11/20/14
Daily Archives: November 20, 2014
11/20/14
Complexities and Hard Truths
A bit more follow up and analysis before Shabbat…
Some of the recommended actions I wrote about yesterday, and more, have been put in place. Not because I wrote about them, obviously, but because the government in this regard is responding with some appropriate security and deterrence measures:
There is now a large police presence in Jerusalem bolstered by Navy commandos who are volunteers serving on their own time. Troops have been deployed outside of educational institutions and kindergartens, as well as outside some Arab neighborhoods – where checkpoints have been set up for searching people who might be suspect.
Observation balloons (with cameras) are being scattered about the city, controlled from a central command location. This seems to me a very good idea. Sometimes from above activity can be spotted that would not be caught by observers on the ground.
And the policy of demolition of terrorists’ homes is being enforced.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/187675#.VG33DJtxnIV
There has also been a report from Arutz Sheva – not confirmed elsewhere – that the bodies of the Har Nof terrorists will not be returned to their families. Great move, if it is so.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/187664#.VG4NhJtxnIV
Is all of this sufficient? I would not go so far as to declare this definitively. But we are seeing some serious steps in the right direction.
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What’s not serious is the number of “benefits” to the PA that will be put on hold or terminated. I had anticipated this. Today I’m reading that there were certain roads in Judea and Samaria that were closed to non-Israelis because of security risks. Just as over time checkpoints in Judea and Samaria have been removed, those road were scheduled to be opened to Palestinian Arabs soon. Well, says Bogie Ya’alon, they will not be. That’s it? Let’s get real here.
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I had written recently about the fact that the men murdered in Har Nof were not settlers, were in western Jerusalem, were not agitators or radical activists, were not people who tend to go up on Har Habayit (The Temple Mount) – even though these various reasons – occupation, Temple Mount agitation, etc. – are provided as the rationale for why the terrorists acted.
The Elder of Zyion blog has carried these thoughts one step further and the analysis is so very important that I want to share it here:
After showing Arab cartoons celebrating the Har Nof massacre such as this one:
He writes (emphasis in the original):
”Images like these are celebrated by many, and condoned by the rest, with their silence.
“This is the fundamental story of the massacre. For once, the motives are crystal-clear.
”It cannot be about ‘occupation’ or ‘settlements’ because the attack was inside the Green Line.
”It cannot be about ‘Al Aqsa’ because the people who prayed there are not the types to ascend.
”It cannot be about ‘Israeli oppression’ because the victims were not soldiers or reservists.
”The facts are undeniable: the terrorists targeted the most Jewish looking people at a synagogue while they were at prayer.
”The cartoons illustrate nicely what the west wants to hide: the targets are Jews. Period.
”Palestinian Arab cartoons in general routinely depict “Israelis” as a Nazi-style caricatures of a bearded, black-clad men, even though no Israeli leader has ever resembled that person. These victims did. The cartoons taught generations of terrorists that their enemy is the Jews, not Israelis.
”The West wants to find excuses for Palestinian terror, to pretend that both sides are part of the problem. But this attack, and these cartoons, combined with the glaring absence of any Palestinians who object to this kind of incitement, reveal the ugly truth: that in the end it is about Jew-hatred. All the other reasons being given by pseudo-intellectuals of ‘occupation’ or ‘Al Aqsa’ or ‘Gaza’ or bus drivers who commit suicide are simply excuses to divert the world’s attention from the simple fact that this is really about the world’s oldest hate.
“Once you realize this you can start to understand the reality and not the spin that we’ve been fed for decades.”
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.co.il/2014/11/lessons-from-sick-depraved-antisemitic.html#.VG4CvGdxnIU
Wow! Stunningly on the mark. Please share this. It deflates all of the arguments of Palestinian Arab “suffering.”
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The mayor of Ashkelon, Itamar Shimoni, has taken a position that is not surprising, and is also not politically correct:
He announced yesterday that Arab workers will no longer be allowed on construction sites at kindergartens in the city where shelters are being built, and that security personnel will be placed at kindergartens near construction sites. He said he made this decision in consultation with the police.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4594006,00.html
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Well…
The furor is all that we might expect The mayor is being attacked and accused of racism. It is being said that he is preventing Arabs from working, and tearing the fabric of good Jewish-Arab relations in the city. Netanyahu, for example, said that we have no desire to target all Israeli Arabs, 99.9% of whom are decent folk.
My response is also going to be not politically correct, for there are painful realities at work here. If 99.9% of Israeli Arabs are decent people, then – as there are approximately 1,700,000 Arabs in Israel – we have 1,700 who are not OK. And the awful truth is that they cannot always be readily identified. The terrorist who shot Yehuda Glick outside of the Begin Center worked in the restaurant in the Center. One of the terrorists who committed the Har Nof atrocities worked in a grocery store next to the synagogue.
Back in previous years, there have been instances of Arabs who were loyal employees of a business owner for years, and then murdered that business owner. What seems to have happened is that such employees were recruited by radicals. As long as we have a reasonable representation of such radicals within our society – radicals who endorse and encourage the killing of Jews – as well as others who are receptive to the messages of the radicals, we have a problem. What comes to mind most readily is the Islamic Movement of Israel, Northern Branch. Its leader and members are Israeli citizens. But they have been shown to have links with Hamas and the Brotherhood. Of course, there are others as well.
The mayor did not ban employment for Arabs everywhere in the city. He was concerned with the safety of children. An alternative to his decision might have been thorough security checks for any Arab who works near the kindergartens. But let us not pretend there is no problem.
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To demonstrate how things can be, and what a positive attitude is possible, we need only look at the Druse community in Israel, about which so much has been written in the last days.
At the funeral of Zidan Saif yesterday, President Ruby Rivlin spoke, saying:
“He went first into the fire to protect the residents of Jerusalem. Without fear, he faced the terrorists and risked his life to protect the residents of Jerusalem. He acted on the values on which he was raised—courage, valor, self-sacrifice.”
While Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch declared:
“[Saif] is a source of pride for you, the Druse people, for the police, and for the people of Israel. The values that you instilled in him compelled him to protect, and he fell while defending the state of Israel. We have that shared fate. Together we will fight the murderers.” (Emphasis added)
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Israeli Druse Naif Alian has written a guest column for Israel Hayom. In it he said:
“We, the Druze, are part of the people of Israel. I have never felt a difference between me, my relatives and my friends and the Jewish people. We are one family, always have been and always will be.
“The blood pact between Druze and Jews in the land of Israel began in the 1930s, and it will never be broken. When Haganah forces arrived in Shfaram, my late father Hussein joined them. During the War of Independence, he and 30 other local Druze enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces and took part in the liberation of the Galilee.
“In the 1950s, my father was one of the five sheikhs who signed the agreement making military service compulsory for the Druze. In 1957, I lost my brother Salim during his military service. Today, I am the proud father of three IDF officers. They have never felt different from anyone else and have always walked with their heads held high — as I taught them to do.”
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=10645
Beautiful. As it can be, as it should be, with non-Jewish Israelis who feel connected and choose to be a part of the land and the people. The problem, of course, is that Palestinian Arabs who are Israeli citizens are conflicted in their loyalties in some (definitely not all!) instances, pulled in different directions.
Much to consider, on another day. Complexities and hard truths.
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We end on this upbeat note:
“In a profound display of faith in the face of carnage, the family of a newborn infant on Wednesday held his circumcision ceremony at the Jerusalem synagogue where terrorists slaughtered worshipers and a police officer exactly 24-hours earlier, Israel’s Ch. 2 News reported.
“’This is Judaism – from tragedy to joy,’ said Mohel Association Chairman, Chaim Miller, who performed the festive ancient ritual – symbolizing the eight-day-old infant’s joining the Jewish people – at the B’nai Torah synagogue in the Har Nof neighborhood.”
(scroll down for the 40 second video)
11/20/14
House Republicans Place Obama On Official Notice
By: JB Williams
Right Side News
The North American Law Center (NALC), working in concert with numerous patriot groups across America, placed House Republicans on notice demanding that they use constitutional congressional power to stop Barack Obama from illegally issuing defacto amnesty for millions of illegal aliens.
House Republicans followed by placing Barack Hussein Obama on OFFICIAL NOTICE ahead of Obama’s scheduled TV event at 8:00 PM ET on Thursday the 20th.
In part, that OFFICIAL NOTICE states…
The NOTICE was signed by Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte, R-VA and Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Michael McCaul, R-TX.
The clear threat is to impeach Barack Obama if he dares to act unilaterally on Immigration and Naturalization, beyond the constitutional authority of the Executive Branch.
Article I delegates all law making authority to Congress alone. Section 8 – the Enumerated Powers of Congress delegates all authority over Immigration and Naturalization rules to Congress alone as well.
So, any unilateral Executive action on immigration by Barack Obama is a blatant subversive act and an open attempt to usurp the constitutional authority of Congress. It may in fact rise to the level of an act of treason against the U.S. Constitution and the American people, as an overt breach of trust and violation of Barack Obama’s oath of office.
There is nothing in Article II of the U.S. Constitution granting the Oval Office the power to usurp, subvert or ignore the laws of the United States as established by Congress.
On at least twenty-five separate occasions caught on video, Obama has stated correctly and unequivocally that the Oval Office has no power to alter or ignore U.S. Immigration and Naturalization laws, rules or policies, as established by Congress. This means that the crime he is about to commit against the United States is both willful and premeditated.
The question is… what will members of Congress and the American people do about it?
Once again, Republican Party leaders are talking about suing Obama over his abuse of office. There is no precedence or legal authority granted by the Constitution to sue a president for treasonous acts. The U.S. Constitution states precisely what Congress can and must do when an Oval Office occupant is acting against the United States and beyond their Constitutional authority….
Article II – Section 4 states – “The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Congress must impeach Barack Obama for his unconstitutional actions. Suing Obama is nothing more than an overt attempt to escape the constitutional authority and duties of Congress by avoiding the obvious remedy prescribed for just such an occasion in the U.S. Constitution.
Before Congress can force the Executive Branch to respect the Constitution, they must respect the Constitution themselves.
In this case, Obama’s unilateral action on immigration meets the following test…
· Such an action is beyond the legal authority of the Executive Branch
· As a result, it is a direct violation of the U.S. Constitution
· The act is of, by and for La Raza and millions of illegal aliens, not the American people
· As such, it is an overt act of war against the American people
· The act directly threatens both national sovereignty, security, and the rule of law
· As such, it is again, an overt act of war against the American people and national security
· Congress has placed Obama on OFFICIAL NOTICE in advance of the act
· As a result, the act will be with the prior knowledge that it is unconstitutional and illegal
THIS IS AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE – It involves bribery from groups like La Raza via their millions in democrat campaign donations and lobby efforts. It involves numerous high crimes and misdemeanors, the result of which rises to the level of treason against the United States and the American people.
WHOM TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE?
Unfortunately, it is Republicans who sit in the hot seat on this. Republicans have all the power they need to STOP EXECUTIVE ORDER AMNESTY and they know it, proven by the OFFICIAL NOTICE delivered to Barack Obama more than 24 hours before his action.
The TOP Republicans are in charge and that makes them responsible for what happens in the next several hours. Now that they have officially threatened impeachment, they must impeach or stick their own necks in the noose!
House Speaker John Boehner, R-OH
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY
Others who must be held accountable for this constitutional crisis are members of the media who have withheld the truth on the subject from the American people and worked with political activists to mislead citizens on foolish and cowardly concepts like filing frivolous suits. Just a few…
Then there are internet experts like Dr. Edwin Vieira and Devvy Kidd who claim that “Obama cannot be impeached because he isn’t really the President;” which I’m sure comes as news to the U.S. Supreme Court and every member of Congress, not to mention millions of Americans. This effort to mislead citizens away from the constitutional remedy prescribe in Article II – Section 4, Impeachment, and towards criminal charges, arrest and hanging for treason, is an overt attempt to confuse and paralyze “the people” allowing Obama to continue his assault on the Constitution.
Of course, neither Dr. Vieira nor Kidd have followed their own expert advice and filed a criminal complaint against Obama in order to prove their legal theory. No matter their intentions, the outcome is horrific.
We also have to hold political gurus like Karl Rove accountable, for playing politics with the Constitutional Republic instead of stand up to protect and preserve it at any cost.
The People?
Nobody should be asking “what will politicians do?” – Politicians will do what politicians always do, play politics, even with the total destruction of the Constitution and the Republic, unless “the people” do something to hold them accountable.
Over the next 48 hours, we are going to learn everything we want to know.
· We well learn exactly what Obama thinks of the Constitution and the American people…
· We will learn just how courageous or cowardly House Republicans are…
· We will learn just how courageous or cowardly “the people” really are…
The people have the power to force their representatives to do what must be done, if they will. If they don’t, they will likely watch their newly elected Republicans run for cover in the face of the greatest constitutional crisis to ever face our once great nation.
And that is how Obama can get away with totally destroying the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Evil will prevail wherever good men (and women) do nothing! This is exactly how every free society died after only 200 years or so in existence. The people let it die!
NALC issued proposed Articles of Impeachment months ago. They served notice to Congress on how to stop unconstitutional executive amnesty. House leaders have since served notice on Barack Obama.
Obama is forcing Congressional Republicans to either Impeach him or stand down as he finishes off the destruction of the U.S. Constitutional Republic. Now we wait to see how “the people” and Republicans react to Obama’s massive treason…
11/20/14
11/20/14
Obama to Officially Establish His Dictatorship 20 November 2014
By: Sher Zieve
Gulag Bound
What Obama is… effectively nullifying the General Election of 2 weeks ago, establishing himself as ruler and–once and for all–rendering Congress null and void. He is effectively legalizing new Democrat voters and nullifying the existing legal American population.
——GB——
After the landslide elections on 4 November 2014, Obama was said to be even more furious with the “stupid American voters” than usual. And, with his now usual arrogant bravado he is–with his recently announced coming actions–saying to the American people “Your petty little elections mean nothing to me. I’m beyond your laws as well as your wants and needs. Once I’m fully ensconced in and with my dictatorship and can openly eliminate anyone and everyone I want to destroy…I will!”
In order to finish his destruction of the USA,. Obama plans to announce he will give Amnesty–and likely the path to or full citizenship–to millions of illegals who are still streaming across the US’ Southern Border, which is (by Obama’s command) wide open and no longer being protected by the US Border Patrol.
Recently, Obama’s lackeys have floated the line, “this is what President Reagan did.” No…it is not. When President Ronald Reagan gave what amounted to limited Amnesty (I opposed it at the time) he signed a bill that had been passed by Congress–the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (a.k.a., “Simpson-Mazzoli” bill). President Reagan signed the bill…he did not write or rewrite it! On the other hand, Obama is effectively rewriting existing law and placing himself now-firmly in the position of Dictator-in-Chief Barack Hussein Obama; a title I gave him years ago and which will now be evident to all. Obama does not have the legal authority to write or rewrite laws. But, he’s doing it, as no one has yet stopped him.
What Obama is doing is effectively nullifying the General Election of 2 weeks ago, establishing himself as ruler and–once and for all–rendering Congress null and void. He is effectively legalizing new Democrat voters and nullifying the existing legal American population.
Obama will, also, officially declare war against the legal American citizens–white, brown, black, Hispanic etc..–and announce he is replacing them with illegals. Obama recently announced that he will begin flying (via charter flights) children and their family members from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador…more replacements for the now-awakened American voters. Illegal and treasonous. The flights will begin next month. Guess whose paying for them…you are!
Any way we slice it, this is in-your-face treason, folks. We did the right thing with our recent elections. But–as predicted–Obama will not recognize them. He and his criminal syndicate are–and have been–completely lawless. If we vote against Obama, he and his minions simply ignore us and seize more power. What do you want to do, America? We are now on the cliff and Obama is pushing us over. Do you still want to live? Do you?
“The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan,
with all power, signs, and lying wonders.”
– II Thessalonians 2:9 (NKJ)
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986:
at wikipedia.org
Obama State Dept. Creates New Program to Import Children from Latin America:
at cnsnews.com
11/20/14
From knowledge based economy to wisdom society
By: Wim Grommen
Every production phase or civilization or other human invention goes through a so called transformation process. Transitions are social transformation processes that cover at least one generation (= 25 years). In this article I will use one such transition to demonstrate the position of our present civilization and its possible effect on stock exchange rates.
When we consider the characteristics of the phases of a social transformation we may find ourselves at the end of what might be called the third industrial revolution. Transitions are social transformation processes that cover at least one generation (= 25 years). A transition has the following characteristics:
- it involves a structural change of civilization or a complex subsystem of our civilization
- it shows technological, economical, ecological, socio cultural and institutional changes at different levels that influence and enhance each other
- it is the result of slow changes (changes in supplies) and fast dynamics (flows)
Four transition phases
In general transitions can be seen to go through the S curve and we can distinguish four phases (see fig. 1):
- a pre development phase of a dynamic balance in which the present status does not visibly change
- a take off phase in which the process of change starts because of changes in the system
- an acceleration phase in which visible structural changes take place through an accumulation of socio cultural, economical, ecological and institutional changes influencing each other; in this phase we see collective learning processes, diffusion and processes of embedding
- a stabilization phase in which the speed of sociological change slows down and a new dynamic balance is achieved through learning
A product life cycle also goes through an S curve. In that case there is a fifth phase:
- the degeneration phase in which cost rises because of over capacity and the producer will finally withdraw from the market.
The S curve of a transition
Figure 1: Four phases in a transition best visualized by means of an S curve.
Examples of historical transitions are the demographical transition and the transition from coal to natural gas which caused transition in the use of energy. A transition process is not fixed from the start because during the transition processes will adapt to the new situation. A transition is not dogmatic.
Three drastic transitions
When we go back into the past three transitions took place with far-reaching effects.
- The first industrial revolution
The first industrial revolution lasted from around 1780 tot 1850. It was characterized by a transition from small scale handwork to mechanized production in factories. The great catalyst in the process was the steam engine which also caused a revolution in transport as it was used in railways and shipping. The first industrial revolution was centered around the cotton industry. Because steam engines were made of iron and ran on coal, both coal mining and iron industry also came to bloom.
This revolution ended in 1845 when Friedrich Engels, son of a German textile baron, described the living conditions of the English working class in “The condition of the working class in England“. The result of this revolution: an immense gap between rich and poor.
- The second industrial revolution
The second industrial revolution started around 1870 and ended around 1930. It was characterized by ongoing mechanization because of the introduction of the conveyer belt (? assembly line), the replacement of iron by steel and the development of the chemical industry. Furthermore coal and water were replaced by oil and electricity and the internal combustion engine was developed. Whereas the first industrial revolution was started through (chance) inventions by amateurs, companies invested a lot of money in professional research during the second revolution, looking for new products and production methods. In search of finances small companies merged into large scale enterprises which were headed by professional managers and shares were put on the market. These developments caused the transition from the traditional family business to Limited Liability companies and multinationals.
After the roaring twenties the revolution ended with the stock exchange crash of 1929. The consequences were disastrous culminating in the second world war.
- The third industrial revolution
The third industrial revolution started around 1940 and is nearing its end. The United States and Japan played a leading role in the development of computers. During the second world war great efforts were made to apply computer technology to military purposes. After the war the American space program increased the number of applications. Japan specialized in the use of computers for industrial purposes such as the robot. By now the computer and communication technology take up an irreplaceable role in all parts of the world. The acceleration phase of the third industrial revolution started around 1980 with the introduction of the micro processor. The third industrial revolution has clearly reached the saturation and degeneration phase. This phase is characterized by a saturated market and growing competition. Only the strongest companies can handle the competition or buy up their competitors (think of the takeovers by Oracle and Microsoft in the past few years). Essentially there is relatively little new technology in the IT world despite what the marketing machines from America would have us believe.
We can safely state that in some 25 years an industrial revolution has effectively dismantled a welfare state; the excesses of our society are visible everywhere (excessive salaries for executives, bookkeeping fraud, fraud with shares). There will be consequences for the stock exchanges. It is a matter of time but unavoidable.
Dow Jones exchange rates
Figure 2: Exchange rates of Dow Jones during the latest two industrial revolutions. During the last few years the rate increases have accelerated enormously.
Triggers
What events could end the latest industrial revolution and cause another stock market crash?
1 Shortage of raw materials
The shortage of raw materials or water which enlarge the chances of war between groups of people? The changes in the climate taking place on mother earth which force mankind into a different kind of behavior? Everyone is convinced that we can not go on the way we are going now. The present course will eventually lead to a gradual decrease of economic activity which will make the indexes drop slowly. This transition will stretch over a longer period.
2 Natural disasters
Another phenomenon that can cause a stock market crash is formed by natural disasters. This scenario is not linked tot the present industrial revolution. History has taught us that earthquakes and tsunamis can make complete cultures suddenly disappear (like Atlantis). If this happens to an economic super power like Japan or the US the consequences for the stock market indexes will be obvious.
3 Man made changes
Or will human behavior itself, as so often in history, be the cause of the end of the third industrial revolution? What might happen when suddenly a counsel of wise men and women appears that wants to reform to a society of wisdom and convince the population that such a reform is much better for a lasting society?
The political leaders of our country have continued the privatization process over the past years. According to the politicians of our country more competition will lead to lower cost for our citizens. However, people have noticed that the cost of primary services has shown an enormous increase over the past few years and have lost their faith in politics. The government policies clash with the policy of the captains of industry who want an increase of scale to lower their cost. We can conclude that the process of privatization of elementary services in our society has failed completely.
Suppose this counsel of wise people were to start a sparkling campaign among the people called “From knowledge based economy to wisdom society”.
Having asked for an offer for all 17 million citizens, the counsel calls on the people to change to the same health care supplier and the same energy supplier. The effect of this call for an increase in scale will be: less housing cost, less personnel cost, less ict cost, less marketing cost, less accountancy cost. This will result in lower cost for health care and energy supplies for Dutch citizens.
After three years the counsel will call on the citizens to change to the same grocery store, the same bank and the same fuel supplier.
The effect of this call for scale increase will again be: less housing cost, less (outrageous) personnel cost, less ict cost, less marketing cost, less accountancy cost. The cost of bank and fuel cost for Dutch citizens will also decrease dramatically.
The effects of this call for increase in scale for the society as a whole will be enormous. There will be less work for the same number of people.
According to the counsel of the wise there will be immense advantages to this increase in scale:
- After retraining and redistribution of work more people will be available for education, health care, security and welfare so that our welfare state, which has been dismantled in 25 years, can slowly be restored.
- The citizens of the Netherlands will have more spare time
- Society will be less stressed, which will lower the cost of mental health care (and probably also lower the amount of senseless violence).
- Fewer people will be on the roads on their way to work thus automatically solving traffic problems and ending the need for new roads
- The Dutch citizens will have more time to teach their children the social values that everybody thinks are so important
- The Dutch citizens will have more time to make the integration process a success
- There will be less pressure on the environment, improving the durability of society.
“Every advantage got its disadvantage” is a saying by a well-known Dutchman. This increase in scale will cause an immense implosion of economic activity in a society. The effects on stock market indexes will be obvious.
Conclusion
According to the Mayan calendar described in “The Mayan calendar and the transformation of consciousness” by Carl Johan Calleman we live in a very special time. The Mayan calendar is a metaphysical map of the evolution of consciousness and records how spiritual time flows. The calendar presents nine cosmic cycles that represent nine phases of consciousness. In 2011 these nine cycles that the earth has gone through will end simultaneously. The book reveals that the Mayan calendar is a spiritual and prophetic device that enables a greater understanding of the evolution of consciousness driving human history. It predicts a phase of radical changes for the world and humanity. After the failure of communism in 1989 the calendar also predicts the imminent collapse of capitalism. The first hairline cracks in this system are already beginning to show.
This article was published in “Technische en Kwantitatieve Analyse van Beleggers Belangen” in November 2007.
Sources used
Transities & transitiemanagement, casus van een emissiearme energievoorziening, Prof. dr. ir. Jan Rotmans) , Geschiedenis Werkplaatssite by Wolters-Noordhoff.
Wim Grommen worked as a mathematics and physics teacher. He has been an ict trainer in for 25 years. At the moment he is a trainer for Transfer Solutions, an ict company specialized in services for Oracle databases and applications and Java technology. For the past few years he has been studying social transformation processes and the S-curve.
11/20/14
11/20/14
Sen. Ted Cruz Discusses Stopping President Obama’s Illegal Amnesty on the Kelly File
Hat Tip: BB
On November 20, 2011 Mexico celebrated the Centennial Anniversary of its Revolution. On this date, in the year 1910 the revolutionary war to overthrow the dictator Porfirio Díaz, began.
REPUBLICANS CAN STOP EXECUTIVE ORDER AMNESTY DEAD
AFL-CIO forwards e-mail about Obama immigration plans to reporters by mistake
Schlafly: Obama could launch another Civil War
Sen. Coburn Fears ‘Anarchy’ & ‘Violence’ After Obama Exec Amnesty
Sheriffs against amnesty to march on Washington
Obama’s Unilateral Amnesty Really Will Be Unprecedented – and Unconstitutional
That’s an Order: Obama Announces Action on Immigration…
Playing with constitutional fire
Family Fight: White House Whines About Networks Skipping Immigration Speech
HOW CONVENIENT: Obama to Grant Amnesty on Mexican Revolution Day
Coincidence? Obama to Announce Executive Amnesty on National Revolution Day in Mexico
Obama Doesn’t Bother to Solicit English-Speaking Networks for Coverage
Caught on Camera: Obama Called Exec Immigration Action Illegal… 25 Times!
Cruz: ‘Presidential Temper Tantrum Is Not a Rational Response’
11/20/14
11/20/14
Our Weasel Of The Week! – 11/20/14
Once again, It’s time to present this week’s statuette of shame, The Golden Weasel!!
Every Tuesday, the Council nominates some of the slimiest, most despicable characters in public life for some deed of evil, cowardice or corruption they’ve performed. Then we vote to single out one particular Weasel for special mention, to whom we award the statuette of shame, our special, 100% plastic Golden Weasel. This week’s nominees were all slime-worthy, but in the end the winner was… the envelope please…
House Minority Leader Nancy ‘What VISA IPO?’ Pelosi!!
The Independent Sentinel: Nancy Pelosi was so very weasley this past week.
“I do not believe what happened the other night is a wave,” Pelosi said about the election, she described it as “an ebb tide.”
She can say any dumb thing she wants because the imbeciles who vote for her will continue to vote for her no matter what she says.
She went into a crazed rant about sexism and ageism last week because CBS news reporter Nancy Cordes asked her if she gave any thought to stepping down as the leader.
After she was asked the question, Nancy said, “What was the day,” she replied to Cordes, “when any of you said to Mitch McConnell when they lost the Senate three times in a row . . . ‘Aren’t you getting a little old, Mitch? Shouldn’t you step aside?’ ”
It’s “interesting that, as a woman, to see how many times that question is asked of a woman and how many times that question is never asked of Mitch McConnell,” Pelosi added.
The rant continued: “I was never on the front of Time magazine even though I was the first woman — wasn’t that a curiosity? Then the Republicans win and [House Speaker John] Boehner’s on the front of Time magazine. Mitch McConnell wins, he’s on the front of Time magazine. . . . As a woman, it’s like, is there a message here?”
Best yet was her big lie about Jonathan Gruber.
She said she didn’t know him but there is video of her referencing him in 2009.
Ah, good ol’ Nancy. For an elderly politico confused about who won the 2014 midterms, she still manages to shock, offend, bamboozle and mislead with the best of ‘em.
And her memory tricks! Remember when she swore she’d never been briefed on enhanced interrogation techniques and it turns out she was – in depth?
Congresswoman Pelosi has a whole bunch of stories we could tell… her burying a swipe fees bill for VISA and her husband getting access to a special IPO as a reward that even a lot of stockbrokers didn’t have access to, her conduct that would have been out and out treason during the Iraq War if congress had declared it, her non-union winery… and who can forget her telling America that we had to pass Obamacare to find out what was in it! Even her recent shenanigans in denying a Democrat congresswoman who’s unable to go to DC because she lost both legs in Iraq and is heavily pregnant a vote on committee assignments is weaselly beyond weaselly… So, think of this Weasel as more of a tribute to your long career rather than for just one bit of prevarication! Enjoy, Leader Pelosi… it’s all yours!
Well, there it is!
Check back next Tuesday to see who next week’s nominees for Weasel of the Week are!
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