MB turning Egypt into Sudan 2 Turkey asks for German help with Syria 3 Healing the Lutheran-Catholic divide

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What No One Is Saying About Sandy

A lot of people blame global warming. But is it possible that God has something to do with the weather? You need to prove whether or not He has a hand in these disasters. Why are so many people hostile to that concept? A generation or two ago, people who experienced a monster storm like this would have asked themselves if they needed to get closer to God. Many would have asked, Are we sinning? But today almost nobody is asking those questions. God is not even part of their thinking. One third of your Bible is prophecyfuture news. Ninety percent of prophecy is for see dESTruCTION page 12

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mericas worst storm struck the Northeast on October 29-30. Experts say Hurricane Sandy has caused more than $50 billion in damage. Millions of people in New York and New Jersey are still without power. The images of pitch-black Manhattan look like something out of a horror movie. Meteorologists say there were no known precedents for this massive storm. Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy said the storm was [t]he most catastrophic event we have faced in any of our lifetimes. It seems like America is getting hit by more and more record disasters all the time. Why is that?

America is suffering from great natural disasters and from crime. but do you know why?

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How Will the Muslim Brotherhood Govern Egypt?

u.S. NEWS | october 27 he Arab Spring has brought the Muslim Brotherhood Iran, which tied together the most radical and violent to power in Tunisia and Egypt, and may yet in Libya and Islamist groups from across the Muslim world. Turabi and Syria. Observers have speculated on how they will govern Bashir invited these groups, including Osama bin Laden, to . But we need not speculate too much, since the Muslim move their headquarters and training camps to Sudan. Brotherhood has governed one country for 23 years: Sudan. Over their first decade in power Bashir and Turabi transOmar al-Bashir, president of Sudan, and Hasan alformed the nature of the Sudanese state by purging the civil Turabi (one of the pre-eminent Islamist theologians and service and military of those who resisted the Brotherhoods political theorists of the past half century) are the leaders of agenda and gradually replaced them with Islamists. Sudans Muslim Brotherhood. Bashir took power in a coup Turabi designed the Special Courts Act, which crein June 1989 planned and organized by Turabi. ated a parallel Islamic court system to aggressively enforce Bashir and his government were followers of Turabi, and sharia law. This Koran-based legal code among other six months after taking power Bashir and his ministers things allows the use of stoning and crucifixion as a means pledged their fealty to him. of execution, and the use of Hudud as a punishmentthe How did Bashir and Turabi govern Sudan? cross amputation of a foot and hand for certain crimes. One of their first acts was to end promising peace When a tribal rebellion began in Darfur, Bashir tried to negotiations between the North and South Sudan, which crush the rebels by destroying their homes villages which had been at war off and on since 1956. Turabi publicly an is estimated to have led to the death 300,000 people. The nounced his strategy of Arabizing and Islamizing both International Criminal Court has indicted President Bashir South Sudan and sub-Sahara Africa using Sudan as the and other members of his government for crimes against base of the revolution he sought to organize. humanity and genocide in Darfur. Turabi organized the Popular Arab and Islamic ConAnd should Sudan become the model for other countries gress reportedly with a $100 million contribution from the Arab Spring will turn into the Arab Winter.

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Iran to Help Libya Rebuild Economy

ranian First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi says the Islamic Republic is ready to help Libya rebuild its economic infrastructure. In a message on Monday, Rahimi congratulated Ali Zidan on his election as the Libyan prime minister and announced Tehrans readiness to transfer its experiences to the North African country. Rahimi further expressed hope that a new era of political life and national sovereignty would begin in Libya. On Sunday, Libyan General National Congress (gnc) elected Zidan, one of the long-time opponents of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, as the countrys new prime minister. Zidans election came a week after the gnc dismissed Mustafa Abushagur as premier following the rejection of his
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have uncovered close links between Sudan and Iran, saying that Iran was allowed to build and operate a weapons factory in Sudan. The attack TW i n b r i e f was a success for Israel, but also risks n Israel attacks Sudan accelerating the drift of Sudan and Israel bombed a weapons factory in Egypt toward Iran. Five days after the Khartoum on October 24, according attack, on October 29, an Iranian navy to the Sudanese government and the task force docked in Sudan. Sudans media. Israels Mossad is reported to military said that the ships presence represents the Fire rages at the state-owned Yarmouk strong ties military factory in southern Khartoum, between Sudan, Wednesday, october 24. the two countries. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi also spoke out in vehement support for Sudan over Israel.
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Erdoan Asks for German Help

AGENCE FrANCE PrESSE | november 1 urkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan asked yesterday for German help in grappling with a flood of Syrian refugees, calling the bloody strife across the border a catastrophe. Erdoan told reporters after talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel that Turkey could not manage the influx on its own. We absolutely need the support and assistance of Germany, he said. At a time when were searching for global peace, this is of course a catastrophe and we have to stop it. Merkel acknowledged the situation in Syria had become a real burden for Turkey and offered humanitarian aid to Other reports suggest Egypt is maintaining a close alliance with Sudan so it can keep maximum pressure on Ethiopia. Bible prophecy says the Sudan-Iranian and Sudan-Egyptian ties will evolve into a regional alliance between North African nations and Iran. This alliance will ultimately, and perhaps violently, draw in Ethiopia.

help cope with the tens of thousands fleeing the bloodshed. We feel responsible for the security of Turkey, Merkel said of Germanys nato partner. She praised what she called Turkeys restraint in response to Turkish citizens killed by Syrian fire. Turkey has since sheltered some 108,000 refugees fleeing the conflict, as well as the exiled Syrian oppositions military and political leadership. Meanwhile Turkey has systematically retaliated against cross-border shelling since Syrian fire killed five Turks on October 3.

During a recent interview published by Paris-Match Weekly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on a two-day visit to France that if Israel attacked Iran, Five minutes later, contrary to what skeptics think, I believe there will be a great feeling of relief throughout the region. In his first round of face-to-face talks with French President Francois Hollande, Netanyahu said they would discuss concrete ways of stepping up sanctions against Iran. While the relationship between Israel and America has waned during Barack Obamas presidency, Netanyahu is looking toward the increasingly strong European Union for security against a nuclear Iran.

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The third and final U.S. presidential debate regarding foreign policy saw both parties congratulate the crippling sanctions that have been administered on Iran in order to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. Indeed, the sanctions that
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have hit Iran are causing hyperinflalater delivered a statement welcomtion, but that has not stopped the ing the vote, and labeling it an nuclear program. Iran is combating important and historic step that the problem by increasing trade with will strengthen Israel. The prospect Egypt. While foodstuffs are being of a hawkish bloc winning Israels shipped in from Egypt, Iran is looking parliamentary elections is significant to sell crude oil back to them. This will because Bible prophecy says that, in alleviate the lack of crude sales to the the near future, half of Jerusalem European Union, which banned such will fall violently (Zechariah 14:2). deals in July. According to a recent Much of the world says the Jews article by the Tehran Times, trade should peacefully surrender East between Egypt and Iran is estimated Jerusalem to the Palestinians. The to increase fourfold by 2013. While coalition now forming is a force America is trying to weaken Iran unlikely to give East Jerusalem away through these tough sanctions, it is without a fight. actually helping to tighten an extremn Anti-Semitism on French Twitter ist Middle-Eastern axis. Anti-Semitic jokes became one n Israels rightward shift continues of the most talked-about subjects Israels governing Likud Party apon French twitter in October, forcproved the idea of teaming up with ing the company to delete the an ultra-nationalist partner on anti-Semitic material. #unbonjuif Monday, forming a hawkish bloc that (#AGoodJew) became the third most is poised to win parliamentary electalked-about keyword on the French tions in January. The move to unite site on October 10, and remained Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus Likud Party with Yisrael Beitenuled by Foreign Minister Avigdor Liebermanpassed by a significant majority at the central convention of the Twitter is a website that offers a social networking and microblogging Likud Party. service, enabling its users to send and read messages called tweets. Lieberman
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popular until Twitter removed the posts. The hashtag #unbonjuif was used on posts with anti-Semitic jokes or pictures of Holocaust victims. There is a deep-rooted anti-Semitism in France, and there is a very small step between racist words and racist

acts, warned Guillaume Ayne, the director of sos Racisme. The Jewish security watchdog reported recently that the number of anti-Semitic acts had increased 45 percent over the first eight months of 2012. Belgiums local election spurred what has been

described as an unprecedented wave of manifestations of anti-Semitism at around the same time. Anti-Semitism is a real and growing problem in Europe. It should be a grave warning to Israel that Europe should not be trusted as an ally.

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EU Hits Highest Unemployment Since Crisis

MyBudGET 360 | october 31 uring the height of the U.S. Great Depression, the unemployment rate stood at 25 percent. This was a devastating experience for our economy and shifted policies and geopolitics for decades to come. So when you have the European Union, the worlds largest trading bloc with two countries experiencing unemployment rates of 25 percent people should be paying more attention. The unemployment rate in Spain for the first time hit the 25 percent mark last month. The figures are more troubling when you dig deeper into the data. At the core of the crisis is the subject matter of too much debt. Spain is pulling back from a busted housing bubble and Greece is dealing with massive debt-to-gdp ratios. We trade heavily with the EU so what happens in Europe is bound to have an impact in the U.S. Is the crisis in Europe solved? The action of the [European Central Bank] has seemed to create a lull in the media about the EU crisis yet the unemployment situation continues to get worse. The stock markets in these respective markets are certainly not going

up. It is hard when central banks begin bailing out the financial industry while forcing austerity on the workers in each country. Instead of dealing with the inflated debt brought on during the bubble, these financial institutions want to inflate their way out of the mess by lowering the standard of living of those in each country. We are seeing this in the U.S. as the standard of living is crushed all the while we have nearly 47 million Americans on food stamps while the stock market is up over 100 percent from the 2009 lows. The system is now setup for extreme dichotomies where connected institutions can receive subsidies and bailouts while the public is forced into a lower standard of living. The crisis in Europe is not something that is passed. This is ongoing. It appears that this crisis has been missing in the headlines for the last few months but the debt is certainly still there and the citizens in each country Im sure are still feeling it. Ask the 25 percent unemployed in these nations and see if the global debt crisis is now over. Union, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Thursday. You will never achieve (anything) by stamping your foot and saying well we want to be part of this club, we want to unilaterally rewrite the rules of the games and we want to pick and choose unilaterally what we sign up to, said Clegg, the leader of the Lib Dems.
yet, ultimately, Europe forcing its identity down the throats of the British will reach a stopping point. The Bible indicates that the uK will not remain a part of the Catholic-dominated, German-led Eu. At some point, probably over some crisis, Britain will either leave the union or be kicked out. Trumpet, March 2006

Regardless Who Wins

GErMAN FOrEIGN POLICy | october 29 egardless of who will win the presidential elections in the United States, German political observers are not anticipating a change of course in U.S. foreign policy. It is essentially immaterial who wins, predicts an expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations. That countrys enormous economic problems leave the next U.S. president with hardly any margin of maneuver. And according to the [Christian Democratic Unions] Konrad Adenauer Foundation, one can more than likely expect a continuity, rather than a change in the coming U.S. foreign and military policy. The

Republican candidate Mitt Romneys aggressive rhetoric can be considered, with good conscience, to be the baying of an electoral campaign. Observers agree that Romneylike Obamawill reinforce U.S. presence on Chinas East and Southeast Asian periphery. It can also be assumed that he will continue the Democrat presidents drone wars, should he win the elections.

UK Could Slip Out of the EU

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ritain could face a crisis which pushes it out of the European

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EurOPEAN MAGAzINE | october 31 ore than 60 years after the end of World War ii, war has re-entered German pop culture. Television, in its own way, tells the truth. The fact that the war in Afghanistan isnt merely a humanitarian intervention, or the containment of a regional conflict with military means, or any other of the euphemisms that have been used in the past, is evident in a tv production that recently aired in Germany. On a Wednesday night, the tv guide recommended: Foreign Deployment. War Movie. Germany, 2012. The war-like mission in Afghanistan (another euphemism!) had surely been molded into entertainment before, but at least in Germany many of those attempts had focused on My worry is that it is a much shorter leap from that to an outright crisis which would leave the United Kingdom fully marginalized or even out of the European Union than people seem to imagine, Clegg said.

traumatized soldiers or on the difficult relationship between the home front and the countrys heroes (a relationship that was marked by, and usually described as, a lack of understanding). Of all countries [that] had sent their sons and daughter to Afghanistan, none struggled harder than Germany to come to terms with the unsightly fact that they were at war. The soldiers portrayed in the movie are the proverbial citizens in uniform who wish to do good but are kept awake by the nagging question of whether their action spawn evil instead. For the movie, the idea of war is first and foremost discursive ammunition, a fictional extension of the tv talk shows that endlessly debated the sense or senselessness of military invasions, and in both cases the conclusion appears to be that war is obviously stupid but sometimes necessary.

Cameron Rocked by Defeat

rEuTErS | november 1 rime Minister David Cameron suffered a humiliating defeat in parliament on Wednesday after Conservatives rebelled over Europe, an issue that has divided his party for decades and helped bring down previous leaders. Although the result carried no legal weight, the setback raised questions about Camerons authority after months of missteps by his coalition government and it revived painful memories of Conservative infighting over Europe. Cameron wants the European Unions long-term budget to rise only in line with inflation, while opponents said it should be cut in real terms to reflect the bleak economic landscape at home and across Europe. The rebels won the vote by 307 to 294 votes, a majority of 13, after they received support from the Labor Party, a generally pro-European group accused by Cameron of rank opportunism. This is a time for Brussels to listen

to the British people and do what we eurozone nations and would be one are all doing, and that is cutting our of two EU commissioners authorized cloth, Conservative lawmaker Mark to act without the agreement of his Pritchard, one of the revolts leaders, colleagues. When asked about the told Sky News. proposal during his combative interRebels said the voteCamerons view withSpiegel, Draghi announced: first significant defeat in parliament I am fully in favor of it. Governments since taking power in 2010could would be wise to seriously consider it, strengthen his position at budget talks he said. I firmly believe that, in order in Brussels next month because he to restore confidence in the euro area, will be able to say his hands are tied by countries need to transfer part of their the British Parliament. sovereignty to the European level. This Many Britons regard the EU as an comes from the man of whomSpieincompetent and spendthrift bureaugelasked: Would it be wrong to call cracy. Britains ties with the 27-memyou the most powerful man in Europe? ber bloc are likely to be a big theme AsTrumpetcolumnist Ron Fraser has in a national election due in 2015. pointed out, Draghi represents theview Cameron wants Britain to remain of the Catholic Church in Europe. an EU member but to renegotiate its If both Germany and the Catholic role within the bloc, focusing more Church want this new super-commison trade links and less on areas like sioner, theres a good chance it will regulation. happen. The holder of this office could easily oust Draghi from the position of most powerful man in Europe.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghisaid he supported German plans to create a European commissioner with widespread powers over national budgets, in an interview withSpiegelpublished in English on October 29. A fortnight ago, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schublesuggested the creation of a supercommissionerwho would be feared around the world. This man would have the power to veto the budgets of
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Lutherans could be invited to join the Catholic Church in the same way that Anglicans were invited to in 2009,Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unitysaid October 29. Anglicans can re-join the Catholic Churchthrough groups called ordinariates, which allow them to keep many of their traditions such as married bishops while being absorbed into the Roman Catholic Church. If similar

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desires are expressed by the Lutherans, the president of the Lutheran World then we will have to reflect on them, Federation said he wanted to celebrate said Koch. However, the initiative the 500th anniversary of the Protesis up to the Lutherans. One of the tant Reformation, in 2017, by signing most under-reported religious stories of martin Luther was the past decade has the German priest been the movement who initiated the of Lutherans across Protestant reformation. the Tiber, wrote Tim Churches born into Drake in the National this reformation are Catholic Register returning to their last year. The larger Catholic roots. Lutheran community is also moving toward Rome. Two years ago,

an agreement with the Vatican allowing Lutherans to receive communion at Roman Catholic Mass, and vice versa. Watch Catholic efforts to bring Lutherans back into their church. For more information, see our article Returning to the Fold.
The pope will step in as the supreme unifying authoritythe only one that can finally unite the differing nations of Europe. Europe will go roman Catholic! Protestantism will be absorbed into the Mother Churchand totally abolished. Plain Truth, October 1961

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China Tests New Stealth Fighter
TELEGrAPH | november 1 hinas second stealth fighter has made its first test flight, state media reported on Thursday, in a boost to the countrys air capabilities even though the plane is unlikely to be deployed for years. The J-31, the second stealth plane to be unveiled by China in less than two years, flew for 11 minutes on Wednesday morning, the state-run Global Times reported, citing an eyewitness. Chinas first stealth fighter, the J-20, was unveiled in early 2011 but is not expected to enter service until 2018. The countrys first aircraft carrier entered service last month, with others capable of carrying aircraft expected to follow. The J-31 appears to be more mobile than the J-20, with its landing gear suggesting it is designed to be launched from an aircraft carrier, military expert Andrei Chang told afp. He said the J-31 appeared similar to the latest fifth generation of U.S.-designed stealth fighters, but with a less powerful engine and a lower proportion of sophisticated radar-blocking composite materials. In terms of design it appears the J-31 is inferior to the latest U.S. planes, said Chang, head of the Kanwa
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Information Center, which monitors the dispute, especially since Beijing Chinas military. just announced a territorial baseline The layout is similar, but the mate- for the area that defines exact boundrial and quality are inferior. aries for the territory China claims. It will take at least seven or eight Chinese hardliners believe that inyears before it can be commercially creasing Chinas control of this region sold, Chang said, adding that the test is central to their aspirations of reflight was timed to coincide with the establishing the Middle Kingdom as run-up to Chinas once-in-a-decade Asias dominant power. Expect Chinas leadership transition next month. efforts to dominate Asia to intensify. The U.S. ordered 31 fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighter jets in one 2010 deal, n russias man claims victory in ukrainian elections the same year it deployed four F-22 Ukrainian President Viktor YanuRaptor stealth fighters in joint drills kovych claimed victory in Ukraines with South Korea in the Sea of Japan. elections, held October 28. Organization for Security and Co-operation TW i n b r i e f in Europe (osce), who monitored n Beijing raises stakes over the elections, said they were flawed. disputed islands Considering the abuse of power, and China began making concerted efforts the excessive role of money in this this week to chase Japanese ships out election, democratic progress appears of the waters around the disputed Sen- to have reversed in Ukraine, said kaku Islands, which are called Diaoyu Swedish M.P. Walburga Habsburg Islands by the Chinese. The move has Douglas, who led the mission. The ratcheted up friction between Asias elections gives Yanukovych a majority two largest economies. Japan controls if his Party of the Regions forms a cothe Senkaku islands, but they are also alition with its allies the Communists. claimed by both China and Taiwan. Yanukovych is the most pro-Russian The Chinese State Oceanic Adminisof Ukrainian politicians, those he tration said on Tuesday that four of does appear to be working hard to its ships attempted to expel Japanese maintain Ukraines independence. vessels out of waters where they were Despite any resistance he puts up, a illegally operating. On Tuesday, the victory of Yanukovych is a victory Financial Times said Chinas recent Russiahis party is much easier for moves could change the status quo in Russia to work with than any other.
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Zumas Enemy Within Way of Life

Bryan rostron, BuSINESS dAy | november 2 wareness of corruption implies the possibility of a Zuma isnt the problem. Hes merely a personification sense of shame or, at least, of public revulsion. It is a and cheerful beneficiary of this malaise: the normalisation far more critical matter when people dont even know their of corruption. rotten behavior is dishonest, when they think of it as either You sometimes hear this reflected in the baffled tones of their due or an acceptable custom. departmental spokesmen when questioned on radio or tv So it was undoubtedly with no sense of irony that about some egregious wasteful expenditure or downright President Jacob Zuma recently warned an African National fraud. They can seem genuinely puzzled about what the Congress (anc) meeting against the enemy within. He interviewer is going on about. Whats wrong with spending denounced ill-discipline, factionalism and corruption, so much public money on fruitless first-class foreign trips warning: The enemy is always present in different or on numerous, profligate office parties? guises, sizes and shapes. The embodiment of those iniquiZuma, with his history of living off the munificence of ties is, flagrantly, Zuma himself. shady businessmen, shrugs off all questions of impropriDuring his tenure we have witnessed a carnival of corety. Some of his ministers and spokesmen, though, have ruption. Exposs of the squandering or looting of public scrambled to put a lid on these exposs by declaring that money are published almost daily. Yet presidential inacZumas private home is, under an old apartheid statute, a tion or vacillation in the face of overwhelming evidence is national key pointcovered by security legislation and standard. As head of state, he sets a dire example. thus not susceptible to public scrutiny. The most squalid Zuma and various members of his family seem to suffer justification was offered by Public Works Minister Thulas from what some lawyer will one day argue is a medical Nxesi: Our constitution guarantees the right to cultural syndrome: the apparent inability, like colour blindness, to diversity, Nxesi said. So (Zumas) rural home cannot be distinguish between his and other peoples money. It is a judged through standards of an urban white home. compulsive disorderdisplayed spectacularly by the bacZumas eldest son, Edward, a wealthy businessman, threw chanalia of public money being spent on his homestead in a sumptuous wedding party last year costing R2.5m. A year rural KwaZulu-Natal (helipads, security bunkers, clinic, later, he has reportedly still not paid for more than half of it. homes for wives, AstroTurf soccer pitches, etc.). Add to that Zumas ostentatious nephew, Khulubuse, famous for his linking tarred roads costing R582m and the new town to be love of luxury cars and high living, is a director of Aurora built nearby for about R2bn. Empowerment Systems (with one of Nelson Mandelas The other explanation for why Zuma may not have grandsons and Zumas lawyer), which notoriously and thought of himself when inveighing against the enemy shamelessly asset-stripped the Orkney and Grootvlei within is that such slogans are usually the prelude to a mines, leaving thousands of workers unpaid and destitute. purge of political rivals. If this is the case, those considered Khulubuse apparently also has a huge thatched home in ill-disciplined are less likely to be the corrupt than critics Zumas new rural compound. or whistleblowers. They may need those security bunkers.

Argentina Heading for Another Bond Default

THETruMPET.COM | october 30 rgentina may soon stop paying its debts and stiff its creditors as President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner tightens her grip on the economy. Already Argentina stands accused of rigging its national inflation number, which allows it to underpay investors in its inflation-linked bonds. In 2001, Argentina fired its statisticians

and began reporting inflation rates that consistently seemed low. Foreign mistrust was compounded by Argentinas decision to seize control of Spanish-owned oil producer ypf sa earlier this year. This has impaired the nations ability to borrow money on the international market. It has also ignited a rush to get money out of the country before the government seizes it. To combat the number of investors pulling their assets out of Argentina, politicians have imposed strict currency controls. This has only
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increased peoples desire to expatriate their wealth. Facing capital flight and a frozen bond market, Argentina has resorted to printing currency to pay its bills. This has caused the Argentine peso to plummet in value and send real inflation rates to more than double the official 9 percent. There is always a cost to stiffing your creditors. On October 20, de Kirchner ordered Argentinas navy to abandon a frigate that was seized by Ghana on October 2. A Ghana court ordered the seizure due to Argentinas 2001 default on $300 million in debt,

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which is now owed to U.S.-based investment firm Elliot Management. The Argentine Frigate Libertad was in Ghana on a training mission. As Argentinas economy has continued to deteriorate, the de Kirchner government has focused on populism and has ramped up its rhetoric about retaking the Falkland Islands from Great Britain, instead of proposing real solutions to its problems.

The ruling African National Congress (anc) party in South Africa issued a statement last Tuesday that it was resolving to support an international boycott against Israel. anc chairperson Baleka Mbete told reporters that her party was pledging solidarity with the peoples of Palestine, Sudan, Cuba and the Western Sahara. According

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to the official statement, the proposed boycott would continue until Israel agreed to the formation of an independent Palestinian state including East Jerusalem. Even though the Arabs control over 99 percent of the land in the Middle East, the Jews are still rapidly losing international support for the small coastal strip of land that they have inhabited since the days of Abraham. Sadly, this loss of support is prophesied to continue and intensify.

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A History-Making StormWith a Valuable Lesson

ts been called the perfect storm, course of history. The Bible says God uses the weather as an a Frankenstorm, a superstorm instrument of His will. When we see record disasters, God and the storm of the century. On is allowing them for a reason. Monday morning, the outer arms of That is the lesson of this storm that most people are Hurricane Sandy were slamming a missing. Gerald Flurry explained in a recent Key of David 1,000-mile stretch of Americas Easttelevision program: The weather upsets in this nation are ern Seaboard. biblical. According to meteorologists, there In an August 29 program, Gerald Flurry warned that the rOBErT MOrLEy is no known precedent for this historyrecord-breaking weather disasters hitting America are not making monster of a storm. Coming just days before the coincidences, but fulfilled prophecies from the Bible. They election, and with billions of dollars worth of damage are Gods way of measuring destruction on Americafor already sustained, Sandy has the potential to change the its sins. course of history in The good news is that, America. even though it may not The timing is not acciseem like it, the recorddental. In a year already breaking weather disascharacterized by strange ters striking America and abnormal weather, are a sign of Gods love. there is a critical lesson God wants people to that America should be change. He wants people learning from its disasto live happy, prosperous trous weather. lives filled with meaning Watching the violent and purpose. God wants weather now dominate people to live His way politics in the news just of life. Eventually He days before an election will give every person should be reminder that who has ever lived this there is a higher power. opportunity, but until Yes, President then, this destruction Obamas response to this is His way of sending stormor even simply correction to a nation noAAs GoeS-13 satellite image of Hurricane Sandy battering the U.S. east the public perception that should know betCoast on monday, october 29. of his response to the ter. There is a reason stormcould have huge America is being struck implications on the national elections. The race is close. with so many natural disasters. And they will keep on Both the Bible and history are clear on this point. coming until everyone learns why. Weather, natural disasters, calamities can change the Follow Robert Morley: Twitter

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Mendoza. They stole anything they could get their hands on, he said yesterday. Someone even ran off with the cash dAILy MAIL | october 31 register. rooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has It was a mob of people. They were just running down now called on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to the street grabbing anything that wasnt nailed down. put a stop to the crime-wave sweeping South Brooklyn. A Rite Aid employee, who declined to give her name, Mayor Michael Bloomberg stated that the only people said, They were literally walking out with shopping carts he wants on the streets are New Yorks finest. full of merchandise. They didnt even look worried. They A mob of more than 50 thieves made the most of the looked like they were casually shopping. opportunity on Coneys Island, starting down Mermaid I saw an elderly lady walking away with batteries and a Avenue on Tuesday morning as the water receded. People bag of Kit Kats. were running in and out of Rent-A-Center carrying these Thieves have posted photographs of everything from big flat-screens, witness Aisha John, 20, told the Daily video games to subwoofers to dehumidifiers. News. They were holding on tight. I couldnt understand Twitter user @OG_MLK posted a photo of a man grabhow someone could steal a big tv in broad daylight, but no bing hold of a big screen television with the caption Pics of one cared. my boy Demarcus swiping that tv #SANDYLOOTCREW. She said people were running out of a nearby Rite Aid Another user posted a photo of a woman running on with bags of diapers and wipes. the street with a mannequin wearing a white shirt with A young man calling himself Jesse James claimed he had the caption Last night even Momma got outta her house helped himself to a tv at the Rent-A-Center. Look, theyve to loot me a new shirt... Luv U Momma #SANDYLOOTbeen looting our wallets for too long, he added. CREW Looters used tools to break through the steel security Residents have said they are afraid to leave their apartgates of Joanns Discount Wine and Liquors at around ments, even though they have no hot water nor electricity. 11:30 a.m. Ron Troyano, owner said the atmosphere People are turning on each othertheyre attacking each was one of complete lawlessness. We are supposed to other, said Dena Wells, of Ocean Towers. come together as a community during times of crisis, not One cab driver described seeing the thieves in action pick at each other like vultures, he said. Next time Im when he returned to his home in Brooklyns Gerritsen getting a gun. Beach. Guys were looting, pretending they were Con Looters also hit The Fresh Market five blocks down, Ed and holding people up. It was sick. destroying everything, according to employee Fernando

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Canadas Housing Market Crash?

MACLEANS | october 31 ast Friday, rating agency Moodys announcedthat almost all of Canadas biggest banks might be in for a credit downgrade, citing concerns about high consumer debt levels and elevated housing prices. It was just the latest warning that, after soaring for 14 years, Canadas housing market might be finally headed back to Earth. Now, virtually everyonefrom the Bank of Canada and the Finance Department through Canadas banks to the International Monetary Fund and independent analystsagrees that housing is losing steam and Canadian wallets are overstretched. But is Canadas housing market headed for a gracious landing or a face-forward crash?

Theres Something Rotten With U.S. Labor Picture

rEuTErS | november 2 heres something rotten with the American jobs pictureeven if its not immediately apparent from the latest report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In October the economy created 171,000 new jobs, and 84,000 more were added to previous months tallies. Thats good for President Barack Obamas re-election chances. But only half the recessions job losses have been regained, and with the recovery from each recession becoming harder to overcome than the previous one, its clear the next president will need to grapple with some deep structural problems to succeed. By historical standards, Americas recovery from the 2008 recession has
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been anomalously weak. Between 1958 and 1982 the economy recovered quickly, with jobs lost in downturns fully regained within 10 or 11 months, including the severe recession of 1982, whose peak unemployment rate exceeded 2010s. Something happened in the past 20 years, however. After the 1990-91 downturn the jobs market took 21 months to fully rebound. After the 2001-02 dip, full employment recovery took 31 months. This time around, 32 months have passed since the jobs nadir of February 2010, and only 53 percent of the jobs lost have been recovered. With this trend stretching over 30 years, and intensifying each time, its not obvious that bad policy alone is the culprit. Part of the problem is the decrease in manufacturing; when much of the workforce consisted of low-skilled manufacturing jobs, a rebound quickly put people back to work. Globalization may also be

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NYC Policeman Plots Cannibalism

OCTOBEr 31 shocking case appeared in court last week when a February, to which he responded: $5,000 and shes all yours. New York City police officer was arrested and charged This story brings to mind a cannibalistic incident in Florida for plotting to kidnap, rape, torture, then cook and eat his earlier this year when 31-year-old Rudy Eugene was shot and female victims. killed after attacking and eating the face of a homeless man. It Twenty-eight-year-old Gilberto Valle reportedly used also recalls the horrors of the murder and dismemberment of his access to police files to gather detailed information Chinese student Lin Jun by Canadian Luka Rocco Magnotta, on potential victims. Valles wife alerted the fbi after she who allegedly tasted part of the body and mailed Juns limbs to discovered chats and e-mails about Valles plans. fbi ofvarious locations around the country. ficials then seized Valles computer, which contained over These examples are only the tip of the iceberg. In an 100 profiles of female targets. In one of the messages seized, increasingly sexualized society rife with pornography, Valle wrote about a potential victim: drug usage and the glorifying of I was thinking of tying her body to evil, we can expect these unbelievsome sort of apparatus [sic] cook ably barbaric acts to multiply. Read her over low heat, keep her alive as columnist Joel Hillikers article long as possible. Bath Salts Do Not Turn People The nations corruption Valle, who has been an officer in into Flesh-Eating Zombies to worsens as those who are the New York Police Department learn about the real spirit behind supposed to watch over the for six years and has a one-year-old the worse-than-animalistic behavior daughter, was allegedly commissioned safety of American citizens that is becoming more prevalent in are endangering them. to kidnap a woman for a contact last society. a factor; jobs lost to competitors from low-wage emerging markets are more difficult to recover. Trends like cheaper money, encouraging the substitution of capital for labor; and longer-lasting unemployment benefits, now 99 weeks compared to the traditional 26 weeks, have been in place long enough to bear part of the blame. The disquieting thought is that the jobs market may not fully recover at all. The 30 months needed to recover the remainder of positions lost (without absorbing new job market entrants) is statistically destined to bump into the next recession. Either way, policy should change; measures appropriate for a job market that recovers in ten months are inadequate for an employment downturn lasting half a decade. Whoever wins on Tuesday had better start thinking fast. according to a report released this month by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2011 preliminary number of U.S. births was 1 percent less births than in 2010; the general fertility rate declined to the lowest rate ever reported for the United States, said the report. More than 40 percent of all babies born in the country last year, the report said, were born to unmarried women. While the overall birth rate declined to a record low, the birth rates for women in the 35-39 and 40-44 age groups actually increased from 2010 to 2011. The percentage of American-born babies who were delivered by unmarried women actually declined slightly from 40.8 percent in 2010 to 40.7 percent in 2011. In 2011, 1,606,087 babies were born to unmarried women and 2,347,506 were born to married women.
Strong families are the backbone of a nation. When families fall apart, nations fall. Gerald Flurry, The Epistles of Peter

Beyond U.S. Election Results

KITCO | november 2 hile Americans will be riveted to their television screens the evening of November 6, a perhaps even bigger economic event lies just beyond the trip to the polls, which could have a long-lasting impact. No matter the outcome of the U.S. election, the looming fiscal cliff of $400 billion in automatic spending cuts and tax increases looms large and is expected to trim U.S. economic growth next year even if a compromise is struck between the political parties. There are a variety of measures that both political parties agree upon, which are likely to be allowed to expire at the end of this year, including the termination of long-term unemployment benefits and the 2 percent payroll tax holiday. Mark Vittner, senior economist at Wells Fargo pointed to the temporary reduction in the Social Security tax and said thats a goner. That will end at the end of the year. And, there are new taxes associated with the health care law that will

40.7 Percent of Babies Born to Unmarried Women

CNS NEWS | october 31 he birth rate in the United States hit an all-time low in 2011,

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come into play and extended unemployment benefits end. None of this is even open for discussion. With the polls showing a virtual dead heat ahead of the election, an even worse outcome than one winner or loser could be another repeat of the 2000 presidential election in which the issue of hanging ballot chads and differing outcomes in the Electoral College and the presidential vote pushed the election results into the hands of the Supreme Court. Lets just hope we dont get a contested election, said Pat OHare chief market analyst at Briefing.com. In a closely contested race no matter who wins it concerns me that party members will have their nose bent out of shape. It could make it challenging to get a fiscal cliff compromise that the market has priced in, OHare said. The market fully believes that Congress will not let things fall over the cliff. What isnt accounted for in the market is for nothing to happen and that is not an improbability, OHare warned. Bottom line? There is nothing on the

horizon that suggests U.S. economic growth will get back to what economists consider trend or more normal growth levels anytime soon. With the fate of the economy in the hands of the politicians near term, risks remain high for an even slower U.S. growth rate than that lackluster 1.5% forecast. Translation? More quantitative easing.

Forty percent of 10-year-olds do not live with both parents, according to data released October 31 by Britains Department of Work and Pensions. Eighty percent of children are born to parents living together. By the time they turn 15, only 55 percent of children live with both their parents, according to data from 2009 to 2009. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith announced plans to pay charities and other organizations to help keep families together. When families are strong and stable, so are

TW i n b r i e f n Nearly half of British parents split before their child turns 15

childrenshowing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes, he said. But when things go wrongeither through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationshipthe impact on a childs later life can be devastating. The British government is finally waking up to the fact that family problems are at the heart of its social problems. But Britain still doesnt know how to fix its families.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (ferc) threatened to fine Barclays $470 million over accusations that Barclays manipulated the energy market. The fine would be the biggest in the fercs history. It has accused Barclays of using one part of its business to make a loss on electricity in order to push the price down so another part could make a huge profit. Barclays says it did nothing illegal and will fight the fine. The ruling is yet another blow to Britains valuable banking industry.

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Even Scientists Unwittingly See Purpose in Nature

LIvE SCIENCE | october 29 s Hurricane Sandy batters the East Coast, some might be looking for a purpose or greater meaning behind Mother Natures wrath. But perhaps no platitude irks scientists more than Everything happens for a reason. A new study, however, suggests that humans may have a bias for purpose-based reasoning that even scientists cant escape. A team of psychology researchers at Boston University (BU) asked chemists, geologists and physicists from major universities such as Harvard, mit and Yale University to evaluate explanations for different natural phenomena. The statements included purpose-based (or teleological) explanations such as Trees produce oxygen so that animals can breathe, or The Earth has anozone layer inorder to protect it from UV light. Scientists who were not under time pressure tended to reject these purpose-based explanations. Meanwhile, scientists who were instructed to assess the statements

quickly were more likely to endorse these teleological explanations . It is quite surprising what these studies show, Deborah Kelemen, an associate professor of psychology at BU, said in a statement. Even though advanced scientific training can reduce acceptance of scientifically inaccurate teleological explanations, it cannot erase a tenacious early-emerging human tendency to find purpose in nature. It seems that our minds may be naturally more geared to religion than science. The team says their results hint at an underlying belief in meaning behind natural phenomena that persists from early development. In light of Hurricane Sandy, the study seems to build on previous research suggesting that the desire to turn to God for an explanation for disaster is a widespread human urge. A poll last year found that 44 percent of Americans think that natural disasters are or could be a sign from God.

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Baal. This is another serious charge from God. today. And those prophecies predict that catastrophes will Where did all our wealth come from? Did it come from come on us in this end time. Thats in the Bible for the the great capitalist system? Was it our Yankee ingenuity? whole world to read. Its there for you to prove for yourself. If you believe that, you dont believe your Bible. Americas What does it mean to you that America has been struck prosperity came from God. He gave us birthright blessings by an unprecedented storm? because of godly men who obeyed Him. America is facing increasing disasters for a reason. God No wonder God gets upset. He gave us all these blessis unleashing these phenomena to get our attention! He ings, and we turn around and worship another god. wants to use them to turn people to Him. God says that because of that, will I return, and take away Many people claim to believe in God, but they dont my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season therebelieve what He says in the Bible. Christ said we need to live of, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her by every word (Matthew 4:4). nakedness. And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight In the aftermath of Sandy, there have been reports of of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. mobs looting businesses and people walking in and just caHurricane Sandy is actually another proof that God is sually robbing stores as if it is no big deal. People are fighting not happy with how America is behaving. God is full of over gas. Store owners are price-gouging and profiteering off wrath because of our depravity and sins. We should take of people who have acute needs and nowhere else to go. this very seriouslyeven more seriously than a monster What other nation would be turning on itself at a time storm! like this? What is wrong with Americans? Is there someBut there is a happy ending. Verse 23 says God will thing wrong with what our people are learning and not call people His people, and people will finally repent and learning? know their God. These troubles are going to get worse, America is suffering from great natural disasters and but they are leading to a beautiful ending: the return of from crime. But do you know why? Jesus Christ to this Earth, and a time when everyone will On the August 29 Key of David, I warned that the finally know and worship the God who gave them their record-breaking weather disasters hitting America are not blessings. coincidences. They are fulfilled prophecies from the Bible. That was less than two months ago. I also said that one political party in the U.S., the liberal political party, will say, Well, if we dont win this election in the United States, theres going to be a great catastrophe in this land. And the conservatives will say the same thing, Well, if we dont win this election, theres a great catastrophe in this land. But Ill tell you, it doesnt make any difference who wins, there is a great catastrophe in this land, and we must see that or Shaken in California? Blown away in the Midwest? perish. We must see it! God says He Weather disasters are happening everywhere will protect us if we respond to Him, one or more of them could affect you individually. But our problems will never be solved by a political party. or someone you love very soon! Never! Is this suffering just the senseless The book of Hosea was written prieffect of cruel nature? marily for the end time you and I are Is it something we living in. In it, God says to His people Israel for ye are not my people, and I can fix ourselves? will not be your God (Hosea 1:9). You need to know [For the identity of modern Israel, the answer! UR S request The United States & Britain NATSTEAL ? R request in Prophecy.] DISA Why Natural Those are strong words from God. disasters? In Hosea 2:8, God says, For she did not know that I gave her corn, and today. wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for

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