Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, 'Art thou the King of the Iudeans?'... And Jesus said unto him, 'Thou sayest'...And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing....Then saith Pilate unto him, 'Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?'...And he gave him no answer, not even to one word: insomuch that the governor marveled greatly...Now at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude one prisoner, whom they would...And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas ('son of the father')...When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, 'Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?'...For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up...And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, 'Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him'...Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus...But the governor answered and said unto them, 'Which of the two will ye that I release unto you?' And they said, 'Barabbas'...Pilate saith unto them, 'What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called Christ?'... They all say, 'Let him be crucified'... And he said, 'Why, what evil hath he done?'... But they cried out exceedingly, saying, 'Let him be crucified'...So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, 'I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to it'...And all the people answered and said, 'His blood be on us, and on our children'...Then released he unto them Barabbas; but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified.

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered unto him the whole band...And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And they platted a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Iudeans!'...And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head...And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the robe, and put on him his garments, and led him away to crucify him.

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

And they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, The place of a skull...They gave him wine to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted it, he would not drink....And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots; and they sat and watched him there...And they set up over his head his accusation written, IESUS NAZARENE KING OF IUDEA...Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left...And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, 'Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.'...In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 'He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him...He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.'...And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?' And some of them stood there, when they heard it, said, 'This man calleth Elijah'...And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink....And the rest said, 'Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him'...And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit...And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent; and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many...Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, 'Truly this was the Son of God'...And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee....

Gospel of Matthew

Nicholas Sarkozy's antics today, along with Lula De Silva's "White Men Are to Blame' speech yesterday, not to mention Gordon Brown's statement that 'Wall Street's days are over' are the height of 'Illuminati' theatre...Who are at the human center of the Illuminati?...All readers should know that it is the Rothschild Dynasty and their fellow Elders...What we see in London is a play: All the agreements have already been made...The EU is the modern, hi tech version of the Soviet Union, albeit one where the conditions are not as 'primitive', at least on the surface...It wouldn't do nowadays to have Bolsheviks mass killing and starving people...EU/Europe will be subdued by lower standards of living driven mass Third World & 'intra-European' immigration due to 'open borders' and 'free trade'...This will have the effect of driving down the wages of native Europeans even further, until they fall in line with the coming 'Global Minimum Wage'...There will at least be a temporary 'safety net' for the masses by subsidies given by governments...But it won't last forever...The purpose of this is to remove the last remnants of 'national economies' in the EU, or ending the nation state as we know it...The whole of Europe will become a 'region' under an administrator...The same scenario is set up for the US: Europe is simply farther along down the road...Do not misintepret what the EU 'leaders' say at this meeting...They will posture some for their home audience, but, as I said, the papers have been signed. and what they will really be saying is 'Let the Rothschilds handle it.' with our cooperation...Globally, the Russians still seem to be a wild card, but China is at least temporarily going along with the game: Bank of China bought into a private Rothschild bank last fall...But, in the course of human affairs, strange things can happen...Why?...Because maybe the PEOPLE will not cooperate!...In the mean time you can view the latest episode of the drama in London...Frank Dialogue

Sarkozy Threatens G20 Walkout

PARIS, France (CNN) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants a "real transformation" of international financial regulations out of this week's G-20 summit in London, a spokesman said Tuesday amid reports that Sarkozy will walk out of the gathering if he's not satisfied.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy seeks "stronger rules" for international commerce, a spokesman says.

"President Sarkozy thinks that this summit is of the utmost importance for the whole world," Sarkozy spokesman Jean-David Levitte said Tuesday. "We cannot fail."

The G-20 -- financial leaders from 19 nations and the European Union -- begins meeting Thursday in London. The global monetary crisis is expected to be the central issue.

News outlets throughout Europe on Tuesday were reporting that Sarkozy would leave the summit or otherwise disrupt it if he doesn't feel members are seriously addressing business regulation, a crackdown on tax havens and other matters related to the world market.

Top aides to the president would not directly confirm his plans, but suggested in several reports that Sarkozy is considering some sort of action.

"A basic rule with nuclear deterrence is that you do not say at what point you will use the weapon," Xavier Musca, Sarkozy's deputy chief of staff, told the London Times.

Levitte said Sarkozy wants to see "better rules, stronger rules" governing international commerce. That would include monitoring bonuses and salaries of financiers, overseeing accounting of major institutions and better monitoring of countries where corporations are able to establish home offices to avoid paying taxes in G-20 nations.

"All this is very technical in nature, but if we act decisively it means a real transformation of the way capitalism is functioning," Levitte said. "And hopefully, we will make sure through these decisions that what happened will not happen again."

Simon Johnson, the former chief economist with the International Monetary Fund, dismissed the potential for a walkout by France, saying the threat likely was leaked as an act of showmanship as the summit approaches.

"It would be a disaster. It would be taken very badly by financial markets," said Johnson, now an economics professor at MIT. "I'm sure it's done for a domestic audience -- a little bit of chest-beating."

Johnson said that it's folly to expect many sweeping changes out of the summit. On his blog, The Baseline Scenario, he writes that an outline of the meeting's goals shows that "the G-20 punts on most of the big issues."

But he pointed to a handful of possibilities -- including the chance that the group will go along with a U.S. plan that would dramatically increase funding for the IMF. The IMF works to stabilize the economies in poor and developing countries by providing loans and through other means.

"It's better than nothing -- it's better than a kick in the teeth," he said. "That's the spirit with which you should approach these things.

"You don't usually get summits with drastic results."

On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said G-20 leaders need to reshape the global economy to reflect world values.

"Instead of a globalization that threatens to become values-free and rules-free, we need a world of shared global rules founded on shared global values," Brown said.

U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in London for the summit on Tuesday, making his first visit to Europe since taking office.

There, he'll pitch on the world stage the economic-recovery package he recently pushed through Congress.
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"I think it's likely that we will come out of the G-20 with very broad agreement on measures that have to be taken to address the global recession," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters on Air Force One.

Afterward Obama will visit France, Germany, the Czech Republic and Turkey to wrap up an eight-day trip.

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Brazil's Leader Blames 'White People' for Crisis

By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo and agencies
March 27 2009 00:27

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday blamed the global economic crisis on “white people with blue eyes” and said it was wrong that black and indigenous people should pay for white people’s mistakes.

Speaking in Brasília at a joint press conference with Gordon Brown, the UK prime minister, Mr Lula da Silva told reporters: “This crisis was caused by the irrational behaviour of white people with blue eyes, who before the crisis appeared to know everything and now demonstrate that they know nothing.”

He added: “I do not know any black or indigenous bankers so I can only say [it is wrong] that this part of mankind which is victimised more than any other should pay for the crisis.”

Mr Brown appeared to distance himself from Mr Lula da Silva’s remarks. “I’m not going to attribute blame to any individuals,” he said.

Mr Brown was visiting Brazil as part of a five-day tour of Europe, the US and South America in preparation for the G20 summit to take place in London next Thursday. He made a joint appeal with Mr Lula da Silva for the world’s biggest economies to provide $100bn to boost global trade.

“I’m going to ask the G20 summit next week to support a global expansion of trade finance to reverse a slide in world trade,” Mr Brown said.

Mr Lula da Silva also spoke out strongly against raising trade barriers in response to the global crisis. “I compare protectionism to a drug,” he said. “Why do people use drugs? Because they are in crisis and they think the drug will help them. But its effects pass quickly.”

The two leaders’ remarks demonstrate the desire each will have to secure the other’s support during the G20 meeting.

Brazil – which has long campaigned unsuccessfully to be given a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council – will argue for a bigger voice for Brazil and other emerging nations in multilateral organisations such as the International Monetary Fund and the Financial Stability Forum, a group of central banks and national supervisory authorities established in 1999.

Brazil is one of many nations calling for increased regulation of global financial markets and greater powers for multilateral regulators.

It will also call for a resumption and conclusion of the Doha round of talks at the World Trade Organisation.

In return for supporting such initiatives, Mr Brown will expect Brazil to endorse calls for fiscal stimulus in a bid to mitigate the impact of the global crisis, such as the proposed $100bn in trade finance.

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Barack Obama: 'Bamba Klat Man'

The looting and destruction of the American economy was not a accomplished by one man, and certainly didn't happen overnight. But the process reached a climax during the Bush administration, starting with the staged '911' event, which itself was a coverup for large scale banking and securities fraud, and drew us into the disastrous 'War on Terror' , which included the invasions of both Iraq and Afghanistan, nations which never attacked us. The purpose of all of this was to bankrupt the US, both financially and morally. But, of course, money was the main reason. We saw this process reach it's penultimate point with the 'banker bailout' and 'electronic run' on American banks which took place in the fall of 2008.
For those who see beyond the 'false front' of American party politics, where both parties are the servants of a foreign master, the promises and rhetoric of Barack Obama, 'Hope for Change', were just more empty words. After the 'bad cop' George Bush, who disgraced America in the eyes of the world, a 'good cop' was needed, one with 'compassion'. But the truth is simpler. The international bankers needed a 'clean up man'.

What is a 'Bamba Klat Man'?

In the Jamaican culture, there is a story passed down, and a term given to a certain type of man. It is this: On the slave ships, 'difficult' or 'uncooperative' slaves were usually brought on deck, and either whipped or beaten to death. They literally 'had the shit beaten out of them'. After the beating or killing was finished there was a mess. The mess included flesh, blood and shit. Someone had to clean it up. Since the slavers found this cleanup unsavory themselves, the task was usually assigned to another slave. The Jamaicans call this slave the 'Bumba Klat Man'. He cleaned up the clots of blood, and the shit. In return, he got a little extra food and maybe some rum or whiskey. The 'Bumba Klat Man'. the cleanup man.

Barack Obama is the banker's clean up or 'Bumba Klat Man'. Today's slave ship differs from the old one in the means used to impose the master's will on the slave. Today, we have a hi-tech slave ship, where the enforcement is done by means of media, and the power of the computer. The masters are not stupid. They can change with the times. Today's methods are also more powerful because they attack the mind directly. And the whip hand is hidden behind a more elaborate facade. After all, the mind is a powerful thing, for better or worse. Of course, force can and will be used as a last resort, or when the slave is perceived as being most vulnerable. But, when a 'mess' is made, there must be a clean up. There must be a 'Bamba Klat Man'.

Speculators, Spivs, Lawyers & Geeks


All the focus on the 'Financial Crisis' has revolved around the machinations of the bankers and their operatives, the politicians in Washington DC. This is part of the picture. But the real source of our problems is more fundamental.

America is no longer a productive country. We are no longer a working nation, in terms of producing anything of value. We depend on cheap foreign goods as consumers. We no longer produce energy that is aimed at our domestic market. Our farmers have been bankrupted and folded into multi-national conglomerates. Our manufacturing base for essential items such as steel has shrunk to a miniscule level.
We no longer invent and produce items that our own nation can consume, let alone goods for export.

A man must work. I know that if I cannot work at something, if I sit idle for days or weeks at a time, I fall into a sort of 'black hole'. An entropy happens. The longer one is idle, the harder it is to get back into a productive rythmn.

For most men, work means working with his hands, and using his intelligence to inform his handiwork. What is left to American men to produce?

We were seduced by the 'yuppie' cilture. a culture designed for speculators, spivs, lawyers and geeks. The aforementioned are a parasite class. They produce nothing of value, but suck the lifeblood of the labour of others for their sustenance. We were duped into thinking that a 'service economy' would be the 'next thing', the inevitable future. But who 'services' but a prostitute, who has no other means of earning her daily bread except in the selling of her body? We have whored ourselves before the false gods of the parasites.

My father, who fought in WWII, was a mechanic. First in the USAF, stationed in England, where he worked on airplanes. The, when he got back, he worked for the Yale Corporation, the company that first mass produced the fork-lift truck. Pop could do anything as far as working with cars; he could also build a house, or do anything related to repair and renovation. He lost his job. after 25 years with Yale & Towne, when Cleveland's Eaton family, friends of the Rockefellers, bought Yale and decided to move the company to North Carolina, where there were no labour unions. This as in the late 70s, and this was the beginning of the trend of destroying our manufacturing base, in search of greater and greater profits, moving companies wherever cheap or slave labour was abundant.

Then you had the 80s, with the takeover of Wall Street by alien speculators. These aliens had never done any real work in their lives. This was the heyday of the 'Yuppie Revolution' where the philosophy was basically 'easy money without work'. Certainly without working with you hands. It was the decade of 'Always Take'. The energies of this parasite class were directed at the dismantling of whatever was left of the American productive plant, selling it off in exchange for 'junk bonds', and then disposing of the real assets of American industry into the hands of foreigners. We were told this was wonderful. What fools we were. This was a nest of termites eating into the foundation of our home, America. The proceding decades saw this criminal trend accelerate into what we have now. Which is America as a wholly owned 'subsidiary' of foreign and domestic parasites.

The rise of the personal computer and the Internet have also given rise to a new false paradigm. We witness the emergence of 'geekdom' or the computer obsession. As real work has been downgraded, we also see a downgrading of social values, as the workplace has traditionally been a socializing factor for society. Men working together (women also). But with this downgrading and elimination of traditional work and handicraft, we see the emergence of 'virtual' or computer related work. Much of the activity of the computer user or worker is done in isolation. This leads to a 'dysfunctional' way of looking at the world. An alienation from fellow humans. And, this new 'virtual culture' is custom designed for the parasite, as it leads to the introduction and manipulation of 'virtual wealth'. Another layer for the 'shell game'.

Let us not forget the lawyers. In a den of thieves, a 'negotiator' serves a vital function. They say that everyone has a price. The lawyer helps determine what everyone's 'price' is, and thereby helps to perpetuate the enterprise, make it run smoothly, without resort to more drastic measures that may upset the apple cart.

We need to put America back to real work: On the land for farmers, in revitalized factories/industries for the craftsman, in the development and use of our great natural oil and mineral resources, and in infrastructure, using the graduates/technicians of our universities. The parasite class must be given a dose of strong medicine, eliminating a majority, and containing the destructive activities of the survivors. At the same time, we need a system of 'micro credit' which will encourage the innovator in his productive activities, and give us a strong local base for a healthy economy. The big and the small need to work, and to get paid for their labours, in just measure.

I call for the 'bug man' to come into our house, and for him to spray and lay bait and traps with the goal of neutralizing the termites and cockroaches. As the 'bug man' works, so shall we, doing a thorough house cleaning, and then getting to work in the garage and basement, so to speak.

Work will set you free

Charla Nash

Charla Nash lost eyes, nose and jaw in chimpanzee attack

NY Daily News


The shocked family of the chimp attack victim said Wednesday a team of doctors is working feverishly to save her life as the extent of her horrific injuries was revealed.

Paramedics say Charla Nash, 55, lost her nose, eyes and jaw as the crazed simian ate her alive in the driveway of her friend's Stamford, Conn., home Monday.

His voice shaky, her twin brother, Mike Nash, thanked the four teams of specialists who performed more than seven hours of surgery.

"The team of doctors and staff battled around the clock to stabilize Charla," he said inside Stamford Hospital.

Charla Nash was listed in critical but stable condition yesterday, and her vital signs were improving, doctors said.

She was left near dead when her close friend's 200-pound ape, Travis, brutally mauled her after escaping the home he was raised in from infancy.

Travis' owner, Sandy Herold, used a butcher knife to stab the 14-year-old chimp, who was suffering from Lyme disease and had consumed Xanax - but the rampage only ended when cops shot the animal dead.

Questions emerged yesterday as to whether Travis should have been removed from Herold's home years ago.

A former Stamford resident, Leslie Mostel-Paul, 52, told the Daily News that Travis bit her hand in November 1996 when she tried to pet him in the parking lot of a local doctor's office.

Mostel-Paul says she contacted police, but her complaint was brushed aside.

"If the police had taken care of what they needed to, this woman wouldn't be lying in intensive care right now," Mostel-Paul said. "He shouldn't have been in the house."

Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin said he had no record of the incident and could not confirm or deny its validity.

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Miss Nash is in our prayer and thoughts...........Frank Dialogue

Chimpanzee Owner

200 Pound Chimp in Cage

I first thought this story was some kind of joke...But it was not...What horrifies me is the insanity of the owner, one Sandra Herold, a seriously mentally imbalanced woman...She claims that 'the chimp was my life: I ate with him, cooked for him, slept with him...'...You can read the story for yourself...What bothered me about news stories I saw was the attempt to make the chimp a 'victim'...Now, I feel for the ape, since he spent much of his time locked in a cage, with only this neurotic human for company, but...Police officers had to shoot the marauding ape to stop the attack...An interesting sidelight to this story is a cartoon that appeared in the NY Post, showing two police officers shooting a chimp, and making comments about 'a monkey and the 'stimulus package'...The cartoon has stirred some outrage, and I post the cartoon and the Reverend Al Sharpton's reaction to it at the bottom of the post...

Owner now says she never gave slain chimp Xanax

By JOHN CHRISTOFFEREN, Associated Press Writer John Christofferen, Associated Press Writer Wed Feb 18, 6:20 pm ET STAMFORD, Conn. –

 As authorities considered criminal charges, the woman whose 200-pound domesticated chimpanzee went berserk and mauled a friend backtracked Wednesday on whether she gave the animal the anti-anxiety drug Xanax. Sandra Herold told The Associated Press on Wednesday that she never gave the drug to her 14-year-old chimp, Travis, who was shot dead by Stamford police Monday after he grievously wounded Herold's friend Charla Nash.

However, Herold said in an interview aired Wednesday morning on NBC's "Today" show that she gave Travis the drug in some tea less than five minutes before he attacked Nash — she even showed a reporter the mug. Police have said Herold told them that she gave Travis Xanax that had not been prescribed for him earlier on Monday to calm him because he was agitated.

In humans, Xanax can lead to aggression in people who are unstable to begin with, said Dr. Emil Coccaro, chief of psychiatry at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

"Xanax could have made him worse," if human studies are any indication, Coccaro said.

The chimpanzee's rampage forced Herold to stab her beloved pet with a butcher knife and pound him with a shovel.

"For me to do something like that — put a knife in him — was like putting one in myself." she said Wednesday. "Then he turned around and like, 'Mom, what did you do?'"

Herold's voice was filled with fear and horror in 911 tapes released by police Tuesday night.

Travis can be heard grunting as she cries for help: "He's killing my friend!"

The dispatcher says, "Who's killing your friend?"

Herold replies, "My chimpanzee! He ripped her apart! Shoot him, shoot him!"

After police arrived, one officer radioed back: "There's a man down. He doesn't look good," he says, referring to the disfigured Nash. "We've got to get this guy out of here. He's got no face."

Doctors at Stamford Hospital said Wednesday that it took four teams of surgeons more than seven hours to stabilize Nash, 55. Hand specialists, plastic surgeons and specialists in orthopedics, ophthalmology and trauma have treated Nash, who has made slight progress but remained in critical condition, Dr. Kevin Miller said at a news conference with the victim's family.

Nash's brother, Mike Nash, did not take questions from reporters but said the family is grateful for community support it has received.

"It should be known that people who were complete strangers to us prior to this have selflessly offered their assistance to our family," he said. "We are eternally grateful to them and to all of you who are keeping Charla in your thoughts and wishing her well."

Police have said they are looking into the possibility of criminal charges. A pet owner who knew or should have known that an animal was a danger to others can be held criminally responsible.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday that a defect in Connecticut's laws allowed Herold to keep the chimp in her home, probably illegally. There are rules requiring large primates to be registered by the state, but officials have some discretion in enforcing them and violations carry only minor penalties, he said.

"This animal probably was illegally kept, so far as that statute is concerned," Blumenthal said. "Clearly, some kind of permission was necessary for this animal to be at that residence."

Herold, a 70-year-old widow whose daughter was killed in a car accident several years ago, told the AP the chimp "was my life" and that she "never, never, never" gave it Xanax. "He never had anything but love."

Herold speculated that Travis was being protective of her when he attacked Nash, who she said was driving a different car, wearing a new hairstyle and holding an Elmo stuffed toy in front of her face as a present to the chimp.

"She had the toy in front of her. This was just a freak thing," Herold said.

Herrold said Nash is a close friend who traveled with her to a Connecticut casino on Valentine's Day.

"It was the most horrible thing that could ever happen," she said.

Authorities are trying to determine why the chimp, a veteran of TV commercials who could dress himself, drink wine from a glass and use the toilet, suddenly attacked. A test for rabies was negative, Stamford police Capt. Richard Conklin said Wednesday.

Nash had gone to Herold's home in Stamford on Monday to help her coax the chimp back into the house after he got out, police said. After the animal lunged at Nash when she got out of her car, Herold ran inside to call 911 and returned with a knife.

After the initial attack, Travis ran away and started roaming Herold's property. An officer shot the chimp several times after it opened the door to his cruiser and started to get in.

Travis appeared in TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola when he was younger, and at home he was treated like a member of the family. Don Mecca, a family friend from Colchester, N.Y., said Herold fed the chimp steak, lobster, ice cream and Italian food.

Primate experts say chimpanzees are unpredictable and dangerous even after living among humans for years, but in her "Today" interview, Herold rejected criticism that they are inappropriate pets.

"It's a horrible thing, but I'm not a horrible person and he's not a horrible chimp." she said.

Connecticut law requires primates weighing more than 50 pounds to be registered with the state. But state Department of Environmental Protectionpublic health risk and was owned before the registration requirement began.

Blumenthal, the attorney general, sent letters to legislative leaders and DEP Commissioner Gina McCarthy, asking them to support a proposed law that would ban all potentially dangerous exotic animals, such as chimpanzees, crocodiles and poisonous snakes, from being kept in a residential setting in Connecticut.

McCarthy is seeking a similar law banning large primates. Her agency is also asking the public, police officers and animal control officers who are aware of large primates being kept as pets to report the animals to the agency.

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Now, to the cartoon and the reaction of the Rev. Al Sharpton...

The Offending Cartoon

Quote from Al Sharpton:

"The cartoon in today's New York Post is troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys. One has to question whether the cartoonist is making a less than casual reference to this when in the cartoon they have police saying after shooting a chimpanzee that "Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill.""Being that the stimulus bill has been the first legislative victory of President Barack Obama (the first African American president) and has become synonymous with him it is not a reach to wonder are they inferring that a monkey wrote the last bill?"

Oh yes. Words of wisdom from one one the biggest political and media whores ever to blemish the American landscape. As always, consider the source. And consider whether the 'stimulus package' is a victory. A victory for who and for what?

But, I must say that this whole story and the cartoon spinoff do Korrectly give a representation of the current AmeriKan Kultural and PolitiKal landsKape. We are most definitely at the end of something. I am afraid that America has become a nation of clowns, both in it's leadership and in the lifestyle and mentality of it's citizens. Definitely the end of something, reflective of a civilization that has lost it's bearings and is in a seriously downward spiral. But perhaps all is not lost. We have become a Kartoon Kulture, and, possibly, the cartoonist and the humourist are really voices of reason. Life would be unbearable if we lost the ability to see the ironic, and this irony often contains truth, be it painful or not. But what have we become when our women substitute a relationship with a monkey for a relationship with a man? Is this the logical result of sexual liberation? Or does it denote a devolution to a sub-human state? As the song says 'I guess I just don't know...'

What's Up, Doc?

Boris, Natasha & 'Fearless Leader' : 'Ver Is Squirell?'

Here is Squirrel with Moose

Here is 'new Squirrel'...

...and his 'Half-Brother'

'IraqoToons': USA Gains the Respect of the World/The 'Ace of Spades'

'ZioToons' : Flag of Ashkenazistan

Talmudic Jurisprudence at Work

EduKation Today

More EduKation: Children's Book Author now PolitiKally KorreKt

AfroToons : HomesKooling

NetToons: 'Virtual Love'

EuroToons : Spain's Prince Filipe & Wife Letizia Having Sex: Prince Felipe says: 'Do you realize if I get you pregnant, it will be the closest thing to work that I have ever done in my life?'

Serb EuroToon: 'Welcome to the EU...Wipe Your Feet on the Doormat!'

ZioTunes: Esther Teaches Judith to make matzo!

'Enough of These Goyim!' : The Jew Fights Back,,,

IslamoToons

MexiToons

One must have a sense of humour...Let's bring it out into the open!

Below: Television: 21st Century.........................Television: Circa 1978

 Marquee Moon/Television

Television were one of the pioneering groups of rock and roll’s ‘punk & new wave’ movement which started with the Ramones in 1976…Curiously, Televison were neither ‘punk’ nor ‘new wave’ but rather a completely new mix of many classic elements of Guitar rock & roll, mixed with lyrics/poetry loosely connected to the ‘beat movement’ and it’s rock & roll offshoots…There sound was based in the tradition of American guitar rock, incorporating elements of 50s Fender guitar twang, surf-guitar, Chicago blues, and Link Wray-Dick Dale style guitar sound…This as opposed to the then emerging heavy metal guitar sound…But they also mixed Hendrix-like psychedelic elements with open ended improvisations…The result was a rock sound that was completely unique, and like many truly individual creations, has a quality of timelessness that has transcended trends and still sounds fresh today, 30 years later.

Television along with bands like the Ramones, Blondie, the Patti Smith Group and others were there at the beginning of the Punk/New Wave movement that had it’s germination at the NYC bar CBGBs in the middle 1970s…In fact, Television were there first, and actually helped build the stage at the NY Bowery bar.

Formed in 1973 by Guitarist/vocalist/composer Tom Verlaine (real name Miller/Seklavy) , Television went through a number of changes before settling on their classic lineup of Verlaine (Wilmington DE), bassist Fred Smith (NY), drummer Billy Ficca (Wilmington) and guitarist Richard Lloyd (Pittsburg PA)…This was the lineup that epitomized their ‘wheels within wheels’ guitar style over a rock and roll rythmn section that had the subtlety and imagination of a good jazz band.

Television honed their style during this period, and after a number of abortive attempts at landing record deals, the first one through a demo tape produced by Brian Eno, finally got the notice of a number of records with a demo they did with Blue Oyster Cult member Alan Lanier. They finally signed a record contract with Elektra Records, circa 1976. Their first album ‘Marquee Moon’, a highly original offering that is still considered a rock and roll classic was released in 1977.

Although usually lumped in with the Punk and New Wave genres, Television are more accurately described as an ‘Art Rock’ group…Now, when we think of ‘Art Rock’ what usually comes to mind are British groups like Yes, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and that school….Television were Art but on a street level as opposed to a more pompous or academic level…They had much more in common with the Velvet Underground; Television’s ‘stripped down’ style/sound/POV had much more in common with this NYC ‘existential’ viewpoint than with the more elaborate and showy ‘Prog Rock’ sensibilities of the British bands I mentioned…Television had American roots,

‘Marquee Moon' was quite an album....At the time it came out, I worked at probably the leading independent record store on the East Coast of the US, 'Third Street Jazz & Rock' in Philadelphia PA...We specialized in Jazz of all types, but with an emphasis on free jazz and hard to get items, including a large selection of imported vinyl...We also had a 'basement section' that was entirely devoted to the newly emerging punk & new wave genre, again with an emphasis on imports, primarily from the UK...Every Saturday we always had a line down the street of folks coming from NY, NJ and other points waiting to get in the door...

'Marquee Moon' was quite popular, and played frequently on turntables in the store...I liked what I heard, but I must admit that at that time I was primarily into jazz (I am also a musician/composer), and didn't quite get it's full impact...But it was a very good seller, along with albums by The Ramones, The Clash, Buzzcocks, Sex Pistols, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and the like…But as I said, since I was involved in my own musical pursuits that were slightly different and not oriented to rock and roll, I didn’t really get the chance to get into their music deeply at that point in time…But, curiously, there were some personal connections…A friend of mine worked with Televison’s Richard Lloyd after the band broke up in 1978 following the release of their second record ‘Adventure’ (also excellent) and an American tour…Like many of the new generation of rock artists, Television could not get their records played on the radio in the US: the record companies didn’t quite know how to promote them…And, of course, even if a group has a record deal, without proper promotion a record won’t sell, and a group cannot make a living.

After Television broke up in 1978, the band members pursued various and sundry projects...Tom Verlaine released a series of solo albums during the 80s, and Richard Lloyd released a few of his own...But aside from Verlaine's first solo project 'Tom Verlaine' the records, although quite good in varying degrees, lacked the magic that was produced by the Television partnership...There is something special about a BAND...Bassist Smith and drummer Ficca worked with an assortment of artists, and on different recordings..



Television reformed in 1993, signed a new record deal with Capitol, and put out an extraordinary album, the eponomously titled ‘Television’…I first heard it while walking to catch a trolley on a summer evening…There was something about the sound that I recognized, but it was so unique I had to just stop and listen…When the DJ came on, he said ‘That’s the new album from the reformed Television’…Wow...This was a the dawning of the CD era, and I rushed out to get the record…It was only available on cassette…But I bought it, and still have the cassette…The album is no longer available in any format...But ‘Television’ might be their best album…The group had updated their sound, but the growth was organic and didn’t sound artificial…It just sounded like they had seamlessly incorporated everything they had heard or been influenced by in the last ten years, and blended it into the classic Television style…A beautiful record…But, as before, their new label, Capitol, didn’t seem to understand them or be willing to give them support…After a change in management at the label, with the individuals who signed them having departed, Capitol Records never released a follow up…This at the height of the ‘alternative rock’ period (with groups like Nirvana) when it seemed to be a ripe time for the kind of intelligent/individualistic rock that a band like Television played to finally reach a wider and younger audience.

Around the year 2000, somehow I stumbled onto Television again, and this time around I was ready to really listen, closely...I bought the CD of 'Marquee Moon' and was quite amazed...Being a guitarist, the first thing that jumped out was the interplay of the guitars, and the sheer imagination of the guitar lines and parts...Verlaine, with his more fragmented and dissonant style, and Lloyd with his more straight ahead rock sensibility and fluidity made for a great combination...Plus, the great rythmn section of Fred Smith and Billy Ficca held everything in check, but with great subtlety and imagination, like a jazz rythmn section, but playing a rock beat...And the songs?...tremendous, every last one...All unique...'White Boy' rythmn taken to the limit...'See No Evil', ''Venus de Milo', 'Friction', 'Elevation' all great and unique in structure and performance: Swirling guitars that wouldn’t quit, some of the most interesting and imaginative drumming from Ficca, and bass-extrodinaire from Smith…All this, with Verlaine’s cryptic lyrical symbolism ...Then you had more 'epic' rock opuses like 'Marquee Moon' and 'Torn Curtain', along with a bit of doo-woppy American 50s style rock on 'Guiding Light' and 'Prove It'...Quite a unique rock and roll experience...And always, the guitars played like the rock and roll equivalent of a classical string quartet, but with funk, slash and resonance.

I saw the reformed Televison in 2003 in Philadelphia, and even shared some conversation over dinner with Richard Lloyd at a local eatery before the show...The concert was fantastic...While the group could still rock out, they had developed the sensitivity of a jazz chamber ensemble, al la the Modern Jazz Quartet, and integrated elements of jazz, Middle Eastern modality and other elements seamlesly into their set...Every member stood out as individuals, but the sum of it all was greater than the parts...Mr. Verlaine had a few problems with his guitar and amp, but eventually straightened things out...Richard Lloyd was at a peak, and his playing was top notch rock, again with other elements mixed in...Verlaine's unique voice was in good stead, and they mixed old material from the 'Marquee Moon' era with new songs, and great material from their 1993 comeback album 'Television'.

I last saw Television at Central Park in NYC in 2007...Richard Lloyd was hosptalized with pneumonia, so Tom Verlaine's musical compatriot Jimmy Ripp handled the other guitar chores...But, this was quite an amazing concert, as Verlaine got to really stretch out with his playing, fusing elements of surf-guitar, raga-rock, 50s style Fender sound, which have always been present in his playing, into a small rock symphony for lead guitar...Without Mr. Lloyd to lean on, Verlaine really stretched out and got into a whole different realm...But it was still Televison, with the redoubtable Mr. Smith and Ficca as the rythmn engine...As the sun went down, I just sat in Central Park and heard them turn their magnum opus 'Marquee Moon' into a Beethoven-like musical soundscape...I kid you not.

 
So, this is just a little word-up about a largely unknown but very amazing rock and roll group…History’s pioneers are often overlooked or pushed to the side during their own lifetimes…Others make the profits from their original inventions…But this is the way of the world, and with art or music, it is the work itself that transcends, and stands the test of time…Tom Verlaine’s original partner in the group, Richard Hell (Myers), was apparently the one who came up with the name ‘Television’ for the group…He picked it because, being the nihilist that he was then, he thought it fit the time perfectly : ‘So omnipresent, so NOTHING…’…But Tom Verlaine, who agreed to the name, apparently saw the word in a different light…’Television…I always looked at it like ‘tell-a=vision, you know, trying to communicate something you see, or a vision you have of something…’…Yes, ‘tell a vision’ indeed.


Some links:
Television 'The Wonder' : http://www.thewonder.co.uk
Richard Lloyd/Television Guitarist:
http://www.richardlloyd.com
Television Fan Site: 'Last Word Is the Lost Word'
http://tv.obbard.com/tvlinks.html

 

The music of Television can be listened to or downloaded at various sites on the Web...Some YouTube footage is also available.

Oil


The price of oil has always been manipulated to the nth degree...The price of oil at the well-head in the Middle East is about $5-7 a barrel, at the very most...So why do we pay so much for it?...Some cost is added in transportation and refining, but the big money has always gone to the Rothschilds, Rockefellers and other elites who control the price WE pay here in the West...Of course, the Saudis /OPEC make money, too...That's part of the deal...But what banks handle their money?...Well, sure, JPMorgan/Chase, CitiGroup, etc...Before we get the oil, the price is jacked up by various mechanisms, by various forms of derivatives, futures options, all banking manouvers...The oil companies use fake 'transportation costs' as another means of increasing prices...Then, at the end of the line, they use tax-loopholes and false bookeeping to avoid taxation on their profits...That's how it works...But, when the price of oil is high, it is not just the Anglo-American (Zionist) parties who profit...The Saudis rake it in, Russia made a killing, Venezuela, even Nigeria (although they are a basket case when it comes to managing their money: it all goes back to Western banks/interests eventually)...But what happened with Russian oil?...First, the Zionist elements tried to seize it outright after th fall of Communism, but Putin stopped this...Good for Russia...But, Russia had an enormous foreign debt to Western/Rothschild banks....Now, Putin paid off this debt...Again, good for Russia, but also, good for the Rothschilds...They made money...Even basket case Nigeria paid back billions in debt to western banks...Venezuela, too, although Chavez was a tougher nut to crack...So, what happens then?...Well, the speculators then drive the price DOWN...What happens?...Russian cash flow is curtailed, they have to devalue the ruble...Venezuelan cash flow shrinks...Nigeria, well, they can't manage money when they have it...So, the Rothschilds, Rockefellers and others make out either way...Natural gas, too...This 'gas crisis' between Ukraine & Russia is about this: Certain elements are using the Ukraine to send a message to Russia, and by the Ukrainians blocking Russian gas to Europe, it sends Europeans into a panic, and makes Russia look like an 'unreliable partner'...It is all planned...The US?...They've cleaned us out already, so they can afford to let the prices drop some...It doesn't take a genius to figure it out...Anyway, here is a very interesting article, wrotten in October 2001, about the real cost of oil...I believe it is still basically accurate today, as far as costs of 'oil at the well head'...I invite your discussion................Frank Dialogue





SAUDI ARABIA - Costs to Produce Oil


The cost of producing oil in Saudi Arabia has been the lowest in the world. In the 1950s, the net well-head cost of production was less than 7 US cents/barrel. In early 1990, the net well-head cost of production from 14 operating fields, with the Ghawar axis of fields taken as one unit, was estimated to average between 50 and 63 cents/barrel. This was calculated on the basis of output then ranging from 5.38m b/d, which was Saudi Arabia's OPEC quota for the first half of 1990, to 7.2m b/d. At present, the average of wellhead costs is a little over $1/barrel (95 cents/barrel in 1997), and experts predict higher costs in the coming years in view of declining reservoir pressure in some of the Ghawar fields. The wellhead cost in the Najd fields is relatively high, in view of technical problems encountered there in the past six years.

The estimates until early 1990 were used as a base in calculating the minimum per-unit capital cost of additional capacity for Saudi Aramco's expansion programme. It was then indicated that, at additional capacity above 7.2m b/d, production costs would be considerably higher.

Total costs up to the loading of the crude oils for export, including Saudi Aramco's administrative costs, piping and terminalling, are now said to average about $2/b (as in 1997), compared to almost $2.50/b in 1993. Costs were reduced as a result of reorganisation and cost-cutting measures since Saudi Aramco's absorption of Samarec in the past eight years. Until 1987, total costs used to be over $2.50/b, due to high wages for US staff and various social programmes.

It might be possible to cut total unit costs to less than $1.80/b, the level estimated in the case of Iraq in early 1990. But the final outcome of further cost-cutting measures could be "lower quality personnel and inefficiency across the board", as one Saudi Aramco official puts it.

These costs exclude field maintenance and other items, such as mothballing and de-mothballing costs in the fields, and the maintenance of gas-oil separation plants (GOSPs), pipelines, storage tanks, terminals, etc. The maintenance element is important, as Saudi Aramco adopts the approach of the US oil majors which is thorough and expensive.

There have been varied estimates of Saudi Aramco's field maintenance costs, with one study group having claimed this exceeds $1.5 bn per annum and Aramco experts saying this figure is exaggerated.

In early 1990, after Saudi Aramco's first programme was announced, it was estimated that the cost of expanding the capacity of its developed oil fields in the north-east would be about $15 bn. This meant the cost for an additional 3.5m b/d capacity, over the 7.2m b/d mentioned above, would be $500m for every 117,000 b/d unit including infrastructures. But there were much higher estimates of Saudi Aramco's programme costs subsequently, with the figure of $25 bn mentioned.

Independent experts forecast in early 1990 that net well-head costs at the Najd fields may come to less than 50 cents/b, if their reservoir pressure was high as experts had indicated. (Net well-head production costs estimated for additional capacity among OPEC's Middle East members then were ranging from 23 cents/b in Iraq to $2.80/b in Algeria). But now the net well-head cost at the Najd fields is said to exceed $1.50/b.

The Najd reservoirs have proved to have lower pressure than first thought. Since 1994, production has been affected by the encroachment of sand into the wells. Underground pumps installed at the fields have clogged up with sand, with the blockage occurring roughly every three months. To prevent production from falling below 200,000 b/d, Saudi Aramco has been hooking up several new fields discovered since 1994.

It was first estimated that development of the Najd fields would cost less than $500m for each 200,000 b/d production unit. Actual costs until the Najd fields were developed to a capacity of 200,000 b/d, reached by end-1994, came to about $600m. But this was way below estimates made in 1990 by US upstream experts.

Assuming an ultimate production capacity of 2m b/d in the Najd area would be possible later on in this decade, the total cost could be $6.5-7 bn of current US dollars. This is still lower than the cost of developing new capacity in Saudi Arabia's north-eastern fields.

According to Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi, the cost of finding new oil reserves in the kingdom is less than 10 US cents/barrel, i.e., by far the lowest cost in the world. This compares to an average of finding costs of about $4/b in other parts of the world.

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The New Year: What We Are In For...

I have taken some time off for Christmas and the New Year to rejoice in the gifts that Our Lord has given us, and to be thankful. But the holiday is over, and now I must reflect on the work of the Devil and his servants on this planet, and how, by speaking out in truth, we may gain the victory.

But for now, just a few things I noticed while watching network news tonite, primarily CNN & BBC. On CNN, there was coverage of the incoming Obama administration, with some focus on his family. His two young daughters were starting at their new school in Washington DC. They were shown getting into a heavily armored SUV, with the usual retinue of Secret Service, who mostly stayed away from the camera lens. Then, cut to some video of the Obama family in their hotel engaged in some mundane domestic activity. The narration during this video stated that the 'Obama family were now public property'. I must say that these scenes were like something out of the Twilight Zone. Slightly out of focus, slightly strange, like watching a hologram. The 'public property' bit disturbed me.

Then, something even more disturbing. Some video of Obama meeting with his 'team' in some building, somewhere in DC. Here, and I don't know whether it wasdue to the lighting or what, Obama looked doped up. Like he had a nice shot of dope earlier in the day. He just looked 'out of it', out of focus, like a mannequin with it's limbs and lips moving. Maybe he was just getting adjusted to his new surroundings. I am sure that arriving in, and realizing that you are going to be a virtual prisoner in Washington DC for the next four years, barring any accidents, can be quite an adjustment, not to say stressful. But seeing a glassy-eyed and pale looking President-Elect was not something I expected. This was on CNN.

A little later I flipped to BBC. There the main story, and, of course the main news story world wide, was the continuing Israeli assault on the Palestinians in Gaza. The Israelis have moved ground forces and tanks into northern Gaza. The death toll today, as announced by BBC was 20+ Palestinians killed, including 13 children. 13 children killed by the brave & courageous Israelis. There were no real shots of the fighting, just reporters dribbling bits of information. Of course, you will not see what the Israelis are really doing until after the 'incurssion' is over, and the buildings have been bulldozed and the bodies buried in a pit.

Then we go to footage of Egyptian ambulances and medical personnel at one of the southern Gaza checkpoints. There was only one Egyptian doctor on duty, and he was interviewed. He spoke of trying to evacuate some seriously wounded Palestinians, but being blocked and delayed by the Israelis at the checkpoint. He stated that they had managed to bring five 'severly wounded' people out of the Gaza concentration camp, but that one had died because the Israelis had delayed them for two hours. He said that the trip to the nearest Egyptian hospital usually took 20 minutes at the most. He lamented that he was the only doctor who volunteered to actually come and provide aid. I got sick and angry. Then, cut to some Israeli politicians talking their arrogant, Godless bullshit, about 'rocket attacks at helpless Jews', and the need to 'do whatever it takes' to defend Israel. Next, a cut back to Washington, where Obama was sitting with a retinue of 'advisors' and talking to the press. One reporter actually pressed Obama to say something about the situation in Gaza. His 'advisors' looked very nervous. But not to worry. Obama said nothing, except that he was being briefed 'every day' about the krisis, and it was important that we have 'only one President at a time'. The puppet performed flawlessly. Then, a cut to the current puppet, Bush, who mouthed the usual line about 'Hamas must stop it's rocket attacks'. Bush looked half-dead.

So, this was the news tonight. This is what we are in for during the next four years, at best. More murder by sons of hell, and more puppet and ventriloquist shows.

I could not help but think of the famous letter from Albert Pike, founder of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in the US, to Guiseppe Manzini of the Italian Alta Vendita which was written in the 19th Century. Here, these two 'Illuminati' sons of hell discussed what would transpire over the next 150 years or so. They talked of three World Wars. The first, WWI, would have as it's aim the destruction of Christianity in Russia, and it's replacement by what became known as Communism. The second, WWII, would lead to the destruction of Germany as a power in Europe, and a shift of power elsewhere. The third, WWIII, would take place in the Middle-East, and would be the final battle that would destroy both Islam and Judaism as religions, in fact, would bring the end of all religions, dealing the final blow to Christianity. Into the void would shine the pure light of their god Lucifer, or Satan, and humanity would finally enter it's longed for 'golden age'. Very bold speculation and vision by these 'elders.

Of course, these 'visions or plans' will come to naught, but, oh, the blackness that lurks in the hearts of men and the conceits of their imaginations. But it is essential to know your adversary. That way, you at least know what you are in for, and can put on your armour.