2024/10/17/pete-spinuzzi-candidate-for-walker-river-justice-of-the-peace/
Peterson Space Force Base, previously Peterson Air Force Base, Peterson Field, and Army Air Base, Colorado Springs, is a United States Space Force base that shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and is home to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the Space Force's 21st Space Wing, elements of the Space Force's Space Systems Command, and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) headquarters. Developed as a World War II air support base for Camp Carson, the facility conducted Army Air Forces training and supported Cold War air defense centers at the nearby Ent Air Force Base, Chidlaw Building, and Cheyenne Mountain Complex. The base was the location of the Air Force Space Command headquarters from 1987 to 20 December 2019 and has had NORAD/NORTHCOM command center operations since the 2006 Cheyenne Mountain Realignment placed the nearby Cheyenne Mountain Complex on standby. On 26 July 2021, the installation was renamed Peterson Space Force Base to reflect its prominent role in the new space service.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterson_Space_Force_Base
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The surname Peterson is a Scandinavian and English patronymic name meaning "son of Peter". It derives from the given name Peter, which stems from the Greek petros, meaning "rock" or "stone". It has strong roots in Denmark, Sweden, and England, and was commonly used to identify individuals by their father's name.
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Origins and History
Meaning: "Son of the rock," derived from the Greek Petros.
Patronymic Tradition: It indicates the "son of Peter" (or sometimes Petersen, Pedersen).
Regional Roots: Primarily found in Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, Norway), Northern Germany, and England.
Early Records: Early instances date back to the 13th century in England and Scandinavia. A record from 1195 in England lists "Ralph Peter".
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Variations and Popularity
Variations: There are over 700 spellings of the surname, including Pedersen, Petersen (often Danish), Petersson (often Swedish), and Piotrowicz.
Immigration: The spelling "Peterson" is considered the standard in Sweden, though many Danish immigrants changed their names from Petersen to Peterson in English-speaking countries.
Popularity: In Denmark, nearly 3.4% of the population has the surname. It is also the 63rd most popular surname in the United States.
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The name reflects a, strong, lasting familial, and often Christian, heritage, with early settlers appearing in North America as early as the 17th century.
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Peter and Pedro share the same etymological root, deriving from the Greek word petros (masculine) or petra (feminine), meaning "stone" or "rock". The name was Latinized as Petrus and is based on the Aramaic name Cephas ("rock") given by Jesus to the Apostle Simon. Peter is the English form, while Pedro is the Spanish and Portuguese equivalent.
Key Etymological Details:
Origin: The name originates from the Greek Petros and Latin Petrus, translating the Aramaic Kephas.
Meaning: Both names signify "stone" or "rock," symbolizing steadfastness and reliability.
Biblical Significance: In Matthew 16:18, Jesus refers to Peter (Cephas) as the rock upon which the church would be built.
Linguistic Evolution (Pedro): In Spanish and Portuguese, the Latin "t" in Petrus underwent a process called lenition (specifically, voicing), turning the 't' into a 'd' to form Pedro.
Cognates and Variations: Other variations include Pierre (French), Pietro (Italian), Piotr (Polish), Pyotr (Russian), and Petar (Slavic).
Differences in Usage:
Peter: Primarily used in English, German, and Scandinavian languages.
Pedro: Primarily used in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions.
Pedro Arrupe y Gondra, SJ (14 November 1907 – 5 February 1991) was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983.[2] He has been called a second founder of the Society, which he led in the implementation of the Second Vatican Council, especially with regard to faith that does justice and preferential option for the poor.[3][2]
Born in 1907 in Bilbao, Arrupe joined the Jesuits in 1927 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1936. While serving as a novice master outside Hiroshima in 1945, Arrupe used his medical background as a first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.[4]
In 1983, paralysis from a stroke caused Arrupe to resign from office. He lived on until 1991, when he died in the local Jesuit infirmary.[4] His cause for sainthood was opened by the Jesuits and the Diocese of Rome in 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Arrupe
Peter Hans Kolvenbach (30 November 1928 – 26 November 2016) was a Dutch Catholic priest and professor who was the 29th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1983 to 2008.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hans_Kolvenbach
The Denial of Peter (or Peter's Denial) refers to three acts of denial of Jesus by the Apostle Peter as described in all four Gospels of the New Testament.[2]
All four Canonical Gospels state that during Jesus's Last Supper with his disciples, he predicted that Peter would deny knowledge of him, stating that Peter would disown him before the rooster crowed the next morning.[a] Following the arrest of Jesus, Peter denied knowing him three times, but after the third denial, he heard the rooster crow and recalled the prediction as Jesus turned to look at him. Peter then began to cry bitterly.[4][b] This final incident is known as the Repentance of Peter.[5]
The turbulent emotions behind Peter's denial and later repentance have been the subject of major works of art for centuries. Examples include Caravaggio's Denial of Saint Peter, which is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The incidents have also inspired segments in various films related to the life and death of Jesus Christ (for instance, when Francesco De Vito performed as Peter in The Passion of the Christ) as well as references in musical works, both religious and secular.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial_of_Peter
Pete J Spinuzzi
Walker River Justice Court
Title: Justice Of The Peace
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911 Harvey Way
Suite 2
Yerington, NV 89447
Phone:
(775) 463-6639
Fax:
(775) 463-6638
Email wrjc@lyon-county.org
https://www.lyon-county.org/directory.aspx?EID=157
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Entity Type Political Candidate
Party Nonpartisan
Office Justice of the Peace, Walker River Township
Address 833 West Bridge Street Yerington, NV 89447
Phone 775.315.4285
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Email: spinuzzi1118@gmail.com
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Spinuzzi, Peter Joseph
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General Election 2024
Justice Of The Peace for Dept. 1 of the Walker River Justice Court
Received 50.33% of the vote between 2 candidates and won the general election.
https://ournevadajudges.com/candidates/peter-joseph-spinuzzi/overview
Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official and former television personality who has served as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025.
Hegseth studied politics at Princeton University, where he was the publisher of The Princeton Tory, a conservative student newspaper. In 2003, he was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Minnesota Army National Guard, serving at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Hegseth worked for several organizations after leaving Iraq, including as an executive director at Vets for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America. He became a contributor to Fox News in 2014. Hegseth served as an advisor to President Donald Trump after supporting his campaign in 2016. From 2017 to 2024, Hegseth co-hosted Fox & Friends Weekend. He has written several books, including American Crusade (2020) and The War on Warriors (2024).
In November 2024, President-elect Trump named Hegseth as his nominee for secretary of defense. In a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing days before Trump's second inauguration, Hegseth faced allegations of sexual misconduct, financial mismanagement, and excessive drinking. Hegseth was confirmed by the Senate that month, with Vice President JD Vance casting a tie-breaking vote. It was only the second time in US history that a Cabinet nominee's confirmation was decided by a vice president (following Betsy DeVos during the first Trump administration in 2017). Hegseth is the second-youngest secretary of defense (after Donald Rumsfeld).
Hegseth has drawn criticism during his tenure as Secretary of Defense due to the fallout from a leaked government group chat on Signal as well as alleged war crimes with U.S. military strikes on alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea.[3][4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth
Facade of St Peter's
Designed by Carlo Maderno (1608-1614) The inscription (1m letters) states:
"Paul V Borghese, Roman, Pontiff, in 1612, the seventh of his pontificate, [built] in honour of the Prince of Apostles
On February 10, 1608 the first stone of the Facade was laid and on July 21, 1612 most of the work was completed. It took another two years for the ornamentation, and the basilica was finally consecrated by Urban VIII on November 18, 1926.
https://www.stpetersbasilica.info/Exterior/Facade/Facade.htm
AFA-27 [recorded 03/15/87] | The CIA, the Military & Drugs Part IV
Developing a line of inquiry presented in the preceding broadcast, this program focuses on narco-terrorism in Latin America. Particular emphasis is on intelligence-related elements that figured in the Iran-Contra scandal, anti-Castro Cubans in particular. Much of the discussion centers on activities that took place when George Bush was in charge of the CIA.
After reviewing the Latin American narcotics network of Corsican gangster and Third Reich collaborator Auguste Ricord, the broadcast focuses on the role of Ricord associate Klaus Barbie in the 1980 “Cocaine Coup” in Bolivia. The Gestapo chief of Lyons (France) during the war, Barbie found post-war employment with American intelligence, first with the Army’s Counter Intelligence Corps, and later with the CIA.
With the aid of elements of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon, Barbie and a group of fascist terrorists associated with the narcotics trade overthrew the Bolivian government and established a dictatorship under General Garcia-Meza. Under this regime, the business of cocaine kingpin Roberto Suarez thrived, aided by Barbie and his “bridegrooms of death.” Doubling as para-fascist terrorists and enforcers for the government, Barbie and his cutthroats aided the bloody suppression of trade unions and the political left in the coup’s aftermath.
Barbie’s cocaine mercenaries included some interesting individuals. German-born Joachim Fiebelkorn (a neo-Nazi and informant for the Drug Enforcement Agency) was joined with Italian fascists, such as Pierluigi Pagliai (a member of the infamous P‑2 lodge discussed in AFAs 18,19) and the notorious fascist Stefano Delle Chiaie, a principal architect of the “strategy of tension.”
The strategy of tension (a major focal point of AFA-19) was an out-cropping of what Danish journalist Henrik Kruger termed “the International Fascista.” (Kruger is the author of The Great Heroin Coup: Drugs, Intelligence and International Fascism, published in softcover by the South End Press of Boston, copyright 1980. Mr. Emory views the work as the best individual volume ever written on the subject of the intelligence community and the narcotics trade.) A consortium of fascists in Europe and Latin America, International Fascista included numerous Latin death squad elements, elements of U.S. intelligence and the Paladin mercenary group (funded by Libyan dictator Khadafy, as well as the weapons empire of SS officer and sometime CIA operative Otto Skorzeny.) A principal figure in the postwar ODESSA organization, Skorzeny is discussed at considerable length in AFA-22.
One of the major cogs of the International Fascista was CORU, arguably the most militant and deadly of the anti-Castro Cuban organizations. CORU was involved in a string of bombings, assassinations and terrorist attacks in the mid 1970’s, including the 1976 assassination of Orlando Letelier in Washington D.C. CORU’s reign of terror took place when George Bush was director of the CIA, and an element of the agency appears to have been involved with it.
Program Highlights Include: “Operation Condor” (an international assassination consortium of Latin American dictatorships); a number of assassinations and attempted assassinations conducted under “Condor;” Argentine fascist and P‑2 lodge member Jose Lopez Rega; Italian fascist and Skorzeny associate Prince Justo Valerio Borghese; former Goebbels Propaganda Ministry official Gerhard Hartmut Von Schubert (the operating manager of the Paladin group); Paladin’s overlap with Spanish intelligence and the CIA; Operation Condor’s attempts at disguising its acts as left-wing terror; the position of the World Anti-Communist League in the milieu set forth in this broadcast
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Parris Island is a district of the city of Port Royal, South Carolina on an island of the same name. It became part of the city with the annexation of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on October 11, 2002.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parris_Island,_South_Carolina
On June 24, 1717, six months after the exile of the Stuarts, four lodges in London (names not given) met at Apple-Tree Tavern and united English Freemasonry under the name "United Grand Lodge," which has been nicknamed the Mother Grand Lodge, or Grand Mother Lodge.
The first French Templar Lodge was founded in 1725 by a contingent of exiled Stuart sympathizers. In 1745 Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, attempted to regain his Scottish throne and was soundly defeated in less than a year. Upon returning to France, the Scottish Templars founded the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, quickly developing it to 32 degrees by 1755. In 1801 all French lodges accepted the Templar Scottish Rite degrees. That same year the Scottish Rite of Charleston, S.C., created the 33rd and final degree in Templar Freemasonry.
On the continent of Europe, French Freemasonry is known as Scottish Rite, Grand Orient, French Grand Lodge, Continental, or Latin Freemasonry. The Templar York Rite in England was transported to America, where it remains to this day. English Freemasonry continued with the three Craft Degrees until 1860, when it adopted the thirty additional degrees of the Scottish Rite, but for competitive reasons refused to call it "Scottish."'
Scarlet and the Beast
by John Daniel
https://ia803001.us.archive.org/28/items/ScarletAndTheBeastJohnDaniel1995/Scarlet%20and%20the%20Beast,%20John%20Daniel%20(1995).pdf
Naval Station Great Lakes (NAVSTA Great Lakes) is the home of the United States Navy's only current boot camp, located near North Chicago, in Lake County, Illinois, along Lake Michigan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Great_Lakes
The Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction oversees the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in fifteen states: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Vermont.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Council,_Scottish_Rite,_Northern_Jurisdiction,_USA
The 18th degree uses the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth to exemplify the universal principles of life and urge us to be tolerant of others. This degree uses the symbol of the rose cross; the rose signifies dawn and the cross is a sacred symbol of antiquity.
https://scottishritenmj.org/degrees/degrees-18
While the poetic verse on the Red Cross knight in Edmund Spencer’s The Fairie Queen has some resemblance to the Rosicrucian chivalrous quest, and while Spencer’s Castle of Alma is a poetic microcosm of learning with some resemblance to the Rosicrucian tomb, there is little concrete evidence to support Yates’ explicitely stated hypotheses. If one looks closer at her arguments, however, beginning with her interest in the Valois tapestries, one sees that she was reaching for a connection to French court culture and dynastic politics. She felt that Spencer’s poetic passages convey the militant atmosphere of the Elizabethan Leicester-Sidney-circle. This militancy centered on forging a Protestant union with the German Princes in view of the British campaign in the United Provinces in 1586, the legacy of which would be preserved in the legend of Christian Rosencreutz.
Rose Cross Over The Baltic The Spread of Rosicrucianism In Northern Europe
by Suzanne Ackerman
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vWI_uTVg5lzNCDm16itq-PLSavozNR_F/view?usp=sharing
“Rosa Jesuitica, oder Jesuitische Rottgesellen, das ist, Eine Frag ob die Zween Orden, der ganandten Ritter von der Neerscharen Jesu, und der Rosen-Creuzer ein einiger Ordensen: per J. P. D. a S. Jesuitarum Protectorum. Prague, 1620.” (4to). This is a truly curious tract upon the “relations of the Jesuits and the Rosicrucians."
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dT28PyPUPfqDfC0iVg7nGFsle8vYBXLf/view
Juliet Rose Landau (born March 30, 1965)[1][2][3][4] is an American actress, director, producer, and ballerina best known for her role as Drusilla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff show Angel, the latter appearance earning her a Saturn Award nomination. She is also known for co-starring as Loretta King in Tim Burton's Ed Wood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliet_Landau
Acts 17:30-32
1599 Geneva Bible
30 [a]And the time of this ignorance God regarded not: but now he admonisheth all men everywhere to repent.
31 Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath appointed, whereof he hath given an [b]assurance to all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
32 [c]Now when they had heard of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked, and others said, We will hear thee again of this thing.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2017%3A30-32&version=GNV
The text of the Book of Genesis says ENOCH lived 365 years before he was taken by God. The text reads that Enoch "walked with God: and he was no more; for God took him" (Gen 5:21–24), which is interpreted as Enoch entering heaven alive in some Jewish and Christian traditions,[2][3] and interpreted differently in others.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxHznrhyWryAX-OO6vdCi6JFy_guKNGxgj
1 Corinthians 15:52
1599 Geneva Bible
52 In [a]a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall blow, and the dead shall be raised up incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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1 Corinthians 15:52 He showeth us that the time shall be very short.
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxAJduXWwramkMQzJzfgQI84E3cBGGPXZJ
Baldwin married a Norman noblewoman, Godehilde of Tosny, whose family owned land and property in both Normandy and England.[4][10] Baldwin and his wife most probably settled in the court of his eldest brother, Count Eustace III of Boulogne.[11] Eustace and Baldwin jointly fought for their brother, Godfrey, against Count Albert III of Namur and Bishop Theoderic of Verdun at Stenay in 1086.[12][13] Godfrey mentioned Baldwin in most of his charters of grant, indicating that Baldwin was regarded as his designated heir.[14][15] Baldwin regularly visited the fortress of his wife's family at Conches-en-Ouche.[11]
First Crusade
Pope Urban II proclaimed the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont on 27 November 1095.[16][17] Godfrey of Bouillon decided to join the military campaign and sold or mortgaged his inherited domains to raise funds.[18][19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_I_of_Jerusalem
In 1754, The Chevalier de Bonneville established a chapter of the High degrees at Paris, styled the ' Chapter of Clermont.' In it the Templar system was revived, and the Baron de Hund received the High degrees, there and thence derived the principles and doctrines of his ' Order of Strict Observance ' —Thory and Leveque—Ragon says, The regime of the Chapter of Clermont at first comprised only three degrees, viz., the three Symbolic, followed by the Knight of the Eagle or Master Elect, Illustrious Knight or Templar, and Illustrious Sublime Knight—but that they soon became more numerous."
" In the same year Martinez Pascalis established his rite of ' Elus C'dens ' with nine degrees. He did not carry it to Paris until 1767, where Martinism in ten degrees grew out of it." — Clavel.
"In 1757 M. de St. Gelaire introduced at Paris the ' Order of Noachites.' ^'
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THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH KITE, IN THIRTY-THREE DEGREES. KNOWN HITHERTO UNDER THE NAMES OF THE " BITE OF PEEPECTION" ^THE " EITE OF HEEEDOM" THE " ANCIEIII SCOTTISH rite"—THE " EITE OF KILWINNING" AND LAST, AS THE " SCOTTISH EITE, ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED." A FULL AND COMPLETE HISTORY, WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING NUMEROUS AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS, RELATING TO THE ORIGIN, PKO- OB£SS AND ESTABLISHMENT OP THE EITE—EDICTS, CIRCULARS, PATENTS, REGISTERS, AND THE OPINIONS OF NUMEROUS AUTHORS — ILLUSTRATED WITH "TABLETS," / BY ROBERT B. FOLGER, M. D., Past Master, 33d., iJi-SECRETARY GENERAL, &0. SECOND EDITION. ,c ^ j ;^ NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/The_ancient_and_accepted_Scottish_rite%2C_in_thirty-three_degrees_%28IA_ancientaccepted00folg%29.pdf
The Capetian dynasty (/kəˈpiːʃən/; French: Capétiens), also known as the House of France, is a dynasty of Frankish origin, and a branch of the Robertians. It is among the largest and oldest royal houses in Europe and the world, and consists of Hugh Capet, the founder of the dynasty, and his male-line descendants, who ruled in France without interruption from 987 to 1792, and again from 1814 to 1848. The senior line ruled in France as the House of Capet from the election of Hugh Capet in 987 until the death of Charles IV in 1328. That line was succeeded by cadet branches, the Houses of Valois and then Bourbon, which ruled without interruption until the French Revolution abolished the monarchy in 1792. The Bourbons were restored in 1814 in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat, but had to vacate the throne again in 1830 in favor of the last Capetian monarch of France, Louis Philippe I, who belonged to the House of Orléans. Cadet branches of the Capetian House of Bourbon house are still ruling over Spain and Luxembourg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capetian_dynasty
When were the Jesuits restored?
August 7, 1814
Pressured by the royal courts of Portugal, France and Spain, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society, causing Jesuits throughout the world to renounce their vows and go into exile. Pope Pius VII, a Benedictine, restored the Society on August 7, 1814.
https://www.xavier.edu/jesuitresource/online-resources/video-resources/jesuit-values-videos/suppression-of-the-society-of-jesus
Urban Burgos
Miranda 12, 1º izq., 09002 Burgos, Spain
After booking, all of the property’s details, including telephone and address, are provided in your booking confirmation and your account.
Urban Burgos is located in Burgos, a few steps from Museo Burgos and 656 feet from Museum of the Human Evolution.
https://www.booking.com/hotel/es/urban-burgos-burgos.html
After Octavian's conquest of Egypt in 31 BC, the Farnese Cup was possibly acquired by the Treasury of Rome; according to some, it was only made after the Romans took Egypt. It seems it was later taken to Byzantium, then back west after this city was sacked in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnese_Cup
Giulia Farnese (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒuːlja farˈneːze, -eːse]; 1474 – 23 March 1524) was an Italian noblewoman, a mistress to Pope Alexander VI, and the sister of Pope Paul III.[2] Known as Giulia la Bella (Italian for 'Julia the Beautiful'), she was a member of the noble Farnese family, who were prominent leaders in the Italian regions of Parma and Piacenza.[2] After marrying into the noble Orsini family in the Papal States, Farnese soon acquainted herself with, and initiated an affair with, the Spanish Cardinal Rodrigo de Borja. When the cardinal was elected Pope, Farnese continued the increasingly advantageous liaison, which enabled her to have her brother Alessandro made a cardinal, until losing Alexander's favor at the turn of the century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulia_Farnese
Francis Borgia SJ (Valencian: Francesc de Borja; Spanish: Francisco de Borja; 28 October 1510 – 30 September 1572) was a Spanish Jesuit priest. The great-grandson of both Pope Alexander VI and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, he was Duke of Gandía and a grandee of Spain. After the death of his wife, Borgia renounced his titles and became a priest in the Society of Jesus, later serving as its third superior general. He was canonized on 20 June 1670 by Pope Clement X.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Borgia
Borja (Borgia)
Spanish: habitational name from a place in Zaragoza province named from Arabic burj ‘tower’. See also Borgia .
https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=borja
Pope Paul V (Latin: Paulus PP. V; Italian: Paolo V) (17 September 1550[5] – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death, in January 1621. In 1611, he honored Galileo Galilei as a member of the papal Accademia dei Lincei and supported his discoveries.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_V
Facade of St Peter's
Designed by Carlo Maderno (1608-1614) The inscription (1m letters) states:
"Paul V Borghese, Roman, Pontiff, in 1612, the seventh of his pontificate, [built] in honour of the Prince of Apostles
On February 10, 1608 the first stone of the Facade was laid and on July 21, 1612 most of the work was completed. It took another two years for the ornamentation, and the basilica was finally consecrated by Urban VIII on November 18, 1926.
https://www.stpetersbasilica.info/Exterior/Facade/Facade.htm
Borgo (sometimes called also I Borghi) is the 14th rione (administrative district) of Rome, Italy. It is identified by the initials R. XIV and is included within Municipio I.
Its coat of arms shows a lion (after the name "Leonine City", which was also given to the district), lying in front of three mounts and a star. These – together with a lion rampant – are also part of the coat of arms of Pope Sixtus V, who annexed Borgo as the 14th rione of Rome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgo_(rione_of_Rome)
Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House
Kim Luciani
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET
Key Points AI-assisted summary
President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/
̶A̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶(̶L̶a̶t̶i̶n̶:̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶t̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶)̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶b̶d̶i̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶o̶c̶c̶u̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶C̶a̶t̶h̶o̶l̶i̶c̶ ̶C̶h̶u̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶v̶o̶l̶u̶n̶t̶a̶r̶i̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶s̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_renunciation
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3
LOUIS Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako
The Best of Both Worlds
Episode aired Jun 16, 1990
TV-PG
45m
Responding to a distress call on one of the Federation's outer-most colonies, the Enterprise arrives...only to find a big hole in the ground where the town used to be, and discovers the Borg are behind the attack.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708785/
https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxymc8u1Kc5op2dREDEs8wDaUX3eYjcCN1
"The Best of Both Worlds" is the 26th episode of the third season and the first episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It comprises the 74th and 75th episodes of the series overall. The first part was originally aired on June 18, 1990,[1] and the second on September 24, 1990,[2] in broadcast syndication television.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this two part episode, the Enterprise must battle the Borg who are intent on conquering Earth, with a captured and assimilated Captain Picard as their emissary. Part 1 was the finale to season three, while Part 2 was the premiere of season four. It is considered one of the most popular Star Trek episodes.[3][4]
In April 2013, "The Best of Both Worlds" was re-released edited together as a single feature film, released on Blu-ray disc and shown as a one-night only event in movie theaters.[5]
Plot
Part I
The Starship Enterprise responds to a distress call from the Federation colony on Jouret IV and arrives to discover the colony gone. The Federation suspect the Borg—a hive mind of cybernetic humanoids.
Starfleet Admiral Hanson arrives on board the Enterprise with Lieutenant Commander Shelby, an expert on the Borg, who assists the crew in determining the cause of the colony's disappearance. Hanson informs Captain Picard that Commander Riker has been offered the command of the Starship Melbourne and suggests that Riker take the position, having turned it down twice previously. Shelby's research confirms that the colony was destroyed by the Borg. Tension emerges between Riker and the ambitious Shelby, who wants to take over his position as first officer; at one point, Shelby goes over Riker's head to suggest to Picard that the Enterprise split into its component saucer and stardrive sections, after Riker rejects the idea.
Hanson advises Picard that another Federation vessel encountered a strange "cube shaped" vessel before sending a distress call that ended abruptly. Enterprise moves to intercept and confronts a Borg cube. The Borg demand that Picard surrender himself, which he refuses. The Borg lock the vessel in a tractor beam and begin cutting into the hull. Shelby suggests randomly changing the frequency of the ship's phasers to prevent the Borg from adapting to the attack, which frees the vessel. The Enterprise escapes to a nearby nebula, where Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge and Ensign Wesley Crusher adapt a technique suggested by Shelby to modify the ship's deflector dish to fire a massive energy discharge capable of destroying the Borg cube. The Borg flush Enterprise from the nebula, board the ship, and abduct Picard. The Borg Cube moves at high warp speed towards Earth, with Enterprise in pursuit.
"I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is futile.
Your life as it has been is over. From this time forward, you will service... us."
Locutus
Riker, now in command of the ship, prepares to join an away team to board the Cube to rescue Picard, but Counselor Troi reminds him his place is now on the bridge. Shelby leads the away team onto the Borg cube, where they are ignored by the Borg drones. The team locate Picard's uniform and communicator and destroy power nodes inside the cube, forcing it out of warp. As the team prepares to transport back to Enterprise, they see Picard, with cybernetic attachments turning him into a Borg drone. The Borg contact Enterprise, speaking through Picard; he identifies himself as "Locutus of Borg" and tells them that "Resistance is futile." Riker orders Worf to fire the deflector dish.
Part II
The deflector dish discharge has no effect on the Borg cube; Locutus reveals that the Borg prepared for the attack using Picard's knowledge. The Borg cube continues at warp speed towards Earth, with the crippled Enterprise unable to follow. Upon reporting their failure to Hanson, Riker is promoted to captain and makes Shelby his first officer. The crew learns that a fleet of starships is massing at Wolf 359 to stop the Borg. Guinan, the Enterprise's bartender and Picard's friend, suggests to Riker that he "let go of Picard", since Picard's knowledge is being used to thwart Starfleet tactics, in order to defeat the Borg and possibly save Picard's life.
The Enterprise arrives at Wolf 359 to find the fleet has been destroyed, including the Melbourne. It follows the cube's warp trail to an intercept point, where Riker offers to negotiate with Locutus. The request is denied, but the communication reveals Locutus's location within the cube. Riker orders the Enterprise to separate into saucer and stardrive sections—but contrary to Shelby's original suggestion, Riker orders the saucer section rather than the stardrive to fire an anti-matter spread on the cube, disrupting its sensors so that a shuttlecraft piloted by Lieutenant Commander Data and Lt. Worf can bypass the Borg shields, allowing them to transport aboard the cube. They kidnap Locutus, although the Borg ignore this and continue to Earth.
Data and Dr. Crusher create a neural link with Locutus to gain access to the Borg's collective consciousness. Data attempts to use the link to disable the Borg's weapons and defensive systems, but cannot, as they are protected by security protocols. Picard breaks free from Borg control enough to mutter, "sleep". Data realizes that Picard is suggesting accessing the Borg regeneration subroutines, which are less protected than key systems like weapons or power. Data issues a command to the Borg to enter sleep mode, causing their weapons and shields to deactivate. A feedback loop builds in the Borg cube, which destroys the vessel. Dr. Crusher and Data remove the Borg implants and augmentations from Picard.
The Enterprise is awaiting repairs at an orbital shipyard, and Riker, although offered command of his own ship, insists on remaining as first officer. Shelby is reassigned to a task force dedicated to rebuilding the fleet. Picard recovers, but is still disturbed by his ordeal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Both_Worlds_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
A nova (pl. novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova
Nova music festival massacre
On 7 October 2023, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian nationalist organization Hamas, initiated a sudden attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_music_festival_massacre
Revelation 16:8
1599 Geneva Bible
8 [a]And the fourth Angel poured out his vial on the sun, and it was given to him to torment men with heat of fire,
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016%3A8-10&version=GNV
A red giant is a luminous giant star of low or intermediate mass (roughly 0.3–8 solar masses (M☉)) in a late phase of stellar evolution. The outer atmosphere is inflated and tenuous, making the radius large and the surface temperature around 5,000 K [K] (4,700 °C; 8,500 °F) or lower. The appearance of the red giant is from yellow-white to reddish-orange, including the spectral types K and M, sometimes G, but also class S stars and most carbon stars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_giant
In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. String theory describes how these strings propagate through space and interact with each other.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory
A chain reaction is a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions to take place. In a chain reaction, positive feedback leads to a self-amplifying chain of events.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_reaction
2 Peter 3:10
1599 Geneva Bible
10 [a]But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a [b]noise, and the elements shall melt with heat, and the earth with the works that are therein shall be burnt up.
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Footnotes
2 Peter 3:10 A very short description of the least distinction of the world, but in such sort as nothing could be spoken more gravely.
2 Peter 3:10 With the violence as it were of a hissing storm.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Peter%203%3A10&version=GNV
The Roman historian Phlegon is mentioned by Origen who describes a darkening of the sun in the eighteenth year of Tiberius on Nisan 14-Passover which would be 30 AD.
https://thecreationclub.com/historical-basis-for-believing-jesus-was-crucified-in-ad-30/
Pope Francis[b] (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio;[c] 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin American, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis
Easter in 2030
Date: April 21, 2030
Day: Sunday
On Easter Sunday 2021, Warnock's Twitter account tweeted, "The meaning of Easter is more transcendent than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Whether you are a Christian or not, through a commitment to helping others we are able to save ourselves." Some conservative Christians and political commentators criticized the tweet, including Benjamin Watson, Allie Beth Stuckey, and Jenna Ellis, who called it "heretical".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Warnock
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president of the United States for a term of four years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_United_States_presidential_election
Kamala Devi Harris (English: /ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi/ ⓘ,[1] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, serving under President Joe Biden.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris
Raphael Gamaliel Warnock[1] (/ˈrɑːfiɛl ˈwɔːrnɒk/ RAH-fee-el WOR-nok; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptist pastor serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Warnock has been the senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church since 2005.[2][3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Warnock
Sako Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO
The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the U.S. presidency (or the office itself, in the instance of succession by the vice president) upon an elected president's death, resignation, removal from office, or incapacity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral John Warren's Chesapeake campaign. It was the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power had captured and occupied a United States capital.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington
London is going to launch nuclear attack on Washington D.C 2030-2031 after false flag attacks in Jerusalem because of the Vatican and CIA.
The Cheyenne Mountain Complex (CMOC)[a] is a non-public military installation of the United States Department of Defense[b] located inside Cheyenne Mountain, in El Paso County, Colorado.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Complex
Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving since 2025 as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard
The conspiracy is racist, considering Blacks, Hispanics, and Aboriginal Peoples to be inferior races of useless eaters. They believe or at least profess that the Anglo/Aryan race is the true Israel (British Israel and Christian Identity for the dupes and an Anglophile Secular Humanism for the leaders) and thus the Master race. They have convinced the so-called useless eaters that they are friends, benefactors, and protectors. In the meantime they plan to enslave these poor People under socialism or eliminate them altogether. The Illuminati has convinced them that Karl Marx is their savior, and the sheople follow this Judas goat eagerly.
HOTT - MAJESTYTWELVE (hourofthetime.com)
https://www.hourofthetime.com/majestyt.htm
Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House
Kim Luciani
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET
Key Points AI-assisted summary
President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/
̶A̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶(̶L̶a̶t̶i̶n̶:̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶t̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶)̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶b̶d̶i̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶o̶c̶c̶u̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶C̶a̶t̶h̶o̶l̶i̶c̶ ̶C̶h̶u̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶v̶o̶l̶u̶n̶t̶a̶r̶i̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶s̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶
̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶e̶n̶.̶w̶i̶k̶i̶p̶e̶d̶i̶a̶.̶o̶r̶g̶/̶w̶i̶k̶i̶/̶P̶a̶p̶a̶l̶_̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶
Pope John Paul I[a] (born Albino Luciani;[b] 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I
On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Pope_John_Paul_II
SAKO Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3
LOUIS Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako
The word asas in Arabic means "PRINCIPLE". The Asāsiyyūn (plural, from literary Arabic) were, as defined in Arabic, the principle people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins
PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola
TRANSLATED FROM
THE AUTOGRAPH
BY
FATHER ELDER MULLAN, S.J.
I.H.S.
NEW YORK
P.J. KENEDY & SONS
PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE
https://ia601603.us.archive.org/32/items/spiritualexercis00ignauoft/spiritualexercis00ignauoft.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxTpvuQP4le-70b3szPQnFBVYGQF-r6ml1
The End of the Universe, Part 1 (2 Peter 3)
Grace to You
Mar 31, 2017
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Transcript
0:02
It was a couple of weeks ago that I gave a message on the theology of creation and I told you that I was intending to give you two messages, one on the beginning and another
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one on the end. The theology, if you will, of creation and the theology of uncreation, a message on the
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beginning of the universe and then a message on the end of the universe, how it all began
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and how it will all end. It is God alone who knows how it all began because He alone was there when it was created.
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It is God alone who knows how it will all end because only God knows the future and
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not only does God know the future but God determines the future as He has determined
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the past, is determining the present. And so, in order for us to understand origins, beginnings, and for us to understand endings,
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for us to understand creation or consummation, we have to turn to the revelation that God
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has given to us. All we know about creation is what God has told us.
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And all we know about consummation is all that God has told us.
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As you know, He has given us an explicit account of the creation of the universe in Genesis
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chapters 1 and 2. He has also given us explicit accounts of the destruction of this universe.
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There are a number of passages in which reference is made to the destruction of the universe
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in which we live, but one of them is most notable and most detailed.
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It is in the second epistle of Peter chapter 3.
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So, open your Bible, if you will, to 2 Peter chapter 3 and follow along as I read down
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through verse 13. Second Peter 3:1 through 13: “This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to
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you in which I’m stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember
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the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment spoken by the Lord and
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Savior spoken by Your Apostles. Know this, first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking,
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following after their own lusts and saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming?
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For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning
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of creation.’ For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the Word of God the heavens
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existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and by water through which the
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world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.
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But the present heavens and earth by His Word are being reserved for fire, kept for the
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day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
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But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as
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a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
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The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward
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you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
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But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a
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roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will
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be burned up.
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Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of
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God on account of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!
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But according to His promise, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which
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righteousness dwells.”
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And so, in very clear, unmistakable, unambiguous language, the Spirit of God inspires Peter
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to give us a record of the end of this creation.
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Now to give you a little bit of a warm up to get to chapter 3, just let me remind you
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that Peter’s epistle is designed to warn about false teachers.
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In fact, chapter 2 is a general denunciation of false teachers from beginning to end.
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It is directly parallel to the epistle written by Jude.
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It says essentially the same thing, the difference being in the tense of the verbs.
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Peter says the false teachers are coming, and this is what they’ll be like.
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Jude says they’re here and this is what they’re like.
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But chapter 2 is a detailed warning concerning false teachers.
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When you come in to chapter 3 then, Peter addresses one of their favorite areas of attack.
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That is, they attack the biblical truth that this world, this universe is coming to an
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end and it will be destroyed by the return of Jesus Christ.
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What I read you is unmistakably clear, it’s unmistakably clear by the way about the beginning.
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It says that creation came by the Word of God, that He spoke it into existence.
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And it’s also clear about the end, the end will also come by the Word of God.
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God spoke it into existence. He will speak it out of existence.
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As I have often said to you, this is a disposable planet. More than that, this is a disposable universe.
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It has been around for about six thousand years and relative to eternity, it has a very,
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very short life. This planet is useful to God only for purposes of accomplishing His redemption and then it
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will cease to exist.
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But Peter knows there are false teachers who attack this notion, who don’t want to believe
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that there is a God who is judge, a God who is by nature holy, and therefore hates sin
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and punishes sinners. Obviously, people who are content with their sin don’t want to believe that.
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So Peter presents the divinely inspired arguments against the skeptics who deny the future judgment
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that God will bring to this world through the judge whom He has ordained, namely the
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Lord Jesus Christ. And as we look then at this chapter, we’re going to engage ourselves in the discussion,
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if you will, that Peter has with the mockers and the scoffers and the deniers of the return
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of Christ and the judgment of this universe. But Peter begins, and this is where we’ll begin, with the arguments of the scoffers.
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What are the arguments that this world is going to continue the way it always has?
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What are the arguments that there is no coming judgment, no coming destruction?
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Well, there are just a few arguments and let’s look at them, three of them to be exact.
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First of all, go down to verses 3 and 4.
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“Knowing this first of all that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking,
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following after their own lusts and saying, ‘Where’s the promise of His coming, for ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation?’”
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The first argument that surfaces there is what you would call an ad hominem argument
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which is an assault on the individual rather than a reasonable approach to the issue.
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We would say this is argument by ridicule, this is argument by ridicule, intimidation
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by scorn, emotional and not rational, playing on people’s unrealized hopes and unrealized
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expectations. And what we read, first of all, then in verse 3 that is the last days mockers will come
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with their mocking. This is just plain ridicule.
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Many, of course, in the early church were expecting the Lord Jesus to come very soon.
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Certainly the Apostles assumed He would come in their lifetime instead of His Kingdom. Paul talks about “we who are alive and remain” referring to the Rapture, will be caught up
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in the air to meet the Lord. And so he himself no doubt hoped and anticipated that Christ might come in his lifetime.
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Jesus had said to them, “It’s not for you to know the times and the seasons which the Father has put in His own power, and yet they had anticipation of it.
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Now Peter knew that he would not live to see the return of Christ because in John 21 Jesus
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told Peter that he would die, that he would be arrested and that he would be taken and
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killed. That specifically was told to him by our Lord, so he knew that he would not live until the
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return of the Lord. But most Christians had this expectation.
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Those who read the New Testament epistles in the early church were waiting for the moment, the twinkling of an eye when they would be changed, they were waiting for the moment
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when the voice of the archangel and the trump of God would be heard and the Rapture of the church would take place.
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They were looking for the glorious appearing of our God and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
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living with what Paul told Titus was the blessed hope. But at the same time, believers like Peter were dying.
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Some were dying as martyrs, some were dying in illnesses, some were dying from accidents. Some were dying of natural causes and there was a growing sense that they were missing
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out on this wonderful future Kingdom.
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And so the Apostle Paul writes in 1 Thessalonians 4:13 to 17, “Don’t worry about those who
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die, they’ll be raised first and caught up in the air to meet the Lord in the air to ever be with the Lord.”
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They’re not going to miss the Lord. They’re not going to miss the Kingdom. They’re not going to miss the glories of the future.
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But when Jesus didn’t come and establish His Kingdom and years went by and more years
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went by, believers who were becoming wearied under the pressure of persecution, under the
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disappointments of difficulties in life were easy prey to false teachers who would come
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along and say, “So where is this Jesus that you’re waiting for who is going to come
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and bring this great Kingdom and gather you together and fulfill all His promises?”
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So, Peter says, “First of all...first of all...priority is you must understand how
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these scoffers operate. They prey on your vulnerability.”
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Here we are two thousand years later, two thousand years later and the skeptics can
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prey on us. And they can do it very effectively, so effectively, seemingly in this period of the church’s
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history, that Christians have virtually lost all interest in the return of Christ.
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This is nothing new. “In the last days...”
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What is that? A common New Testament term meaning the age since Christ came, the time between the two
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comings, now having reached two thousand years. “In these last days,” His first coming inaugurated the last days.
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And through this age there will be saboteurs of sound doctrine, saboteurs of the Second
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Coming hope, mockers will come, future tense.
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Jude says, “They have come and they will come with their mocking, attacking the reality
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of the return of Jesus Christ, preying on the disappointments and the impatience of
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believers by sheer ridicule. There’s a second argument that they use, we’ll call it the argument from immorality.
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They’re driven by ridicule and mockery but they’re also driven by immorality.
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Verse 3 says, at the end of the verse, “Following after their own lusts.”
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Now let’s understand this word, epithumia, meaning evil desire.
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What motivates them? Scholarship? No. What motivates them is lust.
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There’s no lack of definition for this word.
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Going back in to chapter 2, let me introduce you to the false teachers.
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They, in verse 2, are sensual.
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In verse 10, they indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority, anyone
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who would try to stop them from that full indulgence. They are daring and self-willed.
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Verse 12 describes their lust in this way, “They’re like unreasoning animals born
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as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed.”
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Verse 13, “They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime.
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They are stains and blemishes reveling in their deceptions as they carouse with you,
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having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having
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a heart trained in greed, a cursed children,” end of verse 15, “who love the wages of
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unrighteousness.” Verse 18, “They speak arrogant words of vanity.
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They entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality.”
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Verse 19, “They are slaves of corruption.” ... “They are dogs that return to their vomit and sows after being washed to return
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to the mire.” Pretty graphic stuff.
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Mark it down, folks. People don’t deny the Second Coming because of some scholastic interpretation of Scripture.
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They don’t deny the Second Coming because they find it impossible to believe it.
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They deny the Second Coming because it fits their immorality.
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They don’t want an accountable day. They don’t want a judge.
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They don’t want divine wrath. They don’t want the vengeance of God. Bottom line, biblical eschatology doesn’t fit their life style.
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If in your journey through western civilization history you have yet to read Paul Johnson’s
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book The Intellectuals, I would commend it to you. Paul Johnson, perhaps the finest current historian of western culture and history, has written
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a book in which he devotes a chapter to all of the philosophical architects of western
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civilization, a chapter for each of them.
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And as you read one after another, after another, after another whether you’re reading Rousseau,
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or Haeckel, or Kant, or whoever you’re reading, what is stunning to you is that their lives
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were so filthy and corrupt and vile, they would make a black mark on a piece of coal.
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You see, the same reason they deny creation is the same reason they deny consummation.
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For if there is indeed a Creator God, then there is a God to whom they are ultimately
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accountable.
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Man-centered heathenism mocks divine judgment.
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To put this in a very specific form, evolutionist Aldous Huxley, grandson of Thomas Huxley,
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Aldous Huxley wrote a document called Confessions of a Professed Atheist.
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He was very honest. Here’s what he said. “I had motives for not wanting the world to have meaning.
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Consequently assumed it had none and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying
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reasons for this assumption. The philosopher who finds no meaning in the world is not concerned exclusively with a
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problem in pure metaphysics. He’s also concerned to prove that there’s no valid reason why he should personally not
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do just what he wants to do.
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For myself, as no doubt for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially
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an instrument of liberation. The liberation we desired was simultaneously a liberation from a person political and economic
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system and a liberation from a certain system of morality.
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We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom,” end quote.
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Don’t give too much credit to philosophers...please. Don’t think of them as pure intellect.
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Hedonistic, naturalistic, atheistic God-denying philosophers are driven by their passions.
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There’s the real reason right there for believing in atheism and evolution and liberal
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theology. The Bible if taken seriously interferes with your sexual freedom.
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That’s what Paul Johnson makes so vividly clear in The Intellectuals.
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They must deny that God...the God who judges sin and sinners exists in order to free themselves
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up to their lusts without restraint and without guilt.
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So underneath the denial is the motive of ridicule and the motive of immorality.
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There’s one other argument that they make that Peter identifies, the argument from ridicule,
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the argument from immorality, and thirdly, the argument from uniformity...the argument from uniformity.
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Verse 4, they say this, “Where’s the promise of His coming?”
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What do you mean by that? Huh, where is He? He’s not here.
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Most believers, as I said, thought He would come in their life time. He didn’t come. He still hasn’t come. The false teachers capitalize on this, not only emotionally by ridicule, intellectually
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they attempt to, I guess maybe, elevate themselves above their admitted immorality by saying
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it’s a bad kind of historical deal.
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It’s a bad historical perspective. It’s a bad philosophy of history because look, everything continues as the same...everything
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continues exactly the same as it’s always been. “Where is the promise of His coming for ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues
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just as it was from the beginning of creation?”
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That is definitely a revisionistic history view. Ever since the fathers fell asleep...meaning the Old Testament patriarchs, the people in
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the very, very beginning, the first people all continues just as it was from the beginning.
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Really? This you would...I would call it immutable uniformitarianism...immutable uniformitarianism,
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unchanging uniformity. This comes from Thomas Lyle, this comes from Darwin, this comes from the Huxleys...father
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and brothers. But it didn’t originate with them. It originated with Satan.
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The satanic lie is that there will not be a future catastrophic judgment.
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The satanic lie is that divine intervention will not come into the created order, it never
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has come. All is always continuing exactly the same.
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Everything moves at the same uniform natural pace, always has, always will.
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This is like saying, “I’ve never died, so I never will.” Really? I’ve never been sick, so I never will.
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I’ve never had cancer, so I never will have cancer. What kind of an argument is that?
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This denies miracles. This denies the Old Testament history of what I call judgment miracles, for the acts of
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God in the Old Testament that were judgments of God that brought about death and disaster were miraculous interventions by God.
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Supernatural judgments. Most miracles before Christ got here, the vast majority of miracles in the Old Testament
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were miracles by which people died, not by which people were healed.
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The skeptics want this evolved universe, this evolved planet, this closed system of natural,
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inviolable, fixed laws to be impersonal and ongoing with no moral law and no moral lawgiver
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in charge of anything. Sensual sinners find their only hope for guilt-free sinning in the fable that everything continues
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the same, judgment never comes. It might be hard to convince a quarter of a million people in Indonesia after the tsunami
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hits that all things continue the same way. It might be hard to convince the hundred thousand people or so that died in a recent earthquake
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that all things continue the same way. I read a book this summer, fascinating book.
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Once I started it, I couldn’t put it down. The title of it is The Great Influenza. I don’t normally read a book on the flu, never read a book on the flu in my life.
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And when I started to read the book I was afraid I was going to get caught up in graphs and charts and clinical jargon that I couldn’t even comprehend.
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But it is a brilliant book. A best seller on the New York Times Best Sellers List, written by John Barry who is extremely
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gifted as a researcher and a writer. It is magisterial, it is monumental in what it accomplishes as a book, as an active research
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and presentation, it’s one of the tops that I’ve ever read in my entire life. It’s the story of the flu, the flu like you’ve never known the flu but like some
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of your parents knew the flu. Go back to the year 1918, the year of the great war, the First World War.
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There’s some pigs in western Kansas. These pigs have somehow contracted a virus from birds, all flu viruses originate with
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birds. These pigs managed to pass this virus on to some young men.
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Those young men are conscripted into the Army because America is amassing troops to fight
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in World War I. They’re sent to camp in the eastern part of Kansas. They go to the camp. There’s as many as forty thousand men jammed in there and the flu that they have infects
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the men that are there. Now remember, this is 1918.
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There’s never been an actual cure of a disease in the history of the world until 1885.
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You understand that? They didn’t even understand the pathology of disease.
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Nobody ever cured anybody of anything. So the medical art is deadly, not life giving.
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They don’t know what to do. They don’t understand quarantine, they don’t understand isolation.
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They don’t even understand the virus. They don’t even know what a virus is and what it does. They don’t know that a virus is not a living creature like a bacteria, it’s a half-living
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thing that attaches itself to the DNA of a living cell, encodes that cell with its own
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DNA and then it spreads through the cell system. There are so many different kinds of viruses, this just happens to be the most virulent
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one in human history. And before it was done running its course in twenty-four months, are you ready for this?
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A hundred million people were dead...one hundred million around the world Some of your parents
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lived through that, that’s why you’re here.
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Horrendous. Medical people didn’t know what to do about it. It’s probably the greatest moment in American Medical history because in the horror of those
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hours and those days and those months, all the great medical institutions of our country were founded.
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The greatest research in medical history in America was done as they tried to solve the problem.
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They never solved it, thirty years later they couldn’t solve it. They never believed it was a virus, they thought it was the bacteria.
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Bacteria...the virus managed to mutate up to that level of virulence and since that
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time it has mutated downward to a much less virulent form which we usually experience
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during the flu season. There’s no reason to explain why it became so virulent then, and why it’s less now.
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But it could happen again. The point being, all things don’t continue the same way.
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That little half creature that exists in a fallen world killed a hundred million people.
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How fragile is life? Who are you kidding?
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Evolution is simply a tool, atheism is simply a tool, agnosticism is simply a tool to free
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up the sinner to indulge his lusts.
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Those are the arguments...ridicule, immorality, uniformity, everything continues the same
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way. That’s revisionistic history. We know better.
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By the way, the Great Influenza of that twenty-four month period killed ten times the number who
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died in Europe in the Black Death, the Bubonic Plague. As far as we know, it was the greatest killer in human history.
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On the other hand, you have the argument of the saints. Those are the arguments of the scoffers, let’s go back to the text. What about the arguments of the saints?
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How is Peter going to help us? How is he going to equip us not to fall victim to these things, to ridicule, to uniformity,
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immorality? So Peter sets forth some arguments.
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Arguments from the mockers, arguments for the saints. First, from Scripture...from Scripture, verse 1, “This is now, beloved, the second letter
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I am writing to you in which I’m stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder.”
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I love that phrase, “Your sincere mind...your unpolluted mind...your mind without wax...your
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true understanding.” I am stirring up your pure faculty for spiritual discernment.
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First of all, folks, we find our answer to the critics in the Scripture and we go to
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the Scripture with a mind that has been transformed. We have the mind of Christ, 1 Corinthians 2.
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Romans 12, “We have had the renewing of our minds that we may know what is the good
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and perfect will of God.” So Peter recognizes that as believers, contrary to false teachers, verse 12 of chapter 12,
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who are like unreasoning, irrational, instinctive animals to be captured and killed, or verse
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17, springs without water, mists driven by a storm, or verse 22, dogs going back to their
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vomit or pigs wallowing in the mire, we have according to verse 1 been given a pure mind
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that can be stirred. And what is it that stirs that pure mind?
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Verse 2, “I want to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder...what is that?...remember...what?...the
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Word spoken before hand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior
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spoken by your Apostles.” This is Peter’s reference to Scripture, Old Testament and New Testament.
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And Peter has already said, back in chapter 1 verse 19, “We have the prophetic word
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made more sure by which you do well to pay attention to a lamp shining in a dark place
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until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. Know this first of all, no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation,
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or origination. No prophecy was ever made by an act of human will but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke
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from God,” that’s the Scripture. So, we have an inspired Scripture. We take our purified minds that have been made pure by the work of regeneration.
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We go back to the words spoken before hand by the holy prophets, referring to the Old
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Testament, and the commandment of the Lord and Savior that came through the Apostles, that’s the New Testament.
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Where do we go to rebut the skeptics? We go to the Word of God.
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You can go back to the Old Testament, you will read much about judgment. Psalm 2, Isaiah 13, Isaiah 24, Isaiah 34, Isaiah 51, many of the minor prophets, Zephaniah,
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Malachi, all kinds of places in the Old Testament where the holy prophets of old spoke concerning
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final judgment. There are prophecies in Isaiah about the end of this world as we know it and the creation
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of a new heaven and a new earth. And also, the commandment of the Lord, the entole , literally the law of the Lord that
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was spoken and written by the Apostles meaning the New Testament...the New Testament, 23
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of 27 books written by the Apostles themselves.
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And they tell us a lot about divine judgment. They tell us a lot, including Peter, about the end of the age, words like the words of
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the Apostle Paul, “It is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict
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you, to give relief to those who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to
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those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus and these will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and the
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glory of His power,” promises like that, found in the Old Testament and found in the
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New Testament as well. So, we argue against the skeptics from Scripture.
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Old Testament Scripture, New Testament Scripture gives us clear revelation concerning the coming
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judgment which will be brought on men at the exploding final wrath of God mediated through
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the one He has appointed judge, Jesus Christ.
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Then Peter moves to an argument from history...an argument from history.
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Verse 5, “When they maintain this,” meaning all things continue from the beginning as
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they were, immutable uniformitarianism, when they maintain that everything goes along the
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same way, he says in a sarcastic fashion, “It escapes their notice....it escapes their
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notice that by the Word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed
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out of water and by water through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded
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with water.” Oh, minor detail.
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They overlook the fact of the Flood.
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It escapes their notice that you can go to the top of the flat cliffs in the Grand Canyon
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and find seashells and they’re not just found by Christians.
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I have one on my desk that was found about a mile from my house.
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“It escapes their notice,” literally in the Greek is they shut their eyes to the facts,
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or in the Authorized Version, the King James, they are willingly ignorant of.
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Here’s the path of deliberate ignorance, convenient ignorance. They seek evil.
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They seek sin. They seek freedom to be immoral and that colors everything.
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They ply their deceptive lies in the church. Romans 1 says they consider themselves to be wise and in reality they are fools, deliberately,
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willingly ignorant. I’m never surprised when a Christian believes the Bible can shut down the arguments of an
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atheistic evolutionist. That doesn’t surprise me because their arguments are not reasonable or intellectual.
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They willfully refuse to recognize this massive historic event that undermines the whole concept
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of uniformity, namely the Flood, the universal world-wide Flood by which God destroyed the
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entire wicked world except eight people.
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How many people did He destroy? I don’t know that we can come up with a number, millions...millions.
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And Peter’s description of the Flood is remarkable. Look at it.
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Verse 5, “It escapes their notice that by the Word of God the heavens existed long ago
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and the earth was formed out of water and by water through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.”
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He goes all the way back to creation. “By the Word of God...by the Word of God everything was created, and by the Word of
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God everything was destroyed in the Flood.”
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By His Word, the world was made and everything in it. By His Word the world was destroyed and everything in it except for eight souls and the animals
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gathered into the ark. God spoke it into existence and He spoke it into destruction.
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This is diametrically opposed to the idea of uniformity and evolution, everything goes on in the same process.
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Peter says there is God, God spoke the heavens and earth into existence, and God stepped
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into the heavens and the earth and altered them dramatically causing the death of every
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inhabitant on the earth except one family. Now let me go back and take that apart a little bit because it’s very, very important.
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“It escapes their notice that by the Word of God the heavens existed long ago.”
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This speaks of creation...this speaks of creation. The heavens existed long ago.
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The Hebrew word for heavens is always plural, so Peter uses a Greek plural form.
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And by that word, heavens, Peter means all the creation because the earth is part of
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what is suspended in the heavens. “Long ago by God’s Word, not natural causes, not a piece of protoplasm floating in some
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primordial muck but by the Word of God the universe was spoken into existence.
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And the earth then was formed out of water and by water.”
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That’s a very interesting statement...very interesting. This means that when the earth was formed it was formed from a condition of a kind of
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formless mass of H2O in some form, mist, water, we don’t know.
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Formed is a perfect participle of sunistemi , it describes the main thought.
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God brought it into existence and by bringing it into existence, He formed the earth out
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of water, out of a watery mass.
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To understand this, go back to Genesis 1. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
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Now listen to this, verse 2, “And the earth was formless and void, tohu and bohu in the
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Hebrew. It was a formless mass. But there’s more.
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“There was no light so darkness was over the surface of the deep.”
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It is a deep...it is a thick formless void, there’s more...
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“And the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the...what?...waters.”
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The original act of God was to speak into existence H2O in some form, in complete...complete
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darkness without form, totally without shape...an uncontrolled, as it were, mass of watery substance
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in the darkness. It is formless. The first three days then of creation form it into the earth, and the second three days
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of creation populate it with plants and animals and people.
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The first three days, God gave form to the earth.
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The second three days, He filled it. Verse 2 says, “The Spirit of God is hovering over, literally hovering over the surface
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of the waters.” So it has a surface.
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The Holy Spirit then moves this surface, pulling it together into a sphere in the first three
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days by creating gravity which makes the water molecules cling to each other to form first
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the surface and then a sphere. God then creates light without objects to attach the light to...which is not a problem.
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What is light? It’s the spectrum of waves and rays and all that is light.
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And then after creating light, somebody might say “to see what He was doing,” He shapes
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the earth. Verse 6, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters.
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Let it separate the waters from the waters.” God made the expanse, separated the waters which below the expanse from the waters which
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were above the expanse and it was so. God called the expanse heaven. God pulled some waters up, pulled some waters down.
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The waters that went up provided a watery canape over the earth.
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This defines the heavens that were long ago that Peter talked about, and it’s called heaven, called the expanse heaven.
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The water above and water below on the earth. So that the heavens had this watery content.
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Verse 9, “God said, ‘Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place.’” The waters that were above created a canape literally around the whole earth.
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The waters below were then collected into one place and then the dry land was created.
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And God called the dry land earth and the gathering of the waters He called seas. And God saw that it was good.
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Perfect environment, by the way. That’s why people lived to be 900 years old. The ultraviolet rays of the sun couldn’t penetrate the misty canape.
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Everything flourished. The Garden of Eden, we can’t even conceive of what that would be like, everything growing
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perfectly and man living to 900 years.
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But then, something catastrophic hit the world.
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Genesis chapter 6, it’s the Flood, let’s go back to what Peter wrote now.
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Peter, who has the exact right view of creation, says, “God by His Word created the heavens
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that existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water.”
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What is most distinctive about the original creation was how much of it was water.
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At first it was all water. And then there was water above, and water below.
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And the water below then seceded, as it were, into the oceans and the seas as the land came
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forward. “Through which,” what does that mean?
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What’s the antecedent? Water. “Through which the world at that time was destroyed being flooded with water.”
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Bottom line, God built in to His original creation the agency by which He would destroy
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it. From the beginning, God built in to His original creation the very means by which He would
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destroy that creation. He formed the earth out of water and destroyed it with water.
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The destruction of the Flood did not put the earth out of existence.
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It did not put the heavens out of existence. It just changed the old order.
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And that is why Peter’s language is very careful in verse 6, “Through which...not the earth was destroyed...but through which the world was destroyed,” the kosmos , the
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system, the order, being flooded with water.
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The Greek word for flooded with water, katakluzo , from which we get the English word cataclysm.
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You can go back and read Genesis 6 and Genesis 7, read the description of the Flood.
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God broke up the water above, suspended over the earth in the canape, water came crashing
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down on to the earth from above.
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God then broke up the fountains of the deep, fractured the earth so that the continents
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which now exist were formed then and not before, shifting the tectonic plates of the earth
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and the water that was inside the earth belched forth.
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And when the earth cracked open, gas, dust, air, water exploded up into the atmosphere.
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And the world has never been the same...never been the same.
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The whole order of the earth and life on the earth, dramatically changed.
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All of a sudden people had difficulty living for a hundred years.
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Dinosaurs disappeared cause they couldn’t live long enough to get that big.
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The world changed dramatically...dramatically changed. The Egyptians have a world flood creation...world flood destruction account.
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The ancient Babylonians had a world flood destruction account. The ancient Assyrians had a world flood destruction account.
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There are creation stories and there are flood stories all across the globe.
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These people willingly are ignorant of this because if it’s true, then this powerful
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God can step into human history and alter this planet.
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And why did He do it? Genesis 6 says because He looked at this world and saw that everything man did was only evil
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continually.
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And He repented that He had made man in the beginning.
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The world, friends, has not always been the same. The whole order of the heavens and the earth was dramatically altered by the Word of God
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as He drowned the ungodly all over the earth. And this is testimony that sin will not go unpunished and that the Lord does do things
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that dramatically alter this universe in which we live.
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We’re worried about squirting hair spray into the air, as if somehow this is going
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to bring down the planet. There is One who will bring down the planet, it’s not you and it’s not us collectively.
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All the fossil record, strata can be explained by the unbelievable cataclysm of a universal
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Flood, catastrophe, not uniformity. False teachers refuse to face the true history.
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They become revisionists historians. They deny all kinds of evidence.
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Make up their own history without divine intervention so they can live immoral lives.
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Things have not continued as they were. The most cataclysmic environmental event that ever happened in this world was the Flood.
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Just think of it. Talk about an environmental disaster, everybody died.
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All life was destroyed. And God did it.
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And that is the historical precedent for what is coming. Look at chapter 3 verse 7, “But the present heavens and earth...”
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Now the present heavens and earth, the one we know, the one we experience is not like the one the people experienced before Noah, it’s different.
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It’s the one that’s been environmentally devastated by God, the present heavens and
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earth by His Word are being reserved not for watery destruction but for fire.
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This is the post-flood. We’re living in the second earth system, the second eco-system, if you want to use
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that kind of language. We’re living in the second biosphere, the present world system since the Flood.
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And it was by His Word that He brought the first system into existence. And it was by His Word that He destroyed that system.
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And the present heaven and earth by His Word are being reserved for a future destruction
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by fire for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
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Once water, next time fire. In fact, in the original creation there’s no mention of fire, there’s water below
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and water above, no mention of fire.
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Now we live on the crust of an inferno, ten miles below your feet is molten lava at a
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temperature of twenty-four thousand, five hundred degrees centigrade.
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Why? And above you are flying around in the heavens fiery balls, some of them a million times
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larger than this little planet.
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Fire will be God’s tool next time when He destroys the second heaven and earth.
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He’s given us a taste of what that might be like. Genesis 19, Sodom and Gomorrah, two wicked cities characterized by homosexuality, lust
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were destroyed by fire and brimstone belching out of the ground at the command of God.
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The prophets of the Old Testament warn about this.
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“Behold, the Lord will come in fire,” Isaiah 66:15, “His rebuke with flames of
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fire.” Verse 16, “The Lord will execute judgment by fire.”
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Daniel 7 says the same thing. Micah 1 says the same thing.
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Malachi 4 says the same thing. John the Baptist said the same thing.
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Second Thessalonians, I read to you earlier, that Christ will return in flaming fire, taking vengeance on those who know not God and obey not the gospel.
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Fire could come from the sky in fiery balls, ...Revelation describes that,, doesn’t it?
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Fiery balls coming out of the sky. It can come from below.
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We live on a fire ball. More devastatingly, fire can come from the splitting of the atom.
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We understand a nuclear holocaust. Well, when God decides to split all the atoms in the universe, the thing will incinerate
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instantaneously. There’s a fire storm coming.
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This world will not continue, will not continue the way it is permanently.
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Its judgment was built into its original creation with water. Its judgment is built into this recreation with fire.
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And so, he says in verse 7, “The present heaven and earth by His Word are being reserved
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for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.”
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It’s coming. It is coming. Now, that’s only the first argument from the saints.
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There’s a lot more but our time is gone.
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So we’ll save those for next time. But I’m going to give you something to think about, okay?
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I hope I’ve given you a lot of things to think about, this is one more thing to think about. Look at Genesis 8.
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After the Flood...after the Flood, verse 2 of Genesis 8, “The fountains of the deep,
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the floodgates of the sky were closed.” You remember I told you the water came up from below and down from above, God shut off
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the water. The rain from the sky was restrained. The water receded steadily from the earth, decreased, months went by, finally, as you
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remember, verse 13, “It came about in the six hundred and first year and the first month,
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the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth and Noah removed the covering of the ark, looked and behold, the surface of the ground was dried out.”
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God said to Noah in verse 15, “You can leave the ark.”
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And then Noah built an altar to the Lord in verse 20, and gave Him an offering.
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And the Lord said to him, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man for
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the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth, I will never again destroy every living
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thing as I have done.” And how did God make that promise visible?
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With a rainbow. So when you see a rainbow, that’s a reminder that God will never destroy the world again
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by water. By fire, yes. But look, folks, verse 22, listen to this, this is God’s promise.
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“While the earth remains...” Did you read that? Or, “As long as the earth remains,” and who determines that?
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God. “As long as the earth remains, seed time, harvest, cold, heat, summer, winter, day,
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night shall not...what?...cease.” That’s a great promise, isn’t it?
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We’re not going to kill the planet.
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This is a divine promise.
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This planet is here for man to use and as long as it is here, God will sustain it for
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our use and our good and our joy and our praise to Him.
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So don’t worry about it. As Rick says, “Step on the grass, shoot a deer, drill for oil.”
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All right, the rest next week, let’s pray.
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It’s so wonderful, Lord, to be able to turn to Your Word and to find the answers to the things that seem to be so difficult for the society in which we live to comprehend.
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We’re so grateful, Lord, Your Word is so amazing, so powerful, so consistent, so true.
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You are such a great God, how privileged we are to know You and to be loved by You and
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to serve You. May we be faithful in all things, giving honor to You in Your Son’s name.
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Amen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVq8fYdiwCQ
What is the significance of Jesus saying, “I am with you always even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20)?
Answer
The final verses of Matthew 28 contain what we refer to as the Great Commission. Jesus gave believers their mission—to make disciples—as they live under His authority and as His representatives on earth. This mission will continue to the end of the age. Christians have the assurance that God is with us, no matter what happens, even “to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
As Jesus’ time on earth neared its end, He often told His disciples of what was to come, including what would happen at the end of the age. The “end of the age” or “the end of the world” (KJV) means the end of this present era and the commencement of the next dispensation. At the end of the church age, the end-times events will occur, God will judge the wicked, and Christ will return again to establish His kingdom (Matthew 24).
Jesus had told His disciples that He would be killed but would rise again (Matthew 16:21). He intentionally gave them specific ways to recognize that the end was near (Matthew 24:4–14). Although Jesus did not give the disciples all the details of the end of the age, knowing they would not fully understand, His warnings came with assurances that would sustain them. Each time He warned them or gave them a command, He also gave them hope. For example, when He forewarned His followers that they would have trouble in this world, He also assured them, saying, “‘Take heart. I have overcome the world’” (John 16:33). Jesus’ warnings and commands to His own are never found apart from His assurances.
Before Jesus ascended into heaven, He instructed His disciples, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:19–20). This promise that He would be with His disciples even to the end of the age still holds true for believers today. We are not yet to the end of the age.
In His promise to be with His disciples always, even to the end of the age, Jesus did not mean He would physically be with them. God is with us always through His Spirit. Before Jesus ascended into heaven, He promised His disciples that He would send the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, to them (John 14:26). Since Pentecost, the Holy Spirit indwells all believers from the moment they are saved. He guards and guarantees our salvation (Ephesians 1:13; 4:30), leads us into righteousness (Galatians 5:16–18), reminds us of what is true (John 14:26), and gives us godly wisdom (1 Corinthians 2:10–11). Through the Holy Spirit, we have assurance that God is in control and that He is with us always, even to the end of the age.
Just as God promised Joshua that He would never leave him or forsake him (Deuteronomy 31:6), so Jesus told His disciples, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (NKJV). This promise sustains us as we seek to make disciples and live as God’s representatives on earth, no matter what trials or difficulties come our way.
https://www.gotquestions.org/I-am-with-you-always.html
Lieutenant Harry S.L. Kim was a Human Starfleet officer who served as the operations officer aboard the starship USS Voyager during the seven years it was lost in the Delta Quadrant and, in the 2380s, he served as a tactical officer aboard the USS Dauntless. (VOY: "Caretaker", "Non Sequitur", "The Disease", "Warhead", "Nightingale": PRO: "Supernova, Part 1")
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Harry_Kim
Operation Warp Speed (OWS) was a public–private partnership initiated by the United States government to facilitate and accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics.[1][2] The first news report of Operation Warp Speed was on April 29, 2020,[3][4][5] and the program was officially announced on May 15, 2020.[1] It was headed by Moncef Slaoui from May 2020 to January 2021 and by David A. Kessler from January to February 2021.[6] At the end of February 2021, Operation Warp Speed was transferred into the responsibilities of the White House COVID-19 Response Team.[7]
The program promoted mass production of multiple vaccines, and different types of vaccine technologies, based on preliminary evidence, allowing for faster distribution if clinical trials confirm one of the vaccines is safe and effective.[citation needed] The plan anticipated that some of these vaccines will not prove safe or effective, making the program more costly than typical vaccine development, but potentially leading to the availability of a viable vaccine several months earlier than typical timelines.[8]
Operation Warp Speed, initially funded with about $10 billion from the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) passed by the United States Congress on March 27, 2020,[1] was an interagency program that includes components of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA); the Department of Defense; private firms; and other federal agencies, including the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.[1]
History
President Donald Trump formally announced Operation Warp Speed on May 15, 2020, in the White House Rose Garden.
On May 15, 2020, President Donald Trump officially announced the public-private partnership.[4][1][9] The purpose of Operation Warp Speed was to coordinate Health and Human Services-wide efforts, including the NIH ACTIV partnership for vaccine and therapeutic development, the NIH RADx initiative for diagnostic development, and work by BARDA.[1]
Operation Warp Speed was formed to encourage private and public partnerships to enable faster approval and production of vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The name was inspired by terminology for faster-than-light travel used in the Star Trek fictional universe, evoking a sense of rapid progress.[10][11]
The Food and Drug Administration announced on June 30, 2020, that a vaccine would need to be at least 50% effective for diminishing the severity of COVID-19 symptoms to obtain regulatory and marketing approval.[12]
In January 2021, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced that the program was expected to undergo a restructure and renaming under the Biden administration.[13][14] Also in January 2021, Dr. Moncef Slaoui, former Operation Warp Speed lead, was told not to use the name Operation Warp Speed anymore.[15] At the end of February 2021, responsibilities of Operation Warp Speed were transferred into the White House COVID-19 Response Team.[7][16]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed
Princess Eugenie entangled in Prince Andrew’s spy drama amid Japan trip
Royal
By Web Desk
February 12, 2025
Prince Andrew has alleged ties with Chinese spy Tengbo
Princess Eugenie entangled in Prince Andrew’s spy drama amid Japan trip
Princess Eugenie has unexpectedly found herself linked to Prince Andrew’s growing spy scandal after a recent visit to Tokyo.
https://jang.com.pk/en/31498-princess-eugenie-entangled-in-prince-andrews-spy-drama-amid-japan-trip-news
Revealed: How Prince Andrew's tycoon friend and £6m Tory party donor David Rowland hatched a plot to become Kim Jong Un's private banker
New revelation about Prince's business partner who's given £6m to Tory party
David Rowland flew to North Korea for secret talks with the brutal regime
Meetings were set up by Hong Kong socialite who bankrolled Fergie and Zara
By MARK HOOKHAM, ASSISTANT EDITOR (INVESTIGATIONS) and ISABEL OAKESHOTT FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
Published: 17:02 EST, 18 January 2020 | Updated: 04:45 EST, 19 January 2020
A controversial property tycoon and former business partner of Prince Andrew who has donated £6 million to the Conservative Party secretly flew to North Korea in a bid to become a private banker for the family of brutal dictator Kim Jong Un.
Millionaire financier David Rowland held talks with North Korean leaders in the capital Pyongyang about managing the personal fortunes of the rogue state's ruling family and helping the Communist regime set up companies abroad, according to documents seen by The Mail on Sunday.
It has long been believed the Kim family has stashed billions of pounds abroad in a network of secret accounts.
Experts say such accounts are used to fund their luxury lifestyle and as a way of dodging sanctions, although there is no evidence Rowland was ever aware of this.
Day at the races: Former business partners David Rowland and Prince Andrew at Royal Ascot in 2006
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Day at the races: Former business partners David Rowland and Prince Andrew at Royal Ascot in 2006
Rowland's close links to Prince Andrew were revealed by the MoS last month. We exposed how the pair co-owned a company in a tax haven and how, in the years before the North Korean trip, the Duke of York had been using his position as Britain's trade envoy to plug a private Luxembourg-based bank for the super-rich owned by Rowland and his family.
The MoS can also reveal that wealthy Hong Kong socialite Dr Johnny Hon, who paid Sarah Ferguson and Zara Tindall hundreds of thousands of pounds for introducing contacts and giving advice, was the key fixer behind the controversial discussions.
In an email seen by this newspaper, Hon promised that Rowland's trip to North Korea would be kept under the radar.
Rowland and Hon's involvement with one of the world's most repressive states is likely to horrify both senior Tories and Buckingham Palace officials. Rowland, who owns a sprawling estate in Guernsey, donated thousands to the party as recently as last year.
The mysterious talks are detailed in a report posted online by David Rowland's son Jonathan, who also took part in the visit, and in a series of documents attached to an email that he sent to an MoS journalist. They reveal how:
The Rowlands and Hon were treated as VIPs and driven to meetings on a highway that only the regime's leaders are allowed to use;
North Korea's National Symphony Orchestra held a concert in their honour;
The Rowlands discussed 'banking facilities' for the Kim family and the country's 'major state-owned enterprises';
They also discussed investment into North Korea's iron ore and gold mines. The UN later slapped sanctions on the export of these materials in a bid to stop the regime funding its nuclear missile programme;
The talks included the proposed listing of North Korea-related companies on Hong Kong's stock exchange and presenting them as Chinese firms;
A proposal to open a casino in the state was also discussed;
Hon boasted that his relationship with North Korea's leaders was so strong that they once ordered Pyongyang's airport to remain open until 3am so he could fly home.
Hon, who has visited North Korea more than ten times, last night insisted that 'no actual business resulted from the talks' but a UN sanctions expert described the discussions as 'extremely alarming and troubling'.
Hugh Griffiths, who between 2014 and last year was the coordinator of the panel of UN experts that monitors sanctions on North Korea, said: 'If they had set up the mechanisms that were outlined, then they would have almost certainly been abused by North Korea for the purposes of sanctions violations, smuggling and the illicit cash transactions connected to that.' A charismatic entrepreneur who built up the Global Group of companies, Hon, 48, was a guest at the wedding of Prince Andrew's daughter, Eugenie, in 2018 and has struck lucrative deals with prominent Royals, paying for them to make connections for him and offer their advice.
Kim Jong-Un during a 2013 ceremony in Pyongyang to commend the officials, captains and fishermen in fisheries of the Korean People's Army (KPA) who distinguished themselves in making big fish hauls
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Kim Jong-Un during a 2013 ceremony in Pyongyang to commend the officials, captains and fishermen in fisheries of the Korean People's Army (KPA) who distinguished themselves in making big fish hauls
Last year, it emerged that Zara Tindall was paid £100,000 a year by a company owned by Hon.
The Duchess of York, meanwhile, was given an advance of £290,000 to kick-start her tea firm Ginger & Moss by a company once chaired by the businessman. She was also a £72,000-a-year non-executive director of Hon's Hong Kong-based film investment company.
Hon's links with North Korea date back to at least 2005 when he launched a bank – Koryo Global Credit Bank – from a Pyongyang hotel. He reportedly broke off business ties when the US imposed sanctions in 2008 in connection with North Korea's nuclear programme.
But between 2007 and 2012, Hon also chaired a foundation which promoted the 'philosophy' of Kim Il-Sung, North Korea's ruthless first leader who established an authoritarian regime and imprisoned hundreds of thousands in work camps.
Hon worked with Keith Bennett, a supporter of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), to introduce David and Jonathan Rowland to senior members of the regime. Mr Bennett, who was Hon's deputy chairman in the UK, previously assisted MPs and peers on the all-party group on North Korea.
As well as having close links to Prince Andrew, David Rowland, 74, is one of the Conservatives' biggest backers, having donated £6.1 million to the party since 2009. In 2010, he quit as Tory party treasurer amid controversy surrounding his status as a former tax exile.
The documents show that the Rowlands began exploring doing business with North Korea in May 2011. An email written by Hon detailed how David Rowland had outlined a plan to establish a financial arrangement called a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to help the regime's ruling family manage its money.
The proposal was drawn up six months before Kim Jong Il, the regime's second dictator, died and was succeeded by Kim Jong Un. 'DJR [David Rowland] told me a structure where he can help them (I really do not want to put this on an email but he mentioned to me using a SPV that controls [sic] by him),' Hon wrote.
According to the emails, the North Koreans were interested in the proposal – and on June 13, the Rowlands received an official invitation, via Mr Bennett, to visit the so-called 'hermit kingdom' the following month. They were due to meet senior leaders of the regime, including Ri Chol, also known as Ri Su-yong, North Korea's foreign minister between 2014 and 2016.
The invitation followed years of rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. In May 2009, North Korea shocked the world by claiming to have successfully tested a nuclear weapon as powerful as the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. Just over seven months before the Rowlands flew to Pyongyang, North Korean artillery fired dozens of shells at a South Korean island, killing two soldiers.
Last year, it emerged that Zara Tindall was paid £100,000 a year by a company owned by Hon
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Last year, it emerged that Zara Tindall was paid £100,000 a year by a company owned by Hon
Days before the trip, Jonathan Rowland appeared to have misgivings. 'I just want to check that you think this trip to North Korea makes sense,' he wrote to Hon. 'You always suggested we met Ri Chol out of the country and I don't want to make any mistakes at this stage.'
Hon, apparently worried about offending his volatile North Korean friends, made it clear that it was too late to back out, highlighting how Ri Chol had cancelled a trip abroad so he could meet them. He reassured the publicity-shy Rowlands that the totalitarian regime would ensure the trip remained secret.
'The government there has ordered a media blocked out [sic] so no one will know that you guys are there. If we cancel the trip now, they will be pissed with me,' Hon wrote.
After the group returned from the extraordinary visit, Hon wrote a report. It has been seen by the MoS and details how the two Rowlands, Hon and another Hong Kong businessman flew by private jet from Beijing on July 1, 2011, and were given a 'VIP reception' when they arrived at 10am. 'A high level of protocol was maintained throughout the day, with a convoy including courtesy lead car and police escorts,' Hon wrote.
'A special road, normally used only by the top leadership of the country, was taken between the airport and the centre of Pyongyang.'
The group was whisked to a military-guarded guesthouse which is 'reserved for senior guests of the country'. 'The hosts informed us that this guesthouse would henceforth also be at the disposal of the Rowland family on future visits to the country,' Hon added.
They were then taken to the Supreme People's Assembly, the regime's imposing 'parliament', for a series of talks, the most important of which was with Ri.
Hon reported how the 'business talks' with Ri 'covered six main areas', including 'banking facilities for the General and the members of his family', as well as 'banking facilities for the country's major state-owned enterprises'.
Experts say the provision of banking facilities to the regime's leaders would be hugely controversial. Kim Jong Il reportedly had £3 billion in secret accounts in European banks when he died. After his death, Kim Jong Un is believed to have inherited the slush funds and the small group of trusted bankers who manage them.
Hamish Macdonald, an expert in North Korea at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank, said it was 'exceptional' for the Kim family to discuss private arrangements with outsiders and it showed that Hon was likely to be 'highly trusted' by the regime.
Dr Johnny Hon paid Sarah Ferguson and Zara Tindall hundreds of thousands of pounds for introducing contacts and giving advice
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Dr Johnny Hon paid Sarah Ferguson and Zara Tindall hundreds of thousands of pounds for introducing contacts and giving advice
There is no suggestion the Rowlands discussed anything that would have breached the then UN sanctions regime or that they knew the North Koreans would use any banking facilities that they put in place for illegal activities.
Hon's report reveals that the Rowlands went on to discuss 'strategic investment' in North Korea's gold and iron ore mines, including the vast Musan iron ore mine in the north-east of the country.
Experts believe North Korea uses revenue from its mines to fund its nuclear weapons programme. Following North Korea's fourth nuclear test in January 2016, the UN slapped swingeing sanctions on the regime, banning the export of iron ore and gold. However, there were no such sanctions when the Rowlands and Hon visited.
The talks, which continued with Ri over lunch at the guesthouse, included how the regime could be helped to list North Korean-related companies on the Hong Kong stock exchange. 'These may be packaged and presented as the listing of Chinese companies with substantial assets in the DPRK (North Korea),' Hon's memo stated.
Mr Griffiths warned that North Korea used companies listed in Hong Kong to violate sanctions. There is no evidence the Rowlands and Hon intended to assist the regime in breaking sanctions.
'Hong Kong is one of the main gateway points for North Koreans to move money internationally and then stash it in private bank accounts in Chinese banks, held by Chinese citizens but de-facto control resting with North Koreans,' he said. 'Even if these arrangements were in good faith on the part of the British businessman, it is certain they would have been abused.'
Later in the day, the British businessmen met another senior figure in the regime called Kim Yong Nam, who Hon described as 'one of the most respected veteran leaders of the country'. During this meeting the Rowlands presented gifts for Kim Jong Il and his son.
The delegation later attended a concert and a banquet and visited a casino at the Yanggakdo International Hotel, the largest in North Korea, before returning to China.
Two days later, Hon forwarded the Rowlands two stories about the group's visit from North Korea's state-controlled news agency. As he had promised, the Rowlands' involvement had gone below the radar.
There is no suggestion that Zara Tindall or Sarah Ferguson knew about Hon's links with North Korea, nor is there any suggestion that Andrew knew about the Rowlands' trip to Pyongyang.
Jonathan Rowland said last night: 'We have never had any business dealings with anything to do with North Korea.'
Dr Hon said last night the visit 'aimed to encourage and facilitate the opening of the country's economy', adding: 'All this was intended to ensure that such resources could be used for the long-term benefit of the country and its people.'
Dr Hon added that the 'political situation' in North Korea was 'quite different in 2011' and that nothing 'contemplated or discussed' during the talks 'was in breach of UK, EU or international law or regulations at the time'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7902845/How-Prince-Andrews-tycoon-friend-hatched-plot-Kim-Jong-Uns-private-banker.html
Switzerland - The Oligarchy Strongbox
During the course of nine months, from September 1814 to June 1815, the crowned heads and their renowned diplomats had redrawn the map of Europe. They were not, however, secure in what they had accomplished. Although they scorned the theories of democratic government and opposed the doctrines of national self-determination, they feared the principles of the French Revolution. Not only had the Revolution endangered their sovereignty, it had compromised their wealth as well. The final agenda at the Congress was to remedy that problem.
The House of Rothschild had in the past played a significant role in the transport and protection of royalty's wealth, but in 1815 their banks were not in neutral nations. A nonpartisan location was needed to satisfy all parties. Austria was not acceptable. Moreover, the Merovingians were insecure in their remote headquarters in Vienna. Should the Templar Republicans revive, territory closer to the French border was more desirable for intelligence gathering. Switzerland had proven its strategic worth earlier. When the Big Four were closing in on Napoleon, Metternich had shifted Austrian imperial headquarters from Vienna to Freiburg, Switzerland, to better organize at close range his defense against the Corsican.66 Hence, the decision was made at the Congress of Vienna to create Switzerland as a bank with an army attached.67 Should the revolutions ever again regain momentum, and royalty be exiled from their respective lands, neutral Switzerland would protect them, as well as supply them with ample funds to live several lifetimes in luxury.
England, not hampered by the fears of the Venetian oligarchy and determined to safeguard her commercial and colonial interests, was fully agreed to ratify the neutrality of Switzerland. Before any financial moves were made, however, London required Swiss Grand Orients closed and replaced with Swiss Grand Lodges with English obedience. Only then would England cooperate.
In Paris on November 20, 1815, Switzerland's neutrality was guaranteed by France, Austria, Great Britain, Portugal, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia. A century later, in 1919, at the Treaty of Versailles, neutrality was again confirmed. In 1920 the League of Nations acknowledged Switzerland as "conditioned by a centuries-old tradition explicitly incorporated in international law."68 The tradition of Swiss neutrality was again upheld from 1935 to 1945 - even while war raged around its borders.
The Congress of Vienna adjourned on June 18, 1815. Two days earlier Napoleon had been defeated at Waterloo. Over the next few decades the oligarchy's Grail bloodline moved their financial headquarters from Vienna to Zurich, Switzerland. Immediately they went to work absorbing the French Grand Orient Lodges, placing them under English Masonic obedience. Thirty-second degree Mason A.E. Waite, in A New Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, gives us a century of history concerning the Masonic maneuvers in Switzerland. He reports that Swiss Freemasonry was founded by the British as early as 1736. In 1775 the Swiss lodges transferred their allegiance from English Masonry to the German Strict Observance. Under Napoleon the French Grand Orient invaded Switzerland, and a certain number of existing lodges came under its obedience. Geneva was ceded to France during the wars of Napoleon, and Swiss Masonry then became an appendage of the French Grand Orient. In 1818, as demanded by London, English Masonic obedience began to replace the Grand Orients, except in Geneva where the aristocracy permitted one Grand Orient Lodge to function.69
By 1844 fourteen lodges in Switzerland had united under English obedience, agreed to a Grand Lodge Constitution, and organized the Grand Lodge Alpina in Zurich.70 Within a few decades Alpina headquarters moved to Geneva, next to its Grand Orient rival. From these two lodges, both within a neutral nation, both headquartered in the same city, Scarlet and the Beast would continue to plot their separate intrigues to dominate the world. From Geneva both the right wing and the left wing revolutions would spread over the face of the earth. In Geneva both would unite a century later.
Scarlet and the Beast
by John Daniel
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For many years, only one confirmed photograph of him was known to exist outside North Korea, apparently taken in the mid-1990s, when he was eleven.[34] Occasionally, other supposed images of him surfaced but were often disputed.[35][36] It was only in June 2010, shortly before he was given official posts and publicly introduced to the North Korean people, that more pictures were released of Kim, taken when he was attending school in Switzerland.[37][38] The first official image of him as an adult was a group photograph released on 30 September 2010, at the end of the party conference that effectively anointed him, in which he is seated in the front row, two places from his father. This was followed by newsreel footage of him attending the conference.[39]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong_Un
NEW ARRIVALS
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
To Kimberley and Robert Grove Jr. of Carson City, a son, Duane Joseph, born on May 2, weighing 8 lbs-14 oz.
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KIMBERLY J. TRUPIANO, #11238 Trupiano Law, P.C.
5872 South 900 East, Ste. 260
Salt Lake City, UT 84121 Telephone: (801) 266-0166
Facsimile: (801) 266-0169 Email: kim@trupianolaw.com Attorney for Defendant
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, OGDEN JUSTICE COURT
CITY OF OGDEN,
Plaintiff,
IN AND FOR WEBER COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH
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To: [Healthcare provider]
RE: Amy Fotheringham
Pursuant to the attached court order, issued under Rule 14 of the Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure and Utah Code Ann. § 63-2-202(7), you are commanded to produce at the offices of Trupiano Law, Attn.: Kimberly J. Trupiano, at 5872 South 900 East, Ste. 260, Salt Lake City, UT 84121, no later than 3:00 p.m. on
2010, the following information:
1. any and all medical records, including medical and psychological charts, reports, doctor's and assistants' notes, of Amy Fotheringham, including charts that were taken as a result of the alleged assault incident the night of November 22, 2009, and/or early morning hours of November 22, 2009, that have to do with the assault complaints or allegations;
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Fernley Courts 595 Silver Lace Boulevard Fernley, Nevada 89408 Setting Notice
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red birthmark right wrist
As per numerology, 666 when added comes to 9, a tricky number that stands for greediness, and natural disasters. But 9 (6+6+6+18=1+8=90 is also the number of Mars (Mangal) which means extra energy which can either make or break. It is impulsive, restless, stubborn and inflexible,' adds Jumaani.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad-times/666-the-devil-or-cupid/articleshow/1621141.cms#
Revelation 13:18
New International Version
18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[a] That number is 666.
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Footnotes
Revelation 13:18 Or is humanity’s number"
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ROME Survey Page Social Security Administration
https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/lp/landing-page-rome.html
666 1 Samuel 26:15-16. And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. 2 Samuel 18:3. But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city. Esther 6:2. And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus
THE
WESTMINSTER
LARGER
CATECHISM
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Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally (née Bowser; born 26 March 1962) is an English Anglican prelate and former nurse. She has been the bishop of London since 2018, and is the first woman to hold this office. By virtue of her office she is also a Lord Spiritual, one of the 26 Church of England bishops who sit in the House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. On 3 October 2025, it was announced that Mullally would become the 106th archbishop of Canterbury in January 2026; she will be the first woman to hold the office.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Mullally
All Saints' Church is an active English-speaking chaplaincy of the Church of England's Diocese in Europe - a part of the Anglican Communion - in Rome, Italy.[2]
The church building is a Gothic revival red-brick construction, situated in the Via del Babuino, about 100 meters from the Spanish Steps. The architect was George Edmund Street (1824–1881). It has a regular weekly schedule of masses and prayer services and is also used for concerts. All Saints follows the high church tradition of Anglicanism, with a sung Eucharist being held weekly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Rome
The Church of Scotland (CoS; Scots: The Kirk o Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais na h-Alba) is a Presbyterian denomination of Christianity that holds the status of the national church in Scotland. It is one of the country's largest, having 245,000 members in 2024 and 259,200 members in 2023. While membership in the church has declined significantly in recent decades (in 1982 it had nearly 920,000 members),[6] the government Scottish Household Survey found that 20% of the Scottish population, or over one million people, identified the Church of Scotland as their religious identity in 2019.[7][8]
In the 2022 census, 20.4% of the Scottish population, or 1,108,796 adherents, identified the Church of Scotland as their religious identity.[9][10] The Church of Scotland's governing system is presbyterian in its approach, therefore, no one individual or group within the church has more or less influence over church matters. There is no one person who acts as the head of faith, as the church believes that role is the "Lord God's". As a proper noun, the Kirk is an informal name for the Church of Scotland used in the media and by the church itself.[11]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scotland
Can. 666 In the use of means of social communication, necessary discretion is to be observed and those things are to be avoided which are harmful to one’s vocation and dangerous to the chastity of a consecrated person."
TITLE II. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES (Cann. 607 - 709)
CODE OF CANON LAW
https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib2-cann607-709_en.html
[666] 6. 1On the side of the superior general, what will aid toward this union of hearts are the qualities of his person [G], to be treated in Part IX [723-25], with which he will perform his office, 2which is to be for all the members a head from which the influence required for the end sought by the Society ought to descend to them all. 3It is thus from the general as head that all authority of the provincials should flow, from the provincials that of the local superiors, and from the local superiors that of the individual members. 4And from this same head, or at least by his commission and approval, should likewise come the appointing of missions. And the same should apply to communicating the graces of the Society. 5For the more the subjects are dependent upon their superiors, the better will the love, obedience, and union among them be preserved."
The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms
A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts
THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES
SAINT LOUIS, 1996
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18 U.S. Code § 666 - Theft or bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds
U.S. Code
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(a)Whoever, if the circumstance described in subsection (b) of this section exists—
(1)being an agent of an organization, or of a State, local, or Indian tribal government, or any agency thereof—
(A)embezzles, steals, obtains by fraud, or otherwise without authority knowingly converts to the use of any person other than the rightful owner or intentionally misapplies, property that—
(i)is valued at $5,000 or more, and
(ii)is owned by, or is under the care, custody, or control of such organization, government, or agency; or
(B)corruptly solicits or demands for the benefit of any person, or accepts or agrees to accept, anything of value from any person, intending to be influenced or rewarded in connection with any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such organization, government, or agency involving any thing of value of $5,000 or more; or
(2)corruptly gives, offers, or agrees to give anything of value to any person, with intent to influence or reward an agent of an organization or of a State, local or Indian tribal government, or any agency thereof, in connection with any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such organization, government, or agency involving anything of value of $5,000 or more;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(b)The circumstance referred to in subsection (a) of this section is that the organization, government, or agency receives, in any one year period, benefits in excess of $10,000 under a Federal program involving a grant, contract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other form of Federal assistance.
(c)This section does not apply to bona fide salary, wages, fees, or other compensation paid, or expenses paid or reimbursed, in the usual course of business.
(d)As used in this section—
(1)the term “agent” means a person authorized to act on behalf of another person or a government and, in the case of an organization or government, includes a servant or employee, and a partner, director, officer, manager, and representative;
(2)the term “government agency” means a subdivision of the executive, legislative, judicial, or other branch of government, including a department, independent establishment, commission, administration, authority, board, and bureau, and a corporation or other legal entity established, and subject to control, by a government or governments for the execution of a governmental or intergovernmental program;
(3)the term “local” means of or pertaining to a political subdivision within a State;
(4)the term “State” includes a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States; and
(5)the term “in any one-year period” means a continuous period that commences no earlier than twelve months before the commission of the offense or that ends no later than twelve months after the commission of the offense. Such period may include time both before and after the commission of the offense.
(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1104(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2143; amended Pub. L. 99–646, § 59(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3612; Pub. L. 101–647, title XII, §§ 1205(d), 1209, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4831, 4832; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330003(c), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2140.)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/666
Revelation 13:11-18
1599 Geneva Bible
11 [a]And I beheld, another beast coming out of the earth, [b]which had two horns like the Lamb, but he spake like the dragon.
12 [c]And he did all that the first beast could do before him, and he caused the earth and them which dwell therein, [d]to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed.
13 [e]And he did great wonders, so that he made fire to come down from heaven on the earth, in the sight of men.
14 And deceived them that dwell on the earth by the signs which were permitted to him to do in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make the [f]image of the [g]beast, which had the wound of a sword, and did live.
15 [h]And it was permitted to him to give a [i]spirit unto the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast should speak, and should cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 [j]And he made all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive [k]a [l]mark in their right hand or in their foreheads.
17 And that no man might [m]buy or sell, save he that had the [n]mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name.
18 [o]Here is wisdom. Let him that hath wit, count the number of the beast: for it is the [p]number of a man, and his number is six hundred threescore and six.
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Revelation 13:11 The second member of the vision, concerning the ecclesiastical dominion, which in Rome succeeded that which was politic, and is in the power of the corporation of false Prophets, and of the forgers of false doctrine. Wherefore the same body or corporation is called of S. John by the name of false prophet, Rev. 6:13, 19 and 20. The form of this beast is first described in this verse, then his acts, in the verses following, and the whole speech is concluded in the last verse. This beast is by his breed a Son of the earth (as they say) obscurely born, and by little and little creeping up out of his abject estate.
Revelation 13:11 That is, in show he resembled the Lamb (for what is more mild or more humble than to be the servant of the servants of God) but in deed he played the part of the Dragon, and of the Wolf, Matt. 7:15. For even Satan changeth himself into an Angel of light, 2 Cor. 11:14, and what should his honest disciples and servants do?
Revelation 13:12 The history of the acts of this beast containeth in sum three things, hypocrisy, the witness of miracles and tyranny: of which the first is noted in this verse, the second in the 3 verses following: the third in the sixteenth and seventeenth verses. His hypocrisy is most full of leasing, whereby he abuseth both the former beast and the whole world: in that albeit he hath by his cunning, as it were by lime made of the former beast a most miserable … or anatomy, usurped all his authority unto himself and most impudently exerciseth the same in the sight and view of him: yet he carrieth himself so, as if he honored him with most high honor, and did in very truth cause him to be honored of all men.
Revelation 13:12
For unto this beast of Rome, which of civil Empire is made an Ecclesiastical hierarchy, are given divine honors, and divine authority so far as he is believed to be above the Scriptures, which the gloss upon the Decretals declareth by this devilish verse,
Articulos solvit, synodumque facit generalem,
That is,
He changeth the Articles of faith, and giveth authority to general Counsels.
Which is spoken of the Papal power. So the beast is by birth, foundation, feat, and finally substance, one: only the Pope hath altered the form and manner thereof being himself the head both of that tyrannical Empire, and also of the false Prophets, for the Empire hath he taken unto himself, and thereunto hath added this cunning device. Now these words, whose deadly wound was cured are put here for distinction sake, as also sometimes afterwards: that even at that time the godly readers of this prophecy might by this sign be brought to see the things as present: as if it were said, that they might adore this very Empire that now is, whose head we have seen in our own memory to have been cut off, and to be cured again.
Revelation 13:13 The second point of the things done by the beast, is the credit of great wonders or miracles, appertaining to the strength of this impiety: of which signs some were given from above, as it is said, that fire was sent down from heaven by false sorcery, in this verse. Others were showed here below in the sight of the beast to establish idolatry, and deceive souls, which part S. John setteth forth beginning (as they say) at that which is last, in this manner: First the effect is declared in these words, He deceiveth the inhabitants of the earth, Secondly the common manner of working in two sorts, one of miracles. For the signs that were given him to do in the presence of the beasts: the other of the words added to the signs, and teaching the idolatry confirmed by those signs, Saying unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they should make an image unto the beasts which, etc. Thirdly, a special manner is declared: That is given unto him to put life into the image of the beast: and that such a kind of quickening, that the same both speaketh by answer unto those that ask counsel of it, and also pronounceth death against all those that do not obey nor worship it: all which things oftentimes by false miracles through the procurement and inspiration of the Devil, have been effected and wrought in images. The histories of the Papists are full of examples of such miracles, the most of them feigned, many also done by the devil in images: as of old in the serpent, Gen. 3:1. By which examples is confirmed, not the authority of the beast, but the truth of God, and of these prophecies.
Revelation 13:14 That is, images by enallage or change of the number: for the worship of them ever since the second Council of Nice, hath been ordained in the Church by public credit, and authority contrary unto the Law of God.
Revelation 13:14 In the Greek the word is in the Dative case, as much to say, as unto the worship, honor and obeying of the beast: for by this maintenance of images this Pseudoprophetical beast doth mightily profit the beast of Rome, of whom long ago he received them. Wherefore the same is hereafter very fitly called the image of the beast, for that images have their beginning from the beast, and have their form or manner from the will of the beast, and have their end and use fixed in the profit and commodity of the beast.
Revelation 13:15 And of this miracle of the images of the beast (that is, which the beast hath ordained to establish idolatry) which miraculously speak and give judgment, or rather marvelously, by the fraud of the false prophets, the Papists books are full fraughted.
Revelation 13:15 To give life as Jannes and Jambres imitated the wonders that Moses wrought.
Revelation 13:16 The third place, is a most wicked and most insolent tyrrany as was said before, usurped over the persons of men in this verse: and over their goods and actions, in the next verse. For he is said, both to bring upon all persons a tyrannous servitude, that as bondslaves they might serve the beast: and also to exercise over all their goods and actions, a peddler-like abuse of indulgences and dispensations (as they term them) amongst their friends, and against others to use most violent interdictions, and to shoot out cursings, even in natural and civil, private and public contracts, wherein all good faith ought to have place.
Revelation 13:16 That is, their Chrism, by which in the Sacrament (as they call it) of Confirmation, they make servile unto themselves, the persons and doings of men, signing them in their forehead and hands: and as for the sign left by Christ (of which Rev. 7:3) and the holy Sacrament of Baptism they make as void. For whom Christ hath joined unto himself by Baptism, this beast maketh challenge unto them by her greasy Chrism, which he doubteth not to prefer over Baptism, both in authority and efficacy.
Revelation 13:16 The mark of the name of the beast.
Revelation 13:17 That is, have any traffic or intercourse with men, but they only those which have this anointing and consecration of Clearkely tonsure, as they call it. Read Gratian de Consecratione, distinct. s. c. omnes, cap. Spiritus, etc. of these matters.
Revelation 13:17 Here the false Prophets do require three things, which are set down in the order of their greatness, a character, a name and the number of the name. The meaning is, that man that hath not first their anointing and clerical tonsure or shaving: secondly holy orders, by reserving whereof is communicated the same of the beast: or finally hath not attained that high degree of Pontifical knowledge, and of the Law (as they call it) Canonical, and hath not as it were made up in account and cast the number of the mysteries thereof: for in these things consisteth the number of that name of the beast. And this is excellently set forth in the next verse.
Revelation 13:18 That is in this number of the beast consisteth that Popish wisdom, which unto them seemeth the greatest of all others. In these words S. John expoundeth that saying which went before of the number of the beast, what it hath above his mark or acconisance and his name. These things, saith S. John, the mark and the name of the beast, do easily happen unto any man: but to have the number of the beast, is wisdom: that is, only the wise and such as have understanding, can come by that number for they must be most illuminated doctors that attain thereunto, as the words following do declare.
Revelation 13:18 How great and of what denomination this number of the beast is, by which the beast accounted his wisdom, S. John declareth in these words. Dost thou demand how great it is? it is so great, that it occupieth the whole man: he is always learning, and never cometh to the knowledge thereof: he must be a man indeed that doth attain unto it. Askest thou of what denomination it is? verily it standeth of six throughout and perfectly ariseth of all the parts thereof in their several denominations (as they term them) it standeth of six by units, tens, hundreds, etc. so as there is no one part in the learning and order Pontifical, which is not either referred unto the head, and as it were the top thereof, or contained in the same: so fitly do all things in this hierarchy agree one with another, and with their head. Therefore that cruel beast Boniface the eighth doth commend by the number of six those Decretals which he perfected, in the proem of the sixth book. Which book (saith he) being to be added unto five other books of the same volume of Decretals, we thought good to name Sextum the sixth: that the same volume by addition thereof containing a senary, or the number of six books (which is a number perfect) may yield a perfect form of managing all things, and perfect discipline of behavior. Here therefore is the number of the beast, who poureth from himself all his parts and bringeth them all back again unto himself by his discipline in most wise and cunning manner. If any man desire more of this, let him read the gloss upon that place. I am not ignorant that other interpretations are brought upon this place: but I thought it my duty, with the good favor of all and without the offense of any, to propound mine opinion in this point. And for this cause especially, for that it seemed unto me neither profitable, nor like to be true, that the number of the beast, or of the name of the beast should be taken as the common sort of interpreters do take it. For this number of the beast teacheth, giveth out, imprinteth, as a public mark of such as be his, and esteemeth that mark above all others as the mark of those whom he loveth best. Now those other expositions seem rather to be far removed from this property and condition of that number: whether you respect the name Latinus or Titan, or another. For these the beast doth not teach, nor give forth nor imprint, but most diligently forbiddeth to be taught, and audaciously denieth: he approveth not these, but reproveth them: and hateth them that think so of this number, with an hatred, greater than that of Vatinius.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2013%3A11-18&version=GNV
Was Hagar Abraham’s wife or his concubine?
Answer
Hagar is properly considered a concubine of Abraham’s, although the Bible does call her a “wife” of Abraham in Genesis 16:3: “So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife” (ESV). A wife and a concubine held distinct roles in a family, but a concubine was still considered a wife of sorts.
Hagar had been Sarah’s servant, but she was raised in status to be a second wife to Abraham. This action was required for Abraham to have a child with Hagar, but it did not place Hagar on a par with Sarah (see Genesis 25:5–6); Hagar remained a secondary wife—a “slave wife,” as it were (cf. Galatians 4:21–31).
The Hebrew words for “wife” and “concubine” are different, but the word for “wife” has a broad range of meanings and can be translated as “woman,” “wife,” or “female.” The word was not always used with precision. That’s why, in Genesis 16:3, both Sarah and Hagar are called a “wife” of Abraham, using different forms of the same Hebrew word. The broad definition of the word in question means we have to use context clues to more precisely define it. In Hagar’s case, her status as Sarah’s slave means that she was a “wife” of a lesser class. In biblical times there were various rankings of wives, but the first wife always had seniority.
It is worth noting that, after Sarah died, Abraham married again: “Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah” (Genesis 25:1). Elsewhere, Keturah is called Abraham’s “concubine” (1 Chronicles 1:32); so, Keturah was both. She was a wife, but she was of an inferior status to Sarah. The same could be said of Hagar.
Abraham had a principal wife, Sarah, and two secondary wives, Hagar and Keturah. Sarah alone possessed legal rights and social standing as Abraham’s wife, and only her child, Isaac, was the rightful heir to the family inheritance (see Genesis 25:5). Sarah, who had been unable to bear children, gave her Egyptian servant, Hagar, to Abraham as a concubine/wife. Taking a concubine was a common solution to childlessness in ancient times. But a concubine only held “secondary wife status.”
God had plans for Hagar and her child by Abraham. God dealt kindly with both Hagar and Ishmael, preserving their lives and making Ishmael the father of a great nation (Genesis 21:8–21).
https://www.gotquestions.org/Hagar-wife-concubine.html
Vatican Dispatch
Pope Leo and Patriarch Bartholomew urge Christian unity at Nicaea commemoration
by Gerard O’Connell
November 28, 2025
Pope Leo stands in the foreground with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew next to him, a leafy tree fills the background
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church, participate in an ecumenical prayer service near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of St. Neophytos, during his first apostolic journey, in Iznik, Turkey, Nov. 28, 2025. (OSV News/Yara Nardi, Reuters)
“We are all invited to overcome the scandal of the divisions that unfortunately still exist [among Christians] and to nurture the desire for unity for which the Lord Jesus prayed and gave his life,” Pope Leo XIV told the leaders of the Christian churches in his speech at an ecumenical prayer service in Turkey on Nov. 28, commemorating the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
Leo, who has made peace and unity priorities of his pontificate, emphasized that “the more we are reconciled, the more we Christians can bear credible witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which is a proclamation of hope for all” and, in the words of Pope Francis, “a message of peace and universal fraternity that transcends the boundaries of our communities and nations.”
Speaking in English, he told the Christian leaders present and his global ecumenical audience, “Today, the whole of humanity afflicted by violence and conflict is crying out for reconciliation. The desire for full communion among all believers in Jesus Christ is always accompanied by the search for fraternity among all human beings.”
“In the Nicene Creed,” he said, “we profess our faith ‘in one God, the Father.’ Yet, it would not be possible to invoke God as Father if we refused to recognize as brothers and sisters all other men and women, who are created in the image of God.”
“There is a universal fraternity of men and women regardless of ethnicity, nationality, religion or personal perspectives,” Pope Leo said. “Religions, by their very nature, are repositories of this truth and should encourage individuals, groups and peoples to recognize this and put it into practice,” he said.
He emphasized, furthermore, “we must strongly reject the use of religion for justifying war, violence, or any form of fundamentalism or fanaticism. Instead, the paths to follow are those of fraternal encounter, dialogue and cooperation.”
Pope Leo delivered his speech standing next to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew—the first among equals among the leaders of the Orthodox churches— and the 26 leaders of other Christian churches, at the site of ruins of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophyte. The basilica, named for an early Christian martyr, was built after the Council of Nicaea, in the 4th century. It was later destroyed by an earthquake then submerged by the waters of a lake; its ruins were only discovered in 2014.
The sun shone brightly as Leo XIV arrived from Istanbul on a white helicopter that flew over the lake before landing. He was welcomed on arrival by Patriarch Bartholomew who organized this event.
When Pope Francis had originally accepted the invitation, it had been hoped that the leaders of most of the Christian churches would attend. Serious tensions, however, developed between the Patriarchates of Moscow and Constantinople that resulted in a reduced presence of Christian leaders today.
The date for the event was scheduled around the anniversary of the opening of the council, May 20. However, Francis died on April 21, and Leo, his successor, agreed to come on this day instead, in order to be present for the feast of St. Andrew, the brother of St. Peter, which the Orthodox Patriarchate celebrates on Nov. 30.
Today’s gathering took place under quite extraordinary security measures at the lakeside archeological excavations of the ancient basilica. Apart from the 28 church leaders and the clerics or laity accompanying them, the only other people present were hundreds of Turkish security personnel and the Vatican press corps traveling with the pope, as well as the Turkish media. No one else was allowed near the event. The Muslim call to prayer sounded from the nearby mosque in the small town of Iznik (originally called Nicaea), just as the procession of church leaders moved towards the lakeside platform.
The commemorative ceremony consisted of singing, prayers, speeches by the ecumenical patriarch and the pope, the recital of the Nicene Creed and the Our Father.
Patriarch Bartholomew, 85, spoke first, in English. He began by thanking Pope Leo and the other Christians leaders for accepting his invitation to honor together “the memory and legacy of the First Ecumenical Council held here, at Nicaea.” He told them, “We are gathered here not simply to remember the past. We are here to bear living witness to the same faith expressed by the Fathers of Nicaea. We return to this wellspring of the Christian faith in order to move forward.”
In Nicaea, he said, “history bore witness to eternity, to the fact that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is true God of true God, consubstantial with the Father.” Moreover, he said, “the Nicene Creed acts like a seed for the whole of our Christian existence. It is a symbol not of a bare minimum; it is a symbol of the whole.” With this faith “burning in our hearts,” Patriarch Bartholomew said, “let us run the course of Christian unity and let us love one another, that with one mind we may confess: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Trinity consubstantial and undivided.”
In his own speech, Pope Leo began by saying, “the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea is a precious opportunity to ask ourselves who Jesus Christ is in the lives of men and women today, and who he is for each one of us personally.”
He said, “this question is important at a period of history marked by many tragic signs in which people are subjected to countless threats to their very dignity.” He called it “especially important for Christians, who risk reducing Jesus Christ to a kind of charismatic leader or superman, a misrepresentation that ultimately leads to sadness and confusion,” repeating what he told the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel in his first Mass as pope on May 9.
He recalled one of the questions that the Council of Nicaea was called to address—that of Christ’s divine and human natures—and said, “by denying the divinity of Christ, Arius reduced him to a mere intermediary between God and humanity, ignoring the reality of the Incarnation such that the divine and the human remained irremediably separated. But if God did not become man, how can mortal creatures participate in his immortal life?”
He emphasized that “what was at stake at Nicaea, and is at stake today, is our faith in the God who, in Jesus Christ, became like us to make us ‘partakers of the divine nature’.”
He underlined that “this Christological confession of faith” that was declared at Nicaea in 325 “is of fundamental importance in the journey that Christians are making towards full communion. For it is shared by all Christian Churches and Communities throughout the world, including those which, for various reasons, do not use the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed in their liturgies.”
Indeed, he said, “faith ‘in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages… consubstantial with the Father’ is a profound bond already uniting all Christians.” He added, “In this sense, in the ecumenical context we can also say—to quote Saint Augustine—that, ‘although we Christians are many, in the one Christ we are one’.” These last words, “in the one Christ we are one,” are the official motto of Pope Leo.
“Consequently,” Pope Leo said, “with an awareness that we are already linked by such a profound bond, we can continue our journey of ever deeper adherence to the Word of God revealed in Jesus Christ, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, in mutual love and dialogue.”
He concluded by thanking the ecumenical patriarch for his “great wisdom and foresight” in deciding to commemorate together the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in the very place where it was held. He also thanked the other Christians leaders present for accepting the patriarch’s invitation and prayed that God may hear their prayers “and grant that this important anniversary may bear the abundant fruits of reconciliation, unity and peace.”
The commemoration of Nicaea concluded the second day of Pope Leo’s visit to Turkey, which began this Friday when he visited the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit to meet and talk with the bishops, clergy, religious and pastoral workers in this country.
There, he gave an inspiring homily, delivered with emotion, as he spoke of his “great joy” of visiting this “holy land.” He recalled the rich history of Christianity in this land “where the story of the people of Israel meets the birth of Christianity, where the Old and New Testaments embrace and where the pages of numerous Councils were written,” of which the council commemorated today was the first of eight. The council was, he said quoting Pope Francis, “a “milestone in the history of the Church but also of humanity as a whole.”
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/11/28/pope-leo-and-patriarch-bartholomew-urge-christian-unity-at-nicaea-commemoration/
Theodosia Bartow Burr (November 1746 – May 18, 1794), previously known as Theodosia Bartow Prevost, was an American Patriot. Raised by a widowed mother, she married British Army officer Jacques Marcus Prevost at age 17. After the American Revolution began, her own Patriot leanings led her to offer the use of her house, the Hermitage, as a meeting- and resting-place for revolutionaries, including Alexander Hamilton, Marquis de Lafayette, and Aaron Burr; it was briefly used as the headquarters of George Washington, who counted her amongst his friends. Burr's visit to the Hermitage began a secret romance that, following the death of Prevost's first husband, led to marriage.
The couple moved to New York City due to Burr's legal practice, and she acted as a crucial ally as he began his political career. She was known for her wit, unusually deep education and intellectual acuity; her death in 1794 left Burr without "his best ally in the political wars to come".[1]
Early life
Theodosia's mother, Ann de Visme
Theodosia was born in November 1746 to Ann Sands Stillwell (1714–1782) and Theodosius Bartow (1712–1746), an attorney, in Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey. Her mother's family was noted for their beauty and had lived in America since 1638; her father's family had arrived in 1702 when John Bartow was sent to establish a Church of England ministry in Westchester County, New York. Theodosius died on October 5, 1746, several weeks before Theodosia was born. Five years later, Theodosia's mother married Philip de Visme, a captain in the British Army, with whom she had five more children.[2]
De Visme provided for Theodosia's tutoring, ensuring that she received a "cosmopolitan education" and became fluent in French. She would later translate French political treatises to English, and exchanged informed political observations and arguments as equals with Burr in their correspondence.[3]
At the age of seventeen, Theodosia married Jacques Marcus Prevost (1736–1781), a Swiss native and the brother of Augustine Prévost (1723–1786), who was serving as commander of the British Army forces in New Jersey. They married in Trinity Church in 1763. They had five children: Sally (1769–1815), Anna Louisa (1770–1815), Mary Louisa (born 1771), Augustine (1765–1842), and John (1766–1825).[2] When Prevost was dispatched to the West Indies in the early 1770s, Theodosia and the children remained in New Jersey.[4]
Revolutionary War
Despite her family's background (both her stepfather and husband were officers of the Royal American Regiment) Theodosia aligned herself with the Patriots,[3] counting William Livingston and Robert Troup as friends and allies.[5] During the Revolution Theodosia's home, the Hermitage – named after the cottage of Jean-Jacques Rousseau – became a gathering-place for American soldiers. When she heard that George Washington was in the area following the Battle of Monmouth she extended an invitation for him to stay there. He accepted this invitation in July 1778, and briefly utilized the Hermitage as his headquarters.[6] The home and its culture were "decidedly French" due to Theodosia's background, and she was known for the intelligent conversation her French salons represented.[3] Other visitors included generals Charles Lee and Jeremiah Wadsworth.[7]
During the war, with her estate being owned by her husband, it was at various times under risk of confiscation as Loyalist property; her powerful friends, allies and patrons, including Livingston and William Paterson, ensured the case was halted.[8]
Theodosia first met Aaron Burr in July 1778 when he accompanied George Washington to her home after the Battle of Monmouth. The two became friends and Burr began regularly visiting Theodosia's home in New Jersey. By November 1778 he was writing to his sister to speak of Theodosia's "honest and affectionate heart" and their regular conversations; his constant visits to the Hermitage provoked gossip, with Paterson baldly referring to Theodosia as "the object of [Burr's] Affections".[9] The two fell in love, and by 1780 were openly lovers. In December 1781, Theodosia discovered her husband had died of yellow fever.[10]
Theodosia and Burr's writings to each other covered politics, philosophy and feminism, with the two discussing both Rousseau and British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. They modelled their relationship on a "mature affection",[11] rather than the standard practice of marriages and relationships being based on social standing and convenience rather than love; this appealed to Theodosia's sense of independence and intellectual freedom.[11] After Burr became licensed as an attorney, Theodosia and he married on July 2, 1782, at the Hermitage, with Livingston personally issuing the license. Their first child, and the only one to survive to adulthood, was born on June 21, 1783, and also named Theodosia.[12]
Later life and death
The Burrs moved to New York City in 1783, moving to Broadway in 1790 as Aaron's legal career took off. This increase in work led to him travelling more, but their "intellectual partnership" did not suffer: the two wrote letters back and forth notable for their candor, with Theodosia constantly disagreeing with her husband's views, "never shy to point out his flaws", and Aaron treating her as he would any other intelligent person, sending her political books and newspapers on a regular basis that he thought she would enjoy.[13] Theodosia's keen sense of observation and adeptness at "judging [Aaron's] peers on the national scene" made her a crucial ally in his political career, particularly after he joined the United States Senate in 1791.[1]
Both Theodosia and Aaron had a "passionate commitment to education", and Theodosia educated her daughter as any wealthy male child would have been: she could read and write at three, studied Latin, Greek and French, and had read Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by age 10.[14] Aaron handled more and more of this as Theodosia's health began to deteriorate. Her illness was not a shock – she had been ill as long as they had known each other – but by 1792 she was in regular pain, with doctors' prescriptions doing little to help. Aaron offered to resign from the Senate to spend more time with her, but she refused to allow it. She died on May 18, 1794, at the age of 47.[15] She was buried in the now defunct St. John's Burying Ground, which was associated with Trinity Church.[16] Aaron later wrote that she was "the best woman and finest lady" he had ever known.[17]
In popular culture
While not a character, Theodosia is mentioned by name in the musical Hamilton, and is mentioned in the songs "The Story of Tonight (Reprise)" and "Wait For It".[18] Another song, "Dear Theodosia (Reprise)" was written for the musical, in which Aaron Burr tells his daughter of Theodosia's death. This song was cut before the musical transferred to Broadway;[19] however, in 2018 a cover was released by Sara Bareilles as part of the Hamildrops series of singles.[20]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosia_Bartow_Prevost
Pope Leo XIV[a] (born Robert FRANCIS Prevost,[b][c] September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States, the first from North America, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenships (or both), the first born after World War II, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second (after his immediate predecessor Pope Francis) from the Americas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIV
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand[a] (26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) was a French politician and statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France. As a former Socialist Party First Secretary, he was the first left-wing politician to assume the presidency under the Fifth Republic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand
Main event, WWF title tournament final
The main event of WrestleMania IV was the tournament final for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship between "Macho Man" Randy Savage and "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase.[29] DiBiase was accompanied to the ring by Andre The Giant, whilst Savage had his regular valet Miss Elizabeth. Savage had wrestled three prior matches, whilst DiBiase had wrestled one fewer, having received a bye from the quarterfinals. DiBiase controlled much of the match, before a fightback from Savage, who attempted a top rope elbow drop on DiBiase, but DiBiase moved out of the way. DiBiase applied a Million Dollar Dream submission on Savage.[22] To aid Savage, Elizabeth went backstage to bring Hulk Hogan to ringside to neutralize André being at ringside.[20][30]
André the Giant interfered in the match on behalf of DiBiase, and whilst the referee was distracted, Hogan attacked DiBiase with a steel chair.[31] Freed from the submission, Savage climbed up the top rope for a second elbow drop attempt and hit the Diving Elbow. He followed it up with a pinfall victory.[32] He won the tournament and the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship, making Randy Savage the first person to ever win the world championship at WrestleMania (as the championship was not defended at the inaugural event and Hulk Hogan successfully retained at the following two installments). After the match, Hogan, Elizabeth and Savage celebrated Savage's WWF Championship win.[33][21][19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_IV
Britain's Prince Andrew (L) and Sir Evelyn Rothsch
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, UNITED STATES: Britain's Prince Andrew (L) and Sir Evelyn Rothschild of London (R) watch US President Bill Clinton tee-off the first hole at the Farm Neck Golf Club 27 August 1999 in Martha's Vineyard. Andrew and Clinton made a joking wager for return of the island which was acquired by the US from Great Britian. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/Paul J. RICHARDS (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/britains-prince-andrew-and-sir-evelyn-rothschild-of-london-news-photo/51617811
After visiting Joseph Smith in Kirtland, Brigham set out to preach with his brother Joseph in the winter of 1832–1833. Joseph had been a Reformed Methodist preacher and the two made a similar "preaching circuit" in eastern Canada. They described the Book of Mormon as the "stick of Joseph", mentioned in Ezekiel 37.[25] Young continued to preach in eastern Canada in the spring and accompanied two Canadian converts to Kirtland in July 1833. Young and his two daughters moved to Kirtland along with the Kimball family later that summer. Here he became acquainted with Mary Ann Angell, a convert to the faith from Rhode Island, and the two were married in February 1834 and obtained a marriage certificate on March 31, 1834.[26][c]
In May 1834, Young became a member of Zion's Camp and traveled to Missouri. He returned to Kirtland with members of the camp in August.[29] After his return to Kirtland, Young did carpentry, painting, and glazing work to earn money. He also worked on the Kirtland Temple and went to a grammar school.[30] His third child and first son, Joseph A. Young, was born shortly after his return. Mary Ann, who was pregnant at the time, had provided for Young's two daughters and the children of her brother Solomon Angell and their friend Lorenzo Booth while Young was away with Zion's Camp.[31][32]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young
The name Kirt is most commonly regarded as a short form of the name Kirk, which has Scottish and English origins. "Kirk" is derived from the Old Norse word "kirkja," which means "church." As a surname, it denoted someone who lived near a church or worked at one. As a given name, Kirt carries the connotations of community, faith, and a sense of place. Derivable or associated names include Kirk, Kurt, and Kirsten.
Several notable individuals bear names related to Kirt. Kirk Douglas (1916-2020) was a legendary American actor and producer known for his roles in films like "Spartacus" and "Paths of Glory." Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) was the iconic frontman of the grunge band Nirvana, leaving a lasting impact on music and youth culture. Kirsten Dunst (born in 1982) is a celebrated American actress who has starred in films such as "Spider-Man" and "Marie Antoinette."
Kirt is most popular in the following countries: United States, Turkey, United Kingdom, Canada, France
https://www.wisdomlib.org/names/kirt
"Bloodlines" is a 1993 comic book story arc published by DC Comics. It was an intracompany crossover that ran through DC's superhero annuals and concluded with a two-issue Bloodbath miniseries written by Dan Raspler. The antagonists were a race of monstrous dragon-like aliens who killed humans for their spinal fluid. A small fraction of the parasite's victims survived and become super-heroes via their ordeal. This plot device introduced a wave of "New Blood" superheroes into the DC Universe. Seven DC Comics series were spun out of the event: Blood Pack, Razorsharp and the Psyba-Rats, Hitman, Anima, Loose Cannon, Argus and Gunfire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodlines_(comics)
Charles James Kirk (October 14, 1993 – September 10, 2025) was an American right-wing political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality. He co-founded the conservative student organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in 2012 and served as its executive director until his assassination in 2025. He published a range of books and hosted the podcast The Charlie Kirk Show. A key ally of Donald Trump, he was one of the most prominent voices of the MAGA movement within the Republican Party.
Born and raised in the Chicago suburbs of Arlington Heights and Prospect Heights, Kirk became politically active in high school. He dropped out of college after one semester to focus on building Turning Point USA, which grew to encompass several affiliate groups, including Turning Point Action and Turning Point Faith. He espoused a variety of conservative stances, including opposition to abortion, gun control, DEI programs, and LGBTQ rights. Over time, he became aligned with the Christian right and began advocating for Christian nationalism. His more controversial declarations included his criticism of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as his promotion of COVID-19 misinformation, false claims of electoral fraud in 2020, and the white genocide conspiracy theory.
On September 10, 2025, Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at a TPUSA public debate event on the Utah Valley University campus. His death garnered international attention and led to the condemnation of political violence by prominent domestic and international figures, as well as partisan dispute and recriminations. Kirk was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Trump in October.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Kirk
The Carolingian dynasty ceased to rule France upon the death of Louis V (d. 987). After the death of Louis, the son of Hugh the Great, Hugh Capet was chosen as king of the Franks, nominally the last ruler of West Francia. Given the resurgence of the Holy Roman Empire title and dignities in the West Francian kingdom, Europe was later believed to have entered a new age, so became to be known in historiography as the first king of France, as western civilization was perceived to have entered the High Middle Ages period. Hugh was crowned at Noyon on July 3, 987 with the full support from Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor. With Hugh’s coronation, a new era began for France, and his descendants came to be named, after him, the Capetians. They ruled France as the Capetians, Valois, and Bourbons until the French Revolution. They returned after 1815 and ruled until Louis Philippe was deposed in 1848.
However they continue to rule Spain, with two republican interruptions, through the Bourbon Dynasty right down to Juan Carlos of Spain.
https://rosamondpress.com/2012/06/25/merovingian-grail-lineage-of-the-swan-knight/
Pope John Paul II[b] (born Karol Józef Wojtyła;[c] 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century, as well as the third-longest-serving pope in history, after Pius IX and St. Peter.[d]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II
AI Overview
"Luke, I am your father" is the famous misquote from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back; the actual line Darth Vader says to Luke Skywalker is "No, I am your father," revealing his true parentage, a common error often attributed to the Mandela Effect, where popular culture versions overshadow the original.
Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, birth record was falsified, Charlie Kirk's genetic father was Pope John Paul II
AI Overview
Supersoldier programs involve developing enhanced combatants through advanced technology, biotechnology, and genetic engineering to improve physical, cognitive, and survivability capabilities. Current research, notably by the Pentagon and international actors, focuses on powered exoskeletons, cognitive enhancement, and cybernetic implants to create soldiers who require less sleep and have higher resistance to pain.
Polytechnique Insights
Key Aspects of Supersoldier Development:
Technological Augmentation: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) investigates exoskeletons to reduce fatigue and increase load-carrying capacity.
Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering: Reports suggest research into modifying genetic traits to create stronger, more intelligent, or pain-resistant soldiers.
Cognitive and Sensory Enhancement: Research includes neural implants, brain-machine interfaces, and pharmacological stimulants to improve battlefield awareness and decision-making speeds.
Physiological Improvements: Programs aim for rapid wound healing, the use of artificial blood, and enhanced physical stamina.
Ethical Concerns: The development of such technologies raises significant ethical questions regarding the long-term, permanent, and potentially dehumanizing effects on soldiers.
Polytechnique Insights
Theoretical and Fictional Concepts:
Serum Enhancement: Famously depicted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a, often, unstable method for augmenting physical and mental capabilities.
Genetic Breeding/Manipulation: Concepts like the Spartan Program from Halo involve choosing or creating soldiers with specific traits from a young age.
Experimental Drug/Cellular Treatments: Research facilities are sometimes depicted using extreme, often unethical methods to force physical and mental growth.
These programs, while often portrayed in fiction as creating nearly invincible warriors, in reality, are focused on creating enhanced "force multipliers" rather than one-man armies.
What does the Bible say about a Christian serving in the military?
Answer
The Bible contains plenty of information about serving in the military. While many of the Bible’s references to the military are only analogies, several verses directly relate to this question. The Bible does not specifically state whether or not someone should serve in the military. At the same time, Christians can rest assured that being a soldier is highly respected throughout the Scriptures and know that such service is consistent with a biblical worldview.
The first example of military service is found in the Old Testament (Genesis 14), when Abraham’s nephew Lot was kidnapped by Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and his allies. Abraham rallied to Lot’s aid by gathering 318 trained men of his household and defeating the Elamites. Here we see armed forces engaged in a noble task—rescuing and protecting the innocent.
Late in its history, the nation of Israel developed a standing army. The sense that God was the Divine Warrior and would protect His people regardless of their military strength may have been a reason why Israel was slow to develop an army. The development of a regular standing army in Israel came only after a strong, centralized political system had been developed by Saul, David, and Solomon. Saul was the first to form a permanent army (1 Samuel 13:2; 24:2; 26:2).
What Saul began, David continued. He increased the size of the army, brought in hired troops from other regions who were loyal to him alone (2 Samuel 15:19-22) and turned over the direct leadership of his armies to a commander-in-chief, Joab. Under David, Israel also became more aggressive in its offensive military policies, absorbing neighboring states like Ammon (2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Chronicles 20:1-3). David established a system of rotating troops with twelve groups of 24,000 men serving one month of the year (1 Chronicles 27). Although Solomon’s reign was peaceful, he further expanded the army, adding chariots and horsemen (1 Kings 10:26). The standing army continued (though divided along with the kingdom after the death of Solomon) until 586 B.C., when Israel (Judah) ceased to exist as a political entity.
In the New Testament, Jesus marveled when a Roman centurion (an officer in charge of one hundred soldiers) approached Him. The centurion’s response to Jesus indicated his clear understanding of authority, as well as his faith in Jesus (Matthew 8:5-13). Jesus did not denounce his career. Many centurions mentioned in the New Testament are praised as Christians, God-fearers, and men of good character (Matthew 8:5; 27:54; Mark 15:39-45; Luke 7:2; 23:47; Acts 10:1; 21:32; 28:16).
The places and the titles may have changed, but our armed forces should be just as valued as the centurions of the Bible. The position of soldier was highly respected. For example, Paul describes Epaphroditus, a fellow Christian, as a “fellow soldier” (Philippians 2:25). The Bible also uses military terms to describe being strong in the Lord by putting on the whole armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-20), including the tools of the soldier—helmet, shield, and sword. Paul also used military service as a simile for Christian service: “Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer“ (2 Timothy 2:3–4).
Yes, the Bible does address serving in the military, directly and indirectly. The Christian men and women who serve their country with character, dignity, and honor can rest assured that the civic duty they perform is condoned and respected by our sovereign God. Those who honorably serve in the military deserve our respect and gratitude.
https://www.gotquestions.org/military-Christian.html
2 Timothy 2
1599 Geneva Bible
2 2 The better to set out perseverance in the Christian warfare, 3 he taketh similitudes, 4 from soldiers, 6 and from husbandmen. 10 He showeth that his bonds are for the profit of the Saints: 15 Then he warneth Timothy to divide the word of truth aright, 17 to beware of the examples of the wicked, 22 and to do all things modestly.
1 Thou [a]therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 And what things thou hast heard of me, by [b]many witnesses, the same deliver to faithful men, which shall be able to teach others also.
3 [c]Thou therefore suffer affliction as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of [d]this life, because he would please him that hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5 [e]And if any man also strive for a mastery, he is not crowned, except he strive as he ought to do.
6 [f]The husbandman must labor before he receive the fruits.
7 [g]Consider what I say: and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
8 [h]Remember that Jesus Christ, made of the seed of David, was raised again from the dead according to my Gospel,
9 [i]Wherein I suffer trouble as an evil doer, even unto bonds: but the word of God is not bound.
10 Therefore I suffer all things for the elect’s sake, that they might also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
11 [j]It is a true saying, For if we be [k]dead together with him: we also shall live together with him.
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign together with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us.
13 If we believe not, yet abideth he faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, and [l]protest before the Lord, that they strive not about words, which is to no profit, but to the perverting of the hearers.
15 [m]Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, dividing the word of truth [n]aright.
16 [o]Stay profane, and vain babblings: [p]for they shall increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word shall fret as a canker: of which sort is Hymenaeus and Philetus.
18 Which as concerning the truth have erred from the mark, saying that the resurrection is past already, and do destroy the faith of certain.
19 [q]But the foundation of God remaineth sure, and hath this seal, The Lord knoweth who are his: and, Let everyone that [r]calleth on the Name of Christ, depart from iniquity.
20 [s]Notwithstanding in a great house are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some for honor, and some unto dishonor.
21 If any man therefore [t]purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the Lord, and prepared unto every good work.
22 [u]Flee also from the lusts of youth, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, and [v]peace, with them that call on the Lord with pure heart,
23 And put away foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they engender strife.
24 But the servant of the Lord must not strive, but must be gentle toward all men, apt to teach, [w]suffering the evil,
25 Instructing them with meekness that are [x]contrary minded, proving if God at any time will give them repentance, that they may acknowledge the truth,
26 And come to amendment out of that snare of the devil, of whom they are taken prisoners, to do his will.
Footnotes
2 Timothy 2:1 The conclusion of the former exhortation, which hath also added unto it a declaration how that they do not keep that worthy thing that is committed unto them which keep it to themselves, but they rather which do most freely communicate it with others, to the end that many may be partakers of it, without any man’s loss or hindrance.
2 Timothy 2:2 When many were by, which can bear witness of these things.
2 Timothy 2:3 Another admonition: That the ministry of the word is a spiritual warfare, which no man can so travail in, that he may please his captain, unless he forgo and part with all hindrances which might draw him away from it.
2 Timothy 2:4 With affairs of household, or other things that belong to other ordinary businesses.
2 Timothy 2:5 The third admonition: The ministry is like to a game or justing, wherein men strive for the victory, and no man is crowned unless he strive according to the laws which are prescribed, be they never so hard and painful.
2 Timothy 2:6 Another similitude tending to the same end: no man may look for the harvest, unless he first take pains to plow and sow his ground.
2 Timothy 2:7 All these things cannot be understood, and much less practiced, unless we ask of God and he gives us understanding.
2 Timothy 2:8 He confirmeth plainly two principles of our faith, which are always assaulted of heretics, the one whereof (to wit, that Christ is the true Messiah made man of the seed of David) is the ground of our salvation: and the other is the highest part of it, to wit, that he is risen again from the dead.
2 Timothy 2:9 The taking away of an objection: Truth it is, that he is kept in prison, as an evildoer, yet there is no cause, why therefore some should go about to derogate credit from his Gospel, seeing that notwithstanding God did bless his ministry, nay rather, that example of this his captivity and patience did sundry ways confirm the Church in the hope of a better life.
2 Timothy 2:11 The fourth admonition: we ought not to contend upon words and questions, which are not only unprofitable, but also for the most part hurtful: but rather upon this, how we may frame ourselves to all manner of patience, and to die also with Christ (that is to say, for Christ’s Name) because that is the plain way to the most glorious life: as contrariwise the falling away of men can diminish no part of the truth of God, although by such means, they procure most certain destruction to themselves.
2 Timothy 2:11 If we be afflicted with Christ, and for Christ’s sake.
2 Timothy 2:14 Call God to witness, or as a Judge: as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and Paul himself did, Acts 20.
2 Timothy 2:15 The fifth admonition: A minister must not be an idle disputer, but a faithful steward in dividing aright the word of truth, insomuch that he must stop the mouths of other vain babblers.
2 Timothy 2:15 By adding nothing to it, neither overslipping anything, neither mangling it, nor renting it in sunder, nor wresting of it: but marking diligently what his hearers are able to hear, and what is fit to edifying.
2 Timothy 2:16 Mark and watch, and see they creep not on further.
2 Timothy 2:16 He discovereth the subtlety of Satan, who beginning with these principles draweth us by little and little to ungodliness through the means of that wicked and profane babbling, still creeping on: which he proveth by the horrible example of them that taught that, the resurrection was already past.
2 Timothy 2:19 A digression: wherein he salveth that offense that rose by their falling away: showing first, that the elect are out of all danger of any such falling away: secondly, that they are known to God and not to us: and therefore it is no marvel if we count hypocrites oftentimes for true brethren: but we must take heed that we be not like them, but rather that we be indeed, such as we are said to be.
2 Timothy 2:19 That serveth and worshippeth him, and is as it were named of him, a faithful man or Christian.
2 Timothy 2:20 The taking away of an objection: it is no dishonor to the good man of the house, that he hath not in a great house all vessels of one sort and for one service, but we must look to this, that we be found vessels prepared to honor.
2 Timothy 2:21 By these words is meant the execution of the matter, and not the cause: for in that we purge ourselves, it is not to be attributeth to any free will that is in us, but to God, who freely and wholly worketh in us a good and an effectual will.
2 Timothy 2:22 Returning to the matter from whence he digressed, verse 16, he warneth him to exercise himself in weighty matters, and such as pertain to godliness.
2 Timothy 2:22 The sixth admonition: We must above all things eschew all bitterness of mind both in teaching all men, and also in calling them back which have gone out of the way.
2 Timothy 2:24 To win them through our patient bearing with them, but not to please them or excuse them in their wickedness.
2 Timothy 2:25 He meaneth such as do not yet see the truth.
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