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March 4, 2008
Veracity Series #20: Disquieting Trends and Encouraging Signs of Hope
Hello everysoul!
I wish I had more time to dedicate to this information gathering and dissemination process as there is so much going on - as usual! Another hefty dose of reading material gathered over the course of the past 12 days, and shedding light over a whole range of issues.
Hoping you still generally enjoy the "ride" ;-)
Jean Hudon
Earth Rainbow Network Coordinator
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THE QUOTES
"You do such great work in informing the world and helping wake us up to the crying need for our cooperation in bringing in the peaceful and humane world that most of us desperately want."
- Ann Emerson (aemerson@wavecable.com)
"We have come a long way in our understanding of the physical world around us. But as far as our understanding of the worlds within are concerned, we have not progressed very far at all. We still know very little about how we think, about why we feel the way we do, or about how our attitudes and beliefs affect our perception and hence our reality. Today we have reached a point where we can no longer afford to ignore this inner world. It is human actions and human decisions that lie behind so many of the world's problems. Likewise it is human failings that often lie behind our sluggish (or sometimes non-existent) attempts to remedy them. The decisions we make are in turn guided by our values and our sense of what is important. If we believe that sustained material growth is the root to salvation, that money can buy us peace of mind, or that the survival of our egos is more important than the survival of the planet, then it is little surprise that our behaviour is so crazy. Our global crisis is, at its root, a crisis of consciousness. Global warming, the destruction of the rainforests, the wide-scale extinction of species, acid rain, soil erosion, the depletion of the ozone layer, pollution, toxic waste, atomic waste, the energy crisis, the North-South crisis, the economic crisis, the food crisis, the water crisis, the housing crisis, the sanitation crisis, and the many other crises that humanity faces are all symptoms of a deeper psychological crisis.The writing is on the wall. If we are to navigate our way safely through these critical times we have to mature inwardly. Why do we feel so insecure? Why do we want to feel we are in control of things? We must discover how to move beyond this egocentric phase in our development. And fast."
- Peter Russell - Taken from A Crisis of Consciousness
"My life is about bringing Joy, making miracles and creating joyously. I want to live genuinely, love purely and share abundantly. I also aspire to be a visionary creative, holistic healer & engaged mystic, manifested as an integral futurist, innovative artivist & pronoic uplifter ? I envision being fully alive, aware and present, aligning my body, mind and spirit in a harmonious state of being. I anticipate living and expressing my skills and talents in a way that makes our bodies dance, our hearts rejoice and our souls soar. I expect to grow in consciousness, learn from pain and pleasure and recreate myself constantly as I venture on the road from fear to love, from the self to the selfless on this amazing and wonderful journey. I want to explore the essence of the timeless, the heart of the infinite and the beauty of it ALL. I want to achieve my heart’s desires as I keep dancing with my soul. I want to share, inspire and empower many others to also make their dreams come true. I want to remember that it is about the beauty, mystery and majesty of the all-encompassing ocean of love that we have come from and to which we will return. I want to express our radiant, vibrant and eternal nature in ways unimagined and unexperienced before. I want to be the seed of change and the catalyst of positive transformation physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually. I want to seek and find, learn and grow, express and experience, know and transcend while living fully and enjoying every moment of this magical adventure called life. "
- Darina Stoyanova (darinajoy@gmail.com) -- Taken from http://www.joybringer.gaia.com/ where there is MUCH MORE dazzling expressions of divine creativity to be found...
1ST STEP: Keep your eye on the “ball” – how you are consciously aware.
Realize that your sphere of “BELIEF” focuses your lens of consciousness.
This belief focuses the currency of consciousness on your "holodeck",
your platform for growth as a consciously aware soul... evolving
your conscience – HOW you are conscious -- as you are
tested on Spaceship Earth’s belief matrix holodeck.
As you become more aware of HOW you/we
all consciously process our programming
according to the Prime Directive for
optimal evolutionary ascent,
you and all souls become
aware of soulutions
that empower the
wisdom of
LOVE.
- Christopher Rudy (chrisrudy@wispwest.net)
-- Taken from Four Steps to Open Up a Society that is Closing Down
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CONTENTS
1. Cruelty to animals
2. Feedback on my reply to the person who doubted Mike Quinsey
3. Coast to Coast ET Invasion
4. Oprah and Eckhart Tolle
5. Unicorn Energy
6. Matthew's Feb 24 message
7. Former Congressman Warns Of Martial Law Camps In America
8. Impeachment is essential for cleansing the national soul
9. Does this represent you?
10. Peace Has No Borders
11. RALPH NADER FOR PRESIDENT: Right Man, Wrong Job
12. "Doomsday Seed Vault" in the Arctic
13. Seafood
14. The World's Growing Food-Price Crisis
15. Johann Hari: We'll save the planet only if we're forced to
16. AMAZING TECHNOLOGY FROM JAPAN "MAY MAKE YOU SICK"
17. Singing starlings and why thousands of babies who should have been boys are being born as girls
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WORTHY OF YOUR ATTENTION
Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling (February 26, 2008)
http://www.dailytech.com/Temperature+Monitors+Report+Worldwide+Global+Cooling/article10866.htm
Twelve-month long drop in world temperatures wipes out a century of warming - Over the past year, anecdotal evidence for a cooling planet has exploded. China has its coldest winter in 100 years. Baghdad sees its first snow in all recorded history. North America has the most snowcover in 50 years, with places like Wisconsin the highest since record-keeping began. Record levels of Antarctic sea ice, record cold in Minnesota, Texas, Florida, Mexico, Australia, Iran, Greece, South Africa, Greenland, Argentina, Chile -- the list goes on and on.No more than anecdotal evidence, to be sure. But now, that evidence has been supplanted by hard scientific fact. All four major global temperature tracking outlets (Hadley, NASA's GISS, UAH, RSS) have released updated data. All show that over the past year, global temperatures have dropped precipitously.A compiled list of all the sources can be seen here. The total amount of cooling ranges from 0.65C up to 0.75C -- a value large enough to wipe out most of the warming recorded over the past 100 years. All in one year's time. For all four sources, it's the single fastest temperature change ever recorded, either up or down.Scientists quoted in a past DailyTech article link the cooling to reduced solar activity which they claim is a much larger driver of climate change than man-made greenhouse gases. The dramatic cooling seen in just 12 months time seems to bear that out. While the data doesn't itself disprove that carbon dioxide is acting to warm the planet, it does demonstrate clearly that more powerful factors are now cooling it.Let's hope those factors stop fast. Cold is more damaging than heat. The mean temperature of the planet is about 54 degrees. Humans -- and most of the crops and animals we depend on -- prefer a temperature closer to 70. Historically, the warm periods such as the Medieval Climate Optimum were beneficial for civilization. Corresponding cooling events such as the Little Ice Age, though, were uniformly bad news.
Global Cooling comes back in a big way (February 9, 2008)
http://www.dailytech.com/Solar+Activity+Diminishes+Researchers+Predict+Another+Ice+Age/article10630.htm
Dr. Kenneth Tapping is worried about the sun. Solar activity comes in regular cycles, but the latest one is refusing to start. Sunspots have all but vanished, and activity is suspiciously quiet. The last time this happened was 400 years ago -- and it signaled a solar event known as a "Maunder Minimum," along with the start of what we now call the "Little Ice Age."Tapping, a solar researcher and project director for Canada's National Research Council, says it may be happening again. Overseeing a giant radio telescope he calls a "stethoscope for the sun," Tapping says, if the pattern doesn't change quickly, the earth is in for some very chilly weather.During the Little Ice Age, global temperatures dropped sharply. New York Harbor froze hard enough to allow people to walk from Manhattan to Staten Island, and in Britain, people reported sighting eskimos paddling canoes off the coast. Glaciers in Norway grew up to 100 meters a year, destroying farms and villages.But will it happen again? In 2005, Russian astronomer Khabibullo Abdusamatov predicted the sun would soon peak, triggering a rapid decline in world temperatures. Only last month, the view was echoed by Dr. Oleg Sorokhtin, a fellow of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. who advised the world to "stock up on fur coats." Sorokhtin, who calls man's contribution to climate change "a drop in the bucket," predicts the solar minimum to occur by the year 2040, with icy weather lasting till 2100 or beyond. CLIP
From Me to WE & Beyond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quYpMMrV0wU
This inspirational movie is the co-created story of the evolution of me to WE & beyond. It is the synthesis of visionary art, amazing photography, passionate music & creative spirit inspired by the Pangea Day idea & vision. Feel free & invited to enjoy & share widely & wildly. It is dedicated to YOU, WE, y/our Loved ones & the future of Gaia, the infinite Universal Now & the beauty, goodness, wisdom & humor of ALL. We are truly really always already ONE & WE are The Ones WE have been waiting for. So Let US Be WE! :) Co-created by You, me, WE & produced by the Surprise Foundation, genuine gratitude & countless credits go to the many creators, artists, photographers, musicians, friends & creative souls who have inspired & contributed generously with your amazing art, work & beings to the film creation. So Thank YOU deeply!
The Truth (3 min 15 sec) MUST WATCH!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsPBVNecOMo
Even if it seems like a downer at first, stick with it to the end. BRILLIANT!!!
One - The Movie
http://www.onetheproject.com
UFO snapped over Thames (28 Feb 2008)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article857527.ece
WHAT IS THE "STARCHILD SKULL"?
http://www.starchildproject.com/WhatisSC.html
The "Starchild" is a real, true bone skull independently dated by Carbon-14 to be 900 years old (+/- 40 years). Research indicates is unlike any human skull ever before recorded. The name "Starchild" is the result of early X-rays taken of the skull and maxilla fragment found with it, which showed unerupted teeth that, combined with the smaller-than-normal-adult size of the skull, indicated a child of age 5 or 6. A second skull was found with the Starchild, a normal, adult female of small stature, also C-14 dated to 900 years ago (± 40), and biochemically shown to have lived in the same general area as the Starchild. This second skull is often used for comparison to the Starchild. From its extremely shallow eye sockets to the total lack of frontal sinuses, the Starchild skull's morphology cannot be accounted for by any known combination of deformities. The bone is half as thick, weighs half as much, and is substantially more durable than normal human bone --unlike anything currently in the scientific record. Furthermore, inside that unusual bone are microscopic fibers and a reddish residue that so far defy any explanation.s
Revealing News: Saudis Threaten Terror in UK, Release of JFK Evidence, USDA Lapses, More
http://www.WantToKnow.info/008/080224saudisthreatenterrorjfkevidenceusdalapses
April 5th weekend - The Moses Code Release -- April 6th - Peace Vigil (9 - 10 am Pacific time)
http://www.themosescode.com/
For the first time a major spiritual film release is being combined with a worldwide prayer vigil focused on shifting the planetary consciousness. Join millions of people from every corner of the globe in learning the most powerful manifestation tool in the history of the world. Then on one momentous day we'll use the code to promote peace and compassion for all beings through over 1000 gatherings worldwide. This is the chance for humanity to use the Law of Attraction to create peace on the deepest level.Please join us for an experience that will change the world.
Baby Boomers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF9ikOfNzxw
Running the Numbers - An American Self-Portrait (Stunning composite art pictures, a MUST SEE!)
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7
This series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 410,000 paper cups used every fifteen minutes. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. The underlying desire is to emphasize the role of the individual in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming. --- "The reason why I do this is that we aren't feeling enough, and part of the reason is because the information we have to work with is made of gigantic numbers, and these are numbers that our brains have difficulty in understanding and processing. That's why I try to translate these numbers into visual messages that can be felt, in the hope that they help each of us to face the big question: how do we change, as a culture, and how do we each, individually, take responsibility for our own behaviour. I'm not blaming anyone. This is just who we are right now". Check also his "Intolerable Beauty" collection. Recommended by Darina Stoyanova (darinajoy@gmail.com)
Ashes and Snow- Feather to Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSX444hQ5Vo
Gregory Colbert has used both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinary interactions between humans and animals. - More through http://www.ashesandsnow.org/ - Take the enhanced version of the tour and give yourself 10 minutes and grace in a transcending experience you'll forever remember... Watch also this Ashes and Snow tributed and if you are really too much in a hurry right now to explore this stunning art at least watch this short video summary of Gregory Colbert's work - Recommended by Pierre Cloutier (ameast@total.net)
At Altitude - Chemtrails Up Close - Pics taken from a flying airbus.
http://www.rense.com/general80/closeup.htm
(...) The "Chemplanes" appeared to be flying at the same general altitude as our own flight - zipping past us multi-directionally like angry hornets-- some so close, I actually flinched (scared the $%^@ out of me!) a few times as they shot by and I found myself astonished that no one else seemed to notice this. Wide-eyed, like a kid, I marveled at how just how MANY there were ... from what I could see, the chemplanes were clearly executing a colossal grid pattern of some kind, extending as far I could see to the horizon; CLIP
HOW IS THE FEDERAL BUDGET LIKE A PILE OF OREO COOKIES? (Must watch)
http://www.truemajorityaction.org/oreos/index_oca.php
Watch this short entertaining video by our allies at True Majority to see how the federal government is spending our tax money. Tax policies may seem abstract, but not when you visualize them in terms of cookies.
Corporate 'swift-boating' targets Kucinich. Please help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us1GQI70h7U
Here's an example of their distortions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiN4aTid7Fs
Establish International "World Unity Day"
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/establish-international-world-unity-day.html
For humanity to move forward successfully in the 21st century, a spirit of unity must be cultivated within the hearts of all nations and people. A foundation must be laid that will allow each nation to grow and prosper individually, but also collectively within the context of an interdependent global community. A successful future for all nations and people depends upon strengthening the bonds of our commonality as human beings, while honoring our differences. To create a healthy global environment for all nations to overcome the struggles they face, we must recognize that all have erred, all have faults and none are perfect, yet each has cultural gifts to share. Let us recognize and value those gifts. Let us celebrate the wealth of our diversity and strive to learn from each other and help one another in a spirit of openness, trust and respect. Petition:We, the people of earth, members of one global family, declare our unity and seek to honor it by establishing an internationally recognized “World Unity Day” - a day to celebrate the diversity of the human family. Goal: Deliver 1,000,000 signatures to the U.N. with every nation represented! Sign the petition
Lubbock Infant Can Read at 17 Months Old (Feb 28, 2008) STUNNING!
http://www.kcbd.com/global/story.asp?s=7937573
Incredible 11-Year-Old Yodeller (!!!)
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/178160/incredible_11_year_old_yodeller/
Get Service (we all need a pair of these)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfeXxkbgCVE
Recommended by Len Satov (len_satov@shaw.ca) who wrote: "This is powerful - I was deeply moved by it." INDEED!
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results of 2008 Election Early
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/diebold_accidentally_leaks
As Obese Population Rises, More Candidates Courting The Fat Vote
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/as_obese_population_rises_more
Richard Boylan: "Major announcement: The Altimarians Have Landed!
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message512060/pg1
It is my pleasure and joy to announce that the 12 environmental scientists from the planet Altimar have now arrived on Earth!Their mission is to work on remedying the environmental damage which has occurred in so many of our ecosystems. They also look forward to eventually working with select top Human environmental scientists in a collaborative effort towards environmental clean-up and restoration of Earth. They will teach our scientists, and show them the advanced technology which they use to help clean up Earth faster than we can do it on our own without such advanced environmental knowledge and equipment. CLIP
World Clock
http://www.peterrussell.com/Odds/WorldClock.php
The Trials of Henry Kissinger - The Making Of A War Criminal (Video: 1hr 19 min)
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6623.htm
"A fascinating, bombshell documentary that should shame Americans, regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with Kissinger. Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike." -- Brent Simon, Entertainment Today
WAKE UP! - "101" ON THE FOREIGN DARK CABAL'S EXPLOITATION AND CONTROL OF AMERICA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiHOP2P_NTA
Jordan Maxwell discussing who really runs the United States of America, Illuminati, business and family ties among the elite, International Maritime Admiralty Law and more exposing the reign of British royalty over the American citizens of the USA including the English-speaking world in general. To view PART one go at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhwKURm1_sA
9/11 Truth in BRUSSELS, European Parliament, 26th February 2008.
http://www.911blogger.com/node/14103
On Tuesday 26th February, Europarlementarian Guilietto Chiesa invited his colleagues and the press to attend the screening and debate of the Italian-produced documentary named "ZERO, an investigation into the events of 9/11." Object of the screening was to create political awareness of the faulty official investigation into the events by the 9/11 Commission. (...) Question: ‘Why did you make this film?’ Chiesa: ‘It is obvious that we are now cast in an infinite war, based on lies. And as long as there is no new and independent investigation, we will never have security. There are too many lies for the official narrative to be true. Our film is an instrument to request the re-opening of the 9/11 investigation.’ CLIP
'Incompetent' Criticism: 9/11, Phillip Shenon and the Biggest Lie in History
http://www.911blogger.com/node/14140
Vid: Cynthia McKinney Is Not Afraid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUhG9W2NuZM
"The 9/11 truth movement is as critical to the future course of our country and global politics as it is important for us to know what happened in November of 1963 and again in '65 and again in '68..."
'9/11 attacks made up, ' says French best actress Oscar-winner (March 3, 2008)
http://tinyurl.com/2ugxup'9/11
Actress Marion Cotillard sparked a political row yesterday after accusing America of fabricating the 9/11 attacks. The 32-year-old French actress, who received an Oscar last month for her performance as singer Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose, openly questioned the truth behind the terrorist atrocity in an interview broadcast on a French website. "I think we're lied to about a number of things," Cotillard said, singling out the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center as an example of the US making up horror stories for political ends.Referring to the two passenger jets being flown into the Twin Towers, Cotillard said:"We see other towers of the same kind being hit by planes. Are they burned? They [sic] was a tower, I believe it was in Spain, which burnt for 24 hours. It never collapsed. None of these towers collapsed. And there [in New York], in a few minutes, the whole thing collapsed."She added that the towers, planned in the early Sixties, were an outdated "money-sucker" that would have cost more to modernise than to rebuild altogether, which is why they were destroyed. CLIP
STOP THE DANGEROUS AND INVASIVE MOTHERS ACT http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-dangerous-and-invasive-mothers-act
The MOTHERS ACT is a bill before the Senate, already passed by the House with only 3 "no" votes, which sets up a nation-wide screening and "education" campaign to encourage "antidepressant" drugs and other psychiatric drugs to pregnant and new moms. If this passes, we could see similar drugging rates to that of the non-mandated Teen Screen program, which results in prescriptions for 90% of people who take the screening test.The FDA Confirms that "antidepressant" drugs double the risk of suicide (at minimum) while numerous medical studies suggest the risk of suicide and violence against others is astronomically high on an antidepressant. Antidepressants have also been proven to be no more effective than placebo. Additionally they pose a serious threat to babies whose mothers take them during pregnancy and nursing, with pregnancy exposure behind many cases of spontaneous abortion, preterm birth, stillbirth, and serious birth defects and SIDS.The full press release follows.After you sign this petition, please read and distribute the press release which is found at http://uniteforlife.org/MOTHERpress.htm and go copy the contact information for the 21 senators on the HELP Committee (which still needs to examine the bill before it can be considered by the full Senate). http://uniteforlife.org/mothersactupdate.htm#contact CLIP
Revealing News: EPA Scientist Fired for "Bias", US Imprisonment World's Highest, Government Secrecy, More
http://www.WantToKnow.info/008/080303epascientistfiredbiasusimprisonmentgovernmentsecrecy
The following is recommended by Larry Stell (lstell@glasgow-ky.com) who wrote: "I have had this information for a week now. I have listened to the video, researched the material as best as I could and now I send it out for you to discern, investigate and research. I am unable to disprove anything that Dr. Deagle says."
Dr Deagle: The Grenada Forum
http://uncensored.co.nz/2007/09/27/dr-deagle-the-grenada-forum/
What you are about to see, will SHOCK you.This makes Zeitgeist look like a day of fun entertainment.
http://video.Google.com/videoplay?docid=-2221852945040630461
Now that you know what is at stake; here’s the good news from Dr. D:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2585664107547943684
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-452228146235353070
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2014494460891596371
Dr Deagle is a whistleblower who possesses possibly one of the greatest minds of our time. He had intended going into Nuclear physics at MIT but chose instead to go into bio-chemistry, then medicine all by age 20. He has done advanced training in technology. In his exposures, he has been in underground cities, he was a Doctor for the US Special Ops Command, Strategic Defence, The Echelon Project and the World Identification Program.Just so you know, the database containing everyone’s dial tone and identification information on every citizen in every westernised nation on the planet: information that is vital to the final implementation of the National ID implantable chip project, has been in existent for 26 years! They began collecting and storing this data three decades ago! This brilliant narrative describes everything from underground cities and military bases to genetically modified and weaponised Baboons, to the 911 agenda, to the AVIAN Influenza Pandemic, to Nanotechnology/Weaponry, to the National ID project, to off world facilities and fleets of spaced based aircraft and other advanced technologies, to micro nukes in cities, to dangerous pathogens for release into the water supplies, to the Moon Base and Mars colony, to Super soldiers and on and on. This is 2.5 hours of the most SHOCKING information to come across my desk to date.It would be easy to dismiss this as alarmist nonsense and yes, there are the usual sites in cyber space debunking Dr Deagle: none of it fact based I notice. What really got my attention was: this movie of Dr Deagle’s was filmed in December 2006 during which time he pointed out to his audience that his high level contacts had warned him of the upcoming sub prime mortgage market collapse which is unfolding before us right now.This either makes him a prophet or he has some very high level contacts it would seem.I am convinced we are entering into the most DANGEROUS era in the history of this planet.Please take the time to view these videos and then pass this information on to everyone so that they too might take action. This network needs to grow and grow quickly, to the proportion that we become an unstoppable force that will hopefully thwart their attempts to make us subservient to their evil plans. The word is now getting out, but we need to spread this information far and wide and as quickly as possible as it appears we have only 12 months left in which to take action. We ignore this warning at our own peril. PLEASE watch this and you be the judge.
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Pour les abonné-e-s en France, une émission sur ARTE à ne pas rater
Le monde selon Monsanto Diffusion le mardi 11 mars à 21h00
Le documentaire événement de Marie-Monique Robin
http://www.arte.tv/fr/connaissance-decouverte/LemondeselonMonsanto/1912794.html
Du continent américain à l’Inde en passant par l’Europe, une enquête magistrale et alarmante sur la multinationale américaine qui commercialise 90 % des OGM dans le monde. Détails sur le site ci-dessus.
Watch the revealing trailer, it's in English with French subtitles.
Éthanol, la fièvre verte(28 février 2008) Pour les abonné-e-s québécois - EXCELLENT REPORTAGE
DISPONIBLE SUR LE SITE CI-DESSOUS
http://www.radio-canada.ca/actualite/v2/enquete/
Le Québec s’est joint à la course mondiale aux biocarburants avec l'ouverture, cet été, à Varennes, d'une usine d'éthanol. Produit à partir du maïs, ce carburant est appelé à jouer un rôle grandissant dans le marché énergétique nord-américain, au moment où les États-Unis cherchent à réduire leur dépendance au pétrole importé. Mais cette course a un prix: le bouleversement de l'équilibre alimentaire mondial. L'éthanol est-il aussi vert qu'on le dit? Quelles sont ses conséquences sur l'environnement, sur notre porte-feuille et sur les plus pauvres de la planète?
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URGENT ACTION SUGGESTED
GAZA CONFLICT - CEASEFIRE NOW!
http://www.avaaz.org/en/gaza_ceasefire_now/1.php
Israel and Gaza are on the brink of war. A ground assault has left many dead, and the rain of rockets only spreads. Israel is now considering a full-scale invasion of Gaza, which has never worked before. The only answer is a ceasefire deal, already suggested by Hamas and supported by 64% of Israelis and some senior cabinet ministers. With international help, this could make civilians on both sides safer.Peace itself is at stake in the coming days, as are thousands of lives. But both sides know they are in a battle for global legitimacy, and international opinion matters. We need to raise a massive worldwide outcry for a Gaza ceasefire now - sign the emergency petition below, we will deliver it to senior Israeli and Palestinian leaders and in a billboard campaign: We call for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal to stop the bloodshed and agree to an immediate ceasefire, and for the international community to engage constructively and help broker a fair deal for the safety of civilians on both sides.
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ALSO RECOMMENDED
Abbas: Gaza Attacks 'A Holocaust' (01/03/08)
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19446.htm
"Al Jazeera" -- - The Palestinian president has accused Israel of "international terrorism", saying its assault on Gaza constitutes "more than a holocaust". Mahmoud Abbas's comments on Saturday came as more Israeli air raids brought the total death toll over four days to 86 people, at least a third of which have been children, according to medical sources. Fifty-two people were killed during Saturday's raids alone. "It's very regrettable that what is happening is more than a holocaust," Abbas told reporters in Ramallah."Children who are barely five-months old are being bombed by the Israeli army." "We tell the world to see with its own eyes and judge for itself what is happening and who is carrying out international terrorism."Khaled Meshaal, the exiled Hamas leader living in Syria, also denounced the Israeli attacks against Gaza's civilians as "the real holocaust".Abbas later requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for the Palestinian leader said. Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, said that "at best" Abbas could hope to get a Security Council resolution condemning the Israeli action."And as we know, Israel has ignored tens of UN Security Council resolutions over the last 40 years, and hundreds of UN assembly resolutions - so this is going to be more talk and probably not much will come out of it in the end," he said. Rana el-Hindi from Save the Children, speaking from inside the Gaza Strip, told Al Jazeera children were suffering greatly from the Israeli bombardment. "In the last three days at least 19 children have been killed ... it's a real concern for all organisations here," she said. "Most of the time, when we go into the field and talk to the children about their fears and concerns, they are always afraid of a new [Israeli] invasion to the Gaza Strip - and obviously the current situation is just ... what they fear." She said the number of children being hospitalised was increasing "day after day".Eissam Younis, director of the Al Mizan Centre for Human Rights in Gaza, told Al Jazeera that the Israeli army was "intentionally and systematically targeting civilians" and criticised world powers for their muted response."Israel puts itself above the law because the international community is always silent," he said. CLIP - Check the over 100 comments to this news at the URL above...
Shell-shocked Gazans emerge from rubble of Israel blitz (03/03/2008)
TRY TO IMAGINE LIVING THROUGH SUCH A SLAUGHTERING HELL... THE ISRAELI THUGS ARE ITCHING FOR AN EXCUSE TO FLATTEN GAZA AS THEY DID IN LEBANON in 2006
http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=mideast&item=080303152423.n11so3j3.php
As the last Israeli tanks rumbled out of the Gaza Strip the territory's shell-shocked residents crept out from the rubble where many of them had cowered for more than two days.The extended Abid Rabah family, all 67 of them, were confined by soldiers to a single room for most of the Saturday-Sunday incursion after an Israeli missile destroyed half of their house, including the kitchen. "They would not even let us eat or drink," said Hanan Abid Rabah, 34. "I asked the soldiers to let me fetch some milk for my son from the kitchen next door but they prevented me. We were trapped for two long nights." During those nights hundreds of Israeli troops backed by dozens of tanks trudged through the streets of the crowded Jabaliya town and refugee camp, clashing with Palestinian militants as warplanes pounded dozens of houses to rubble.As the explosions and gunfire thundered outside the Abid Rabah home, the interior was a scene of blood and chaos, with cries of hunger, tired children and the moaning of two young men wounded in the fighting. By the time ambulances were able to evacuate them, Rami, 23, and Mahmud Salih, 21, were both in critical condition after bleeding for more than a day.Troops withdrew from Gaza on Monday after killing at least 116 Palestinians, including dozens of women and children, in a devastating five-day escalation of violence including a string of air strikes in and around the territory.Most of those who died were killed in the massive assault on Jabaliya, north of Gaza City. On Monday, mourning tents stood on nearly every cratered street.
Amnesty rips IDF for 'reckless disregard of life' in Gaza
http://tinyurl.com/285qge
The London-based human rights organization Amnesty International has condemned Israel's attacks on Gaza, claiming they are "being carried out with reckless disregard for civilian life."
Anti-Zionist Jews condemn Gaza massacres (03/03/08)
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2008/03/03/p23790
A worldwide organization representing anti-Zionist Jews has strongly condemned the ongoing mass killing and maiming by the Israeli occupation army of hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.In an “urgent statement” released Sunday, the Neturei Karta organization called on the world community to “stop the wild beast of the Zionist state from destroying the Palestinian people.” “We Orthodox Jews condemn the murderous terrorism and gangsterism of the Zionist murder machine,” read the statement, reacting to the killing of as many as a hundred Palestinians, mostly innocent civilians, including some 20 children, during the past 72 hours. The statement went only saying that “for sixty years the Zionist butchers have been expelling, occupying, ghettoizing, terrorizing and killing Palestinians who simply want their rights restored in their homeland of historic Palestine. “We call on all peace-loving nations to take every measure to stop the madness unleashed by the Zionists and to restore the rights of the Palestinians, thereby ending all suffering and bloodshed of all people in historic Palestine.”The statement affirmed that the Israeli state didn’t represent the Jewish people and religion.“They may call themselves Jews, but they are not following the Jewish religion. They are barbarians and butchers. They defile and desecrate the holiness of our religion, of our Torah.”The statement offered “deepest condolences and sympathy” to the entire Palestinian people who must constantly face the effects of Zionist terrorism.Neturei Karta, which means “Guardians of the City,” is an international organization of Orthodox Jews dedicated to the propagation and clarification of Torah Judaism. The organization is firmly opposed to Zionism on theological and moral basis. The organization often accuses Israel of generating anti-Semitism by acting and behaving in ways inconsistent with Jewish morality and ethics, including the Ten Commandments.
Gazans fearful of further attacks
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B1067402-9C91-4844-A0E2-525A1B898FEF.htm
Gaza's residents remain wary of further Israeli attacks, with air raids continuing even as Israeli troops withdrew after a campaign that killed 120 Palestinians over six days. The last Israeli tanks pulled out of Gaza on Monday, ahead of a two-day visit by Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, who is promoting US-backed peace talks.Rice's stated mission is to revive peace talks that were re-launched with great fanfare at a conference in Annapolis, Maryland, in November. A senior Israeli official said there would be a "two-day interval" for Rice's visit, though northern Gaza was hit by two air raids late on Monday.Jacky Rowland, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, said Rice's regular but inconclusive visits were starting to lose weight with Palestinian citizens. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, said on Sunday he was suspending contact with Israel in light of the aggression against the Gaza Strip. But by Monday he appeared willing to mediate a deal between Israel and his political rivals in Hamas, which control the strip. A statement from his office on Monday said the Fatah leader was "willing to work for the conclusion of a total truce with the Israeli side to spare our people more victims and suffering". A Hamas leader in Gaza confirmed to Al Jazeera that the group had received approaches from Fatah, but said Hamas "has not reached a decision yet and no direct talks with Abu Mazen [Abbas] have yet ensued". Despite calling an end to the operation Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, said Israel would be taking further action in Gaza unless cross-border rocket fire was cut significantly. "We are not willing to show tolerance, period. We will respond," Olmert said. Rowland also reported that Gazans were "very anxious indeed". "They are hearing the talk in Israel about this being merely the first stage of the operation and they are wondering: if this was the first stage, what on earth can they be likely to face during any second phase."Speaking after the pullout, Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian negotiator, said the US-backed peace talks, which Washington hopes can result in a statehood deal this year, would remain frozen for now. CLIP
Israeli Protests: End Gaza war crimes
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3513953,00.html
Hundreds of Israeli "leftist" activists join calls made by Arab states, EU; Tel Aviv protestor says 'child-killing government has no moral right to exist'.
Israeli terror continues to stalk Gaza
http://www.gulfnews.com/opinion/editorial_opinion/region/10194295.html
The artillery shelling never ends. The airstrikes never stop. The bloodbath never comes to a conclusion. For the Palestinians in Gaza, daily living is defined by the body count, the number of coffins being hurried to the cemeteries, the crammed hospital corridors and the overflowing of intensive care units.
Tens of thousands of Syrians, Arabs march to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/03/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Israel-Arabs.php
Tens of thousands of Syrians filled the central square of Damascus Monday to protest ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip that have killed more than 100 Palestinians, while elsewhere in the region thousands others also demonstrated.
Egypt opens border with Gaza to move wounded Palestinians to hospitals
http://tinyurl.com/299vlv
Egypt sent 27 ambulances to the Rafah crossing to transfer 150-200 wounded Palestinians to hospitals in the Sinai Peninsula and other cities on the mainland.
Al Jazeera Video Report From Gaza:
http://tinyurl.com/2gqw4n
Anger explodes in West Bank over Israeli raids
Israeli force in Gaza is 'excessive'
http://tinyurl.com/yruqsn
U.N.'s Ban: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Saturday condemned what he called Israel's "disproportionate and excessive" use of force in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza Protesters Form Human Chain (25 February 2008)
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022508P.shtml
BBC News reports: "Thousands of Palestinians are forming a 'human chain' in Gaza in protest at Israel's blockade of the territory. The protest's organisers say they expect up to 50,000 women and children to join the 40km (25-mile) chain, which is to link Rafah and Beit Hanoun."
Venezuela, Ecuador Mass Troops at Colombian Border
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030308O.shtml
Juan Forero reports for The Washington Post: "Calling a Colombian military strike that killed a guerrilla commander 'a cowardly assassination,' Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday closed his country's embassy in Colombia and ordered tanks, planes and thousands of troops to the 1,300-mile border the two countries share. Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, ejected Colombia's ambassador and also mobilized troops in response to the assault just inside Ecuador on Saturday that killed 17 guerrillas."
Uribe's Illegal Cross-Border Raid - Colombian Deaths in Ecuador
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19454.htm
By all accounts, the midnight attack on the camp of the Farc leaders, a mile inside Ecuadorean territory in the jungle region south of the Putumayo river, was a political decision taken by the Colombian president Alvaro Uribe to put an end to the peace process orchestrated by Chávez.
Generals to quit if US strikes Iran (26 Feb 2008)
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=44700§ionid=351020101
Some senior US military commanders are prepared to resign if President Bush orders a military strike against Iran, a new report says. "There are four or five generals and admirals we know of who would resign if Bush ordered an attack on Iran," The Sunday Times quoted Monday a source with close ties to British intelligence. "There is simply no stomach for it in the Pentagon, and a lot of people question whether such an attack would be effective or even possible," the source added. If proven true a revolt on such a scale would be unprecedented because "American generals usually stay and fight until they get fired," said a Pentagon source. Robert Gates, the defense secretary, has repeatedly warned against striking Iran and is believed to represent the view of his senior commanders. Iran has announced that in face of any aggression it will respond like a 'tsunami'.
Don't be fooled by the myth of John McCain (January 23, 2008)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/348434_mccainonline24.html
(...) But the truth is that McCain is the candidate we should most fear. Not only is he to the right of Bush on a whole range of subjects, he is also the Republican candidate most likely to dispense with Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.McCain is third-generation Navy royalty, raised from a young age to be a senior figure in the armed forces, like his father and grandfather before him. He was sent to one of the most elite boarding schools in America, then to a naval academy where he ranked 894th of 899 students in ability. He used nepotism to get ahead: When he was rejected by the National War College, he used his father's contacts with the Secretary of the Navy to make them reconsider. He later married the heiress to a multi-million dollar fortune. Right up to his twenties, he remained a strikingly violent man, "ready to fight at the drop of a hat," according to his biographer Robert Timberg. (...) But McCain has distinguished himself most as an über-hawk on foreign policy.To give a brief smorgasbord of his views: at a recent rally, he sang "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran," to the tune of the Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann." He says North Korea should be threatened with "extinction."McCain has mostly opposed using U.S. power for humanitarian goals, jeering at proposals to intervene in Rwanda or Bosnia -- but he is very keen to use it for great power imperialism. He learned this philosophy from his father and his granddad Slew, who fought in the Philippine wars at the turn of the 20th century, where he was part of a mission to crush the local resistance to the U.S. invasion. They did it by forcing the entire population from their homes at gunpoint into "protection zones," and gunning down anybody over the age of 10 who was found outside them. Today, McCain dreamily describes this as "an exotic adventure" which his grandfather "generally enjoyed." CLIP
The Obama Craze - Count Me Out (February 29, 2008)
http://www.counterpunch.org/gonzalez02292008.html
Part of me shares the enthusiasm for Barack Obama. After all, how could someone calling themself a progressive not sense the importance of what it means to have an African-American so close to the presidency? But as his campaign has unfolded, and I heard that we are not red states or blue states for the 6th or 7th time, I realized I knew virtually nothing about him.Like most, I know he gave a stirring speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. I know he defeated Alan Keyes in the Illinois Senate race; although it wasn't much of a contest (Keyes was living in Maryland when he announced). Recently, I started looking into Obama's voting record, and I'm afraid to say I'm not just uninspired: I'm downright fearful. Here's why:This is a candidate who says he's going to usher in change; that he is a different kind of politician who has the skills to get things done. He reminds us again and again that he had the foresight to oppose the war in Iraq. And he seems to have a genuine interest in lifting up the poor. But his record suggests that he is incapable of ushering in any kind of change I'd like to see. It is one of accommodation and concession to the very political powers that we need to reign in and oppose if we are to make truly lasting advances. (...) On energy policy, it turns out Obama is a big supporter of corn-based ethanol which is well known for being an energy-intensive crop to grow. It is estimated that seven barrels of oil are required to produce eight barrels of corn ethanol, according to research by the Cato Institute. Ethanol's impact on climate change is nominal and isn't "green" according to Alisa Gravitz, Co-op America executive director. "It simply isn't a major improvement over gasoline when it comes to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions." A 2006 University of Minnesota study by Jason Hill and David Tilman, and an earlier study published in BioScience in 2005, concur. (There's even concern that a reliance on corn-based ethanol would lead to higher food prices.) So why would Obama be touting this as a solution to our oil dependency? Could it have something to do with the fact that the first presidential primary is located in Iowa, corn capitol of the country? In legislative terms this means Obama voted in favor of $8 billion worth of corn subsidies in 2006 alone, when most of that money should have been committed to alternative energy sources such as solar, tidal and wind. (...) On March 2, 2007 Obama gave a speech at AIPAC, America's pro-Israeli government lobby, wherein he disavowed his previous support for the plight of the Palestinians. In what appears to be a troubling pattern, Obama told his audience what they wanted to hear. He recounted a one-sided history of the region and called for continued military support for Israel, rather than taking the opportunity to promote the various peace movements in and outside of Israel. Why should we believe Obama has courage to bring about change? CLIP
Also some info on the book "Obama's Money Cartel" at the URL above: Pam Martens exposes the slimy underside of the campaign for "hope" and "change". Obama says lobbyists "haven't funded my campaign". A lie, Martens writes in this explosive issue of CounterPunch. Five top contributors to Obama are registered lobbyists and he fronts for the most vicious players on Wall Street. Read how he helped pass the law for which Big Business had been scheming for a decade.
Meet Obama’s Foreign Policy Brain: Zbigniew Brzezinski (February 20, 2008)
http://www.jonesreport.com/article/02_08/200208_obama_brzezinski.html
Obama foreign policy advisor sanctioned creation and support of militant Islam tied to al-Qaeda
A "threat" to pull out of NAFTA? (Mar. 1, 2008)
http://www.unknownnews.org/080301-sdSat-CD.html
I read in the newspaper the other day that both Clinton and Obama swore to dissolve NAFTA... and intended it as a threat to Canada and Mexico. (...) If you believe that bullshit about NAFTA being a mutually beneficial trilateral agreement to lower tariffs and facilitate fair competition with equal terms to all three countries, then you're sorely mistaken. (...) All this sounds like a real sweetheart deal if you happen to be in bed with big business. As politicians, both Clinton and Obama signed their souls away in the prenuptials with Corporate America. With that in mind it strikes me as remarkably stupid that they would ever consider dissolving it, especially when threatening to do so in an attempt to leverage even more economic concessions. I'm serious. They're demanding we bend over and take it even harder than we already do or else they will dissolve their grossly one-sided legally binding arrangement thus preventing themselves from making such demands ever again. CLIP
The Meet the Press Transcript - Why I'm Running
http://www.counterpunch.com/nader02252008.html
The following is a transcript of Ralph Nader's appearance on Meet the Press on Feb. 24, 2008.
"Taxi to the Dark Side" Wins Oscar
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022508O.shtml
Cynthia Fuchs reviews the Oscar-winning documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side" for PopMatters: "In December 2002, a 22-year-old Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar was picked up and delivered to the Bagram Air Force Base prison. Five days later, he was dead. Sgt. Thomas Curtis, one of the Military Police at Bagram, remembers, 'There was definitely a sense of concern because he was the second one. You wonder, was it something we did?' As detailed in Alex Gibney's devastating documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side, Dilawar's demise was officially termed a homicide, like the first detainee to die at Bagram, Habibullah."
"Taxi to the Dark Side" trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX0MPcN08Zc
"Taxi to the Darkside" Screening - Alex Gibney on Torture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boWR6UZLoJM&feature=related
Watch The Hour's George Stromboulopoulos interviewing Alex Gibney, director of 'Taxi to the Dark Side'
http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=2006
US economy a '$3 trillion' casualty of war in Iraq (March 04, 2008)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=359&objectid=10495927
NEW YORK - The Iraq war has contributed to the US economic slowdown and is impeding an economic recovery, Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says.Meanwhile, the US Government is severely underestimating the cost of the war, Stiglitz and co-author Linda Bilmes write in their book, The Three Trillion Dollar War, due to be published in the US this week.The nearly five-year-old war, once billed as virtually paying for itself through increased Iraqi oil exports, has cost the US Treasury US$845 billion ($1064 billion) directly. "It used to be thought that wars were good for the economy. No economist really believes that anymore," Stiglitz said. Stiglitz and Bilmes argue the true cost is at least US$3 trillion, under what they call an ultraconservative estimate. They say it could surpass the cost of World War II, which they put at US$5 trillion, adjusted for inflation. The direct costs exclude interest on the debt raised to fund the war, health-care costs for veterans coming home, and replacing the destroyed hardware and degraded operational capacity caused by the war In addition, there are costs not accounted for in the budget, like rising oil prices and social and macro-economic costs. CLIP
I Was Kidnapped by the CIA (March/April 2008 Issue)
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/03/exclusive-i-was-kidnapped-by-the-cia.html
Inside the CIA's extraordinary rendition program and the bungled abduction of would-be terrorists. Map of CIA Rendition Flights -- For hours, the words come pouring out of Abu Omar as he describes his years of torture at the hands of Egypt's security services. Spreading his arms in a crucifixion position, he demonstrates how he was tied to a metal door as shocks were administered to his nipples and genitals. His legs tremble as he describes how he was twice raped. He mentions, almost casually, the hearing loss in his left ear from the beatings, and how he still wakes up at night screaming, takes tranquilizers, finds it hard to concentrate, and has unspecified "problems with my wife at home." He is, in short, a broken man. There is nothing particularly unusual about Abu Omar's story. Torture is a standard investigative technique of Egypt's intelligence services and police, as the State Department and human rights organizations have documented myriad times over the years. What is somewhat unusual is that Abu Omar ended up inside Egypt's torture chambers courtesy of the United States, via an "extraordinary rendition" - in this case, a spectacular daylight kidnapping by the Central Intelligence Agency on the streets of Milan, Italy. First introduced during the Clinton administration, extraordinary renditions - in which suspected terrorists are turned over to countries known to use torture, usually for the purpose of extracting information from them - have been one of the cia's most controversial tools in the war on terror. According to legal experts, the practice has no justification in United States law and flagrantly violates the Convention Against Torture, an international treaty that Congress ratified in 1994. Nonetheless, Congress and the American courts have essentially ignored the practice, and the Bush administration has insisted that it has never knowingly sent anyone to a place where he will be tortured. But Abu Omar's case is unique: Unlike any other rendition case, it has prompted a massive criminal investigation - though not in the United States. An Italian prosecutor has launched a probe of the kidnapping, resulting in the indictment of 26 American officials, almost all of them suspected cia agents. It has also generated a treasure trove of documents on the secretive rendition program, including thousands of pages of court filings that detail how it actually works. Late last year, I traveled to Milan to review those documents and to Egypt, where Abu Omar now lives. What I found was a remarkable tale of cia overreach and its consequences - a tale that could represent the beginning of a global legal backlash against the war on terror. CLIP
Philip Giraldi: What FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds found in translation - Why is her story being covered up? (February 17, 2008) http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/DN-sibeledmonds_17edi.ART.State.Edition1.45b446a.html
Most Americans have never heard of Sibel Edmonds, and if the U.S. government has its way, they never will. The former FBI translator turned whistle-blower tells a chilling story of corruption at Washington's highest levels – sale of nuclear secrets, shielding of terrorist suspects, illegal arms transfers, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, espionage. She may be a first-rate fabulist, but Ms. Edmonds' account is full of dates, places and names. And if she is to be believed, a treasonous plot to embed moles in American military and nuclear installations and pass sensitive intelligence to Israeli, Pakistani and Turkish sources was facilitated by figures in the upper echelons of the State and Defense Departments. Her charges could be easily confirmed or dismissed if classified government documents were made available to investigators.But Congress has refused to act, and the Justice Department has shrouded Ms. Edmonds' case in the state-secrets privilege, a rarely used measure so sweeping that it precludes even a closed hearing attended only by officials with top-secret security clearances. According to the Department of Justice, such an investigation "could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to the foreign policy and national security of the United States."After five years of thwarted legal challenges and fruitless attempts to launch a congressional investigation, Sibel Edmonds is telling her story, though her defiance could land her in jail. After reading its November piece about Louai al-Sakka, an al-Qaeda terrorist who trained 9/11 hijackers in Turkey, Ms. Edmonds approached the Sunday Times of London. On Jan. 6, the Times, a Rupert Murdoch-owned paper that does not normally encourage exposés damaging to the Bush administration, featured a long article. The news quickly spread around the world – but not in the United States. (...) Still, Sibel Edmonds makes a number of accusations about specific criminal behavior that appear to be extraordinary but are credible enough to warrant official investigation. Her allegations are documentable; an existing FBI file should determine whether they are accurate.It's true that she probably knows only part of the story, but if that part is correct, Congress and the Justice Department should have no higher priority. Nothing deserves more attention than the possibility of ongoing national-security failures and the proliferation of nuclear weapons with the connivance of corrupt senior government officials.
Note: The author of this article, Philip Giraldi, is a retired career CIA officer. For further powerful details of Sibel Edmonds' revelations, click here.
9/11 Aircraft 'Black Box' Serial Numbers Mysteriously Absent (02/26/2008)
http://www.911blogger.com/node/14081
(...) Of all major U.S. airline crashes within the U.S. investigated and published by the National Transportation Safety Board during the past 20 years, the 9/11 'black boxes' are virtually the only ones without listed serial numbers. (...) The United States government alleges that 4 registered Boeing commercial passenger aircraft were used in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, yet has failed to produce any physical evidence collected from the 3 9/11 crash scenes positively tied to these federally registered United and American airlines aircraft. Despite the release of abundant information regarding the 9/11 flights and the aircraft reportedly used, specific information that would confirm official allegations regarding the identity of these aircraft has been mysteriously withheld or denied upon request. CLIP
9/11: The Unraveling of the Official Story Continues (February 22, 2008)
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=8096
Today in America we are witness to a great unraveling, the likes of which we have never seen before. There are no historical precedents. For many months now the official narrative about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on America has been coming apart, and I mean: at the seams. The official story about that terrible day is disintegrating. The trend shows no sign of abating and in recent weeks it even appears to have accelerated. At the present rate, soon there will be nothing left of the official version of events but a discordant echo and a series of extremely rude after shocks. Is our nation prepared to face those rude shocks? CLIP
The Pentagon's Ray Gun - A Non-Lethal Weapon Straight Out Of Buck Rogers http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/29/60minutes/main3891865.shtml
NOTE: The Pentagon is trying to sell us (by making it sounds innocuous) one of its latest mass torture "non lethal" weapon which, once deployed across the world, will forever change the outcome of any type of protest action. Their "Active Denial System" will in fact be used to actively deny ("crowd control" as they call it) any form of democratic protest deemed unacceptable by the powers that be, not to mention the fact it is a perfect tool to endlessly torture innocent people by inflicting them repeated searing pain. Imagine what will happen when they'll reduce the size of this evil gizmo to the size of a taser handgun...
Record-high ratio of Americans in prison (Feb 28, 2008)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080228/ap_on_re_us/prison_population
NEW YORK - For the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report tracking the surge in inmate population and urging states to rein in corrections costs with alternative sentencing programs. The report, released Thursday by the Pew Center on the States, said the 50 states spent more than $49 billion on corrections last year, up from less than $11 billion 20 years earlier. The rate of increase for prison costs was six times greater than for higher education spending, the report said.Using updated state-by-state data, the report said 2,319,258 adults were held in U.S. prisons or jails at the start of 2008 — one out of every 99.1 adults, and more than any other country in the world. The steadily growing inmate population "is saddling cash-strapped states with soaring costs they can ill afford and failing to have a clear impact either on recidivism or overall crime," said the report.Susan Urahn, managing director of the Pew Center on the States, said budget woes are prompting officials in many states to consider new, cost-saving corrections policies that might have been shunned in the recent past for fear of appearing soft in crime. (...) The report said prison growth and higher incarceration rates do not reflect a parallel increase in crime or in the nation's overall population. Instead, it said, more people are behind bars mainly because of tough sentencing measures, such as "three-strikes" laws, that result in longer prison stays. "For some groups, the incarceration numbers are especially startling," the report said. "While one in 30 men between the ages of 20 and 34 is behind bars, for black males in that age group the figure is one in nine." The nationwide figures, as of Jan. 1, include 1,596,127 people in state and federal prisons and 723,131 in local jails — a total 2,319,258 out of almost 230 million American adults. The report said the United States is the world's incarceration leader, far ahead of more populous China with 1.5 million people behind bars. It said the U.S. also is the leader in inmates per capita (750 per 100,000 people), ahead of Russia (628 per 100,000) and other former Soviet bloc nations which make up the rest of the Top 10.
UNCOUNTED - TRAILER - MUST WATCH!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJz09T0HME
Trailer for the explosive new political documentary UNCOUNTED. This controversial film by Emmy award-winning director David Earnhardt shows how the election fraud that changed the outcome of the 2004 election led to even greater fraud in 2006 -- and now looms as an unbridled threat to the outcome of the 2008 election!
Kremlin accused of fixing presidential poll (March 1 2008)
The Banana Republic of Russia following in the footsteps of the fixed US Elections, but with cruder means...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/01/russia
State workers ordered to vote for Putin's protege - Ballot boxes 'to be stuffed' after polls close tomorrow - The Kremlin is planning to falsify the results of tomorrow's presidential election by compelling millions of public-sector workers to vote and by fraudulently boosting the official turnout, the Guardian has been told by independent sources. Governors, regional officials and even headteachers have been instructed to deliver a landslide majority for Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's first deputy prime minister, whom President Vladimir Putin has endorsed as his successor. Officials have been told they need to secure a 68-70% turnout in this weekend's poll, with about 72% voting for Medvedev. Independent analysts believe the real turnout will be much lower, with 25-50% of the electorate taking part.The Kremlin is planning to bridge the gap through widespread fraud, diplomats and other independent sources have told the Guardian. Local election officials are preparing to stuff ballot boxes once polls have closed, they believe, with regional officials giving inflated tallies to Russia's central election commission. Additionally, public-sector workers including teachers, students and doctors have been told to vote tomorrow or risk serious consequences. Parents have even been warned that if they fail to turn up their children might suffer at school. Marina Dashenkova, of the Golos independent poll monitoring organisation, said complaints to its hotline were following a similar pattern to those made during the parliamentary poll in December. Forced use of absentee ballots, pressure on state workers and the illegal use of state resources to promote Medvedev were the most common complaints, she said.Renat Suleymanov, secretary of the Communist party in Novosibirsk region, said state workers in schools, libraries, nurseries and doctors' clinics as well as employees of private companies were "coming under intense pressure" to vote in tightly controlled conditions at their place of work using absentee ballots. CLIP
Police crush Moscow protest
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5B0630C9-7AB5-41DD-8E8E-B2D406911EBD.htm
At least 17 opposition protesters have been arrested as riot police put down a banned rally in Turgenevskaya Square in central Moscow. The protesters from the Other Russia coalition of opposition parties - who were heavily outnumbered by the hundreds of police - were grabbed and forced on to buses to cries of "No police power".The police, some wearing helmets and carrying riot shields, surrounded a park and the entrance to a metro station seizing people from the crowd. (...) Other Russia said it was organising the protests to allow ordinary Russians to express their thoughts about the political climate in Russia. Adel Naidenovich, a member of Limonov's National Bolshevik party, asked where the other opposition parties were."No Zyuganov here, where is Zhirinovsky," she asked, referring to two of the defeated presidential candidates who have complained about the conduct of the vote."We have eight parties not allowed to take part in elections, where are they? There is nobody here because they know that it is fascism, they are afraid of being beaten."
Iran, Iraq sign seven pacts
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=164350
BAGHDAD - Tehran and Baghdad signed seven cooperation agreements and memorandums of understanding on Monday in Baghdad during Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's visit to Iraq.The Iranian president started a landmark two-day visit to Iraq on Sunday which ended on Monday. Iran and Iraq signed pacts on a number of issues, including cooperation in education, customs affairs, insurance, and transportation; the establishment of industrial towns; supervision of imports; and the implementation of joint industrial projects."We have discussed 20 programs over the course of the visit, and these meetings have been held in a positive atmosphere. We have signed seven agreements today," AFP quoted Ahmadinejad as saying at a press conference on Monday. The two countries also plan to sign agreements on the transfer of Iranian electricity to Iraq, facilitating the activities of Iranian and Iraqi businessmen, eliminating double taxation, encouraging investment, cooperation between banks, the construction of the Abadan-Basra oil pipeline, and the construction of power plants in Baghdad, Najaf, and Al Amarah by Iranian companies with funding from the Iraqi government.
Renewed energy (February 26, 2008)
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jeremy_leggett/2008/02/renewed_energy.html
A recent German experiment shows that renewable energy, harnessed on a national scale, can indeed replace fossil fuels and nuclear power - One of the loudest arguments of those who profess that traditional energy is needed even if renewables markets grow large is that modern nations cannot be powered properly without it. In particular, they say, renewables cannot meet baseload demand. Late last year, a German economics ministry experiment showed that distributed power can indeed produce reliable baseload in a secure and reliable manner. Thirty-six decentralised renewable plants - a mix of biogas, wind, solar (photovoltaics, or PV) and hydropower - were linked by three companies and a university in a nationwide network controlled by a central computer. Schmack Biogas AG, Enercon GmbH, SolarWorld AG and the Institute for Solar Energy Supply Systems at the University of Kassel conceived and ran the experiment with 13 other partners, aiming to show in miniature via a "combined power plant" what could be done, if the will can be summoned on a national scale, to replace both fossil fuels and nuclear power. The experimental network, capable of producing about 50 megawatt hours of electricity a year - 61% from wind (12.6MW of peak power), 25% from biogas (4MW peak), and 14% for PV (5.5MW peak) - was scaled to meet 1/10,000th of the electricity demand in Germany. It was equivalent to a small town with around 12,000 households. The system met both continuous baseload and peakloads round the clock and regardless of weather conditions. During the day of the press conference to announce the results, there was no wind at all in Germany and the country was covered by cloud. Such intermittency of solar and wind, of course, means that bioenergy has to play an important role. Four biogas plants were used along with three wind parks and 20 PV installations. The current cost of generating electricity from the combined power plant is currently 13 eurocents per kWh, twice as expensive as conventional electricity. But then the price of conventional polluting electricity is rising fast in Germany, as everywhere else. If peak oil hits us in a few years, and if rising concern about climate change forces governments to avoid a dash for coal-to-liquids and coal use without carbon capture, the question then becomes how quickly renewables can rise from their current low level of global electricity production - alongside maximal energy efficiency - to meet the challenge. There, sadly, the news is not good. We have been held back for too long after all the years of the great addiction. We can grow far faster than nuclear, but there would still be a sizeable gap, otherwise known as the third energy crisis.
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO?February 27, 2008)
http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200802/tows_past_20080227.jhtml
When Lisa Ling visits The Oprah Show, you're likely to go someplace you've never been before. She has given viewers rare looks inside places as remote as North Korea and Uganda and as close as secretive polygamous communities in America.But it's likely you've never seen anything like "freegans." This growing grassroots subculture is made of people who have decided to live outside consumer society. Freegans say our culture's emphasis on buying the newest products -- and throwing away perfectly fine older things -- is a waste of the world's resources. Instead, they focus on buying less and use only what they need. One of the main ways freegans do this is by salvaging food and other goods from the trash.Three years ago, Madeline was an executive living in New York City earning a six-figure salary. After a six-month period of conversion, she says she became a freegan who gets almost all her food from what other people throwaway. "I started thinking about what I was consuming," she says. "I started looking at how much I was consuming and how consumerism is really driven by corporations who make lots and lots of money by getting us to buy things."Madeline's lessons in freeganism included a "trash tour" of New York. These tours show interested people just how much perfectly safe, edible food can be found that has been thrown away. "I thought, 'Well, why not?' I just wanted to see what's there." Now Madeline routinely takes people in New York City on trash tours. (...) Obviously, most people aren't ready or willing to set out on late-night searches through bags of garbage, but there are other ways to cut down on how much you consume. "Part of it is also just the practice of saying, 'Do I really need to go out and buy new clothes? New electronics? Do I really need an SUV to get around? Or could I go by bicycle?'" Madeline says.One way to cut down on consumption in your community, she says, is by checking out websites like freecycle.org. "You can find your own town and find people who want to give stuff and get stuff absolutely for free. So if you've got that pair of shoes you never wear anymore, put it onfreecycle.org." CLIP
CLONED MEAT NOW IN U.S. FOOD SUPPLY
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_10496.cfm
Although the USDA only recently removed a voluntary market sale moratorium on foods from cloned animals, a Kansas cattleman claims these products are already in the U.S. food supply. "I have sold offspring of cloned animals into feedlots, and they are in the food chain," said Donald Coover, a cattleman and veterinarian. Coover says he has sold semen from clones to many US meat producers in the past few years, and that others have been doing the same. Despite strong public opposition, the FDA has announced that these foods do not need to be labeled as such, so consumers buying meat dairy and eggs don't know if the product came from a cloned animal. Fortunately, the USDA has clarified that foods labeled as "organic" cannot come from cloned animals.
The war for seeds: military agricultural complex (March 01, 2008)
http://another-green-world.blogspot.com/2008/03/war-for-seeds-military-agricultural.html
(...) While mass extinctions are taking place in natural ecosystems, the same has taken place in domesticated seeds. Today there are only half a dozen apple types grown in the UK, down from 2,000 a century ago. Over 90% of crop types listed in the US have been lost in 80 years, and China now grows fifty types of rice, down from 8,000 just twenty years ago. The whole human population is supported by just 30 main crop varieties - a recipe for disaster. CLIP
Cancer in EU at 'epidemic' levels
http://www.theparliament.com/EN/News/200801/c1eab98c-a31d-46ce-a38d-cd49d734b961.htm
Cancer is at epidemic levels with a million people dying of the disease across the EU every year, according to British MEP John Bowis.
Now is the Time to End Homelessness in America (19 February 2008)
http://newbroomcoalition.org/content/now-time-end-homelessness-america
According to a recent point in time survey by the National Alliance to End Homeless, there are an estimated 740,000 people experiencing homelessness at any given time in America. In addition to this, an estimated 3.5 million people will experience temporary homeless at some point in a given year, including some 1.35 million children according to the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. As America slides into a recession many victims of the mortgage crisis will find themselves homeless, hidden victims of the subprime loan fallout. The fact is that homeless can happen to anyone, children,working adults, veterans and even entire families.I believe that we as Americans have the collective will to end homelessness in America by strengthening the social safety net and making sure that no one falls through the cracks. At the federal level there are many proposals available that would provide a seamless web to catch those who have fallen on hard times and insure that in the future no one is found sleeping under a bridge or frozen to death in the middle of the winter for lack of adequate housing. CLIP - Much more on this through http://newbroomcoalition.org
EMF-Omega-News 23. February 2008
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4728860/
Omega-News Collection 23. February 2008
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4728862/
EMF-Omega-News 1. March 2008
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4748671/
Omega-News Collection 1. March 2008
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4748675/
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From: MICHAEL DEAN (michael8dean@mac.com)
Subject: Cruelty to animals
Date: 22 Feb 2008
Jean,
Today's piece on our worldwide cruelty to animals begs a very large question indeed - one that we should put to the Planetary Council if and when the opportunity arises:
"The Earth is said to be one of the highest expressions of creative intelligence in the physical Universe - and yet every species - human, animal, bird, marine, reptile, insect - seems to be hunting [or husbanding] and eating every other species, in an endless chain of slaughter. With the greatest possible respect, how can such a situation be part of a so-called spiritual/physical world?"
Thanks yet again for all the incoming material - much of it inspiring, and much of it very dismaying indeed. . .
Michael Dean
London
AND MY REPLY WAS:
Hi Michael!
Good to hear from you!
That is a very "meaty" (substantive...) question indeed. THANKS for offering me an opportunity to comment on this.
Not that I want to be nitpicking but I'd question first the premise of your statement above.
To me the Earth is one amongst billions and billions and billions of high expressions of creative intelligence in the physical Universe. It is a very anthropocentric view to forget that Creator manifested countless zillions of expressions of Its creative intelligence in this and the 6 other physical universes currently in existence - according to Matthew.
Then using a VERY loaded word like "slaughter" is skewing the perception of the reader in just one direction.
You could also envision this process of each inferior (on the scale of complexity) life form nourishing all the other ones above as a wonderful example of the intricate interdependency of everything that exists - ecology as a science is all about understanding the tightly woven interactions between the millions of components of the Web of Life necessary for its continued existence - and a reminder of the fact that none of us exists on an isolate island as an independent entity apart from everything else. All living beings form a vast interwoven family and such "philosophical" considerations as the ones you raised above partly miss this vital point.
I'd say it also reflect a romantic view of spirituality and a rather partial grasp of a fundamental Divine design embedded in All That is.
It is said that when a prey dies at the claws of one of its natural predators, the animal experiences no exceptional undue stress as this is a perfectly natural end of its life that is woven into its instinctual understanding of reality. The sacrifice of one's life to allow another one to prosper and the entire Web of life to sustain itself is done without any hesitation because it falls within the natural parameters genetically ingrained into all life forms over millions of years of evolution. There is no cruelty involved in the taking of an impala's life by a lion - or, for that matter, of a mice by a cat - just the natural unfoldment of a perfectly natural process.
On the other hand, when greed and for profit only considerations enter into play, as when presumably highly evolved and brilliantly intelligent beings such as us, humans, disregard the minimal conditions for the well-being of animals raised for their meat completely out of any natural cycle in infect industrial feedlots and with a complete lack of compassion for the sufferings of these sentient and often highly intelligent animal beings, then this is an altogether unnatural thing that happens to these animals.
This is completely out of the genetically-bred sense of normality and is definitely experienced as an harrowing torture (especially at the time they are shipped to slaughterhouses in horrific conditions and sometimes bled alive in front of all the other animals) whose vibrational imprints remains embedded into the very flesh humans eat afterwards... I should also mention the cancer-inducing chemical residues from the highly contaminated and toxic food many animals ingest, all the antibiotics force-fed to them to prevent the industrial farmer's "investments" to die in the horrendous conditions they must endure for their entire short miserable lives, and even the karmic consequences of directly participating, with a full knowledge of these facts, in supporting an industry that systematically denies our evolutionary kins their fundamental rights to a minimum of well-being and comfort, all in the name of sacrosanct profit! Moreover, this multi billion dollars industry directly contributes to both the malnutrition of over a billion human beings priced out of a healthy diet by the competition on grains by feedlot operators wasting on average 9 vegetal proteins to produce only one animal protein, and to the wholesale destruction of our sole planetary life support system because of sprawling cattle ranches in the Amazon rainforest, for instance, and the incommensurable amount of resources (water, oil, cereals) and natural assets dilapidated, mostly because too many people eating way too much meat raised in such an unsustainable manner.
Well, you can tell Michael by this long rant that you touched a raw nerve in me with your question.
So, you can see through my reply that in the context of naturally occurring events, I don't feel that there is much cause for concern, whereas in the debased, unnatural context of humanity's exploitation of all other life forms for our sole benefit and with an absolute disregard for the sanctity of all Life, there is indeed much cause for concern, debate and action!
We each have a choice as consumers and as beings of higher conscience every time we are faced with the choice of buying products coming to us through the vagaries of such a exploitative system. The more we know, the more we have the opportunity to make enlightened choices, and as more and more people make such informed, environmentally sustainable and ethically sensible choices, more and more pressures are exerted towards the right changes for a brighter future for all sentient beings on Earth.
So not only must we vote and buy with our conscience, but it is also incumbent upon us, to pass the spiritual tests and learn the spiritual lessons we came here for, that we snap out of our mindlessly happy WalMart consumer attitude and challenge business-as-usual for what it is causing to us all, and strive to access the higher divine consciousness waiting a nano perceptual conscience away for our awakening and coming of age into a new era of Peace, Love and Harmony for all.
Jean
AND MICHAEL REPLIED:
Jean!
Thank you for your wonderfully clear explanation of a very sensitive subject to which it appears that I hadn't given enough calm and dispassionate thought. . . I know that I can always trust you to put me right whenever I climb on my high horse and gallop away in every direction!
Love from a chastened and enlightened
Michael
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Date: 25 Feb 2008
Subject: Re: your reply to the person who doubted Mike Quinsey
From: cedarflute@juno.com
Hello Jean,
To anyone who read the letter to ERN which doubted that one person, Mike Quinsey, could channel so many different "off-planet" sources, I would like to tell you of my personal experience.
I am retired and live in Tucson, Arizona. In May of 2001, in addition to contact by our own Spirit Guide, my wife and I began receiving messages from a second spiritual entity... whose name was known to us from other spiritual writings. A few weeks later, another entity came through to us with requests for particular meditations for the benefit of certain areas of the planet.
The energy forces of this individual was so strong, we both experienced extreme difficulty breathing and some dizziness. We were instructed to lay prone on the floor or bed with water containers on our chest to make the energy of the transmission tolerable. Within another two weeks... two more entities with this very strong energy began coming...making a total in all of 5 separate spiritual entities we were receiving, each of who came with different types of information.
Each had it's on distinct type of voice, a particular type of mission to accomplish, and particular degree of physical energy which could be felt... two of them very strongly. One of them told us he was sending the message from the Pleiades and it was difficult to lower his energy vibrations any lower for us.
They actually set up a daily time schedule for us to meditate which one or two of them would contact us.
We did not seek them out, nor ask them to come. They needed an outlet on this planet and asked for our help which we now believe was for a prelude to the 911 Twin Towers event. Shortly after September...each of them...one by one... ceased their appearance until December when our Spirit Guide thanked us with the admonition we would likely experience the balance of our Earth Life..."without Spirit in your pocket... so to speak."
I seriously doubt that simply an overactive imagination could have given two people the same simultaneously strong physical sensations that we experienced.
I do not know Mike Quinsey, but I will add a voice of confirmation... that one person can truly be a "telephone" to bring messages to this planet... which does not have very many open lines to the Spiritual Realm.
Regardless of the messenger... always consider the worthiness of the information within the message!
I appreciate your efforts Jean, and would like to have been in a position to have given you more support over the years.
Sincerely,
James S.
...dedicating my energy to helping the transition.
AND MY REPLY WAS:
Dear James
Thank you very much for sharing with me details on your most interesting experience with channeling various entities. I've included your letter - minus the first paragraph and your name as you requested.
I was wondering also if you'd have any recent channeled message that would be worth sharing as an example of the kind of information you receive.
Love, Light and blessings
Jean
AND JAMES' FASCINATING REPLY WAS:
Hi again Jean.
I wasn't necessarily expecting a reply...I'm sure you have far too many things that demand your attention. I will write randomly a bit...primarily for your information to help clarify what our interaction with the "off-planet team" was like. What you share or not share with others is your choice, although I doubt seriously if it is of much interest to anyone else.
In 2001 we received many messages about the planet's energy grid system...a couple of them were so technical it was a challenge to fully comprehend. When their communications first began, it was requested that we make a tape recording of every conversation, but we never received any requests to do anything with the recordings. We ended up with about 40 tapes...90 minutes long.
Many of the conversations were requests for us to meditate and visualize a specific location on the globe, and to visualize a geometric shape radiating a beam of light of a specific color on the area. They ask us to buy a world map in order to visualize the city or area in proper relationship to the country and the planet.
We received many messages requesting that we make a trip to some location. We were never told why in advance. The longest trip was 4 days within the state of Arizona. Most were one or two day trips. Sometimes after the trip was over, we were told what was accomplished. There was little or no information given at that time about the "coming events" of the transition. There was considerable information about the DNA strands, and the changing of cells from carbon to crystalline. We received many recommendations regarding ways to help ourselves stay healthy.
The last messages we received with a request for an action to help the planet was in 2004. I will describe those two incidents... to give you an example of the kinds of things we did.
One Friday evening we were requested to take a trip to Wilcox AZ the next day...about an hour and a half drive. We asked if we should plan on staying overnight and the answer was "NO". We were simply to drive to that town, and after we got there...they would tell us what to do. The next day on arriving in Wilcox, they asked us to drive to the wildlife sanctuary 15 or 20 miles south of town. We were to spend an hour there and then return home...which we did. The next day we were informed that due to changes in magnetic field of the planet...wild life was often misguided from where they went by instinct. There was a large flock of migrating birds coming to that sanctuary...and the "off-planet team" used our energy to help adjust the magnetic field to guide the birds in. Not the thrilling thing many people think of when following a spiritual request ...but it was rewarding to us to know we were of some help, and knowing that the spiritual realm was depending upon us in some manner. I don't remember refusing to do a single request.
The other incident was a request that we go for an overnite camping trip on Mt. Graham on the following Friday...about 2 hours away. We were concerned because of the seriousness of the forest fire there. We were told they would guide us where to park our camper trailer. The campground we were guided to was still open, but the fire was just above it a mile or so and there was lots of smoke. We had barely arrived, blocked up the trailer when it began to thunder and rain. The rain really poured down for some time. The next day before we left. we were informed that the reason for our trip there was so they could use our energy to attract the thunderstorm in order to have the rain control the fire.
Once again...not a thrilling adventure, but it was a worthwhile accomplishment.
It was obvious to me that the Off-Planet Team who was communicating with us had a priority of planetary assistance, more than relaying information for dissemination.
Our last channeled information was in 2005 when we were advised that Spirit would like for us to move out of the city into a rural area. They gave directions to a piece of property which had been prepared for us, and they were "pulling the strings" to keep it from selling until we came. We did find the property and bought it for about half the price of the surrounding property.
I was informed that in the same way we can be grateful to Spirit when we have a full stomach, but the test is when we can be grateful when we have an empty stomach... it is easy to trust and follow Spirit when we have constant communication but we need to show we are willing to trust Spirit without that communication. It is a procedure to help spiritual growth. I have had no verbal interaction with the spiritual realm since that time, but I see their hand in my life every day.
Ten people can go to a movie, and come out with ten different views of what they saw. Ten people can channel from the spiritual realm, and you will also get ten different interaction patterns. What I experienced may seem mundane to most people but I assure you no interaction with Spirit...is mundane.
Jean, I have not meant to bore you, but simply hoped to give you a clearer picture of what my interaction pattern with the friendly folks who are waiting to help us...was like.
Again I express my appreciation for the work you do with the ERN.
Cordially....
Jim S.
Note from Jean: The reason why I feel it can be very useful to pass Jim's description of their remarkable journey of service is that it shows the level of trust and dedication that can be achieved when one opens up and accepts to carry on whatever mission may be requested from us when we align ourselves with Spirit in a manner that is not self-serving but entirely selfless. The rewards of such an existence of service , whether it is through answering the telepathic calls from entities from other realms of existence or simply taking a positive, constructive stand—in the public arena or very discretely—as inspired from Within, that somehow benefits a single strand or a whole bunch of vital elements in the Web of Life can be both soul-uplifting and truly satisfying.
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Date: 1 Mar 2008
From: Lise Jacques (lisejacques@gmail.com)
Subject: Fwd: [ECETI News] Coast to Coast ET Invasion
James is giving a powerful message of hope instead of fear...
Let's share it
Lise
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It has been brought to my attention through a barrage of emails that on Coast to Coast Steve Quayle gave his rendition of what is happening in the heavens, or with the ongoing UFO activity. It was leading to the invasion is on and we have a lot to be afraid of which is not the case. The ones who have a lot to be afraid of are the ones who are out of alignment with universal law and working against the awakening and healing of humanity and the Earth. It is ludicrous to think we could win a war with beings millions if not billions of years ahead of us in technology and evolution. This is Independence Day mentality. Even with our back engineered craft we are no match for extra or ultra dimensional beings. It is another effort to promote fear, remove our freedom and create a new enemy to keep the war industries alive.
The low level contacts and intrusions have been going on for a very long time in full awareness of and in some cases in full alliance with our government. What is happening now is the end of their reign. The further one moves up the ladder in the political, corporate, religious or almost any institution it often gets darker and darker. The truth for those of faint heart is not something they really want to engage. There are unseen forces at the head of what is a hierarchical controlling and dominating pyramid. Some would call demonic at the top, beneath them is a small contingent of entities some of which are not of this world. Below them are the illuminati followed by major corporations who dictate to governmental leaders around the world. This has been the way for quite a long time and the way of tyranny is coming to an end.
The appearance of the ships which is escalating exponentially is signaling the end of the tyrants, the controllers which also have their ships and low level contacts. Most of the information coming out about ETs is coming from military intelligence. They have a way of seeing everything as a threat especially if it is unknown and they cannot overpower it. The desire for technology for use in the war industry to overpower others is what opened the door to low level contacts. Those with open minds, loving hearts and pure intent at the same time opened the door to benevolent contact. The consciousness in which you seek is the consciousness in which you connect. They are correct in their understanding but their understanding is extremely limited and does not include the higher benevolent beings that are coming in now to assist in the awakening and healing of humanity and the Earth.
The fear of an invasion is something that already occurred a long time ago and what they are seeing now is the solution to a very serious problem. For those who are not paying attention it is increasingly obvious we are governed by criminally insane scientists who care nothing for life human or otherwise as exemplified by their creations. They are advising the other criminally insane leaders who lust for power and wealth at any expense which are implementing their creations. Look at the military industry, the weapons of mass destruction, biological, chemical, atomic etc. as a testimony to this truth. Look at the condition of your environment and the toxic inventions of the mega corporations. If you took real stock in your life, you are lead by tyranny, have lost your freedom, have become enslaved through dependency, the environment is in critical condition, the economy is in the toilet and you are afraid of change or some other force taking over. Taking over what? There is no where to go but up.
Benevolent off world visitors are spiritually and technologically advanced far beyond any other off world threats that might appear on Earth. In the interest of National Security would it not be wise to befriend them? Especially if there is another race with ill intent superior to our feeble war technology, including the back engineered ET technology of which some are so proud. Maybe if we were not such an aggressive warring race bent on self destruction the benevolent beings would assist us. Maybe if we stopped reacting with fear, aggression, hostility and judgment, we just might get the help we need to get out of a self inflicted social and environmental collapse.
How are we going to unite with a variety of off world visitors whose ways are totally foreign to us when we can't even get along with the cultural and religious diversity on Earth? Before we brand everything in the heavens as a threat or evil, maybe it is time to look at the real threat on Earth. Those who are capitalizing on war, the destruction and polluting of the environment, perpetuating competition, separation, greed, etc. When those point at the heavens and say they are coming to conquer and eat us remember there are three fingers pointing back. By all means do not forget the mind in which you seek is the mind in which you connect, so let's focus on keeping an open mind, loving heart, pure intent and see what the universe mirrors back to us.
Now is the time to rise to the occasion, make our intent known and join the rest of the universe in peace.
Be well
James Gilliland
http://www.eceti.org
Pass it on.
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NOTE from Jean: Exceptionally I'm including - for those of you who understand French - the original French letter from Lise Jacques, a subscriber from Quebec, because she explains so well the significance of the AMAZING spiritually awakening work Oprah has been doing for so many years. I watched the recommended 10 minutes video (click on the + sign to have a larger size view) and was utterly stunned and happy to hear what she says and how she so deftly fosters greater spiritual awareness without freaking out her millions of viewers with any sense that she is discussing highly advanced spiritual concepts. Oprah is definitely a top-notch spiritual and miracle worker!
Date: 23 Feb 2008
From: Lise Jacques (lisejacques@gmail.com)
Subject: Fwd: Oprah and Eckhart Tolle
Bonjour
Je viens de recevoir ce courriel d'une femme qui est une "devotee" de Babaji.
Le court video est très intéressant, et en l'écoutant j'ai compris que certains groupes et gurus n'ont plus leur place aujourd'hui..., c'était le passé ...aujourd'hui le monde est rendu à autre chose.
J'ai acheté ce livre et me suis déjà inscrite au cours gratuit de Oprah avec Eckhart Tolle sur son site...mais je n'ai pas encore commencé à le lire...
Cette Oprah fait un travail extraordinaire d'ouverture de conscience en toute simplicité et elle ne se prend pas pour une gourou... Voilà ou nous en sommes rendus maintenant... Les temps changent et c'est très bon. De plus en plus de gens plus avancés spirituellement n'ont pas peur d'offrir des cours, des écrits, toutes sortes de choses gratuites pour aider les autres à s'ouvrir à leur essence divine.
Le nombre de gens qui s'éveillent augmente continuellement... parce que certains comme Oprah ont le bon langage pour parler aux gens...
Bonne journée
Lise
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Marge DeVivo (margdevi@yahoo.com) wrote:
Om Namah Shivaya
Check this out!
Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth": Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Take 10 minutes to watch this video:
http://www2.oprah.com/videochannel/videochannel_player.jhtml?video=1925&category=31
AFTER THE SHOW....
I am reading the book and it is truly an amazing experience!
The concepts are very profound, the kind of information many of us have been immersing ourselves in for many years!!! --and Oprah is bringing this to MILLIONS of people!
WOWIE ZOWIE!!!
Oprah's Intention: Inject a LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY into people without people freaking out about it being 'spiritual.'
PARADIGM SHIFT, for sure!!!
Love,
Marge
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From: Kelley Elkins (elkins_delgado@yahoo.com)
Date: 23 Feb 2008
Subject: Unicorn Energy
Greetings Jean,
Got woken this am early with a start...among several other people I know or know of, you have the opportunity to be taking in unicorn energy Don't ask me what this is about... Are there unicorns? on some parallel plane/dimension somewhere there certainly are unicorns... and they have called on me to alert certain ones of us to the opportunity to grow omni dimensionally through their energy... So.. give them a moments thought now and then as it suits you... and breathe in their energy..."eat it" as it were.. and breathe it back out to them...Yikes! this feels good! ....magic is afoot...
And, something about Findhorn...you know, that place in Scotland...started by Peter Caddy, Eileen and family/company... It is a similar "stuff"... Like "Roc's" adventures written of in in the book, Findhorn Garden... written all those years ago it might be worth picking up one more time...
I am sure there are many others who are to entertain this energy as well as others who will pick up on even more elaborate or unique energies as these days unfold...
I trust you are well ...we are indeed, living in interesting times.
In Truth, Simplicity and Love
Kelley Elkins
In Truth, Simplicity and Love,
Young Kelley and Young Toni
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From: http://www.matthewbooks.com/mm/anmviewer.asp?a=85&z=2
February 24, 2008
Mother Earth; discernment, intuition; guidance for awakening souls, lightworkers; obvious changes; no Iran invasion; state of the economy; reasons for increased spacecraft sightings; no evacuation needed; Do Not Fear!
This is Matthew with loving greetings to all. This is a year of great foment and revelations—never before in Earth’s history has there been such profound activity in her energy field of potential! In some cases this fervor is obvious, but much more is going on than you can know in this moment, and with excited anticipation you await the ultimate resolution.
May I give you an analogy that comes to mind? It is not the best, I know, and most surely I do not mean to be patronizing, much less insulting, but in my great love for all animals, the images are very pleasing to me.
Imagine yourself witnessing the birth of piglets as the mother labors to bring forth new life. After all her infants have emerged, there is such wiggling about that you can only wonder what will come next. Sometimes you see a great deal of activity in this new little family; at other times, all is quiet, giving the impression that no developments are taking place. Ah, but there are! Vital unseen things are going on with the piglets—respiration, digestion, growth in physical strength and comprehension—and the exhausted mother is regaining her vitality. In your continued watching, you see that some piglets are not flourishing as much as others. However, because the diligent mother cares about all her children, she strives to give her littlest ones all the nourishment they need. In time, all the babies are scampering about, occasionally engaging in typical sibling squabbling, yet staying close to their mother, who continues her nurturing even as she lets each little one make its own way.
And so it is with Mother Earth. After long suffering, she is birthing the raised consciousness and spiritual renewal within her children and providing everything they need to thrive, yet in her understanding that each must choose its own way, allowing all to do so. And even as you witness this developing process, you cannot know every aspect of it or how every soul ultimately will respond.
There is not much time left for those who still are sleeping behind the veil, so to say, to waken from the conditioning that has kept them so long asleep and unaware of their god and goddess selves. They must become consciously aware so they can separate the wheat from the chaff in their lives, in your world, and become spiritually prepared to accompany Earth into the higher planes of energy. It is not Earth who decides which of her beloved children will make the trip with her—she wants ALL to go!—and it is not an arbitrary basis that determines who goes and who doesn’t; it is just plain physics. The light of raised consciousness and spiritual clarity—the knowing that all life in this universe is inseparably connected with God and all other souls, and living accordingly—carries a frequency that enables physical survival in the energy planes where Earth is heading. Those who ignore the urging of their souls and instead choose to stay oblivious to this universal truth, do not have that light; and without it, they remain in their lower frequency that prevents bodies from surviving in higher energy planes. Although once back in spirit life they can plan the next incarnation with the same circumstances and another opportunity to “see the light,” they will realize that they defaulted in their pre-birth choice to do that in this lifetime.
A part of “seeing the light” is honing discernment ability and trusting intuition, the messages from your soul, wherein the truth for each of you lies. Readers familiar with my messages may be thinking, “Oh, not again—why does he say the same old thing when he must know we want to hear what’s new?” I cannot cease telling you something as important as that, and since I have transmitted about 70 messages since the fourth book was published, it is difficult for me to think of something new that is essential for you to know in this unique time in Earth’s long history. Perhaps I need to say that the separation of wheat from chaff pertains to lightworkers too. Oh, most assuredly not to the extent that the newly-awakening ones do, but let me give you something to think about.
It is time to comfortably communicate with your soul and heed its messages, make the changes your inner guidance is urging and stop thinking “but what if….” Time to be a caring, compassionate observer and not an active part of others’ traumas and dramas. Time to cut out trivial and unproductive matters and rise above any frustrating aspects in your life. Time to focus only on the positive so you can manifest it, and feel more joy, less concern. Time to sweep away self-doubt, resentment, criticizing others, guilt, ego-centeredness, procrastination and regret, and fill those spaces with unconditional love of self and others, self-confidence, forgiveness of self and others, assisting wherever you see the need and viewing a situation from all perspectives. It is time to feel peaceful because you know you have the innate power to handle whatever challenges arise between now and the Golden Age, where all life flows in harmony with Nature.
Oh yes, I know you have heard that before too, but if you have not yet let this guidance leave your head, where there is no argument, and enter your heart, the seat of the soul, so it automatically becomes action and reaction, it is time for you to do that.
Now then, as I mentioned, this year in your calendar is one of foment and revelations, and so it shall be! You are seeing in news reports some of the reasons for the fervor in Earth’s energy field of potential, particularly changes in governments and the state of the economy, but even if those reports were complete and honest, most of what is unfolding still would be unknown to the vast majority of Earth’s peoples. Nevertheless, we do not advocate that anyone forego knowing what newspapers, TV and radio are supplying as news. We do not hold with the philosophy that ignorance is bliss—it is not! Hiding one’s head in the sand doesn’t protect the head, it leaves the entire being vulnerable. However, in addition to being only an observer and using discernment, we do advocate putting what is reported into this context: The collective awareness and abhorrence of violence, corruption and deception is what is bringing it to its knees.
To comment briefly on the areas of most significant interest insofar as violent conflict and what will be transpiring—Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel and Palestine— there will be no all-out wars, but localized hot spots will continue to flare up and die down until the last of ages-old karmic experiencing throughout the entire Mideast plays itself out. That includes Iran, of course, but the saber rattling of the US government towards that country will not lead to an invasion. Other countries in the entire region also are winding down third density karma. Where there is heavy oppression, especially regarding women’s rights, changes will lead to equality for all citizens; and in the countries where a few live in obscene opulence while the masses live in poverty, a leveling out of this disparity will begin. Please remember that reformation is a process, not abrupt endings or beginnings, and every instance of ungodly action further dissipates the ever-weakening energy of the dark tentacles.
Even though media news is but the tip of the iceberg, in some countries there is ample evidence of government shake-ups in accordance with the citizens’ demands for reforms. In others, where tyrants are ruling, we can only assure you that strong undercurrents eventually will lead to their displacement too. Please dismiss any concerns about present and proposed unjust laws and policies; all will be eliminated as government leaders either “see the light” or are replaced by spiritually evolved souls who are experienced in wise governing.
Ample evidence exists as well in the other major field of change, the economy, and I must be frank about this so you will be prepared when the full truth no longer can be hidden. As bleak as some publicly reported facets of the economy are, the facts are more serious. Any positive “spin” on the situation that can be mustered is designed purely to serve the interests of banks and multinational corporations that need you to keep borrowing and spending; however, spending cautiously in these days is only common sense and so is having a cash reserve immediately available. I hasten to speak about the “silver lining” in the international economy as reallocation of the world’s wealth undergoes profound changes: The team of economists with integrity who will replace the corrupt ones have transition plans that will keep disruption to a minimum during the changeover process.
Although rarely reported in the United States, some other nations’ media are less timid about publicizing the marked increase in sightings of spacecraft in your skies. Your space brothers and sisters are making themselves more and more evident for sound reasons. They are sending the unmistakable message to governments, especially in the US, that it is futile to continue denying their presence and numbers. To people everywhere, they are showing that if their intentions were not peaceful, they could have landed en masse and taken over your planet. And for you who know that these soul family members are benevolent, it is their clear signal that the time is coming closer when, in safety, they can land and the beings from highly evolved civilizations who are living among you can introduce themselves; it is their reassurance that great changes are nigh and they are at the ready to assist in the world transformation you have been co-creating.
Other well-publicized happenings are the stepped-up geophysical occurrences, record-setting temperatures, drought of greater duration in some places and heavier than ever flooding in others—not only aberrant weather, but changing climates. What is not widely known is that governments’ weather manipulation is partially responsible for these numerous “natural disasters”; nevertheless, all these occurrences aid the planetary cleansing process—Earth’s means of releasing the negativity amassed over millennia. Nor is it widely known that destruction and death toll are being eased to the greatest possible extent by off-planet civilizations with advanced technologies.
We are aware of the false information the Internet offers along with the truth, and one example is channeled material claiming that extraterrestrial craft will evacuate the populace before Earth changes increase to the extent that no surface life can survive. There will be NO need for evacuation! The persons receiving those transmissions don’t realize that their sources are not the spiritually evolved beings they claim to be, but exactly the opposite, and that their purpose is to instill fear.
You may think it is superfluous for me to mention still again the critical need for using keen discernment about all information and trusting your intuition as to whether it is falsehood or truth. However, since my mother is still receiving emails from people who are alarmed about those reports of worldwide evacuation plans as well as various prophesied types of dire happenings like the imminent imposition of martial law, millions will be rounded up and put in concentration camps, belligerent ETs will invade your planet, and all-out nuclear wars brewing, I think there cannot be too much emphasis upon discernment and intuition. Furthermore, our repeated assurances that NONE of those will befall you seem to fly out the window each time a fear-filled report makes the Internet rounds. The light will not permit any such reversal in its ever-increasing intensity, and Earth did not endure many, many centuries of the tyranny and bloodshed that caused all the negativity, just to have her current beloved inhabitants experience more of it!
With the challenges you will be encountering as foment leads to revelations, we feel that understanding why you must not fear is essential. Mother, this is well explained in a chapter in one of the books. Please find that and copy it.
DO NOT FEAR!
August 28, 2002
MATTHEW: Mother, regarding that “doomsday” letter swirling around the Internet, first I say: Fear NOT! That dire prediction of a massive earthquake and loss of billions of lives on September 7 is NOT going to happen!
Is this “message from God” via that person who is intend