"The WAR on error"
There was no neutral response to the announcement that the "enforcer"—Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger—had been elected Benedict XVI, the next pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Conservatives saw it as the final triumph of their agenda. Liberals were aghast. By tackling the modern world head-on Benedict XVI is gambling that he can make traditional, orthodox Catholicism the savior of contemporary society.
Here is a Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI gave to the participants in Italy's national ecclesial convention.
"He will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate and dry as the desert." (Zeph 2:13)
[WAR: It's pretty clear here - Germany is "the north", not "Europe" or the "European Union"! And poor ol' Munich - no more Oktoberfests after it becomes "utterly desolate." Just wish I could visit there before this happens - soak-up all that history, drink some Bavarian beer, nibble on some Bavarian pretzels. But then I might get delusional, start thinking I'm Jonah and start prophesying against Nineveh! ;-)]
Modern Germany's message is twofold: it intends to play a bigger military role around the world, but it will not revert to militarism. Formally abandoning the primary task of defending the country's borders, the Bundeswehr plans to create a 14,000-strong force able to act simultaneously in five separate international missions. However, the cabinet did not spell out the circumstances in which Germany is prepared to intervene.
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit five Central Asian countries from October 30 through November 4.
The euro is a cause of Italy's problems, but also a balm for them.
The margins of Europe lend themselves to games about where the continent ends, but they are more than a curiosity. Dealing with Russia and reducing European dependence on its oil and gas has become one of the main preoccupations of the EU. This is one of those occasions when the EU can be more influential than its constituent parts. Germany, France or Britain can do comparatively little to contain Russian meddling. An EU of 25 and still growing can remind Russia that its “near abroad” is also Europe's neighbourhood.
The commander of the enlarged United Nations peacekeeping force known as the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), General Alain Pellegrini, called on the European Union to impose pressure on Israel to put an end to its overflights of Lebanon.
Ehud Olmert clinched a deal to bring Avigdor Lieberman's right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu into the governing coalition, to shore it up against possible collapse. Legislators from the centre-left Labour Party have been openly divided about whether to sit at the table with Mr Lieberman, whose views they find obnoxious, or leave and let him end up even more powerful as part of a rightist coalition. His new title is “minister for strategic threats”; pundits are joking that the chief strategic threat will be Mr Lieberman himself.
An expert on Shi'ite politics explains why Maliki feels let down by the U.S. — and why Iran should be seen as an ally, not an oponent, in the effort to stabilize Iraq
The Leader of Somalia's Islamic courts, Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Ahmed has called on his supporters to attack Ethiopian forces reported to be in some parts of Somalia.
Cush
"Biblical Cush lay south of Egypt. Most references to the term 'Cush' probably refer to Lower and Upper Nubia, the region directly south of Egypt. ... Cush is not to be equated with modern Ethiopia. ... Also, the Nubian military pushed northward out of Egypt and confronted the Assyrians." ("Cush" in the NIV Archaeological Study Bible)
[WAR: Well, there ya have it - the former-fulfillment of Daniel 11:40! And just as I've been saying over the years, the same thing is going to happen in the latter-fulfillment when Sudan pulls-off a terrorist attack against Germany - whether it's against German troops deployed in Sudan (or nearby), or an attack in Germany itself.
And look at a map - Sudan is basically due-south of Jerusalem. Now compare this to Iran, which is due-east - with Tehran being north-east!
But hey, how about letting Yahshua tell us where "the south" is: "The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here." (Mat 12:42) And where was the Ethiopian throne located when he said this? Why in Nubia - in modern-day Sudan!]
France matters. It is the world's sixth-biggest economy, a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a declared nuclear power. It was a founder of today's European Union, a driving force behind the creation of the single currency and—despite French voters' rejection of the draft EU constitution in May 2005—a longstanding promoter of deeper European integration. It is in part thanks to France's paralysis that the union is itself so uncertain of its direction. That is why Europe and the world are watching with close interest as the campaign for next spring's presidential election unfolds.
Paranoid Protestant Political Propaganda...
I am urging Christians across this nation to study the candidates and the issues and then go to the polls to vote for those men and women that best reflect our values. Pastors, this Sunday, encourage all of your parishioners to be at the polls on Nov. 7 to accomplish their Christian responsibility. Let's prove that the "religious right" continues to be a very significant voting bloc.
[WAR: "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would (vote)..."]
It's a work of epic writing and essential reading documenting the enormous influence of the Jewish Lobby on US policy in the Middle East. The Lobby's influence is broad and deep enough to include officials at the highest levels of government, the business community, academia, the clergy (especially the dominant Christian fundamentalists/Christian Zionists) and the mass media. They've caused the US to be seen as a pariah state and George Bush as a dangerous and morally depraved president of a failed administration.
[WAR: "The town of Aczib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel." (Micah 1:14 - NIV) "The houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel." (NKJ). So why this town? "Achzib" means deceit(ful), deceptive, deception; and comes from "Akzab" which means falsehood, liar, lie. The town was also called Kezib/Chezib, where Judah's half-Canaanite son Shelah was born (Gen 38:5).
And don't the Jews reckon lineage by the mother? So ... if the mother is Canaanite, then the son would be a Canaanite, right?!
So is it not possible to say that the descendants of Shelah could "say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan" and "claim to be Jews, though they are not, but are liars"? And is not also possible that they could actually be the ones that have proved to be "deceptive to the kings of Israel", especially Bush?
Remember, God told Israel that the Canaanites were going to be thorns in their sides and a snare to them - then, and today. And indeed, they have been - physically as well as spiritually. But at least we can look forward to a time when "there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord Almighty." (Zech 14:21)]
The vast majority of economists and budget analysts agree: The ship of state is on a disastrous course, and will founder on the reefs of economic disaster if nothing is done to correct it.
America's long-term potential rate of growth is falling, perhaps to its lowest pace in over a century.
You are what you eat, or so the proverb goes. If you happen to be a baby, though, you tend also to be what your mother ate when she was pregnant. Moreover, a breastfed baby is what his or her mother continues to eat.
The little creatures stood just three and a half feet high, and their heads were the size of a grapefruit. Despite their pretty small brain size, the Floresians seem to have made sophisticated stone tools. The remains unearthed on the Indonesian island have been something of a headache for paleoanthropologists over the last two years. According to US journal Nature, the remote island of Island is the “Lost World.”
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