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Week of the Publican and Pharisee - WEDNESDAY
Today's readings, followed by a few pastoral & personal thoughts.
This week, we do not fast on any day. Most people would consider a non-fasting week to be a time to relax a little, because after all, we are not fasting; we can eat anything we want!
Some also erroneously feel that we are taking a "little break" before the arduous fast begins.
None of these ideas is correct. The church tells her children not to fast this week to underscore what truly saves a Christian. Fasting did not save the Pharisee, whom we read about just last Sunday. He fasted and tithed and prayed, but was not justified. The church services mention many times that he was not justified (made righteous, "saved" if you will) because of his pride, and the publican was saved because of his humility.
Some will foolishly believe that the fast free week tells us that fasting is not important, and is optional, because it did not save the Pharisee, and all we need do is be humble. Fasting, in and of itself, does not save, but we will not be saved if we do not fast. No less a luminary than St Seraphim of Sarov has said this, and an attentive listening to the services of the church underscores this point.
An athlete will not improve in his sport solely by eating certain food and abstaining from others that slow him down or make him get fat, but he WILL NOT improve if his diet is not optimal. So it is with fasting. It is necessary because of our nature, and its effect is to help us become more spiritual, and focus on the things that are needful.
This week we are taught what not to think – that fasting in and of itself saves. When the church teaches what NOT to do, she always tells us what TO do. This week, we are focusing on watchfulness and a sober attitude about our life, and the judgment.
This Sunday showed that humility saves. Always present with humility is watchfulness and a sober attitude.
We must read this Epistle and the Gospel with a spirit of watchfulness.
2 Peter 3:1-18 1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Mark 13:24-31 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. 28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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In the 1820's, a group of Free Will Baptists were meeting at the Quaker Meeting House in Jones County, just a few miles from Pleasant Hill. In 1834, the Rev. Thomas Campbell, one of the founders of the Disciples movement (originally known as the "Restoration Movement") came through the area preaching and caused quite a stir in the community.
The land for a new church was given in 1837 by Mr. William Brown who was a strong believer in the new Disciples Movement. The Browns, with the help of the Jarmans, Goodings, Fordhams, Kinseys, Smalls and others, completed construction of the church. Dempsey Morgan finished the steps on the morning of the first service. The new church, with 20 members, was dedicated to following the doctrinal direction of the new Disciples Movement.
The original church was named Pleasant Hill Christian Baptist. It officially joined the Disciples of Christ movement on Nov. 11, 1843, and renamed Pleasant Hill Christian Church. Some of the first ministers included; Robert Bond, John P. Dunn, Theodore J. Latham, John B. Gaylord and Henry Smith. The first Elder was Emanuel Jarman. The first Deacons were William Brown and William Gooding. The first Deaconesses were; Mrs. Mary Fordham, Miss Rosa Lee Westbrook, Mrs. Ida Noble and Miss Ella Flordham. By the end of 1890, the membership had grown to 220.
During the Civil War, after New Bern was taken by the Yankees in 1862, Brother P. E. Hines quit coming to preach. John J. Harper preached until he was told by Confederate soldiers camped at Pleasant Hill that the Yankees were coming, so he left with them and did not come back until the war was over. The church survived by holding prayer meetings during this time, according to an 1897 letter written by W. G. Fordham.
In 1868, Joseph Kinsey started the Pleasant Hill Male and Female Academy on the site of Pleasant Hill Christian Church with Joseph H. Foy as assistant principal.
A new sanctuary was constructed in 1905 behind the old church, which is reported to have later burned down. The current sanctuary was upgraded and remodeled in 1973, and a fellowship building was added in 1978.

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March 29, 2013 — -- For the last 24 months, members of a Colorado family rocked by a gruesome murder have lived in fear for their lives. The man who masterminded their loved ones' killings is finally behind bars for good, but that didn't prevent him from ordering the original killings.
On the night of Feb. 23, 2011, a man dressed like a ninja entered the Castle Rock, Colo., home of Robert and Tammy Rafferty, going on a murderous rampage -- killing Robert Rafferty, 49, and his sister-in-law, Amara Wells, 39, as Amara Wells' 6-year-old daughter watched in horror.
Watch the full story on "20/20: The Ultimate Betrayal" TONIGHT at 10 ET.
Police turned their attention to Amara Wells' husband, Christopher Wells. She had filed multiple restraining orders against him, and he had violated those orders more than four times. However, in Colorado, no matter how many times someone violates a restraining order, as long as they have the funds they can keep bailing themselves out of jail with no repercussions.
"He would get arrested, he would go in with money and he would bond out," said Tammy Rafferty. "He just felt he was above the law because the law was not keeping him in jail."
In the hours after Amara Wells and Robert Rafferty were found dead, detectives identified Christopher Wells as their prime suspect. The only problem with their theory? He was in jail when his family was killed.
"Obviously [Wells] was going to be our first suspect," said Weaver. "To learn that he was in jail stopped us cold."
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The Early Years
When she was 27, Amara Walter was working as a flight attendant, living an exciting life flying around the world and constantly meeting new people.
Her life was forever changed when she met one of those people, the dashing Christopher Wells, on a flight to Washington, D.C. The handsome man always had odd jobs, some of them less than savory. At one time he worked as a Chippendales dancer.
"She had just become a flight attendant for United," said Amara Wells' sister, Melissa Brown. "I think she was on the rebound, and he said all the right things to her that she had wanted to hear."
It was a whirlwind courtship, and in less than a year, Christopher and Amara Wells were married. They wed alone, without even their families, in Niagara Falls. Melissa Brown said she and the rest of her family weren't allowed to attend the wedding, that it was only going to be Amara and Christopher Wells and a witness.
"It just happened so fast," said Brown. "It was a very short courtship."
Eventually, the newlyweds moved closer to their families in the town of Castle Rock, Colo., a growing community an hour south of Denver.
Amara Wells was now geographically closer to her sister and her sister's husband, Jack Brown.
The same was true for Chris Wells, now closer to his sister, Tammy Rafferty, and her husband, Bob Rafferty.
The families said that, during the early years of Chris and Amara Wells' marriage, the couples grew very fond of each other, to the point where Tammy Rafferty felt like Amara Wells was more than just a sister-in-law.
"It wasn't like it was my in-law," Rafferty said. "She was my sister, you know, my heart."
Chris Wells Changes
But despite Amara Wells seemingly drawing three families together as one, relatives said, Chris Wells rarely seemed to be around. Tammy Rafferty would hold Sunday dinners at her house every other week. When Chris Wells would show up, she said, he would be distant and would separate himself.
"Chris was always distant," said Tammy Rafferty. "Chris was always in another room. When he was around us, it was always so intense. Almost like he was on something."
As the years went on, Amara Wells gave birth to her and her husband's only child, a girl. He was said to have adored his daughter while his relationship with his wife grew tense.
"He struck me as, you know, a guy who thought a lot of himself -- a very big ego," said Amara Wells' brother-in-law, Jack Brown. "He seemed to like to control the situation, whether in conversation or just interaction with Amara."
According to his family, Chris Wells was heavily involved in drugs, storing and using thousands of dollars of meth in his home, the same home he shared with his wife and young daughter, who ABC News is not naming to protect her identity.
Melissa Brown said her sister became scared of Chris Wells and afraid for her daughter.
"She was worried about her [daughter's] safety. She was worried about what he [Wells] could do," said Jack Brown. "You could sense he was very angry and that it was escalating to a completely different level."
To protect the young girl, Amara Wells took her daughter to the home of Robert and Tammy Rafferty. Over the years, Tammy Rafferty had become close with Amara Wells and said that she felt obligated to protect her sister-in-law from her own brother.
"Bob and I were adamant about her coming to live with us," Rafferty said. "It wasn't an option to go home, 'cause we were worried about her safety."
Melissa Brown said life started to get back to normal for Amara Wells and her daughter after they moved in with the Raffertys. The daughter was attending school and the mother had just started a new job at a bank.
However, Chris Wells was furious at the living arrangement, as he was angry that his wife left and took their only child.
"[Chris Wells] called and said, 'I just want to let you know that I packed up everything she has and left it at the bottom of Tammy and Bob's driveway," Melissa Brown said. "All of the sudden I heard [Amara Wells] scream. She was standing there holding her wedding dress and he urinated across it and wrote a profanity."
According to police reports, Amara Wells received a restraining order against her husband. He was arrested four times for violating the restraining order, but was bailed out with the help of his friends each time.
Melissa Brown said nothing would stop Chris Wells from coming after his wife and that the police couldn't do anything about it.
"She [Amara Wells] said, 'I think he's going to kill me,'" said Brown. "And the police officer looked at me, and he said that he [Chris Wells] is not going to stop until he puts a bullet in your sister's head. At that point, I knew. I knew it was going to happen."
"We were getting contacted from Amara saying she's afraid that Mr. Wells is going to come kill us," said former Douglas County Prosecutor Brett Cochran. "There was really nothing the police could do."
Deadly Escalation
On the night of Feb. 23, 2011, as she sat in a hotel room during a business trip, Tammy Rafferty got a call she said she will never forget. Police were at her home and her husband and sister-in-law were dead.
"I was out of town on business and I was talking to Bob on the phone, and he said to me, 'Things are getting bad, and I have this feeling that we need to take some bigger steps and measures to protect ourselves,'" said Tammy Rafferty. "It was just a day too late."
Amara Wells' sister, Melissa Brown, said as soon as she was told police were at the Raffertys' house, she knew what had happened to her sister.
"I got a phone call from a mutual friend," said Melissa Brown. "She said, 'Tammy's house is on the news!' and right then I knew. I said, 'He did it!'"
Sgt. Jason Weaver of the Douglas County, Colo., Sheriff's department, knowing the history of the Wells' relationship, immediately pegged Chris Wells as the chief suspect. The only problem was that Wells was in jail in a different county for an unrelated drug charge.
That news didn't stop Weaver from keeping tabs on Wells, which revealed a web of plans detailing how Wells wanted his wife and family murdered.
The Gruesome Scene
Immediately after the killings, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office got a 911 call from a neighbor's home and responded to the Rafferty house.
"Once they got inside, they found a deceased male, a deceased female and the house had been lit on fire," Weaver said.
Weaver got a call at home telling him of a gruesome murder scene at a Castle Rock home.
During pre-trial hearings in 2011, Weaver testified that he entered the home and found teeth scattered on the main floor that led to Robert Rafferty's body. Weaver said he found Rafferty in a pool of blood, shot in the chest, beaten and stabbed in the neck multiple times.
Weaver then found Amara Wells' body covered in blood near stairs, he testified. He said he couldn't see any gunshot wounds at first because there was so much blood. But he noticed her neck was slit open.
Weaver saw obvious signs of a struggle inside the Rafferty home. He later concluded Bob Rafferty fought to his death to protect Amara Wells' then-6-year-old daughter, who was inside the home and watched the killings.
"One of the most beautiful things we heard shortly after was from the sheriff, who said Bob was an incredible hero that night, that he fought with everything he had," said Tammy Rafferty.
The other hero of the night seemed to be the 6-year-old girl who escaped after watching a man kill her mom and uncle.
"I have never seen a child go through such trauma and be so strong," said Weaver. "That little girl is absolutely nothing more than amazing."
Weaver was convinced that Chris Wells, despite being in jail, had something to do with the killings.
That hunch led investigators to a Colorado Springs, Colo., car dealership where Chris Wells worked, Rocky Mountain Auto Dealers. There, they met Josiah Sher, who was physically wounded with a mark on his forehead that looked like it could match a ring Bob Rafferty was wearing when he was killed.
Sher was taken into the Douglas County Sheriff's Office for questioning. In a taped interview between Weaver and Sher lasting more than two-hours, Sher admitted he killed Rafferty and Wells.
Sher said he had been approached about a week before the killings by a man named Micah Woody who bore an offer allegedly from Christopher Wells, though Sher said he never met Wells or spoke with him directly.
The alleged offer was to kill Wells' wife, brother-in-law and sister, Tammy Rafferty, for $5,000 per killing.
Sher said that after using cocaine in the preceding hours, he entered the Rafferty home armed with guns and a knife and found Amara Wells' room downstairs. He told Weaver he shot at Wells with a revolver and tossed away that gun. Wells tried to run but Sher said he stabbed her at the bottom of a staircase.
Sher described what happened next in the interrogation transcript.
Weaver: OK. And they, he [Bob] came out, what was he carrying?
Sher: A rifle.
Weaver: Shotgun, right?
Sher: Shotgun.
Weaver: Shotgun. Fight on?
Sher: Yea.
Weaver: Yea. See that little L mark right there (gesturing to Sher's forehead)?
Sher: Um hum.
Weaver: Matches the ring he had on.
Sher: (nodding head yes)
Weaver: Got you pretty good at least a couple time, didn't he?Sher: Yeah.
Weaver: Yeah. So with him ... was it you that caused the big dent in the wall or was it him?
Sher: Me
Weaver: He pushed you into the wall?
Sher: Um hum.
Sher eventually managed to kill Rafferty, shooting him in the chest.
"Bob was an incredible hero that night," said Tammy Rafferty. "That's the person he was, how deeply he loved his family."
During the lengthy interrogation, Sher said he wasn't alone and that his friend, Matthew Plake, had actually helped him scout the home and then drove him there the night of the killings.
Weaver knew he needed to get a confession from Plake. He mentioned the victim's 6-year-old daughter to help get it.
"We're gonna let you write and apology letter to the 6-year-old girl who watched her mother die," Weaver said.
Plake replied, "Oh, Jesus," and started telling what he said was the truth.
"I did not know he went in there to do that," Plake said. "I thought he was gonna just try to make some money."
Plake told investigators there were moments during the crime when he didn't know what was going on, but he'd known Sher since he was 13 or 14 years old.
"I've always followed Josiah," Plake said to investigators. "Josiah says to do something, he's always looked out for me, he's always been there for me."
Plake eventually told investigators that he drove Sher to the Rafferty home in the early morning of Feb. 23, and when they got to there, Sher got out of the car and entered the front door.
Police believe Plake never entered the Rafferty home, but waited outside in the get-away car.
Plake said he turned the car around so it was in the driveway facing the street, and later Sher came running out of the house and said, "We gotta go."
"This is the biggest ... mistake I've ever made in my life," said Plake to sheriff's investigators. "I wasn't thinking and I wasn't questioning him [Sher]."
Finding Justice
After the murders, both families -- including Tammy Rafferty and her two children, and Jack and Melissa Brown and their children -- were put into protective custody by police along with Chris and Amara Wells' 6-year-old daughter. Investigators feared someone else might be out there with orders to kill them.
As the defense attorneys for the four co-defendants -- Christopher Wells, Josiah Sher, Matthew Plake and Micah Woody -- began to defend their clients, Amara Wells' brother-in-law, Jack Brown, said despite all the evidence pointing to Chris Wells as the mastermind behind the heinous crime, he would never admit he had anything to do with it.
"He [Wells] never apologized," said Jack Brown. "It was as if he really doesn't even think he did anything wrong."
The surviving members of the two grieving families had a decision to make: Did they want to see the men who conspired to kill their loved ones tried and face the death penalty, or would they allow them to take a plea deal so that Amara Wells' 6-year-old daughter, the only witness to the murders, would never have to take the stand?
The families chose not go after the death penalty, saying they had to protect this 6-year-old, who had already witnessed the unthinkable.
There was one catch. Wells said he would only plead guilty so that his daughter would not have to testify if he could record a message that the young girl would be required to watch. The family reluctantly agreed to the video and the young girl watched it.
"He put together a very short, cold videotape, basically that he wouldn't be able to see her anymore and, oddly enough, that, you know, she should be a good girl and stay out of trouble and not to do bad things," said Jack Brown.
Still Living in Fear
Christopher Wells is serving the rest of his life behind bars with no chance of parole, and so is Josiah Sher.
Micah Woody and Matthew Plake will not be released from prison for another 46 years for their roles in the murders of Amara Wells and Robert Rafferty.
Family members, however, said they are still not safe and still fear for their lives -- though they have been out of protective custody since soon after the murders.
Investigators told ABC News that Wells, though he is imprisoned, is receiving multi-hundred-dollar payments from a longtime friend of his. When contacted by ABC News, the man who police said is making the payments denied having any involvement and had no further comment.
Officials with the Colorado Department of Corrections said that Wells is receiving a large amount of money, but that they have control over what Wells does with the funds.
However, the family and the lead prosecutor who brought the charges against Wells believe the family is in danger as long as Wells is alive.
"I know what Chris does when he has access to money," said Tammy Rafferty. "His job isn't done, I think he wants to come after me because I wasn't home that night. And I think he wants to come after Melissa and Ed because they are now the parents of my niece."
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Remembering the Granite Mountain Hotshots [VIDEO]
This week the US lost some amazing men due to wild fires. As the country mourns the loss of these fine young men, here is a tribute to remember them.
Firefighters are the silent heroes. We, as a country, tend to overlook them until they come to the rescue. These men put their lives on the line for people they do not even know. These men go to work day in and day out knowing that today could be their last day.
While they are trained and know all the right things to do, fire is unpredictable and situations can change in an instant. For 19 brave men, their lives ended too quickly.
On Sunday, all but one of the Prescott-based hotshots died when a wind-whipped wildfire overran them. This fire resulted in the biggest loss of firefighters due to a wildfire in 80 years. And the US hasn't seen such a huge loss of firefighters since 9/11.
These men were fathers, sons, husbands, brothers and friends. They each devoted their lives to saving others and in turn lost their lives. Most of these men dreamed about this job since childhood.
Today take a few minutes and watch this tribute that an Arizona news station ABC 15 has put together and remember these 19 brave men who lost their lives to help others.


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Crimes described thusly by the Omaha World-Herald:
Fill out your brackets, Max told his friends. Bring your $5 entry free to school. Winner gets half the pot, and second and third split the rest.
Max was so sure of success that he hit up his mom, Janet Kohll, for a $5 loan to pay his own entry fee.
No biggie, Max thought. I'm going to win this thing, I can pay her back, and I won't have to work off the loan by scooping up Riley the dog's droppings in the backyard.
But Max got discovered. The law snuck up on Max. The principal heard that Max had $10 and brackets in his locker. By fifth grade standards, that's ten grand in unmarked bills and an Uzi. Max did a bad thing. He got got, or at least he should have gotten got.
It turns out that "you can't gamble in school," Max says. "It's not OK to gamble. It's like, illegal, sort of."
Max got off light, he thinks—Principal Nelson let him off with a stern talking-to and a promise never to do it again. Later, she came to his classroom and lectured his class.
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He'll never learn that way. Next time, he gets the stocks.
Fifth-grader busted for bracket [Omaha World-Herald, h/t Ben]


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"Follies" is that rare Broadway transfer that has traveled well from its recent Gotham stint, and the reason is simple: Victoria Clark replaces the miscast and vocally compromised Bernadette Peters. Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece about a showbiz reunion and two marriages gone bad now works on all four cylinders, Clark being joined by the deservedly Tony-nommed Jan Maxwell, Ron Raines and Danny Burstein. To indulge in cliches, hearing Clark sing "In Buddy's Eyes," "Losing My Mind" and "Too Many Mornings" is worth the price of admission.
Of course, she sings "Too Many Mornings" with Raines, a great baritone. And for once, "Follies" gets it act one showstopper as the lights dim for intermission.
Along the way, there's also vocal fireworks from Jayne Houdyshell ("Broadway Baby"), Elaine Paige ("I'm Still Here"), Terri White ("Who's That Woman"), and Carol Neblett and Leah Horowitz deliver an absolutely ravishing "One More Kiss."
Most of these singer-actors are repeating their New York performances, but the perfs here are tamped down, more in sync with each other, not so aggressively showy. And they can all sing Sondheim's music!
"Follies" is great because the music is great. James Goldman's book famously lost the Tony in 1972 to the almost-forgotten "Two Gentlemen of Verona," which went on to win the Tony for best musical. (So much for awards meaning much of anything.) He tinkered with the book before his death, and there's been much editing since then. The dialogue has been spiffed up, and it's a tighter show. But the reunion still takes a while to achieve any real justification. A reunion is a situation, not a dramatic premise.
"Follies" keeps getting staged because of the Sondheim score and because theater people obviously love staging it, more perhaps than auds love seeing it. (Has there ever been a commercially successful production of the show?) Like "Gypsy," "Follies" has turned into one big Broadway anthem, even though its four principals are not really stage animals. They were chorus boys and girls long ago in a Broadway show, and they shared a glorious moment, but the theater doesn't really drive their decisions the way it does a Mama Rose or a Gypsy Rose Lee. Sally (Clark) attends the reunion to meet an old boyfriend. We never know why Phyllis (Maxwell) shows up, and their husbands (Burstein and Raines) are clearly just along for the ride.
Crix have not been kind to full productions of "Follies," preferring concert versions where star turns often fill the lesser roles and serve to goose the rather endless procession of old divas at the beginning of the show. This was even a problem at the rather sleepy Wednesday matinee I attended of the original Broadway production where people didn't really know such minor legends as Yvonne De Carlo, Fifi D'Orsay, Mary McCarty and Ethel Shutta. Plus, no one in that show could sing. And Sondheim was criticized for writing nothing but pastiche. Walter Kerr in the New York Times preferred "No, No, Nanette" that season, writing "No, No, 'Follies,' Yes, Yes, 'Nanette.' " (So much for reviews meaning much of anything.)
Eric Schaeffer helms a magnificent cast at the Ahmanson. His entrance of the divas is pedestrian, other directors have offered a more kaleidoscopic interplay of the principals with their younger selves, but the build up to the "Loveland" nightmare hits all the right notes. And everyone does full justice to Sondheim.


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LOS ANGELES — If there was any doubt that the 2019 box office belonged to the Walt Disney Co., this weekend put an end to it. Not only did its photorealistic remake of "The Lion King" devour opening weekend records for the month of July and PG-rated films, but "Avengers: Endgame" also crept past "Avatar" to become the highest-grossing film of all time.
"The Lion King" this weekend roared into 4,725 North American theaters, where it grossed a stunning $185 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Although reviews were mixed for Jon Favreau's remake of the 1994 animated film, audiences still turned out in droves to hear the A-list voice cast, from Beyoncé to Donald Glover, and see the innovative technology that made the film possible.
"We've had a spectacular run this weekend," said Cathleen Taff, Disney's president of distribution. "We really did know we had something special with ("The Lion King") given its popularity with fans of all ages."
Industry experts had pegged "The Lion King" for a $150 million opening, which turned out to be far too modest a projection. Instead, with $185 million, Disney got a few records to boast about: It's the ninth-biggest opening of all time, a July record (unseating "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2") and a PG-rating record (taking over from "The Incredibles 2").
It's the second time this year a beloved Disney brand has overwhelmed a tepid critical response. "Aladdin," which is still in the top 10 after nine weeks in theaters, has made $989 million globally.
"Certain brands have so much goodwill and equity," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore. "Reviews clearly didn't matter at all."
And, having opened in China a week early, "The Lion King" has amassed over $531 million in just 10 days. Audiences also embraced large format and 3D for the event film: 36% of that total came from 3D showings and $25.2 million from IMAX.
This is just the latest in a long string of wins for Disney, which now holds five of the top six spots for the year. It's evident even in this weekend's charts. Five weeks in, "Toy Story 4" is still at No. 3 with an additional $14.6 million (behind "Spider-Man: Far From Home," which slipped to second in its third weekend with $21 million). The Pixar sequel has grossed $859.4 million globally. "Aladdin" is in 7th place, with $3.8 million.
And then there is "Avengers: Endgame," which didn't make the top 10, but that hardly matters. With $1.5 million globally added this weekend, it surpassed "Avatar's" all-time record, not accounting for inflation.
"Avatar" grossed $2.789 billion worldwide, and "Avengers: Endgame" is currently at $2.79 billion.
"'Endgame' finally did it," Taff said. "It's a huge achievement."
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige previewed that this was a sure-thing Saturday night at San Diego Comic-Con.
"You have to shout-out to Mr. James Cameron, who held that title for a long time," Feige said. "If you adjust for inflation, he still holds the title, and he'll probably get the title again as soon as he puts out another movie. But for right now ... 'Avengers: Endgame' is the biggest film of all time."
This weekend helped knock the year-to-date deficit from 9.1% to 7.2%.
"That's what a massive Disney debut will do for the box office," Dergarabedian said. "You've got to give some credit to the holdovers that are doing quite well, like 'Yesterday.' But it's just a great weekend for the industry and absolutely a shot in the arm that was needed."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1."The Lion King," $185 million.
2."Spider-Man: Far From Home," $21 million.
3."Toy Story 4," $14.6 million.
4."Crawl," $6 million.
5."Yesterday," $5.1 million.
6."Stuber," $4 million.
7."Aladdin," $3.8 million.
8."Annabelle Comes Home," $2.7 million.
9."Midsommar," $1.6 million.
10."The Secret Life of Pets 2," $1.5 million.


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Andrew Liles - All Closed Doors infx06
With a title such as 'Largactil and Dilaudin for the Soul' this newest release from British composer Andrew Liles should give an indication of the eccentricies from where this recording is coming from. One track of stark resonating piano followed by the slow warming of the orchestra that draws you in. Once there, it tip toes, echoes and dissolves with each track re-emerging more fractured than the next. Intricacies of creaks, dull thuds, traditional instrumentation and then subtle ambient drones. 'All Closed Doors' could be the aural equivalent of living in a disused cupboard; dusty and empty - dark and damp. Perhaps the definitive song on the album, 'What Never Will Be' is a bizarre ghostly version of the 'que sera sera.'
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Richard C. Cook
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Dandelion Salad
November 11, 2008
An Open Letter Regarding the Upcoming G-20 Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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The International Monetary System Should Serve the People of the World, Not Enslave Them
We have noted with deep interest and concern that leaders of the G20 are meeting in Washington, D.C., November 15th for the "Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy." Such a summit is surely needed, but not just to fix the catastrophically failing world financial system. No matter how much tinkering around the edges the leaders might engage in or how many bailouts are provided to financial institutions, we all recognize that nothing worthwhile will have been accomplished without a paradigm shift in the relationship between finance and the daily lives of the citizens of the globe.
The world today is suffering under the crushing burden of a debt-based monetary system operated by privately owned banks. The system's main characteristic is to channel wealth upward from those who work for a living into the hands of those who lend money. Financial profits are then supposed to work themselves downward through investment and spending. We know it in the U.S. as "trickledown" economics, and it has failed. This system by its nature is unjust and is the root cause of today's crisis.
We demand that this system be changed into one that reflects real economic democracy. In the words of President Abraham Lincoln in his December 3, 1861, address to Congress: "Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." The monetary system should reflect these truths through the following changes:
● Monetary systems should be controlled by sovereign national governments, not the central banks which mainly serve private finance. The main economic function of the monetary system should be to assure adequate purchasing power to consume an environmentally sustainable and optimal level of production whereby the basic needs of every person in the world community are satisfactorily met.
● Income security, including a basic income guarantee and a national dividend, should be a primary responsibility of national governments in the economic sphere. A right to adequate purchasing power should be part of every national constitution.
● The primary function of international finance should be to assure fair transferability of value among national economic systems, utilizing, to the extent possible, fixed and transparent exchange rates. Speculative attacks on sovereign currencies should be outlawed.
● Private creation of credit for speculative purposes should be abolished, and capital markets should be regulated to assure fairness, openness, and freedom from predatory practices.
● Every national government should have the right to spend lowcost credit directly into existence for public purposes—including infrastructure, environmental protection, education, and health care—without incurring new debt.
● The physical backing for every currency in existence should be the actual production of national economies.
● National governments should treat credit as a public utility — like clean air, water, or electricity — and should assure its availability to all citizens as their social heritage and as a basic human right.
● National credit policies should favor the development of sustainable local and regional economies, of small business, and of family farming.
● Credit should be regulated in order to encourage maximum ownership of property by individuals without artificially inflating its price.
● The private banking system should be utilized to provide liquidity for business operations but should not be needed in a properly constituted system to finance consumption or capital formation.
● There should be an immediate worldwide moratorium on home foreclosures and recognition of the right of each person to a secure home.
● An International Debt Settlement Commission should be formed and charged with producing a clean financial slate by reviewing all existing public and private debt and determining through due process what can reasonably be repaid, restructured, or forgiven.
It is time to assure that the world financial system is no longer operated for the benefit of the few over the many and that it reflects the spiritual principle that the natural resources of the Earth belong to all of humanity and must be rationally distributed to every individual, such that no one is left behind on the path of human progress.
Initial Signers
Richard C. Cook, Author, www.richardccook.com
Rev. Canon Peter Challen, Christian Council for Monetary Justice
Gary Corseri, Ph.D., Writer, Educator, Editor, World Citizen
John Coulter, Sustainable Population Australia
William John Cox, Author, http://www.thevoters.org
Doug Everingham, Former Member, Australian Parliament
James H. Fetzer, Ph.D., McKnight Professor Emeritus, Univ. of Minnesota
Timothy V. Gatto SSG, US Armt Ret. Political Activist
Garda Ghista, Founding President, World Prout Assembly
Denis Hay, www.compassioncoach.com
Golam R. Hiru, Exec. Director, Bangladesh Education & Resource Network
Peter Hollings, Member, America in Crisis
Brian Jenkins, SIMPOL National Coordinator, Australia
Max Kantar, Freelance Writer, Human Rights Advocate
Steve Lendman, Writer & Radio Host, SteveLendmanBlog
Dennis Loo, Ph.D., Co-author, Impeach the President
Glen T. Martin, Ph.D., Sec-General, World Const. & Parl. Assoc. (WCPA)
Binu Mathew, Founder, www.countercurrents.org
Sabine Kurjo McNeill, Organiser, Forum for Stable Currencies
Geraldine Perry, co-author of The Two Faces of Money
Larry Pinkney, Writer, Editorial Board, Black Commentator
Milan Sarkar, Aerospace-Engineer, World Prout Assembly-Bangalore
Steven Shafarman, President, Income Security Institute
Daniel Sunjata, Actor and Public Advocate
H.A. Shankar, SIMPOL National Coordinator, India
J.W. Smith, Ph.D., Director Economic Democracy Institute
David Soori, International Affairs Professional, London
David Swanson, Co-Founder, www.afterdowningstreet.org
Mike Whitney, Freelance Journalist and Financial Analyst
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'Grandpa' Johnson determined to win 8th NASCAR championship
DAYTONA BEACH — Jimmie Johnson has never hitched a ride for an afternoon on a champion's float that snakes down closed city streets.
The professional sports teams bask in the celebration of hundreds of thousands of fans screaming in adulation and spraying beer from sidewalks in a frenzy as confetti flies from the sky.
Johnson's top reward for winning it all, a rally once at one of his sponsor's stores a few miles away from his California hometown.
The NASCAR champion traditionally gets a party in victory lane at the season finale and throws a bash at the postseason banquet.
It's all good fun, but even a seven-time champion wouldn't mind a parade.
"I have to admit, that would be a nice add to the NASCAR champions schedule," Johnson said. "It would be really cool."
Johnson, a regular visitor to the White House when he reigned as NASCAR's champ, had already initiated his own champion's tradition a few years back.
Inspired by a chat with NASCAR official Mike Helton and the presidential tradition of leaving a handwritten letter to the successor, Johnson started a champion's journal.
His first entry was a December 2011 letter to series champion Tony Stewart. Johnson followed championship seasons with notes for Kevin Harvick and 2017 champ Martin Truex Jr., and the keepsake is handed off at the banquet.
"There seems to be a thread when it comes back to me about me having more entries than anyone else," Johnson said with a laugh outside his motorhome. "That kind of finds its way in each time I get it back."
The journal is thick enough for quite a few more lines of teasing, well wishes and advice left to be composed. But the question looms for the 42-year-old Johnson, can he still fill the blank pages left as he comes off the worst season of his career?
Or, is the handwriting on the wall that a new crop of stars is ready to deny Johnson another title for as many years as he has left?
Believe that at your own risk.
"I signed up for three more years and I feel like I have the team and the ability to win all three of them," Johnson said. "We won five in a row and I want to believe in three in a row."
Johnson was never really a serious contender in 2017 to push past Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty and win his record eighth NASCAR crown. He won three races (but none after June), had a career-worst four top-fives and finished 10th in the standings.
There are about 30 other drivers in the Daytona 500 field who would love to craft that kind of season. At Hendrick Motorsports, long the class organization of NASCAR, Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus were considered underachievers with the No. 48 Chevrolet.
The Chevy ran slower in the second half of the season, and the team could never click and go on their traditional late-season surge; consider he won three of the final seven races in '16 to clinch his seventh championship.
"That was the first time at Hendrick that I've had that happen," Johnson said. "I couldn't have asked anything more from anybody on the team. Everybody was all in. That's where the frustration comes from."
The struggles did nothing to deter the Hendrick lifer from signing a three-year contract extension that should keep him with the team through 2020. Johnson, whose 83 wins are tied for sixth on the NASCAR career Cup series list, was already the top dog at Hendrick.
Now, he's the oldest dog on the Hendrick block, trying to teach his three 20-something teammates new tricks.
Daytona 500 pole-sitter Alex Bowman is 24. Cup rookie William Byron is 20. Chase Elliott is 22.
The trio's combined Cup wins: 0.
But the nicknames for the two-time Daytona 500 winner are adding up.
"We call him Grandpa every now and then," Bowman said.
"I would say Uncle Jimmie," Elliott said.
For a stately veteran, Johnson can still show the young'uns a good time. Johnson, a ski junkie in Aspen, Colorado, hit the slopes with Elliott before they hit the town for a couple of nights.
"I even heard him say, 'Wow this is what 40 looks like. Not bad,'" Johnson said. "I guess we can still have enough fun for a 22-year-old and make it cool."
Johnson tweeted a photo of himself from behind the wheel of his family car with Bowman and Byron tagging along in car seats.
Johnson, though, is steadfast that he will do his part to shape the next generation of Hendrick stars into regular challengers for checkered flags. He invites teammates into the hauler for chats, talks game plans with the other crew chiefs, and the fitness freak has even suggested healthy diet tips.
"Jimmie loves that role, and I think these guys will tell you he's there," team owner Rick Hendrick said.
Bowman must be listening: He won the Daytona 500 pole.
Retired four-time champion Jeff Gordon is still a trusted adviser at HMS and Hendrick said he was having as much fun as he had in years with an injection of youth into the organization.
If 2017's transition season led to stagnation across the lineup, Hendrick's focus this season on returning the team to championship form has Johnson fired up.
"I've never seen him more committed than he is right now," Hendrick said.
Johnson's outside interests — including an ownership stake in a taco shop and a speakeasy; bike rides and marathons; and a blossoming interest in the NFL's Carolina Panthers ("I'd love to have a shot at it. But I don't think I can stretch the capital they need.") — have never affected his race preparation each weekend.
Johnson's championship crew chief Chad Knaus' deal is up at the end of the season, though Hendrick said he would work on an extension. Knaus is connected with Johnson in much the same way as Pat Riley and Magic Johnson or Joe Torre and Derek Jeter. One calls the shots and the other leads them to glory — and Johnson wants to keep the tag team intact.
"I know the dog years he lives in and I've anticipated at some point there might be a separation," he said. "I can't see it in the near future, so I hope to stay together. I've told him that we started this thing together, let's end this thing together."
Johnson, who wrecked in Speedweeks exhibition Clash at Daytona, is determined to end it alone atop the championship count.
"He wants No. 8," Hendrick said.
The one that would wipe away the doubt and stamp him as NASCAR's greatest champion.


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Sotheby's is not going quietly.
So far in its battle to ward off activist hedge fund manager Dan Loeb — who says that the company should sell assets and change its business strategy to unlock value — the auction house has made public statements, appealed to investors in letters, and instituted a poison pill.
On Tuesday it took the fight a step forward and released a lengthy investor presentation arguing that Loeb and two others supported by his hedge fund, Third Point, should not join the company's board as they lack substantial experience in any businesses related to Sotheby's.
The presentation also goes over Sothebys' successes as a company and its potential for growth. What's really brutal though, is its characterization of Dan Loeb as a slash and burn kind of investor. The kind that joins boards for 1 or 2 years at the most, has his way, and then leaves a company without a care.
It is especially critical of his "self-interested transaction with Yahoo!".
Business Insider has rearranged the presentation to start with Sothebys' argument against Loeb and its shareholder plan — that's the juicy stuff anyway.


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Title: Bush, Clinton, and Obama Blamed For Creating Overly-Negative News On The Economy
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For the past several years, increasing numbers of American citizens have become convinced that the economy is designed to fail and that its complete collapse is imminent. As scary as the economic collapse stories were in 2007, we expect them to be just as frightening in 2008. While we understand that many individuals and companies will be caught in very difficult circumstances, we also know that the entire economy will not collapse. Former Satanist, Doc Marquis, told me emphatically on a number of occasions in 1992-1993 that the Illuminati was solidly convinced that Americans would never allow themselves to be maneuvered into the New World Order unless they felt prosperous right up to the first shot fired in World War III. Therefore, Doc said that the Illuminati would use the most powerful of methods, including Witchcraft if they had to, to keep the economy afloat so Americans would feel prosperous.
Cutting Edge has maintained that this is the case, and that understanding has carried us through the many, many economic frights in 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2007. The American Dollar will continue its planned descent because it must be melded into the Amero, the currency of the North American Union (NAFTA).
But, the collapse of the economy is not going to occur until World War III begins. (When you actually see a Palestinian State announced, then you may know that World War III can break out at any time.)
However, the scary stories continue to pour forth from the Mass Media. Every single day, different news outlets take turns churning out the same old tired story that the economy is about to collapse.
Finally, someone with the training and the financial background and the resources to know exactly what is going on in our economy -- and how economic news is being deliberately spun in a terribly negative way -- has spoken out!
The owner of the prestigious Los Angles Times newspaper has gone on public record, fingering three politicians as being primarily responsible for the current pessimism about the economy: President Bush, Senator Hillary Clinton, and Senator Barack Obama. Let us pick up the story.
NEWS BRIEF: "LA Times Owner Blames US Economic Problems on Clinton and Obama", by Noel Sheppard, NewsBusters, February 27, 2008
"For years, NewsBusters and the Business and Media Institute have informed readers about how the press, since George W. Bush was first elected, have tried to create a self-fulfilling prophecy by misrepresenting economic data in as negative a way as possible. This is likely the cause of the public's continued pessimism about economic conditions even as the economy has expanded for 25 consecutive quarters."
Historians will record that the Bush Administration was the most negative, discouraging Presidency in America's short history. Not only did Bush take America on a ruinous -- and most unnecessary -- war against Afghanistan and Iraq in response to the attacks of 9/11, but he deliberately embarked upon a campaign of "Rumors of Wars", in which his officials issued hundreds of completely bogus terror reports (Read NEWS1888 for full details).
Oh, yes, and President Bush also was responsible for taking the world needlessly through a five-year "Rumors of Wars" campaign against Iran because of her so-called "Nuclear Weapons Program". President Bush knew that Iran had purchased nuclear weapons "off-the-shelf" from Pakistan in 2001 and 2002, and had purchased theater missiles from North Korea during the same time frame. (Read NEWS2120, "Nuclear Armed Iran vs Nuclear Armed America: Whom Should The World Fear?")
Bush knew in 2003 what he revealed finally in November of last year, that Iran had stopped work on her own nuclear program in 2003 -- a perfectly logical step since she had built a workable nuclear capability from Pakistan and North Korea. But, this knowledge did not stop this Skull & Bones President from deliberately putting the peoples of the world through a most strenuous "Rumors of Wars" scenario as he and his minions repeatedly threatened Iran with attack, and regularly built up naval and even air units in the waters and airspace around the Persian Kingdom.
"Rumors of Wars" reigned supreme!
Let us now return to our featured article as we turn our attention back to economics.
"On Tuesday, in an interview on CNBC, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune owner Sam Zell took this thinking a little further when he suggested to 'Squawk Box' anchor Becky Quick that many of the economic problems facing the country today are caused by fear-mongering and politicking by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama ... 'Obviously what we have going on is an attempt to create a self-fulfilling prophecy', said Zell, chairman of Equity Investments Group and owner of the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and other companies. 'We have two Democratic candidates who are vying with each other to describe the economic situation worse ... This whole thing is way out of control, way out of hand'."
Notice the credentials of Sam Zell:
1) Los Angeles Times and
2) Chicago Tribune owner
3) Chairman of Equity Investments Group
4) Owner of the Chicago Cubs
5) Owner of "Other Companies"
This successful owner and businessman has the credentials, the business acumen, and access to the right market reports to know what he is talking about! News from both political parties is constantly designed to discourage us! Wherever you turn that dial on your TV or radio, news broadcasters are filling our ears with the worst of the bad news. Murder, violence, armed robbery, and kidnappings are a part of our daily regimen. It seems as though a week does not go by but we shake our heads in wonderment over the seemingly endless stream of all this filth and mire. We have noted much of this in previous articles, and have noted that the Bible prophecies repeatedly that, at the End of the Age, wicked men shall increase more and more until society breaks down under the impact of all the lawlessness. This wickedness is one of the major signs that the world today is marching relentlessly toward the appearance of the Antichrist. Make no mistake about the fact that these society crimes are slowly and systematically tearing this great civilization apart.
Jesus Himself warned, in Matthew 24:6-8, that one of the major signs of the appearance of Antichrist is going to be "Rumors of Wars"!
But, of course, the "Bad News Moguls" of the major mass media are not content with just reporting crimes against society, they have to go to the very fabric of our society itself: Trust in our Institutions. Even though most Americans want to trust their governments, they have been exposed to so many instances of abuses of power and privilege that the simple trust of a few generations ago has disappeared, and replaced by a conditional trust. Today's "trust" consists of "I will support you for office if you support policies that will put money in my pocket".
Very few discerning Americans really trust their governments -- National, State, Local -- under all circumstances. Indeed, we have found that the idea that our government leaders do NOT have our best interests at heart is totally frightening to most citizens. Most people understand that, if our national and/or state leaders really turned on us in unified action, we could not withstand the weapons of today at the disposal of the government. This is why so many Americans are so totally resistant to the concept of a conspiracy to build a global government; such a concept is frightening enough to give everybody migraine headaches and sleepless nights. Therefore, most Americans prefer to listen to people like Rush Limbaugh tell you it "ain't so" rather than face the truth of the Scriptures that warn you to expect such a conspiracy at the End of the Age.
In their effort to tear the fabric of society apart, the news media constantly runs news stories about the corrupt nature of our elected officials, or stories about the inefficiency and outright fraudulent nature of these officials. Thus, NBC News runs a nearly nightly feature which they call the "Fleecing Of America". They report serious acts of corruption, complacency, and incompetence of the officials of all aspects of our government: Military, State Department, Congress, and the White House. Congress and the Military get the most bad press, it seems. Congress is constantly roasted because of the frivolous bills that waste taxpayer's money by the millions upon untold millions while benefiting the rich and famous. The Military gets roasted by the way in which it wastes money in procurement and research, and many other ways. The theme that seems to be the most prevalent in Government and Military exposes' is that our elected officials and too many of our military leaders, are abusing their power and the trust we citizens have placed upon them.
Businesses are also favorite targets, from the insurance schemes that bilk our elderly to the scams that are foisted upon so many different types of people in our society. Of course, the more innocent and helpless the victim, the more powerful the News story.
Natural disasters get a lot of media attention, sometimes to the point of convincing us that this old Earth is about to be destroyed [selling this story is an important part of 'The Plan']. In today's Public School System, youngsters not only are taught Evolution as scientific fact, but they are taught that we are getting close to destroying Earth unless something is done and done both quickly and dramatically.
Other TV shows, like Inside Edition, 48 Hours, Dateline, and 20/20 follow this same scenario for their shows. And, even though we are filled up to our eyebrows with this terribly negative journalism, all of us watch some of these shows, and most of us do it regularly.
Talk Radio has sprung up in the past decade to fill our airwaves with the same type of Bad News we have come to expect from TV. Commentators from the Left, the Right, and 'In Between' seemingly play to their pockets of supporters that take immense delight in roasting the people with whom they have philosophical, political, and/or religious differences. One of the most popular Talk Show hosts on the air today is Rush Limbaugh, a remarkable man who exudes charisma and intelligence as he propounds his seemingly Conservative views. I was an unabashed "Ditto Head" from 1991-1995, until I began to sense that Rush was not what he seemed to be [You can read the "Rest of the Story" on NEWS1030, "Rush Limbaugh -- Mega-Dittos To The Master Communicator"]. Rush does a great job enunciating the problems facing our society, but has yet to offer any more of a solution than "electing more Conservatives".
While Limbaugh's solution may make sense from an economic point of view, it makes no sense when you understand that people wearing the label, "Liberal", are cooperating with the people wearing the label, "Conservative" in bringing about this coming dictatorial system called the New World Order. I will be most interested to hear Rush Limbaugh when the Antichrist arises, since this event will be the most spiritual event in world history. Since spiritual truth is spiritually discerned, and since all members of the media who are involved with the Plan will step to their microphones to urge their followers to accept Antichrist and follow him, I will be most interested to hear what Rush has to say. He certainly claims to direct the thinking of millions of Americans.
Oprah Winfrey epitomizes the TV soap opera shows, where the dirt of the day is discussed with great "openness" and "maturity". These shows seemingly know no boundaries, as the most vile and disgusting subjects are discussed with great abandonment. Today, I have lost count of how many of these type of TV talk shows fill the air during Day Time Television.
The ultimate in Bad News reporting can be found in those supermarket tabloids that scream out the bad news so loudly you almost feel as though you have to cover your ears (eyes). Yet, we know that many of these stories are absolute fabrications. Most of these stories are created out of thin air by the fertile imaginations of the writers at the tabloid. Many of Hollywood's elite superstars have sued these supermarket tabloids for libel, and have won. These cases are the ones in which we have learned that many of their stories are just fabricated, with the owners of these rags depending upon our First Amendment Free Speech protections. Truly, our Founding Fathers never, ever, envisioned this scenario of so much lying and the stretching of the truth being protected by the First Amendment.
The entire cumulative weight of all this Bad News is so great that I have heard psychologists on many occasions say that no one should watch the news just before going to bed at night; the bad news we will inevitably hear will impair our night's sleep. Our emotions will be just heightened enough that we will have trouble sleeping well. I have found this advice to be very sound.
Now that we have examined some of the major parts of the unrelenting stream of bad news coming from the various avenues of the media, the Press, of this country, we have to ask ourselves why this is the case. Immense civilizations have long existed that did not have the Press like we do today, nor the information which seems to be overwhelming us. When asking why we have such continually bad news, especially when pollsters have consistently discovered that many people are sick and tired of it, we have to look beyond conventional wisdom to find the answer.
Let us examine part of the Plan to produce the New World Order. You will be shocked.
One of the major declarations of the New World Order Plan is contained within the "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion". This nefarious document was certainly written by Gentiles, probably from within the secret society, the Priory of Sion [ NEWS1144], but it was written in such a way as to make it seem as though Jews had written this plan to take over the world and institute the most dictatorial government the world has ever seen. Of course, the truth lies exactly 180 degrees in the opposite direction; the Plan is a Gentile Plan to take over the world in a system they have called the New World Order. As I read the Protocols, I am constantly amazed at how many of the changes for which they were calling have been enacted within the past 3-5 decades, and how close we apparently are to the final changes which will produce their man, Antichrist. Truly, this Plan could only have been supernaturally conceived, by the demonic "Guiding Spirits" which guides all true occultists.
Listen to the role they envision for the media, the Press, during this transition state to the New World Order. During this transition state, the free governments of the West will still be free, but tottering toward the dictatorial system envisioned. Listen carefully:
"In the hands of the States of today, there is a great force that creates the movement of thought in the people, and that is the Press. The part played by the Press is to keep pointing out the requirements supposed to be indispensable, to give voice to the complaints of the people, and to express and to create discontent." [Protocol No. 2; Emphasis mine]
Their aim is to use the Press which they control in such a way as to "create discontent"!
Isn't this exactly the role currently being fulfilled, of the Bad News media, as we have just described, above? Isn't this especially the role which Rush Limbaugh fulfills as he fills his 3 hour daily show, Monday through Friday, with enough Conservative discontent to float a battleship? Rush is just fulfilling this part of the Plan beautifully.
The Mass Media of today are fulfilling the first element [pointing out the requirements supposed to be indispensable] when they run features like the "Fleecing of America", which zeroes strongly in on the failures of Government and business, and the way they waste our hard earned money. People like Rush Limbaugh give "voice to the complaints of the people", and the entire cumulative effect is to "express and to create discontent". Incredible! This entire scenario is being fulfilled right in front of our noses.
And, we are their victims!
Listen to more:
"It is in the Press that the triumph of freedom of speech finds its incarnation. But the goyim States have not known how to make use of this force; and it has fallen into our hands. Through the Press we have gained the power to influence, while remaining ourselves in the shade ..." Isn't this also the way in which this scenario is working currently? While stirring up such great turmoil and sound and fury within our society today, the real manipulators of power are never seen and never affected." (Ibid.)
Listen again:
"Thanks to the Press we have got the gold in our hands, notwithstanding that we have had to gather it out of oceans of blood and tears. But it has paid us, though we have sacrificed many of our people." [Protocol No. 2; Emphasis mine]
Here, the Protocols are speaking of waging war, when it speaks of "oceans of blood and tears" resulting in their accumulating great wealth. In fact, listen to their blunt assessment of the need for war, and for a particular type of war: "It is indispensable for our purpose that wars, so far as possible, should not result in territorial gains: War will thus be brought on to the economic ground ... Our international rights will then wipe out national rights ... and will rule the nations ..." [Ibid; Emphasis Mine]
Is this why we have spilt such great blood in World Wars I, II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War, over economic issues, without gaining any territory? Of course, it is! Further, the Press is named above, as the great accomplice in all this "ocean of blood and tears"! Truly, the great financiers and Industrialists have become filthy rich because of these wars. This fact is the reason I cannot go to the Vietnam War Monument in Washington, D.C., where so many of my brave comrades are listed. Every single one of those lives were lost in vain, but then so were all of the Korean War dead, and the dead in World Wars I and II. Every one of our bloody wars in the 20th Century, and so far in the 21st Century, were fought to advance the New World Order!! [Read NEWS1056 and NEWS1057, "Albert Pike's Third World War Planned To Produce Antichrist, Parts 1 and 2" for full details of these great planned conflicts]
Listen some more:
"In order to incite seekers after power to a misuse of power we have set all forces in opposition one to another [through the Press] breaking up their liberal tendencies towards independence. To this end, we have stirred up every form of enterprise, we have armed all the parties, we have set up authority as a target for every ambition. Of States, we have made gladiatorial arenas where a host of confused issues contend ... A little more, and disorders and bankruptcy will be universal ... Abuses of power will put the final touch in preparing all institutions for their overthrow and everything will fly skyward under the blows of the maddened mob." [Protocol No. 3]
This scenario has been the trend for the past 100 years, from war to war, from continent to continent. Once the world got over the excessive destructions of World War I, we reeled toward World War II, amidst the Great Depression, which was deliberately caused by the excesses of the previous decade. Then, we fought the Korean War, the Vietnam War, amidst great economic hard times. After a brief few moments of economic sunshine under President Reagan, we discovered we had a brand new military that could knock the stuffing out of Saddam Hussein without serious casualties on our part. But, at least, President Bush had the courtesy to boldly tell us that the Gulf War was being fought as a New World Order war!
Then, after the attacks of 9/11 -- which was carried out by the Illuminati -- President Bush insisted that the solution to these attacks was to invade Afghanistan and Iraq to begin a bloody war which was designed from the beginning to not win. Tens of thousands of American soldiers have died and/or been wounded in a war designed not to win! The entire populations of Iraq and Afghanistan have been doomed to die over the next 20 years from Depleted Uranium poisoning -- for no reason other than their countries were not part of the cashless "Core States" (Read NEWS1833 for full details).
Truly, all our bloody conflicts have been fought over economic issues, without the gaining of territory. Finally, the New World Order leaders -- which have been in charge of Capitalism, Communism, and the Axis Powers -- have become filthy rich over all this conflict.
And, the control over the Press has been the controlling factor. The Press controls the values and attitudes of the people, utilizing the 'Six Step Attitudinal Change Plan' [Read NEWS1055 for full details on how this Plan works] to subtly change people's attitudes and values on a wide range of issues without them being aware that they are being manipulated for such change. After all, the "conflict" called for in Step #4 is carried out by the Press.
Let me end by again quoting the pertinent part of their plans for using the Press against us, to gain ultimate power over us. Now, you know why the news is always so universally BAD.
"Thanks to the Press we have got the gold in our hands, notwithstanding that we have had to gather it out of oceans of blood and tears. But it has paid us, though we have sacrificed many of our people." [Protocol No. 2]
Truly, the End of the Age is upon us, in its fully prophetic furry!
Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.
If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.
If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Antichrist will not touch you spiritually.
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It isn't just fans of President Obama who tuned in for his second Inaugural address.
Detainees at Guantanamo Bay watched Obama's address and swearing-in ceremonies, Cpt. Durand director of public affairs for Joint Task Force Guantanamo told CNN.
Obama during the early part of his first term had ordered the facility to be shutdown, but later backed down and the facility remains open.
As if they had a choice?
And so we see that Cnn has left out the obvious... WHY would they watch ? There will be more watching in the near future from the array of 160 homeland security prisons now that the NDAA has been signed! I must say after having a taste of looking into what's coming down the pipe, it seems to be coming all together very nicely. No more of this continually madness crime.
The "homeland security prisons" are where Oboombox plans to house his Republican rivals – that`s why he want`s to confiscate our guns. It will be a good fight.
@ofc- you do know that the 1994 republican congress put the Brady Bill into fact and has all this in it. The only new thing Obama added was implementation of what they passed?
Also, will be most satisfying to see the whole cast of characters in this SSRI nightmare going to one of these prisons. I do like the idea of a safer environment. Hey, I'm all for a "no buy list" based on the mental health records of which most are prescribed these SSRI's.
Perhaps it was meant to take their minds off the discomfort of water boarding.lol
OK. So we know they have TVs. Good for our image.
LMAO @ saywhat 😉 Let's throw in Mrs. Sandusky for good measure... Morning Saywhat
Were they cheering?
A travesty to the American people ..this is the new Berlin Wall ...
We could just lock them in your spare bedroom.
The white house sent popcorn, with and without cheesy flavor.
Doesn't surprise me the muslim brotherhood
And who says the USA under our divider in chief doesn't torture anymore? The detainees were crying to be waterboarded after being forced to watch that nonsense.
Glad to see my least favorite duty station still operating.
Did berry h obama (I refuse to capitalize that piece of craps name) make certain that all the detainees (or his mudslim brothers) got to vote? Did he serve them tea and crumpets while they voted? Why hasn't he been put in that prison? Because more than half of you listen to a good lie rather than a good message. Jesus, where is a good country when you need one?


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An interesting statement by Bruce Sterling on memory and blogs and media more generally:
As people get more comfortable with the metamedium of software which underlies all digital media, they get less and less concerned with whatever "new media" may call themselves. When weblogs are finally gone, people will say that there was never really such a thing as a "weblog" in the first place.
I think he's right and we're already seeing it. I wonder if there's a media law somewhere in there where we create new media and then when we make them extinct we actually erase them from our collective memories.


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Fanon is a term used to refer to "fan canon" (of which the term is a portmanteau). It applies to certain "facts" that may have been accepted as a truth by a large number of fans, and thus either replaces an established canonical fact in the minds of those fans, or fills a plot-hole. Frequently, these fanonical facts arise due to screen adaptations (esp. The Lord of the Rings (film series)).
Due to the nature of the work, much pseudo-scientific speculation is encouraged in order to explain motivations, facts, reactions and generally fill some gaps. This differs from proper fanon since such study does not invent new elements from scratch, but rather attempts to reveal how canon is. See also Tolkienology.
Fanon can also take the form of personal beliefs held by individuals. In this case, an individual may create an expansive backstory, possibly a fan fiction, which they accept as "true." These have less standing than even the fanon mentioned above, and thus are not included on Tolkien Gateway.