The controllers include secret societies, intelligence agencies, intelligence agencies, international and financial groups, and private foundations and think tanks, as well as big corporations. The big players who have the money will be covered later.
The web of secret societies include - Illuminati, skull and bones, Bohemian Grove, Billdeberg, Freemasons, Rosicrucians, the circle, black mobility, blue brethren, dragon court, pilgrims society, committee of 300, Council of nine, the Fabian Society, White brotherhood, order of the garter, black hand society, international bankers.
In England there are the The Pit Club, Burlington Club, 16° Club, Speculative Society
The following groups are all under the Freemason branch - P2, Grand Orient, Ordo Templi Orientis, Eastern Star: Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, Jesters, Scotland, Daughters of the Nile, Noble Corks, Quetzalcoatl, Amaranth, Golden Chain, Mark Master, Red Cross of Constantine, Royal Arch, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Thomas of Acon, Rosicruciana, Templar Knights, Shiners
Associated groups are the: Boto Builders of the Adytum, Flo Fraternitas Lvx Occulta, Hermetic Society, Order of the Golden Dawn, Brotherhood of the Light
intelligence agencies - CIA/FBI/DOD/DEA/NSA/ATF/NTSB(TSA), FEMA, HOMELAND SECURITY, MOD/GCHQ, M15, SIS/M16, Scotland Yard, Interpol, RCMP/CSIS/CSES, BND, Mossad, Shin Bet, police
UN, NATO, military, European union
World Bank, IMF International Monetary Fund, International Organization of Securities Commissions, Central Banks, GATT General Agreement on Tariffs End Trade, WTO World Trade Organization
Rockefeller foundation, Carnegie endowment, ford foundation, Carlyle group, Oppenhiemer, Kuhn Leub, Joyce foundation, Rhodes scholarship, Rotary club
Council of foreign relations, trilateral commission, Russell trust, Brookings Institute, Royal Institute of international affairs, European movement, American committee for a United Europe, American enterprise Institute, Center for strategic and international studies,
1001, WWF, Sierra Club, nature Conservancy, KAS
Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium
French Institute of International Relations, France
German Institute for International Politics and Security, Germany
Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russia
International Crisis Group, Belgium
International Institute for Strategic Studies, United Kingdom
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Israel
Japan Institute of International Affairs, Japan
Royal Institute of International Affairs, United Kingdom
Shanghai Institute for International Studies, China
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Social Controls
In a previous article I pointed out how food is one of the ways we, society, are controlled. There are several techniques used by different controllers such as the elite, governments, corporations, and organizations. They use different theories of technique such as divide and conquer, chaos theory, mind manipulation, and breaking. Another of these theories/techniques to get people happy and controlled often used by the military is called heart and minds. It is basically a method to win the people over to your side or way of thinking. Influencing the mind is easy through propaganda, education, mind control, media, and fear. Influencing the heart is basically influencing emotional response. It uses some of the mind techniques but also sickness, poverty, racism and hatred, finances, etc. All of these techniques are most effective when the majority are unaware they are being used against them.
Chaos theory is the idea of using confusion, chaos, and destruction to your advantage and rebuilding afterwards. It involves climate change, disasters, food shortages, warfare, financial collapse, terrorism, politics, and over information.
One of the best ways to control a population is through the food supply. We have all heard that the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach. The food supply can easily be used subvertly to manipulate people mentally and physically, and therefore emotionally. Not just negatively but what is seen by the elite as positive. Such as using fluoride to calm and minorly sedate the masses. Our diet is controlled via genetic engineering, chemical fertilizer, pesticides, antibiotics and hormones, nutrient reduction, industrial farming, processed and artificial foods,fluoride and chemicals in the water, pricing , and even overmedication. Bad nutrition can affect our bodies physically and mentally, making or contributing to other controls. Other controls that food can help are health, education, willpower and finances.
Finances are also one of the great controls. It can affect our ability to access quality food, education, information, and healthcare as well as actually acquiring money. Another aspect is the worship of the god of money Mammon, being materialistic and trying to keep up with the Joneses. A lot of people will almost do anything for money, they will sell out morals and ethics, overwork, and even compromise their families.
Education or lack of education is also one of the big controllers. The ability to read greatly determines one's success in life. Without it computers, now almost necessary, are impossible to use. Books and the Internet have become the greatest sources of knowledge available. Although it could also be used as disinformation and it is necessary to be able to compare different sources. Standardized science and formal education are ways that alternative and different information is kept from society.
Education goes hand-in-hand with the media (movies, TV, music, news, literature), and advertising. It uses mind control, propaganda, and is one of the best methods of divide and conquer. The media can affect your education and finances. Giving misinformation or making you materialistic, along with desiring bad food or technology to make you less social. The media is also connected to the occult using occult symbolism and terminology. Media can control us via;
desensitization - overexposure of violence, hatred, sex
distraction - multimedia, sports, Internet, work, shopping
over stimulation, information overload
Organized religion has often been considered the largest method of control over mankind. It is just one of the methods which uses misinformation, hatred, and enthusiasm. Organized religion is very much like a large corporation. Other corporations that use any of these methods to control are petrochemicals, chemicals, big oil, finance, pharmaceuticals, big corporations, media, military industrial complex, defense security, and of course government. Many of these work in cooperation with non-governmental agencies, thainternational groups and think tanks. Elite members of all of the above are often members of secret societies with ideals against the majority of society. This is why occult symbolism and terminology is used a lot unbeknownst to most people. They believe that it can be used to increase their power and ability to control us.
These groups use technology to monitor us, manipulate us, and affect our biosphere living conditions. Technology is used to make us less social and to directly affect us. Security is monitoring with CCTV, handheld devices, satellite cameras, CCTV equipped with loud speakers and microphones, behavior monitoring AI. They ruined our biosphere with pollution - water (medicine, chemicals, chlorine, sewage), air (greenhouse gases, chemtrails, noise), soil degradation, radiation, electronic. As well as weather control and manipulation. Which is a good part of chaos theory.
According to occult thought another control is that of magick said to be in use by secret societies and the "shadow government". They believe it gives some power over others to them. The magick (to differentiate from stage magic) of today is a combination of ceremonial black magic, hermetic, Kabbalah, enochian, thelema, grimoires. They also practice witchcraft with it's influences of ceremonial magic, folk magic, Freemasonry, Theosophy, Romanticism, Druidry, classic mythology and Asian religions, masonry and Rosicrucians, Golden Dawn (hermetic Kabbalah, proper magic), aa Argenteum astrum (Aleister Crowley), Curch of Satan (Anton LeVay). Neopaganism is religion influenced by pagan and sometimes dark traditions, witchcraft, the craft, gardener Wicca, Alexandrian Wicca,
All of these social controls are used by the controllers, the elite, secret societies, government and nongovernment agencies, and big corporation. The next post will list some of the controllers.
Chaos theory is the idea of using confusion, chaos, and destruction to your advantage and rebuilding afterwards. It involves climate change, disasters, food shortages, warfare, financial collapse, terrorism, politics, and over information.
One of the best ways to control a population is through the food supply. We have all heard that the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach. The food supply can easily be used subvertly to manipulate people mentally and physically, and therefore emotionally. Not just negatively but what is seen by the elite as positive. Such as using fluoride to calm and minorly sedate the masses. Our diet is controlled via genetic engineering, chemical fertilizer, pesticides, antibiotics and hormones, nutrient reduction, industrial farming, processed and artificial foods,fluoride and chemicals in the water, pricing , and even overmedication. Bad nutrition can affect our bodies physically and mentally, making or contributing to other controls. Other controls that food can help are health, education, willpower and finances.
Finances are also one of the great controls. It can affect our ability to access quality food, education, information, and healthcare as well as actually acquiring money. Another aspect is the worship of the god of money Mammon, being materialistic and trying to keep up with the Joneses. A lot of people will almost do anything for money, they will sell out morals and ethics, overwork, and even compromise their families.
Education or lack of education is also one of the big controllers. The ability to read greatly determines one's success in life. Without it computers, now almost necessary, are impossible to use. Books and the Internet have become the greatest sources of knowledge available. Although it could also be used as disinformation and it is necessary to be able to compare different sources. Standardized science and formal education are ways that alternative and different information is kept from society.
Education goes hand-in-hand with the media (movies, TV, music, news, literature), and advertising. It uses mind control, propaganda, and is one of the best methods of divide and conquer. The media can affect your education and finances. Giving misinformation or making you materialistic, along with desiring bad food or technology to make you less social. The media is also connected to the occult using occult symbolism and terminology. Media can control us via;
desensitization - overexposure of violence, hatred, sex
distraction - multimedia, sports, Internet, work, shopping
over stimulation, information overload
Organized religion has often been considered the largest method of control over mankind. It is just one of the methods which uses misinformation, hatred, and enthusiasm. Organized religion is very much like a large corporation. Other corporations that use any of these methods to control are petrochemicals, chemicals, big oil, finance, pharmaceuticals, big corporations, media, military industrial complex, defense security, and of course government. Many of these work in cooperation with non-governmental agencies, thainternational groups and think tanks. Elite members of all of the above are often members of secret societies with ideals against the majority of society. This is why occult symbolism and terminology is used a lot unbeknownst to most people. They believe that it can be used to increase their power and ability to control us.
These groups use technology to monitor us, manipulate us, and affect our biosphere living conditions. Technology is used to make us less social and to directly affect us. Security is monitoring with CCTV, handheld devices, satellite cameras, CCTV equipped with loud speakers and microphones, behavior monitoring AI. They ruined our biosphere with pollution - water (medicine, chemicals, chlorine, sewage), air (greenhouse gases, chemtrails, noise), soil degradation, radiation, electronic. As well as weather control and manipulation. Which is a good part of chaos theory.
According to occult thought another control is that of magick said to be in use by secret societies and the "shadow government". They believe it gives some power over others to them. The magick (to differentiate from stage magic) of today is a combination of ceremonial black magic, hermetic, Kabbalah, enochian, thelema, grimoires. They also practice witchcraft with it's influences of ceremonial magic, folk magic, Freemasonry, Theosophy, Romanticism, Druidry, classic mythology and Asian religions, masonry and Rosicrucians, Golden Dawn (hermetic Kabbalah, proper magic), aa Argenteum astrum (Aleister Crowley), Curch of Satan (Anton LeVay). Neopaganism is religion influenced by pagan and sometimes dark traditions, witchcraft, the craft, gardener Wicca, Alexandrian Wicca,
All of these social controls are used by the controllers, the elite, secret societies, government and nongovernment agencies, and big corporation. The next post will list some of the controllers.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Very Illuminating
Illuminati Timeline
Egyptian, Hebrew, and Persia 2000-1000 BC
Greeks, Romans, Celts early 300s BC
Christianity 2nd century
Sufis late 6xth century
Knights Templar 13th 14th century
Italy and France,Brethren of the Free Spirit late 14th
Spain, Alumbrados 15th and 16th century
Rosicrucians 1614 (1407 creation)
Freemasons 1717 (ancient creation)
Illuminés 1623-1722
French Martinists founded in 1754, Russia Martinists
Bavarian Illuminati 1776
Illuminatithe, plural of Latin illuminatus "enlightened", there are naturally several historical groups who have identified themselves as the illuminati. Claiming to possess special enlightenment or knowledge of something. This was due to apparently possessing gnostic texts or other arcane information not generally available. It is a name that refers to several groups both historical and modern, real and fictitious.
Originally the Greek word illuminati meaning illumination was a name given to those who submitted to Christian baptism. They were called illuminati or illuminated/enlightened ones by the anti-Nicene early Christian clergy. They assumed that those who were instructed under baptism in the apostolic faith had an enlightened understanding. The designation illuminati was also in use from the late 14th century by the Brethren of the Free Spirit, and in the 15th century was assumed by other enthusiasts. They claimed that the illuminating light came, not from an authoritative or secret source but from within, the result of exalted consciousness or "enlightenment". The Alumbrados (Illuminated) was a term used to loosely describe practitioners of a mystical form of Christianity in Spain during the 15th-16th centuries. The name has been found as early as 1492 (in the form aluminados, 1498), and traced the group to a Gnostic origin. Historians think their views were promoted in Spain through influences from Italy. The alumbrados held that the human soul can reach such a degree of perfection that it can even in the present life contemplate the essence of God and comprehend the mysteries.
The Italian influences if they were Gnostic would have come from the Greeks and the middle east. The classic Greeks were the first to refer to gnosis (Plato 420s-340s BC) and their ideas spread throughout Egypt, Syria, and Persia. It is even thought that the Greek Gnostic ideas spread to the Celts and the Druids. The Greek philosophy is believed to have combined with a different schools of magic. The Templar Knights learned much of the Gnostic concepts from the Sufis in the 13th and 14th. They told the Templars of sects who were protectors of enlightened Priest Kings living at least 1000 years before King Arthur (600-880 AC. These protectors were called the Djedi in Egypt, and the Narts in Persia. The Pharaohs, Roman emperors and Druids could be considered some of those Priest Kings. Solomon is also considered one of these, greatly respected by the practitioners of Kabbalah. The Greeks, Romans, Celts seem to have picked up the beliefs around the same time from the older Egyptian, Hebrew, and Persia cultures.
The movement (under the name of Illuminés) seems to have reached France from Seville in 1623, and attained some following in Picardy when joined (1634) by Pierce Guerin, curé of Saint-Georges de Roye, whose followers, known as Guerinets, were suppressed in 1635. A century later, another, more obscure body of Illuminés came to light in the south of France in 1722, and appears to have lingered till 1794, having affinities with those known contemporaneously in the United Kingdom as 'French Prophets', an offshoot of the Camisards.
A different group where the Rosicrucians who claimed to originate in 1407 but rose into notice in 1614 when there primary text appeared. They are a secret society claimed possession of esoteric principles of religion with the mysteries of alchemy. They also claim heritage from the Knights Templar. Freemasonry: usually said to be created in 1717: also believes in internal enlightenment. Illuminati was also applied to the French Martinists founded in 1754, and the invitation Russia Martinists who got their ideas from Boehme and Swedenborg.
Today it refers specifically to the Bavarian Illuminati, an enlightenment era secret society founded on 1776 and financed by the International Bankers. The illuminati are those at the very top with knowledge of the secret society and occult goals. They are just a group of like-minded elite individuals interested in revolution. Recruited from all of the secret societies and orders, intellectuals and businessmen. The order had it's branches in most countries of Europe in the House and oath 10 years, with reportedly 3000 to 4000 members.
Adam Weishaupt, Professor of Catholic Church Canon Law at the University of Ingolstodt, Bavaria (Germany), founded the Order of Illuminati (Lucifer light bearers). Although trained as a Catholic Priest, he believed in Satanism and humanism. Humanism taught that a person could attain great power like unto God with the help from demons. He spent about five years writing on methods of world revolution under orders and pay from the Rothschild Dynasty with the aim of establishing One World Government. He called this government "The Novus Ordo Seculorum" (New Age or New World Order), which is also the title of his book published in May 1, 1776.
It is a secret orginazation of the most powerful and influential elite in the world. over the millennia, a sort of parallel cultural evolution between a ruling elite and the unwashed masses. We saw the rise of a group of elite families that keep their rule over the people through a combination of control over grain supplies (live supplies), knowledge, information and finally control over life and death. People who learned about this elite were either inducted into it, killed or neutralized by assorted needs such as ridicule, bankruptcy, or legal trouble. They go back for centuries and maintain the same bloodlines. They consist of international bankers, top government officials, leaders in the energy cartel and media monopoly owners.
They set up the Council on Forign Relations, The Bilderberg Group and The Tri-Laterial Commission. Their subdivisions reach into everyone's daily life without most people even being aware of it. They also have ties to groups like the Freemasons, Skull and Bones, and the Knights Templar. Their ultimate goal is for a one world government which they will control, also a one world currency, and they want control and ownership of all land,property, resources and people (Revolutionary Socialism). Their final goals are Luciferian in nature, with the nihilist and atheists at the top of the nwo. Accomplished by having their members in the highest places of government, business, finance, religion, and secret societies. Using assassination, bribery, blackmail, deceit, espionage, chaos and magic.
The Illuminati attribute all wars since the French Revolution as having been formented by them in their pursuit of their goals. When Weishaupt's ideology was first introduced, Britain and France were the two greatest world powers. So the Illuminati claimed credit for having kindled the Revolutionary War in order to weaken the British Empire, and the French Revolution to destroy the French Empire. According to them the Napoleonic wars were a direct result of Illuminati intervention, intended to weaken the governments of Europe. One of the results was the Congress of Vienna where the Illuminati attempted to form a one world government in the form of a league of Nations. Russia held out causing great animosity towards the Russian government. The Illuminati adopted the strategy of gaining control over the European economy through international bankers and creating communism to divide and conquer.
Under the leadership by an American general named Albert Pike, the Illuminati worked out a blueprint for three world wars throughout the 20th century that would lead to a one world government. According to the plan, the First World War was fought to destroy Czarism in Russia and to establish Russia as a stronghold of Communism. Likewise, they claim that the Second World War pitted the Fascists against the “political Zionists” so as to build up International Communism until it equaled in strength that of the United Christendom. According to Illuminati plans, the Third World War, which is to be fought between the political Zionists and the leaders of the Moslem world, will drain the international community to the extent that they will have no choice but to form a one world government.
Mazzini was not only the head of the Illuminati in the 1800s, he was the leading revolutionist in Europe. Albert Pike was chosen by Mazzini to head the Illuminati operations in America. He was also a prominent member of the successionist movement. Mazzini was determined to establish a New World Order on the rubble of the old order and created a plan to accomplish his goal. He suggests they allow all of the countries to continue to be ruled by their authorities and elites of different societies and cults. Except they will create a new group of the highest members to rule the rest. He detailed his plan for in a letter on January 22, 1870: "We must allow all the federations to continue just as they are, with their systems, their central authorities and their diverse modes of correspondence between high grades of the same rite, organized as they are at the present, but we must create a super rite, which will remain unknown, to which we will call those Masons of high degree whom we shall select. With regard to our brothers in Masonry, these men must be pledges to the strictest secrecy. Through this supreme rite, we will govern all Freemasonry which will become the one international center, the more powerful because its direction will be unknown. Lady Queensborough, Occult Theocracy, pp. 208-209.
This secret rite is called "The New and Reformed Palladian Rite." It has headquarters in Charleston, S.C., Rome Italy, and Berlin Germany. Mazzini headed it in the East while Pike headed this rite in the Western Hemisphere. One of their ideas was to have or create all sorts of different secret societies and conspiracies to confuse the public and stay under the radar. All of the societies part of the same conspiracy, with not even all of their members aware. They have been associated with the Freemasons, Rosicrucians, Jesuits, Jacobians, skull and bones, scroll and Key.
Pike wrote about his beliefs and goals in 1871 in "Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry." In this massive volume he explained that the "blind Force of the people is a Force that must be economized, and also managed. . . it must be regulated by intellect. "To attack the citadels (Institutions) built up on all sides against the human race by superstitions (religion), despotisms, and prejudices, the force must have a brain and a law (the Illuminati's). Then its (Force) deeds of daring produce permanent results, and there is real progress. Then there are sublime conquests. . . When all forces combined, and guided by the Intellect (Illuminati), and regulated by the Rule of Right, and Justice, and of combined and systematic movement and effort, the great revolution prepared for the ages will begin to march. . . It is because Force is ill regulated that revolutions prove failures".
The god of the Illuminati and the New World Order is Lucifer. "The Masonic religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian doctrine. . . Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay (Jesus) is also God. For the eternal law is that there is no light without shade, no beauty without ugliness, no white without black, for the absolute can only exist as two Gods: darkness being necessary to light to serve as its foil as the pedestal is necessary to the statue, and the brake to the locomotive. . ."The doctrine of Satanism is a heresy; and the true and pure philosophic religion is the belief in Lucifer, the equal of Adonay (Jesus); but Lucifer, God of Light and God of Good, is struggling for humanity against Adonay, the God of darkness and evil." A.C. De La Rive, La Femme et l'enfant dans la Franc-Maconnerie Universelle, p. 588; Lady Queenborough, Occult Theocracy pp. 220-221.
Pike designed a plan for world conquest and wrote of it in a letter to Mazzini dated August 15, 1871. He said three future world wars would prepare the world for the New World Order. Albert Pike's plan for the Illuminati was as simple as it has proved effective. He required that Communism, Naziism, Political Zionism, and other International movements be organized and used to foment the three global wars and three major revolutions.
First World War was to be fought so as to enable the Illuminati to overthrow the powers of the Tzars in Russia and turn that country into the stronghold of Atheistic-Communism. The differences stirred up by agentur of the Illuminati between the British and German Empires were to be used to foment this war. After the war ended, Communism was to be built up and used to destroy other governments and weaken religions.
World War Two, was to be fomented by using the differences between Fascists and Political Zionists. This war was to be fought so that Naziism would be destroyed and so that the sovereign state of Israel could be established. During World War Two International Communism was to be built up until it equalled in strength that of united Christendom. At this point it was to be contained and kept in check until required. (Korea/Vietnam/who The Afghan invasion and defeat).
World War Three is to be fomented by using the differences the agentur of the Illuminati stir up between Political Zionists and the leaders of the Moslem world. The war is to be directed in such a manner that Islam (the Arab World) and Political Zionism (including the West) will destroy themselves while at the same time the remaining nations, once more divided against each other on this issue, will be forced to fight themselves into a state of complete exhaustion physically, mentally, spiritually and economically. The war on terror is the beginning phase of stage 3.
After World War Three is ended, those who aspire to undisputed world domination will provoke the greatest social cataclysm the world has ever known. We quote his own written words taken from the letter catalogued in the British Museum Library, London, England. "We shall unleash the Nihilists and Atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror will show clearly to the nations the effect of absolute atheism, origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil. Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves against the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will be from that moment without compass (direction), anxious for an ideal, but with out knowing where to render its adoration, will receive the true light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view, a manifestation which will result from the general reactionary movement which will follow the destruction of Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated at the same time" (William Guy Carr, Pawns in the Game, p. xv-xvi).
The financial elite and international bankers were directed to finance governments and movements, and their conflicts and revolution.
Egyptian, Hebrew, and Persia 2000-1000 BC
Greeks, Romans, Celts early 300s BC
Christianity 2nd century
Sufis late 6xth century
Knights Templar 13th 14th century
Italy and France,Brethren of the Free Spirit late 14th
Spain, Alumbrados 15th and 16th century
Rosicrucians 1614 (1407 creation)
Freemasons 1717 (ancient creation)
Illuminés 1623-1722
French Martinists founded in 1754, Russia Martinists
Bavarian Illuminati 1776
Illuminatithe, plural of Latin illuminatus "enlightened", there are naturally several historical groups who have identified themselves as the illuminati. Claiming to possess special enlightenment or knowledge of something. This was due to apparently possessing gnostic texts or other arcane information not generally available. It is a name that refers to several groups both historical and modern, real and fictitious.
Originally the Greek word illuminati meaning illumination was a name given to those who submitted to Christian baptism. They were called illuminati or illuminated/enlightened ones by the anti-Nicene early Christian clergy. They assumed that those who were instructed under baptism in the apostolic faith had an enlightened understanding. The designation illuminati was also in use from the late 14th century by the Brethren of the Free Spirit, and in the 15th century was assumed by other enthusiasts. They claimed that the illuminating light came, not from an authoritative or secret source but from within, the result of exalted consciousness or "enlightenment". The Alumbrados (Illuminated) was a term used to loosely describe practitioners of a mystical form of Christianity in Spain during the 15th-16th centuries. The name has been found as early as 1492 (in the form aluminados, 1498), and traced the group to a Gnostic origin. Historians think their views were promoted in Spain through influences from Italy. The alumbrados held that the human soul can reach such a degree of perfection that it can even in the present life contemplate the essence of God and comprehend the mysteries.
The Italian influences if they were Gnostic would have come from the Greeks and the middle east. The classic Greeks were the first to refer to gnosis (Plato 420s-340s BC) and their ideas spread throughout Egypt, Syria, and Persia. It is even thought that the Greek Gnostic ideas spread to the Celts and the Druids. The Greek philosophy is believed to have combined with a different schools of magic. The Templar Knights learned much of the Gnostic concepts from the Sufis in the 13th and 14th. They told the Templars of sects who were protectors of enlightened Priest Kings living at least 1000 years before King Arthur (600-880 AC. These protectors were called the Djedi in Egypt, and the Narts in Persia. The Pharaohs, Roman emperors and Druids could be considered some of those Priest Kings. Solomon is also considered one of these, greatly respected by the practitioners of Kabbalah. The Greeks, Romans, Celts seem to have picked up the beliefs around the same time from the older Egyptian, Hebrew, and Persia cultures.
The movement (under the name of Illuminés) seems to have reached France from Seville in 1623, and attained some following in Picardy when joined (1634) by Pierce Guerin, curé of Saint-Georges de Roye, whose followers, known as Guerinets, were suppressed in 1635. A century later, another, more obscure body of Illuminés came to light in the south of France in 1722, and appears to have lingered till 1794, having affinities with those known contemporaneously in the United Kingdom as 'French Prophets', an offshoot of the Camisards.
A different group where the Rosicrucians who claimed to originate in 1407 but rose into notice in 1614 when there primary text appeared. They are a secret society claimed possession of esoteric principles of religion with the mysteries of alchemy. They also claim heritage from the Knights Templar. Freemasonry: usually said to be created in 1717: also believes in internal enlightenment. Illuminati was also applied to the French Martinists founded in 1754, and the invitation Russia Martinists who got their ideas from Boehme and Swedenborg.
Today it refers specifically to the Bavarian Illuminati, an enlightenment era secret society founded on 1776 and financed by the International Bankers. The illuminati are those at the very top with knowledge of the secret society and occult goals. They are just a group of like-minded elite individuals interested in revolution. Recruited from all of the secret societies and orders, intellectuals and businessmen. The order had it's branches in most countries of Europe in the House and oath 10 years, with reportedly 3000 to 4000 members.
Adam Weishaupt, Professor of Catholic Church Canon Law at the University of Ingolstodt, Bavaria (Germany), founded the Order of Illuminati (Lucifer light bearers). Although trained as a Catholic Priest, he believed in Satanism and humanism. Humanism taught that a person could attain great power like unto God with the help from demons. He spent about five years writing on methods of world revolution under orders and pay from the Rothschild Dynasty with the aim of establishing One World Government. He called this government "The Novus Ordo Seculorum" (New Age or New World Order), which is also the title of his book published in May 1, 1776.
It is a secret orginazation of the most powerful and influential elite in the world. over the millennia, a sort of parallel cultural evolution between a ruling elite and the unwashed masses. We saw the rise of a group of elite families that keep their rule over the people through a combination of control over grain supplies (live supplies), knowledge, information and finally control over life and death. People who learned about this elite were either inducted into it, killed or neutralized by assorted needs such as ridicule, bankruptcy, or legal trouble. They go back for centuries and maintain the same bloodlines. They consist of international bankers, top government officials, leaders in the energy cartel and media monopoly owners.
They set up the Council on Forign Relations, The Bilderberg Group and The Tri-Laterial Commission. Their subdivisions reach into everyone's daily life without most people even being aware of it. They also have ties to groups like the Freemasons, Skull and Bones, and the Knights Templar. Their ultimate goal is for a one world government which they will control, also a one world currency, and they want control and ownership of all land,property, resources and people (Revolutionary Socialism). Their final goals are Luciferian in nature, with the nihilist and atheists at the top of the nwo. Accomplished by having their members in the highest places of government, business, finance, religion, and secret societies. Using assassination, bribery, blackmail, deceit, espionage, chaos and magic.
The Illuminati attribute all wars since the French Revolution as having been formented by them in their pursuit of their goals. When Weishaupt's ideology was first introduced, Britain and France were the two greatest world powers. So the Illuminati claimed credit for having kindled the Revolutionary War in order to weaken the British Empire, and the French Revolution to destroy the French Empire. According to them the Napoleonic wars were a direct result of Illuminati intervention, intended to weaken the governments of Europe. One of the results was the Congress of Vienna where the Illuminati attempted to form a one world government in the form of a league of Nations. Russia held out causing great animosity towards the Russian government. The Illuminati adopted the strategy of gaining control over the European economy through international bankers and creating communism to divide and conquer.
Under the leadership by an American general named Albert Pike, the Illuminati worked out a blueprint for three world wars throughout the 20th century that would lead to a one world government. According to the plan, the First World War was fought to destroy Czarism in Russia and to establish Russia as a stronghold of Communism. Likewise, they claim that the Second World War pitted the Fascists against the “political Zionists” so as to build up International Communism until it equaled in strength that of the United Christendom. According to Illuminati plans, the Third World War, which is to be fought between the political Zionists and the leaders of the Moslem world, will drain the international community to the extent that they will have no choice but to form a one world government.
Mazzini was not only the head of the Illuminati in the 1800s, he was the leading revolutionist in Europe. Albert Pike was chosen by Mazzini to head the Illuminati operations in America. He was also a prominent member of the successionist movement. Mazzini was determined to establish a New World Order on the rubble of the old order and created a plan to accomplish his goal. He suggests they allow all of the countries to continue to be ruled by their authorities and elites of different societies and cults. Except they will create a new group of the highest members to rule the rest. He detailed his plan for in a letter on January 22, 1870: "We must allow all the federations to continue just as they are, with their systems, their central authorities and their diverse modes of correspondence between high grades of the same rite, organized as they are at the present, but we must create a super rite, which will remain unknown, to which we will call those Masons of high degree whom we shall select. With regard to our brothers in Masonry, these men must be pledges to the strictest secrecy. Through this supreme rite, we will govern all Freemasonry which will become the one international center, the more powerful because its direction will be unknown. Lady Queensborough, Occult Theocracy, pp. 208-209.
This secret rite is called "The New and Reformed Palladian Rite." It has headquarters in Charleston, S.C., Rome Italy, and Berlin Germany. Mazzini headed it in the East while Pike headed this rite in the Western Hemisphere. One of their ideas was to have or create all sorts of different secret societies and conspiracies to confuse the public and stay under the radar. All of the societies part of the same conspiracy, with not even all of their members aware. They have been associated with the Freemasons, Rosicrucians, Jesuits, Jacobians, skull and bones, scroll and Key.
Pike wrote about his beliefs and goals in 1871 in "Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry." In this massive volume he explained that the "blind Force of the people is a Force that must be economized, and also managed. . . it must be regulated by intellect. "To attack the citadels (Institutions) built up on all sides against the human race by superstitions (religion), despotisms, and prejudices, the force must have a brain and a law (the Illuminati's). Then its (Force) deeds of daring produce permanent results, and there is real progress. Then there are sublime conquests. . . When all forces combined, and guided by the Intellect (Illuminati), and regulated by the Rule of Right, and Justice, and of combined and systematic movement and effort, the great revolution prepared for the ages will begin to march. . . It is because Force is ill regulated that revolutions prove failures".
The god of the Illuminati and the New World Order is Lucifer. "The Masonic religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian doctrine. . . Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay (Jesus) is also God. For the eternal law is that there is no light without shade, no beauty without ugliness, no white without black, for the absolute can only exist as two Gods: darkness being necessary to light to serve as its foil as the pedestal is necessary to the statue, and the brake to the locomotive. . ."The doctrine of Satanism is a heresy; and the true and pure philosophic religion is the belief in Lucifer, the equal of Adonay (Jesus); but Lucifer, God of Light and God of Good, is struggling for humanity against Adonay, the God of darkness and evil." A.C. De La Rive, La Femme et l'enfant dans la Franc-Maconnerie Universelle, p. 588; Lady Queenborough, Occult Theocracy pp. 220-221.
Pike designed a plan for world conquest and wrote of it in a letter to Mazzini dated August 15, 1871. He said three future world wars would prepare the world for the New World Order. Albert Pike's plan for the Illuminati was as simple as it has proved effective. He required that Communism, Naziism, Political Zionism, and other International movements be organized and used to foment the three global wars and three major revolutions.
First World War was to be fought so as to enable the Illuminati to overthrow the powers of the Tzars in Russia and turn that country into the stronghold of Atheistic-Communism. The differences stirred up by agentur of the Illuminati between the British and German Empires were to be used to foment this war. After the war ended, Communism was to be built up and used to destroy other governments and weaken religions.
World War Two, was to be fomented by using the differences between Fascists and Political Zionists. This war was to be fought so that Naziism would be destroyed and so that the sovereign state of Israel could be established. During World War Two International Communism was to be built up until it equalled in strength that of united Christendom. At this point it was to be contained and kept in check until required. (Korea/Vietnam/who The Afghan invasion and defeat).
World War Three is to be fomented by using the differences the agentur of the Illuminati stir up between Political Zionists and the leaders of the Moslem world. The war is to be directed in such a manner that Islam (the Arab World) and Political Zionism (including the West) will destroy themselves while at the same time the remaining nations, once more divided against each other on this issue, will be forced to fight themselves into a state of complete exhaustion physically, mentally, spiritually and economically. The war on terror is the beginning phase of stage 3.
After World War Three is ended, those who aspire to undisputed world domination will provoke the greatest social cataclysm the world has ever known. We quote his own written words taken from the letter catalogued in the British Museum Library, London, England. "We shall unleash the Nihilists and Atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror will show clearly to the nations the effect of absolute atheism, origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil. Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves against the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will be from that moment without compass (direction), anxious for an ideal, but with out knowing where to render its adoration, will receive the true light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view, a manifestation which will result from the general reactionary movement which will follow the destruction of Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated at the same time" (William Guy Carr, Pawns in the Game, p. xv-xvi).
The financial elite and international bankers were directed to finance governments and movements, and their conflicts and revolution.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph of Arimathea, the rich man mentioned in all four Gospels, who buried the Lord in his own new tomb. He would have been quite old at the time of Jesus'crucifixion and was likely preparing for his own death. He was secretly a disciple of Jesus for fear of persecution, and was a member of the Sanhedrin but was against the council and their actions. The fact that he was given the body indicates he had some rightful claim to the body, only in the case of relatives. The Jewish Talmud describes him as the younger brother of Mary, Jesus great uncle. It was the practice that upon the death of a father, another male relative usually an uncle was declared legal guardian of the children. Joseph was likely Jesus' guardian after his father Joseph's death estimated when Jesus was approximately 13.
Traditions say that Joseph brought the gospel to Britain very few years after the crucifixion. We find this account recorded by Cardinal Baronius, the 16th century Roman Catholic historian. He states that it was in the year A.D.35 that Joseph of Arimathaea, (5 years after Jesus was put to death). Lazarus (whom Jesus raised from the dead), Mary and Martha, Lazarus's sisters, Marcella their maid, and Maximin a disciple, were put into aboat without sails or oars, and that they eventually came to Marseilles in France and afterwards crossed to Britain. His companions are also stated to have included Trophimus Cleon, Eutropius, Restitutus (the man born blind), Martial, Saturninus, Mary the wife of Cleophas and Mary Magdalene. Lazarus is to this day recognised as having become first Bishop of Marseilles while the names of the others are saints in the records of the Gallic Church. Other books and legends say that Mary Magdalene was pregnant with Jesus' child.
And so Joseph and his little party came to Britain, sailing inland to the Isle of Avalon which we now know as Glastonbury. In those days the sea which is now fourteen miles away came much further inland and lapped the foot of Glastonbury Tor, the 500-foot high hill which dominates the countryside for miles around. Joseph is said to have planted his staff in the soil of Wearyall Hill, and there it took root and grew into a thorn tree. Joseph and his companions were met by King Arviragus who granted them tax-free twelve hides of land. A hide is thought to have been 160 acres, so that the total area represented 1,920 acres. We find this Royal Charter recorded in the official archives from that day in the Domesday Book, published in 1087.
Joseph and his companions now erected what must have been the first Christian church above ground. It was made from wattles daubed with mud, and was thatched with reeds, and when completed it measured 60 feet long and 26 feet wide, approximately the same dimensions as the Tabernacle in the wilderness. In a year 630 the Romans destroyed it and built a beautiful chapel over it. In 1184 fire destroyed it, a Norman chapel was built in the same spot immediately after. Its ruins still standing. Joseph as well as all his companions are said to be buried there is well as many others. This chapel is also called St. Mary's. The graves are empty today but an empty stone sarcophagus remains within.
There is some reason to believe Joseph was already familiar with the British Isles long before he became a disciple of Jesus. He was a man of social distinction and official rank, was an honorable counselor, a good and just man, a rich man. The Latin Vulgate renders "honourable counsellor" as 'nobilis decurio.' And 'Decurio' was the name given to a town counsellor and also to an officer in the Roman Army. the officer in charge of a tin mine was also called a 'decurio.' A common phrase in the tin mining areas of southern England, " Joseph was in the trade". If so, then it may be said with certainty that Joseph would have come to Britain, and probably not once but many times. Britain was the main source of tin. The British Isles were referred to by classical writers as the Cassiterides - tin-bearing islands.
Traditions say that Joseph brought the gospel to Britain very few years after the crucifixion. We find this account recorded by Cardinal Baronius, the 16th century Roman Catholic historian. He states that it was in the year A.D.35 that Joseph of Arimathaea, (5 years after Jesus was put to death). Lazarus (whom Jesus raised from the dead), Mary and Martha, Lazarus's sisters, Marcella their maid, and Maximin a disciple, were put into aboat without sails or oars, and that they eventually came to Marseilles in France and afterwards crossed to Britain. His companions are also stated to have included Trophimus Cleon, Eutropius, Restitutus (the man born blind), Martial, Saturninus, Mary the wife of Cleophas and Mary Magdalene. Lazarus is to this day recognised as having become first Bishop of Marseilles while the names of the others are saints in the records of the Gallic Church. Other books and legends say that Mary Magdalene was pregnant with Jesus' child.
And so Joseph and his little party came to Britain, sailing inland to the Isle of Avalon which we now know as Glastonbury. In those days the sea which is now fourteen miles away came much further inland and lapped the foot of Glastonbury Tor, the 500-foot high hill which dominates the countryside for miles around. Joseph is said to have planted his staff in the soil of Wearyall Hill, and there it took root and grew into a thorn tree. Joseph and his companions were met by King Arviragus who granted them tax-free twelve hides of land. A hide is thought to have been 160 acres, so that the total area represented 1,920 acres. We find this Royal Charter recorded in the official archives from that day in the Domesday Book, published in 1087.
Joseph and his companions now erected what must have been the first Christian church above ground. It was made from wattles daubed with mud, and was thatched with reeds, and when completed it measured 60 feet long and 26 feet wide, approximately the same dimensions as the Tabernacle in the wilderness. In a year 630 the Romans destroyed it and built a beautiful chapel over it. In 1184 fire destroyed it, a Norman chapel was built in the same spot immediately after. Its ruins still standing. Joseph as well as all his companions are said to be buried there is well as many others. This chapel is also called St. Mary's. The graves are empty today but an empty stone sarcophagus remains within.
There is some reason to believe Joseph was already familiar with the British Isles long before he became a disciple of Jesus. He was a man of social distinction and official rank, was an honorable counselor, a good and just man, a rich man. The Latin Vulgate renders "honourable counsellor" as 'nobilis decurio.' And 'Decurio' was the name given to a town counsellor and also to an officer in the Roman Army. the officer in charge of a tin mine was also called a 'decurio.' A common phrase in the tin mining areas of southern England, " Joseph was in the trade". If so, then it may be said with certainty that Joseph would have come to Britain, and probably not once but many times. Britain was the main source of tin. The British Isles were referred to by classical writers as the Cassiterides - tin-bearing islands.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Missing Years
There are several non-canonical "gospels" which deserve serious attention and which treat the subject of Jesus' travels outside of Israel. These are stories to account for the years of Jesus' life missing from the Bible. After his birth there isn't anything mentioned until he is 12, and then again until around the age of 30. At least for 18 years he could have traveled anywhere. If you put all of the stories together Jesus had knowledge of Jewish, Gnostic, Egyptian, Celtic/Druid, Buddhist, Zoroast, and early teachings that would develop into Islam. The stories do conflict but may contain some pieces of truth. It is possible to construct a timeline involving all the locations in the stories. The incorrect details of some of the stories make them suspect as being made up by people unfamiliar with Jesus. Of course details could be lost and mistakenly altered with time. They are still interesting items to contemplate.
Most historians and scholars now estimate that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, estimated around 6-4 B.C. They believe the family fled to Egypt when he was around nine to 15 months old. They are estimated to have spent seven years in Egypt and moved back to land of Israel, and decided to settle in Nazareth. Jesus would have been around 8-9 years old. The Bible tells us that Jesus stayed in Jerusalem three days alone in the temple at the age of 12. From folklore is the story that Jesus came to Britain either as a child or as a young man. Other stories say that Jesus left for India at 13, briefly stopping in Pakistan. The story says he studied for six years with the Buddhas in India, and was eventually forced to flee at 19 or 20. Different stories say that at 21 years old he came to Japan to pursue knowledge of divinity for around 10 years. While returning to Judea he spent a brief time in Persia, returning to Judea aged 29 or 30. Where he preached for three years before trial and crucifixion.
1-8 Egypt, 9-13 Israel and trip(s) to Britain through Gaul, 13 -14 through Assyria, Persia, Afghanistan, 14 Pakistan/India, 14-20 India, Nepal, Tibet, 21 Japan, back through India, Persia, Chaldea, 29 Israel
alternative timeline 1 - 14-20 India, 21-27 Nepal, Tibet, 28 India (no Japan), 29 Israel
alternative timeline 2 - 13-20 married, 20-27 Egypt, 27-29 Chaldea, 29 Israel
King Herod inquired extensively of the wise men to the date of the Messiah's birth. They indicated that the child should be about 15 months old, and were sent to locate the child in Bethlehem. He is why Herod is said to have ordered the killing of all male children under the age of two. Joseph was warned of this in a dream and the family fled to Egypt. When Herod the Great died, Joseph was told by an angel in a dream to return to Israel. However, upon hearing that Archelaus had succeeded his father as ruler of Judaea he "was afraid to go thither", and was again notified in a dream to go to Galilee. Some have said that the book of Isaiah suggests a seven year presence of the Holy Family in Egypt. Seven years of abundance, of grace. Either way by the age of eight or nine they were back in Galilee. They went to Jerusalem every year then on for Passover. Jesus stayed in Jerusalem three days alone in the temple at the age of 12. Conversing with teachers and priests. 12 was the Jewish coming-of-age.
Britain
Thae tradition still survives today in parts of Cornwall and Somerset that Jesus came to Britain either as a child or as a young man. Being especially linked with Glastonbury and places like Priddy and Pilton in the Mendips. There is the tradition in Somerset that Joseph and Jesus came in a ship of Tarshish to the Summerland and sojourned in a place called Paradise". Certainly one finds the name Paradise around Burnham-on-Sea and especially around Glastonbury, and one has only to think of the proliferation of names in Somerset and Cornwall such as Christon, Marazion, Jesus Well, Port Isaac and Jacobstown to realise that the traditions may have some foundation in fact. Most of the traditions seem to be connected with Glastonbury. Glastonbury's early history suggests that the sanctity with which the place was held was due to more than Joseph of Arimathea's having settled there. From the earliest times two strange names have been used to describe Glastonbury, 'Secretum Domini' or 'Secret of the Lord', and 'Domus Dei' meaning 'Home of God', and these have been ascribed to the belief that Jesus Himself once lived here and that in this place He constructed the building which became His home. The tradition related in Cornish stories is that Joseph of Arimathaea came in a boat to Cornwall and brought the child Jesus with him, and taught how to extract the tin.
There is some reason to believe Joseph was already familiar with the British Isles long before he became a disciple of Jesus. He was a man of social distinction and official rank, was an honorable counselor, a good and just man, a rich man. The Latin Vulgate renders "honourable counsellor" as 'nobilis decurio.' And 'Decurio' was the name given to a town counsellor and also to an officer in the Roman Army. the officer in charge of a tin mine was also called a 'decurio.' A common phrase in the tin mining areas of southern England, " Joseph was in the trade". If so, then it may be said with certainty that Joseph would have come to Britain, and probably not once but many times. Britain was the main source of tin. The British Isles were referred to by classical writers as the Cassiterides - tin-bearing islands.
Sind
A history of Jesus travels through Persia, India and Tibet is contained in a manuscript titled "The Life of Saint Issa - BEST OF THE SONS OF MEN". This document was found in Tibet and Elizabeth Claire Prophet wrote a book about this discovery. Her book is titled "The Lost Years Of Jesus".
The Life of Saint Issa basically tells us that:
When Jesus had attained the age of thirteen years, when an Israelite should take a wife, the house where his parents earned their living began to be a place of meeting for rich and noble people, desirous of having for a son-in-law the young Jesus, already famous for his edifying discourses in the name of the almighty. Then it was that Jesus left the parental house in secret, departed from Jerusalem, and with the merchants set out towards Sind, with the object of perfecting himself in the Divine Word and of studying the laws of the great Buddhas. He briefly visited with the Jains in his 14th year and established himself among the Aryas. His reputation spread throughout all of northern Sind. But he left the erring worshippers of Jaine and went to Juggernaut in the country of Orissa, where repose the mortal remains of Vyasa-Krishna and where the white priests of Brahma made him a Joyous welcome. Young Jesus studied for six years among the Brahmins at Juggernaut, Rajagriha, Benares, and other Indian holy cities. The priests of Brahma "taught him to read and understand the Vedas, to cure by aid of prayer, to teach, to explain the holy scriptures to the people, and to drive out evil spirits from the bodies of men, restoring unto them their sanity. Everyone loved him, for Jesus lived in peace with the Vaisyas and the Sudras, whom he instructed in the holy scriptures. In the Buddhist Scriptures, there is a prophecy from approximately 500 B.C. of the "Holy One" who would come. One who would lead the people away from the old way, and introduce a new way. Jesus fit the prophecy completely, as the description was that of someone of Western appearance.
Jesus sought to teach the scriptures to all the people of India - including the lower castes. The Brahmins and Kshatriyas (higher castes) opposed him in this, and told him that the Sudras (a lower caste) were forbidden to read or even contemplate the Vedas. Jesus denounced them severely for this. Because of Jesus's controversial teachings, a death plot was devised against him. But the Sudras warned him and he left Juggernaut, establishing himself in Gautamides (the birthplace of the Buddha Sakyamuni) where he studied the sacred writings of the Sutras. "Six years after, Jesus, whom the Buddha had elected to spread his holy word, had become a perfect expositor of the sacred writings. Then he left Nepal and the Himalayan mountains, descended into the valley of Rajputana, and went towards the west, preaching to diverse peoples the supreme perfection of man." Following this, we are told, Jesus briefly visited Persia where he preached to the Zoroastrians. Then, at 29, he returned to Israel and began to preach all that he had learned.
There is also a brief passage on Jesus' travels in the Gospel of the Holy Twelve. Like most Gnostic texts the history is completely different than just accepted. There is a possibility that they actually mean 13 and not 18. Going to the east at 20. The stuff about Egypt likely learned but at a different time. The dating doesn't add up. Anyways here is the information from this Gospel:
13. AND in the eighteenth year of his age, Jesus was espoused unto Miriam, a virgin of the tribe of Judah with whom he lived seven years, and she died, for God took her, that he might go on to the higher things which he had to do, and to suffer for the sons and daughters of men.
14. And Jesus, after that he had finished his study of the law, went down again into Egypt that he might learn of the wisdom of the Egyptians, even as Moses did. And going into the desert, he meditated and fasted and prayed, and obtained the power of the Holy Name, by which he wrought many miracles.
15. And for seven years he conversed with God face to face, and he learned the language of birds and of beasts, and the healing powers of trees, and of herbs, and of flowers, and the hidden secrets of precious stones, and he learned the motions of the Sun and the Moon and the stars, and the powers of the letters, and mysteries of the Square and the Circle and the Transmutation of things, and of forms, and of numbers, and of signs. From thence he returned to Nazareth to visit his parents, and he taught there and in Jerusalem as an accepted Rabbi, even in the temple, none hindering him.
16. AND after a time he went into Assyria and India and into Persia and into the land of the Chaldeans. And he visited their temples and conversed with their priests, and their wise men for many years, doing many wonderful works, healing the sick as he passed through their countries.
Japan
The Last Will and Testament of Daitenku Taro Jurai, aka Jesus Christ, aka Yehoshua Ben Yosef, was found in 1935 in Ibaraki Prefecture, just north of Tokyo. Jesus Christ the carpenter was known around these parts as garlic farmer Daitenku Taro Jurai. Difficult to believe, perhaps, that a man in sandals from the Middle East found his way across Siberia, via Vladivostok, to this small corner of the world, but the villagers claim he had practice.
Shingo village claims to be the last resting-place of Jesus, buried in the "Tomb of Jesus." According to the local lore, Jesus traveled to Japan at the age of 21, where he studied theology for 12 years, after which he returned to Judea at the age of 33. He did not die on the cross at Golgotha. Instead his brother took his place on the cross, while Jesus fled across Siberia to Mutsu Province, in northern Japan, where he became a rice farmer, married, and raised a family near what is now Shingo. Another tomb in Shingō is said to contain an ear of the brother of Jesus and a lock of hair from the Virgin Mary. The claims started in 1933 after the discovery of supposed "ancient Hebrew documents detailing Jesus' life and death in Japan" that was supposedly the testament of Jesus. These documents were allegedly seized by the Japanese authorities and taken to Tokyo shortly before World War II and have not been seen since.
The English text on the sign explaining the legend of the Tomb of Christ reads:
When Jesus Christ was 21 years old, he came to Japan and pursued knowledge of divinity for 12 years. He went back to Judea at age 33 and engaged in his mission. However, at that time, people in Judea would not accept Christ's preaching. Instead, they arrested him and tried to crucify him on a cross. His younger brother, Isukiri casually took Christ's place and ended his life on the cross. Christ, who escaped the crucifixion, went through the ups and downs of travel, and again came to Japan. He settled right here in what is now called Herai Village, and died at the age of 106. On this holy ground, there is dedicated a burial mound on the right to deify Christ, and a grave on the left to deify Isukiri. The above description was given in a testament by Jesus Christ.
This is just one of the controversial claims of Jesus escaping the cross. There is also another almost exact claim except involving Kashmir. There are also stories of the replacement being someone else who looked like Jesus and not his brother. Yet another is that Jesus was only unconscious and Joseph of Arimathea revived him and spirited him away. Another possibility is that the travels after the crucifixion were like the not very ghostly/spiritual sightings of Jesus after the crucifixion mentioned in the Bible. The idea of tombs clearly sounds like a way to get tourism, although one located in Kashmir cannot be so as not many people go there. They may simply be an addition to an actual true story.
Controversial
An extensive treatment of Jesus travels in Persia and India after the time of the crucifixion used to be on the web but is there no more. Here is the relevant portion:
The proclaimed mission of Jesus was to seek, preach to and save the lost tribes of Israel. Following his escape from the cross and sensing danger in staying at the place of his persecution, we find him traveling in disguise to Damascas through Judea, Samaria, Nazareth and to the Sea of Tiberius in search of the lost tribes. The place where Jesus first stayed for a time about two miles from Damascas is even to this day know as Maqam-i-Isa (which means the resting or halting place of Jesus).
Mir Muhammad Khawand Shah Ibn-i-Muhammad wrote in his famous book "Rauza-tus-Safa fi Sirat-ul-Ambia wal Muluk wal Khulafa" (The Gardens of Purity concerning the biography of the Prophets and Kings and Caliphs) that the Jews turned Jesus out of the city and Jesus and Mary set out and went to Syria. From Syria Jesus travelled to Mosul and then to Aleppo. It is stated during his journey Jesus travelled incognito under the name of Yuz Asaf, the word Yuz stands for Yusu (meaning Jesus) and Asaf in Hebrew means gatherer, namely, one who was to collect the lost sheep of Israel. Next we hear of Jesus in Iran. It is said that Yuz Asaf came to this country from the West and preached there and many believed him. The sayings of Yuz Asaf as recorded in Iranian traditions are similar to those of Jesus. (Agha Mustafai, Ahwali Ahalian-i-Para, 219). We can then trace Jesus in Afghanistan: In Ghazni (Western Afghanistan) and in Jalabad (in the extreme south-east of Afghanistan) there are two platforms which bear the name of Yuz Asaf, for he sat and preached there. Jesus, his mother Mary, and Thomas proceeded towards Murree also in Pakistan. Mary died there and was buried at a hill top known as Pindi-Point. The town Murree was until 1875 called Mari and, was named after her. Her tomb adjoining the Defense Tower is even today called: Mai Mari da Asthan - the resting place of Mother Mary. We can trace the entry of Jesus into Kashmir through a valley called Yusu Margh, which is named after him and where the race of Yudu (Jews) is still to be found. It lies on the bridle route followed by merchants coming, generally on foot, from Kaghan and Afghanistan. The Kaghan valle has on tap y on one side touches Kashmir and on the other the Murree hills. Aish Muqam (about 47 miles from Srinagar) is not far from Yusu Margh. In fact it lies on the same route. Aish or Ashush is a perversion of Issa (Jesus).
The Tomb of Jesus in Kashmir
We have traced the life of Jesus from his escape on the cross to this travel and abode in the mountains of Afghanistan and the Vale of Kashmir in a successful search of the lost tribes of Israel and in fulfillment of his proclaimed Divine mission. Another decisive piece of evidence in support of this is provided by the discovery of his tomb in Mohalla Khaniyar in Srinagar. It is called Rauzabal and is described as the tomb of Yuz Asaf, the prophet, who is also styled as Shahzada Nabi (the Prince of Prophet). Here again we find strong evidence in support of proclamation. We find a description of the tomb in the book of the "British Resident in Kashmir" (Sir Francis Younghusband):
There resided in Kashmir some 1,900 years ago a saint of the name of Yuz Asaf, who preached in parables and used many of the same parables as Christ uses, as, for instance, the parable of the sower. His tomb is in Srinagar would be... and the theory is that Yuz Asaf and Jesus are one and the same person.
Americas
A Mormon lady named Lucile Taylor Hansen wrote a book called "He Walked the Americas" which purportedly traces the travels of Jesus in the New World through native American legends. Excerpts from this book can be found on the web at:
http://inetport.com/
one/bswalkam.html
From the Polynesian Islands to the eastern seaboard of the United States, from Canada to South America, they called him by different names - the Healer, the Prophet, the Miracle Worker, God of the Dawn Light, the Wind God, the Teacher, the White-Robed Master. Although the names were different, the legends are sung the same:
In Polynesia they tell of three great ships that sailed from the West. Moving across the water there appeared a fair-skinned man in a long white garment, brown hair and beard glowing gold in the morning sun. When He reached land the people saw that His robe was dry. Thus they knew He was a God. Scholars ascribe this legend to the 1st century AD.
Among the Toltecs of central Mexico there lived a Prophet with gray-green eyes and golden sandals. With 12 disciples He taught the people His religion of peace.
The Mound Builders of North America told of a great Healer who could raise the dead and heal the sick. He walked among the people, hands raised in blessing. A mysterious cross graced each palm. Such are the stories whispered by the Holy Men and Keepers of the Legends for nearly 2,000 years.
Most historians and scholars now estimate that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, estimated around 6-4 B.C. They believe the family fled to Egypt when he was around nine to 15 months old. They are estimated to have spent seven years in Egypt and moved back to land of Israel, and decided to settle in Nazareth. Jesus would have been around 8-9 years old. The Bible tells us that Jesus stayed in Jerusalem three days alone in the temple at the age of 12. From folklore is the story that Jesus came to Britain either as a child or as a young man. Other stories say that Jesus left for India at 13, briefly stopping in Pakistan. The story says he studied for six years with the Buddhas in India, and was eventually forced to flee at 19 or 20. Different stories say that at 21 years old he came to Japan to pursue knowledge of divinity for around 10 years. While returning to Judea he spent a brief time in Persia, returning to Judea aged 29 or 30. Where he preached for three years before trial and crucifixion.
1-8 Egypt, 9-13 Israel and trip(s) to Britain through Gaul, 13 -14 through Assyria, Persia, Afghanistan, 14 Pakistan/India, 14-20 India, Nepal, Tibet, 21 Japan, back through India, Persia, Chaldea, 29 Israel
alternative timeline 1 - 14-20 India, 21-27 Nepal, Tibet, 28 India (no Japan), 29 Israel
alternative timeline 2 - 13-20 married, 20-27 Egypt, 27-29 Chaldea, 29 Israel
King Herod inquired extensively of the wise men to the date of the Messiah's birth. They indicated that the child should be about 15 months old, and were sent to locate the child in Bethlehem. He is why Herod is said to have ordered the killing of all male children under the age of two. Joseph was warned of this in a dream and the family fled to Egypt. When Herod the Great died, Joseph was told by an angel in a dream to return to Israel. However, upon hearing that Archelaus had succeeded his father as ruler of Judaea he "was afraid to go thither", and was again notified in a dream to go to Galilee. Some have said that the book of Isaiah suggests a seven year presence of the Holy Family in Egypt. Seven years of abundance, of grace. Either way by the age of eight or nine they were back in Galilee. They went to Jerusalem every year then on for Passover. Jesus stayed in Jerusalem three days alone in the temple at the age of 12. Conversing with teachers and priests. 12 was the Jewish coming-of-age.
Britain
Thae tradition still survives today in parts of Cornwall and Somerset that Jesus came to Britain either as a child or as a young man. Being especially linked with Glastonbury and places like Priddy and Pilton in the Mendips. There is the tradition in Somerset that Joseph and Jesus came in a ship of Tarshish to the Summerland and sojourned in a place called Paradise". Certainly one finds the name Paradise around Burnham-on-Sea and especially around Glastonbury, and one has only to think of the proliferation of names in Somerset and Cornwall such as Christon, Marazion, Jesus Well, Port Isaac and Jacobstown to realise that the traditions may have some foundation in fact. Most of the traditions seem to be connected with Glastonbury. Glastonbury's early history suggests that the sanctity with which the place was held was due to more than Joseph of Arimathea's having settled there. From the earliest times two strange names have been used to describe Glastonbury, 'Secretum Domini' or 'Secret of the Lord', and 'Domus Dei' meaning 'Home of God', and these have been ascribed to the belief that Jesus Himself once lived here and that in this place He constructed the building which became His home. The tradition related in Cornish stories is that Joseph of Arimathaea came in a boat to Cornwall and brought the child Jesus with him, and taught how to extract the tin.
There is some reason to believe Joseph was already familiar with the British Isles long before he became a disciple of Jesus. He was a man of social distinction and official rank, was an honorable counselor, a good and just man, a rich man. The Latin Vulgate renders "honourable counsellor" as 'nobilis decurio.' And 'Decurio' was the name given to a town counsellor and also to an officer in the Roman Army. the officer in charge of a tin mine was also called a 'decurio.' A common phrase in the tin mining areas of southern England, " Joseph was in the trade". If so, then it may be said with certainty that Joseph would have come to Britain, and probably not once but many times. Britain was the main source of tin. The British Isles were referred to by classical writers as the Cassiterides - tin-bearing islands.
Sind
A history of Jesus travels through Persia, India and Tibet is contained in a manuscript titled "The Life of Saint Issa - BEST OF THE SONS OF MEN". This document was found in Tibet and Elizabeth Claire Prophet wrote a book about this discovery. Her book is titled "The Lost Years Of Jesus".
The Life of Saint Issa basically tells us that:
When Jesus had attained the age of thirteen years, when an Israelite should take a wife, the house where his parents earned their living began to be a place of meeting for rich and noble people, desirous of having for a son-in-law the young Jesus, already famous for his edifying discourses in the name of the almighty. Then it was that Jesus left the parental house in secret, departed from Jerusalem, and with the merchants set out towards Sind, with the object of perfecting himself in the Divine Word and of studying the laws of the great Buddhas. He briefly visited with the Jains in his 14th year and established himself among the Aryas. His reputation spread throughout all of northern Sind. But he left the erring worshippers of Jaine and went to Juggernaut in the country of Orissa, where repose the mortal remains of Vyasa-Krishna and where the white priests of Brahma made him a Joyous welcome. Young Jesus studied for six years among the Brahmins at Juggernaut, Rajagriha, Benares, and other Indian holy cities. The priests of Brahma "taught him to read and understand the Vedas, to cure by aid of prayer, to teach, to explain the holy scriptures to the people, and to drive out evil spirits from the bodies of men, restoring unto them their sanity. Everyone loved him, for Jesus lived in peace with the Vaisyas and the Sudras, whom he instructed in the holy scriptures. In the Buddhist Scriptures, there is a prophecy from approximately 500 B.C. of the "Holy One" who would come. One who would lead the people away from the old way, and introduce a new way. Jesus fit the prophecy completely, as the description was that of someone of Western appearance.
Jesus sought to teach the scriptures to all the people of India - including the lower castes. The Brahmins and Kshatriyas (higher castes) opposed him in this, and told him that the Sudras (a lower caste) were forbidden to read or even contemplate the Vedas. Jesus denounced them severely for this. Because of Jesus's controversial teachings, a death plot was devised against him. But the Sudras warned him and he left Juggernaut, establishing himself in Gautamides (the birthplace of the Buddha Sakyamuni) where he studied the sacred writings of the Sutras. "Six years after, Jesus, whom the Buddha had elected to spread his holy word, had become a perfect expositor of the sacred writings. Then he left Nepal and the Himalayan mountains, descended into the valley of Rajputana, and went towards the west, preaching to diverse peoples the supreme perfection of man." Following this, we are told, Jesus briefly visited Persia where he preached to the Zoroastrians. Then, at 29, he returned to Israel and began to preach all that he had learned.
There is also a brief passage on Jesus' travels in the Gospel of the Holy Twelve. Like most Gnostic texts the history is completely different than just accepted. There is a possibility that they actually mean 13 and not 18. Going to the east at 20. The stuff about Egypt likely learned but at a different time. The dating doesn't add up. Anyways here is the information from this Gospel:
13. AND in the eighteenth year of his age, Jesus was espoused unto Miriam, a virgin of the tribe of Judah with whom he lived seven years, and she died, for God took her, that he might go on to the higher things which he had to do, and to suffer for the sons and daughters of men.
14. And Jesus, after that he had finished his study of the law, went down again into Egypt that he might learn of the wisdom of the Egyptians, even as Moses did. And going into the desert, he meditated and fasted and prayed, and obtained the power of the Holy Name, by which he wrought many miracles.
15. And for seven years he conversed with God face to face, and he learned the language of birds and of beasts, and the healing powers of trees, and of herbs, and of flowers, and the hidden secrets of precious stones, and he learned the motions of the Sun and the Moon and the stars, and the powers of the letters, and mysteries of the Square and the Circle and the Transmutation of things, and of forms, and of numbers, and of signs. From thence he returned to Nazareth to visit his parents, and he taught there and in Jerusalem as an accepted Rabbi, even in the temple, none hindering him.
16. AND after a time he went into Assyria and India and into Persia and into the land of the Chaldeans. And he visited their temples and conversed with their priests, and their wise men for many years, doing many wonderful works, healing the sick as he passed through their countries.
Japan
The Last Will and Testament of Daitenku Taro Jurai, aka Jesus Christ, aka Yehoshua Ben Yosef, was found in 1935 in Ibaraki Prefecture, just north of Tokyo. Jesus Christ the carpenter was known around these parts as garlic farmer Daitenku Taro Jurai. Difficult to believe, perhaps, that a man in sandals from the Middle East found his way across Siberia, via Vladivostok, to this small corner of the world, but the villagers claim he had practice.
Shingo village claims to be the last resting-place of Jesus, buried in the "Tomb of Jesus." According to the local lore, Jesus traveled to Japan at the age of 21, where he studied theology for 12 years, after which he returned to Judea at the age of 33. He did not die on the cross at Golgotha. Instead his brother took his place on the cross, while Jesus fled across Siberia to Mutsu Province, in northern Japan, where he became a rice farmer, married, and raised a family near what is now Shingo. Another tomb in Shingō is said to contain an ear of the brother of Jesus and a lock of hair from the Virgin Mary. The claims started in 1933 after the discovery of supposed "ancient Hebrew documents detailing Jesus' life and death in Japan" that was supposedly the testament of Jesus. These documents were allegedly seized by the Japanese authorities and taken to Tokyo shortly before World War II and have not been seen since.
The English text on the sign explaining the legend of the Tomb of Christ reads:
When Jesus Christ was 21 years old, he came to Japan and pursued knowledge of divinity for 12 years. He went back to Judea at age 33 and engaged in his mission. However, at that time, people in Judea would not accept Christ's preaching. Instead, they arrested him and tried to crucify him on a cross. His younger brother, Isukiri casually took Christ's place and ended his life on the cross. Christ, who escaped the crucifixion, went through the ups and downs of travel, and again came to Japan. He settled right here in what is now called Herai Village, and died at the age of 106. On this holy ground, there is dedicated a burial mound on the right to deify Christ, and a grave on the left to deify Isukiri. The above description was given in a testament by Jesus Christ.
This is just one of the controversial claims of Jesus escaping the cross. There is also another almost exact claim except involving Kashmir. There are also stories of the replacement being someone else who looked like Jesus and not his brother. Yet another is that Jesus was only unconscious and Joseph of Arimathea revived him and spirited him away. Another possibility is that the travels after the crucifixion were like the not very ghostly/spiritual sightings of Jesus after the crucifixion mentioned in the Bible. The idea of tombs clearly sounds like a way to get tourism, although one located in Kashmir cannot be so as not many people go there. They may simply be an addition to an actual true story.
Controversial
An extensive treatment of Jesus travels in Persia and India after the time of the crucifixion used to be on the web but is there no more. Here is the relevant portion:
The proclaimed mission of Jesus was to seek, preach to and save the lost tribes of Israel. Following his escape from the cross and sensing danger in staying at the place of his persecution, we find him traveling in disguise to Damascas through Judea, Samaria, Nazareth and to the Sea of Tiberius in search of the lost tribes. The place where Jesus first stayed for a time about two miles from Damascas is even to this day know as Maqam-i-Isa (which means the resting or halting place of Jesus).
Mir Muhammad Khawand Shah Ibn-i-Muhammad wrote in his famous book "Rauza-tus-Safa fi Sirat-ul-Ambia wal Muluk wal Khulafa" (The Gardens of Purity concerning the biography of the Prophets and Kings and Caliphs) that the Jews turned Jesus out of the city and Jesus and Mary set out and went to Syria. From Syria Jesus travelled to Mosul and then to Aleppo. It is stated during his journey Jesus travelled incognito under the name of Yuz Asaf, the word Yuz stands for Yusu (meaning Jesus) and Asaf in Hebrew means gatherer, namely, one who was to collect the lost sheep of Israel. Next we hear of Jesus in Iran. It is said that Yuz Asaf came to this country from the West and preached there and many believed him. The sayings of Yuz Asaf as recorded in Iranian traditions are similar to those of Jesus. (Agha Mustafai, Ahwali Ahalian-i-Para, 219). We can then trace Jesus in Afghanistan: In Ghazni (Western Afghanistan) and in Jalabad (in the extreme south-east of Afghanistan) there are two platforms which bear the name of Yuz Asaf, for he sat and preached there. Jesus, his mother Mary, and Thomas proceeded towards Murree also in Pakistan. Mary died there and was buried at a hill top known as Pindi-Point. The town Murree was until 1875 called Mari and, was named after her. Her tomb adjoining the Defense Tower is even today called: Mai Mari da Asthan - the resting place of Mother Mary. We can trace the entry of Jesus into Kashmir through a valley called Yusu Margh, which is named after him and where the race of Yudu (Jews) is still to be found. It lies on the bridle route followed by merchants coming, generally on foot, from Kaghan and Afghanistan. The Kaghan valle has on tap y on one side touches Kashmir and on the other the Murree hills. Aish Muqam (about 47 miles from Srinagar) is not far from Yusu Margh. In fact it lies on the same route. Aish or Ashush is a perversion of Issa (Jesus).
The Tomb of Jesus in Kashmir
We have traced the life of Jesus from his escape on the cross to this travel and abode in the mountains of Afghanistan and the Vale of Kashmir in a successful search of the lost tribes of Israel and in fulfillment of his proclaimed Divine mission. Another decisive piece of evidence in support of this is provided by the discovery of his tomb in Mohalla Khaniyar in Srinagar. It is called Rauzabal and is described as the tomb of Yuz Asaf, the prophet, who is also styled as Shahzada Nabi (the Prince of Prophet). Here again we find strong evidence in support of proclamation. We find a description of the tomb in the book of the "British Resident in Kashmir" (Sir Francis Younghusband):
There resided in Kashmir some 1,900 years ago a saint of the name of Yuz Asaf, who preached in parables and used many of the same parables as Christ uses, as, for instance, the parable of the sower. His tomb is in Srinagar would be... and the theory is that Yuz Asaf and Jesus are one and the same person.
Americas
A Mormon lady named Lucile Taylor Hansen wrote a book called "He Walked the Americas" which purportedly traces the travels of Jesus in the New World through native American legends. Excerpts from this book can be found on the web at:
http://inetport.com/
one/bswalkam.html
From the Polynesian Islands to the eastern seaboard of the United States, from Canada to South America, they called him by different names - the Healer, the Prophet, the Miracle Worker, God of the Dawn Light, the Wind God, the Teacher, the White-Robed Master. Although the names were different, the legends are sung the same:
In Polynesia they tell of three great ships that sailed from the West. Moving across the water there appeared a fair-skinned man in a long white garment, brown hair and beard glowing gold in the morning sun. When He reached land the people saw that His robe was dry. Thus they knew He was a God. Scholars ascribe this legend to the 1st century AD.
Among the Toltecs of central Mexico there lived a Prophet with gray-green eyes and golden sandals. With 12 disciples He taught the people His religion of peace.
The Mound Builders of North America told of a great Healer who could raise the dead and heal the sick. He walked among the people, hands raised in blessing. A mysterious cross graced each palm. Such are the stories whispered by the Holy Men and Keepers of the Legends for nearly 2,000 years.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Anointed One
Jesus had a dual nature. In addition to being fully divine, Jesus is fully human. He has both an infinite divine mind and a finite human mind. He has a human body, emotions, mind and will, but this doesn't compromise his deity in any way. He was born, grew up, experienced being a child and a youth. He got tired, hungry and emotional. His body had the normal physical weaknesses and he died. Jesus experienced the full range of emotion. He marveled, was sorrowful, deeply moved, troubled, and even cried. Many suggested that he was always serious because a sense of humor is never mentioned in the Bible. There shouldn't be any doubt that Jesus also had times of happiness, laughed, joked around, and enjoyed family friends and life. He probably enjoyed music, food, nice weather, friendship, and beauty in its many forms. His childhood was probably quite normal, playing games, having passtimes, tantrums and general badness. He had the normal fears and desires. He likely grew angry at times but there is evidence that he had much better control of his emotions and will. He was intelligent, insightful, spiritual and increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God greater than most. Upon his baptism he could be said to know all things. He was fully aware of his divinity and his mission, possibly at a young age. Most of his childhood and young adulthood are likely left out of the Gospels because they were so normal. Another possibility is that the gospel authors simply weren't aware of his youth. There is some evidence that he traveled with his relatives and learned from many different sources.
He is also known as the Christ Jesus, Messiah Yehoshua (Yeshua God saves), Christos Iesous, Mesah Isa. He has also been called Joshua (God is salvation). The anointed (set apart to be special, holy) savior who taught a sure method to reach salvation. The living incarnate of God, same as several previous incarnations before him. We are to be loyal to him and his teachings foremost, not the Church. He is salvation if we have faith, which means doing exactly as his example no excuses. The gospel or good word of Jesus tells us how to do it. That we can be redeemed of all the bad things we've done if we try very very hard to be like him, channel our own inner divinity. The primary lesson and responsibility being universal love, and recognition and love of God with our entirety.
Yehoshua (Joshua) > Yeshua (Jeshua) > Yeshu (Josue) > Iesous (Greek), Iesus (Latin) or Jesus (English)
Gesu (Italian), Hesus (Spanish)
Iesus (old English), Esus or Hesus (Druids or Gaul), Iesu (Welsh), Heus (Celtic), Aesar (Irish), Euzus (Breton)
Eesa (Arabic), Issa Al-Massih
Isa-Masih (Hindu), Krishna (Christ) of Hindostan,
He is also known as the Christ Jesus, Messiah Yehoshua (Yeshua God saves), Christos Iesous, Mesah Isa. He has also been called Joshua (God is salvation). The anointed (set apart to be special, holy) savior who taught a sure method to reach salvation. The living incarnate of God, same as several previous incarnations before him. We are to be loyal to him and his teachings foremost, not the Church. He is salvation if we have faith, which means doing exactly as his example no excuses. The gospel or good word of Jesus tells us how to do it. That we can be redeemed of all the bad things we've done if we try very very hard to be like him, channel our own inner divinity. The primary lesson and responsibility being universal love, and recognition and love of God with our entirety.
Yehoshua (Joshua) > Yeshua (Jeshua) > Yeshu (Josue) > Iesous (Greek), Iesus (Latin) or Jesus (English)
Gesu (Italian), Hesus (Spanish)
Iesus (old English), Esus or Hesus (Druids or Gaul), Iesu (Welsh), Heus (Celtic), Aesar (Irish), Euzus (Breton)
Eesa (Arabic), Issa Al-Massih
Isa-Masih (Hindu), Krishna (Christ) of Hindostan,
Friday, August 12, 2011
HAARP Effects
HAARP is an array of antennas, and by firing radio frequencies through them, a number of effects can be created such as altering the ionosphere (which begins about 30 mile above the Earth). These instruments can create a heating effect and as a consequence might be used for changing jet streams or manipulating the weather. One positive aspect of HAARP-- it can be used for earth-penetrating tomography, imaging under the earth's surface and being able to isolate every oil and gas field. Yet, HAARP has also been associated with mind effects and the impact of radio frequency energy on the human body. A modulated external signal couples with the brain, and can change a person's chemical and emotional state. it was just one technique used in project MKULTRA. There's a lot of interest in the effects of various kinds of energy exchanges in fields as diverse as the military and the healing arts, such as using sound and light for tissue regeneration, he noted.
Nikola Tesla discovered that the use of a modulated or pulsed signal could transmit electricity wirelessly and be used to cause earthquakes. This matched to the frequency of a building make it collapse, to the earth make it split in two. He is the one who discovered the natural resonance of the ionosphere, and that it matched that of the Earth. HAARP may be expanding on some of the work of Nikola Tesla among other programs.
Nikola Tesla discovered that the use of a modulated or pulsed signal could transmit electricity wirelessly and be used to cause earthquakes. This matched to the frequency of a building make it collapse, to the earth make it split in two. He is the one who discovered the natural resonance of the ionosphere, and that it matched that of the Earth. HAARP may be expanding on some of the work of Nikola Tesla among other programs.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
You Are What You Eat... Toxic
Lots of the pre-packaged pre-made food is high in saturated and trans fats and cholesterol. They are usually high calorie (empty calories) with high amounts of either sodium or sugar. These manufactured and processed goods are often low in nutrients. Processing the foods have been altered from their natural state, usually for safety reasons and convenience. As well as for profit driven reasons, reducing costs and increasing shelflife. Methods for processing include canning, freezing, refrigeration, dehydration and aseptic processing. The foods with purely natural methods of processing are still good for you. Trans fat is man-made, manufacturers hydrogenate oil to make it solid. Look for Mono and poly unsaturated fats. This fat is healthy and important source of calories. Avoid fat free
Balance out processed foods with salad, vegetables, and some whole-grain bread. Pay attention to serving size also.
Hot dogs are one of the worst processed foods. They are high in nitrates as preservative, also high in other sodium and unhealthy saturated fat, cholesterol, corn syrup, and food coloring. Hot dogs usually come from cow and pig skeletal muscle and by products. Paying more for natural or organic, or eating turkey or chicken ones aren't any better. A very few companies are making low-fat, without nitrates and corn syrup. Ways to make healthier, have with leafy greens, whole-grain bun, use condiments mustard (tumeric) ketchup (lycopene) sauerkraut and relish
refined white flour (often bleach) also known as enriched wheat flour or wheat flour is missing the two most nutritious and fiber rich parts of the seed. There removal gets rid of almost all vitamins E. It is bleached using different chemical bleaches (oxide of nitrogen, chlorine, chloride, nitrosy, benzoyl peroxide, along with various chemicals salts. Chlorine oxides combined with proteins left behind produce alloxan. Alloxan is a poison which destroys the wheat germ oil and short shelflife. In the process good unsaturated fatty acids are lost. But that is not the whole story as to the loss of nutrients. About 50% of all calcium, 70% of phosphorus, 80% iron, 98% magnesium, 75% manganese, 50% potassium, and 65% of copper is destroyed. If that is not bad enough, about 80% thiamin, 60% of riboflavin, 75% of niacin, 50% of pantothenic acid, and about 50% of Pyridoxine is also lost.
Extra salt, fat and sugar are considered additives but there are many others. Additives are put into processed foods to make them look and taste better. The side effects of additives include food allergies, increased waist size, decreased absorption of minerals and vitamins, cancer and more. The biggest others to avoid are;
artificial sweeteners, aspartame, saccharin, Acesulfame-potassium, HFCS high fructose corn syrup, refined sugar,
refined salt, sodium nitrite, nitrates, potassium benzoate and nitrate, sodium sulphite and metabisulphite, Benzoic acid (preservative), calcium benzoate and sulfite
stannous chloride (color retention, antioxidant), MSG monosodium glutamate, artificial colors, BHA and BHT (fat preservative), sulfites or sulfur dioxide (fruit preservative), Olestra (Olean, fat substitute), BVO brominated vegetable oil (emulsifier), partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, propyl gallate (antioxidant), potassium bromate (to improve flour), Propylene Glycol (preservative), Homogenized products, phosphoric acid (drink fizz), caffeine, Hydrochloride (sympathetic vitamin B) anything hydrochloride, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamin Hydrochloride,
Even the packaging may be dangerous for your health such as with
BPA (Bisphenol-A) - A hormone mimicking chemical found in nearly all food packaging plastics. Active in just parts per billion, BPA promotes cancer, infertility and hormone disorders. It also "feminizes" males, promoting male breast growth and hormone disruption.
Sugar - bleached, nutritionally-deficient byproduct of cane processing. During sugar cane processing, nearly all the minerals and vitamins end up in the blackstrap molasses. (Blackstrap molasses is actually the "good" part of sugar cane juice.) Molasses is often fed to farm animals because every rancher knows that farm animals need good nutrition. Sugar when consumed greatly in promotes diabetes, obesity, mood disorders and nutritional deficiencies.
High Fructose Corn Syrup also Glucose Fructose Syrup - highly processed liquid sugar extracted with the chemical solvent glutaraldehyde and frequently contaminated with mercury. It's linked to diabetes, obesity and mood disorders. It is used as a sweetener in the place of sugar.
Sucralose - An artificial chemical sweetener sold as Splenda. The sucralose molecule contains a chlorine atom. Researchers have repeatedly found that artificial sweeteners make people fat by actually promoting weight gain
Aspartame - Chemical sweetener that causes neurological disorders, seizures, blurred vision and migraine headaches.
Sodium (Salt) - processed white salt lacking in trace minerals, it promotes disease and death. Real salt, on the other hand, such as "dirty" sea salt or pink Himalayan salt, is loaded with the trace minerals that prevent disease, such as selenium (cancer), chromium (diabetes) and zinc (infectious disease).
Sodium Nitrite or Nitrates - red coloring chemical preservative used to make meats look fresh added to cold cuts and cured meats, bacon, hot dogs, sausage, beef jerky, ham, lunch meats (corned beef, pastrami, bologne), pepperoni, nearly all processed meats and some smoke fish. Strongly linked to brain tumors, pancreatic cancers and colon cancers. The USDA once tried to ban it from the food supply but was out-maneuvered by the meat industry. Meet that contains it which are overcooked form carcinogenic cancer-causing nitrosamines, also formed during the curing process, and reacting with acid such as in the stomach.
Most of these meets are also are high in calories, saturated fats, and sodium.
MSG - Monosodium glutamate, free glutamate, hydrolyzed proteins, autolyzed yeast, yeast extract (glutamic acid), caseinate, and “natural or artificial flavors”. Makes food more addicting, taste enhancer, connected to allergies
Yeast Extract - Hidden form of MSG that is used in many "natural" food products to claim "No MSG!" Yeast extract contains up to 14% free glutamate.
Autolyzed Proteins - Highly processed form of protein containing free glutamate and used to mimic MSG.
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein - A highly processed form of (usually) soy protein that's processed to bring out the free glutamate.
Textured Vegetable Protein - Usually made of soy protein, extracted from soybeans and then processed using hexane, an explosive chemical solvent
Soy Protein - The No. 1 protein source used in "protein bars," including many bars widely consumed by bodybuilders. Soy protein is the "junk protein" of the food industry. It's made from soybeans and then subjected to hexane, a chemical solvent that can literally explode.
Artificial Colors are synthetic chemicals that do not occur in nature. Most are derived from coal tar and petroleum, and can contain aluminum, lead and arsenic and still be generally recognized as safe by the FDA. Artificial colors can cause allergic reactions, hyperactivity and ADD in children, may contribute to visual and learning disorders or cause nerve damage.
Partially Hydrogenated Oils - Oils that are modified using a chemical catalyst to make them stable at room temperature. This creates trans fatty acids and greatly increases the risk of blocked arteries. It also promotes thick, viscous blood that's hard to pump. This is usually diagnosed by doctors as "high blood pressure" and treated with blood-thinning medications that are technically the same chemicals as rat poison (warfarin)
Propyl Gallate - a whitish crystal lead powder with antioxidant properties preservative that prevents rancidity, possibly connected to cancer, stomach and liver problems, other side effects of stomach and skin irritability, allergic respiratory reactions. Often combined with BHA and BHT.
Propylene Glycol - A liquid used in the automotive industry to winterize RVs. It's also used to make the fake blueberries you see in blueberry muffins, bagels and breads. (Combined with artificial colors and corn syrup.)
Homogenized Milk - The fats in the milk are artificially modified to change them into smaller molecules that stay in suspension in the milk liquid (so the milk fat doesn't separate). While it makes milk look better on the shelf, it's also blamed for promoting heart disease and may contribute to milk allergies.
Phosphoric Acid - The acid used in sodas to dissolve the carbon dioxide and add to the overall fizzy-ness of the soda. Phosphoric acid will eat steel nails. It's also used by stone masons to etch rocks. The military uses it to clean the rust off battleships. In absolutely destroys tooth enamel
Hydrochloride - When you see anything hydrochloride, such as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride or Thiamin Hydrochloride, those are chemical forms of B vitamins that companies add to their products to be able to claim higher RDA values of vitamins. But these are synthetic, chemical forms of vitamins, not real vitamins from foods or plants. Nutritionally, they are near-useless and may actually be bad for you. Also watch out for niacinamide and cyanocobalamin (synthetic vitamin B-12).
Acrylamides - Toxic, cancer-causing chemicals formed in foods when carbohydrates are exposed to high heat (baking, frying, grilling). They're present in everything from bread crusts to snack chips, and because they aren't intentional ingredients, acrylamides do NOT have to be listed on labels.
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are plants or animals that have had their DNA modified. The majority of the corn, soybean, cotton, and canola crops are now genetically modified, and one or more of these can be found in nearly every processed food. The problem with this is that there is no mandatory safety testing done by the FDA on GMOs, and thus there is no clear proof that these foods are safe. Testing that selects the careless been done in the past has shown GMOs can increase food toxicity, allergy susceptibility, immune suppression, resistance to antibiotics, and the incidence of cancer. They're linked to severe infertility problems and may even cause the bacteria in your body to produce and release a pesticide in your own gut. If you're not eating organic corn, you're definitely eating GMO corn.
Pesticides - Every year more than two billion pounds of pesticides is applied to our food supply. Many, perhaps most, of the pesticides used throughout the world are carcinogenic. Yet only 10% of the pesticides approved for use on food have been adequately tested for use in humans. Pesticides are not only found in our food supply, however. They are sprayed on lawns, in gardens, in parks, and on playing fields. After it rains, these chemicals are carried through storm drains and sewers into creeks, rivers, and our oceans, where they account for more than 90 percent of water pollution.
Pesticides accumulate in our bodies as well. 99% of mothers’ milk in the United States, for example, contains dangerous levels of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). All of us also have measurable levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxin, heptachlor, chlordane, aldrin, dieldrin, and other pesticides in our bloodstream. And since our bodies cannot remove these chemicals, over time, they weaken our endocrine, reproductive, circulatory, immune, and central nervous systems. As a result, our likelihood of having heart disease, cancer, and allergies is greatly increased. Pesticide accumulation also undermines our ability to resist infectious organisms, may impair fertility, and contributes to miscarriages and birth defects.
Many foods are also less nutritious today because of genetic modification, pesticides, processing, and soil degradation.
The food supply can easily be used subvertly to manipulate people mentally and physically, and therefore emotionally. Not just negatively but what is seen by the elite as positive. Such as using fluoride to calm and minorly sedate the masses.
Some ways to buy honest food
- Shop are your local farmer's market, food co-op or CSA.
- Look for the USDA Organic label on foods.
- Read the ingredients labels! If you see names of chemicals you can't pronounce, don't buy it.
- Buy more unprocessed food ingredients and make your own meals rather than buying ready-to-eat.
- Grow some of your own food! The best food you can ever eat is food from your own garden.
Balance out processed foods with salad, vegetables, and some whole-grain bread. Pay attention to serving size also.
Hot dogs are one of the worst processed foods. They are high in nitrates as preservative, also high in other sodium and unhealthy saturated fat, cholesterol, corn syrup, and food coloring. Hot dogs usually come from cow and pig skeletal muscle and by products. Paying more for natural or organic, or eating turkey or chicken ones aren't any better. A very few companies are making low-fat, without nitrates and corn syrup. Ways to make healthier, have with leafy greens, whole-grain bun, use condiments mustard (tumeric) ketchup (lycopene) sauerkraut and relish
refined white flour (often bleach) also known as enriched wheat flour or wheat flour is missing the two most nutritious and fiber rich parts of the seed. There removal gets rid of almost all vitamins E. It is bleached using different chemical bleaches (oxide of nitrogen, chlorine, chloride, nitrosy, benzoyl peroxide, along with various chemicals salts. Chlorine oxides combined with proteins left behind produce alloxan. Alloxan is a poison which destroys the wheat germ oil and short shelflife. In the process good unsaturated fatty acids are lost. But that is not the whole story as to the loss of nutrients. About 50% of all calcium, 70% of phosphorus, 80% iron, 98% magnesium, 75% manganese, 50% potassium, and 65% of copper is destroyed. If that is not bad enough, about 80% thiamin, 60% of riboflavin, 75% of niacin, 50% of pantothenic acid, and about 50% of Pyridoxine is also lost.
Extra salt, fat and sugar are considered additives but there are many others. Additives are put into processed foods to make them look and taste better. The side effects of additives include food allergies, increased waist size, decreased absorption of minerals and vitamins, cancer and more. The biggest others to avoid are;
artificial sweeteners, aspartame, saccharin, Acesulfame-potassium, HFCS high fructose corn syrup, refined sugar,
refined salt, sodium nitrite, nitrates, potassium benzoate and nitrate, sodium sulphite and metabisulphite, Benzoic acid (preservative), calcium benzoate and sulfite
stannous chloride (color retention, antioxidant), MSG monosodium glutamate, artificial colors, BHA and BHT (fat preservative), sulfites or sulfur dioxide (fruit preservative), Olestra (Olean, fat substitute), BVO brominated vegetable oil (emulsifier), partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, propyl gallate (antioxidant), potassium bromate (to improve flour), Propylene Glycol (preservative), Homogenized products, phosphoric acid (drink fizz), caffeine, Hydrochloride (sympathetic vitamin B) anything hydrochloride, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamin Hydrochloride,
Even the packaging may be dangerous for your health such as with
BPA (Bisphenol-A) - A hormone mimicking chemical found in nearly all food packaging plastics. Active in just parts per billion, BPA promotes cancer, infertility and hormone disorders. It also "feminizes" males, promoting male breast growth and hormone disruption.
Sugar - bleached, nutritionally-deficient byproduct of cane processing. During sugar cane processing, nearly all the minerals and vitamins end up in the blackstrap molasses. (Blackstrap molasses is actually the "good" part of sugar cane juice.) Molasses is often fed to farm animals because every rancher knows that farm animals need good nutrition. Sugar when consumed greatly in promotes diabetes, obesity, mood disorders and nutritional deficiencies.
High Fructose Corn Syrup also Glucose Fructose Syrup - highly processed liquid sugar extracted with the chemical solvent glutaraldehyde and frequently contaminated with mercury. It's linked to diabetes, obesity and mood disorders. It is used as a sweetener in the place of sugar.
Sucralose - An artificial chemical sweetener sold as Splenda. The sucralose molecule contains a chlorine atom. Researchers have repeatedly found that artificial sweeteners make people fat by actually promoting weight gain
Aspartame - Chemical sweetener that causes neurological disorders, seizures, blurred vision and migraine headaches.
Sodium (Salt) - processed white salt lacking in trace minerals, it promotes disease and death. Real salt, on the other hand, such as "dirty" sea salt or pink Himalayan salt, is loaded with the trace minerals that prevent disease, such as selenium (cancer), chromium (diabetes) and zinc (infectious disease).
Sodium Nitrite or Nitrates - red coloring chemical preservative used to make meats look fresh added to cold cuts and cured meats, bacon, hot dogs, sausage, beef jerky, ham, lunch meats (corned beef, pastrami, bologne), pepperoni, nearly all processed meats and some smoke fish. Strongly linked to brain tumors, pancreatic cancers and colon cancers. The USDA once tried to ban it from the food supply but was out-maneuvered by the meat industry. Meet that contains it which are overcooked form carcinogenic cancer-causing nitrosamines, also formed during the curing process, and reacting with acid such as in the stomach.
Most of these meets are also are high in calories, saturated fats, and sodium.
MSG - Monosodium glutamate, free glutamate, hydrolyzed proteins, autolyzed yeast, yeast extract (glutamic acid), caseinate, and “natural or artificial flavors”. Makes food more addicting, taste enhancer, connected to allergies
Yeast Extract - Hidden form of MSG that is used in many "natural" food products to claim "No MSG!" Yeast extract contains up to 14% free glutamate.
Autolyzed Proteins - Highly processed form of protein containing free glutamate and used to mimic MSG.
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein - A highly processed form of (usually) soy protein that's processed to bring out the free glutamate.
Textured Vegetable Protein - Usually made of soy protein, extracted from soybeans and then processed using hexane, an explosive chemical solvent
Soy Protein - The No. 1 protein source used in "protein bars," including many bars widely consumed by bodybuilders. Soy protein is the "junk protein" of the food industry. It's made from soybeans and then subjected to hexane, a chemical solvent that can literally explode.
Artificial Colors are synthetic chemicals that do not occur in nature. Most are derived from coal tar and petroleum, and can contain aluminum, lead and arsenic and still be generally recognized as safe by the FDA. Artificial colors can cause allergic reactions, hyperactivity and ADD in children, may contribute to visual and learning disorders or cause nerve damage.
Partially Hydrogenated Oils - Oils that are modified using a chemical catalyst to make them stable at room temperature. This creates trans fatty acids and greatly increases the risk of blocked arteries. It also promotes thick, viscous blood that's hard to pump. This is usually diagnosed by doctors as "high blood pressure" and treated with blood-thinning medications that are technically the same chemicals as rat poison (warfarin)
Propyl Gallate - a whitish crystal lead powder with antioxidant properties preservative that prevents rancidity, possibly connected to cancer, stomach and liver problems, other side effects of stomach and skin irritability, allergic respiratory reactions. Often combined with BHA and BHT.
Propylene Glycol - A liquid used in the automotive industry to winterize RVs. It's also used to make the fake blueberries you see in blueberry muffins, bagels and breads. (Combined with artificial colors and corn syrup.)
Homogenized Milk - The fats in the milk are artificially modified to change them into smaller molecules that stay in suspension in the milk liquid (so the milk fat doesn't separate). While it makes milk look better on the shelf, it's also blamed for promoting heart disease and may contribute to milk allergies.
Phosphoric Acid - The acid used in sodas to dissolve the carbon dioxide and add to the overall fizzy-ness of the soda. Phosphoric acid will eat steel nails. It's also used by stone masons to etch rocks. The military uses it to clean the rust off battleships. In absolutely destroys tooth enamel
Hydrochloride - When you see anything hydrochloride, such as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride or Thiamin Hydrochloride, those are chemical forms of B vitamins that companies add to their products to be able to claim higher RDA values of vitamins. But these are synthetic, chemical forms of vitamins, not real vitamins from foods or plants. Nutritionally, they are near-useless and may actually be bad for you. Also watch out for niacinamide and cyanocobalamin (synthetic vitamin B-12).
Acrylamides - Toxic, cancer-causing chemicals formed in foods when carbohydrates are exposed to high heat (baking, frying, grilling). They're present in everything from bread crusts to snack chips, and because they aren't intentional ingredients, acrylamides do NOT have to be listed on labels.
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are plants or animals that have had their DNA modified. The majority of the corn, soybean, cotton, and canola crops are now genetically modified, and one or more of these can be found in nearly every processed food. The problem with this is that there is no mandatory safety testing done by the FDA on GMOs, and thus there is no clear proof that these foods are safe. Testing that selects the careless been done in the past has shown GMOs can increase food toxicity, allergy susceptibility, immune suppression, resistance to antibiotics, and the incidence of cancer. They're linked to severe infertility problems and may even cause the bacteria in your body to produce and release a pesticide in your own gut. If you're not eating organic corn, you're definitely eating GMO corn.
Pesticides - Every year more than two billion pounds of pesticides is applied to our food supply. Many, perhaps most, of the pesticides used throughout the world are carcinogenic. Yet only 10% of the pesticides approved for use on food have been adequately tested for use in humans. Pesticides are not only found in our food supply, however. They are sprayed on lawns, in gardens, in parks, and on playing fields. After it rains, these chemicals are carried through storm drains and sewers into creeks, rivers, and our oceans, where they account for more than 90 percent of water pollution.
Pesticides accumulate in our bodies as well. 99% of mothers’ milk in the United States, for example, contains dangerous levels of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). All of us also have measurable levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxin, heptachlor, chlordane, aldrin, dieldrin, and other pesticides in our bloodstream. And since our bodies cannot remove these chemicals, over time, they weaken our endocrine, reproductive, circulatory, immune, and central nervous systems. As a result, our likelihood of having heart disease, cancer, and allergies is greatly increased. Pesticide accumulation also undermines our ability to resist infectious organisms, may impair fertility, and contributes to miscarriages and birth defects.
Many foods are also less nutritious today because of genetic modification, pesticides, processing, and soil degradation.
The food supply can easily be used subvertly to manipulate people mentally and physically, and therefore emotionally. Not just negatively but what is seen by the elite as positive. Such as using fluoride to calm and minorly sedate the masses.
Some ways to buy honest food
- Shop are your local farmer's market, food co-op or CSA.
- Look for the USDA Organic label on foods.
- Read the ingredients labels! If you see names of chemicals you can't pronounce, don't buy it.
- Buy more unprocessed food ingredients and make your own meals rather than buying ready-to-eat.
- Grow some of your own food! The best food you can ever eat is food from your own garden.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Subsidized Unhealthiness
This fertile areas of the US produce most of the country's annual corn harvest of more than 10 billion bushels, far and away the world's largest such haul. Where does it all go? The majority (60%) -- after accounting for exports (nearly 20%), ethanol (about 10%, and climbing), and excess (another 10%) -- anchors the world's cheapest food supply in purchasing-power terms. Our food system is shot through with corn. It feeds the animals that feed us: more than 50% goes into domestic animal operations. About 5% flows into high-fructose corn syrup, adding a sweet jolt to soft drinks, confections, and breakfast cereal. All told, it's a cheap source of calories and taste. Yet all this convenience comes with a price.
The obesity rate, after hovering around 15% from 1960 to 1980, surged to 31% in the last 25 years. The percentage of overweight children tripled in the same time period. Meanwhile, incidence of type II diabetes, a diet-related condition with a host of health-related complications, leapt 41% from 1997 to 2004. There has also been a large increase in heart disease and cancer. This trend has hit low-income groups particularly hard. Why do low-income people tend to exhibit more diet-related health problems? People are gaining weight and getting sick because unhealthy food is cheaper than healthy food.
Sweetness and Power
If the USDA's food pyramid recommends 2 to 5 cups of fruits and vegetables per day, its budget encourages different behavior altogether. Under the Farm Bill, the great bulk of USDA largesse flows to 5 crops: corn, soy, cotton, wheat, and rice. Of the $113.6 billion in commodity subsidy payments doled out between 1995 and 2004, corn drew $41.8 billion -- more than cotton, soy, and rice combined. By contrast, apples and sugar beets, the only other fruit or vegetable crops that draw federal subsidies, received $611 million over the same period.
The huge corn payouts encourage overproduction, and have helped sustain a trend in falling prices. According to figures from the U.N, the inflation-adjusted global commodity price for corn plunged 61% between 1983 and 2002. Today a bushel, roughly 56 lbs., fetches about $2. Cheap corn, underwritten by the subsidy program, has changed the diet of everybody in Western countries, especially American. It has allowed corporations to create a booming market for high-fructose corn syrup. HFCS now accounts for nearly half of the caloric sweeteners added to processed food, and is the sole caloric sweetener for mass-market soft drinks.
According to Prof. Adam Drewnowski of the University of Washington, cheap and abundant additives such as HFCS allow manufacturers to sweeten food liberally without adding much to their production costs. For people on a tight budget, these additives can also make cheap food the most efficient way to get calories. Drewnowski distinguishes between "energy-dense" and "nutrient-dense" foods. From a short-term economic viewpoint, snack foods present a better deal: more calories per dollar, and no need for the time or skill to cook. If you're on a limited income trying to feed a family, it is rational heavily sweetened and fat-laden foods.
"Energy-dense foods ... are the cheapest option for the consumer," Drewnowski says. "As long as the healthier lean meats, fish, and fresh produce are more expensive, obesity will continue to be a problem for the working poor." The price gap between these two categories is growing. Since 1980 the price of soft drinks plunged 30 percent, and the price of candy and other sweets fell 20 percent. Meanwhile, the price of fresh fruits and vegetables rose 50 percent.
The obesity rate, after hovering around 15% from 1960 to 1980, surged to 31% in the last 25 years. The percentage of overweight children tripled in the same time period. Meanwhile, incidence of type II diabetes, a diet-related condition with a host of health-related complications, leapt 41% from 1997 to 2004. There has also been a large increase in heart disease and cancer. This trend has hit low-income groups particularly hard. Why do low-income people tend to exhibit more diet-related health problems? People are gaining weight and getting sick because unhealthy food is cheaper than healthy food.
Sweetness and Power
If the USDA's food pyramid recommends 2 to 5 cups of fruits and vegetables per day, its budget encourages different behavior altogether. Under the Farm Bill, the great bulk of USDA largesse flows to 5 crops: corn, soy, cotton, wheat, and rice. Of the $113.6 billion in commodity subsidy payments doled out between 1995 and 2004, corn drew $41.8 billion -- more than cotton, soy, and rice combined. By contrast, apples and sugar beets, the only other fruit or vegetable crops that draw federal subsidies, received $611 million over the same period.
The huge corn payouts encourage overproduction, and have helped sustain a trend in falling prices. According to figures from the U.N, the inflation-adjusted global commodity price for corn plunged 61% between 1983 and 2002. Today a bushel, roughly 56 lbs., fetches about $2. Cheap corn, underwritten by the subsidy program, has changed the diet of everybody in Western countries, especially American. It has allowed corporations to create a booming market for high-fructose corn syrup. HFCS now accounts for nearly half of the caloric sweeteners added to processed food, and is the sole caloric sweetener for mass-market soft drinks.
According to Prof. Adam Drewnowski of the University of Washington, cheap and abundant additives such as HFCS allow manufacturers to sweeten food liberally without adding much to their production costs. For people on a tight budget, these additives can also make cheap food the most efficient way to get calories. Drewnowski distinguishes between "energy-dense" and "nutrient-dense" foods. From a short-term economic viewpoint, snack foods present a better deal: more calories per dollar, and no need for the time or skill to cook. If you're on a limited income trying to feed a family, it is rational heavily sweetened and fat-laden foods.
"Energy-dense foods ... are the cheapest option for the consumer," Drewnowski says. "As long as the healthier lean meats, fish, and fresh produce are more expensive, obesity will continue to be a problem for the working poor." The price gap between these two categories is growing. Since 1980 the price of soft drinks plunged 30 percent, and the price of candy and other sweets fell 20 percent. Meanwhile, the price of fresh fruits and vegetables rose 50 percent.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Creating Cover-up Conspiracy
A NATO helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan has reportedly killed 31 U.S. troops (including at least 21 Navy SEALs) and seven Afghan soldiers, the highest number of American casualties recorded in a single incident in the decade-long war. A NATO official in Brussells told NBC News the helicopter involved was a twin-rotor Chinook used for transport. The chopper crashed in the Savd Abad district of Wardak province, west of the capital Kabul.
The Associated Press reported Saturday that most of the U.S. servicemen killed were from SEAL Team Six, the same elite unit that killed Osama bin Laden. Two unnamed U.S. officials have said that none of those who died in the crash appeared to have participated in the bin Laden raid, although they were from the same unit that carried out that mission. It is plausible that they were on another high priority target mission.
NATO confirmed the crash happened overnight and that there "was enemy activity in the area." But it said it was still investigating the cause and conducting a recovery operation at the site. It did not release details. A senior U.S. administration official in Washington, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the aircraft was apparently shot down by insurgents. The Taliban claimed they downed the helicopter with rocket fire while it was taking part in a raid on a house where insurgents were gathered in Wardak late Friday. It said wreckage of the craft was strewn at the scene.
One of the standard features of a cover-up is the "removal" of any witnesses or collaborators who might reveal the truth. There is no way to prove if these Team Six SEALs were involved with the bin Laden operation or not. If it was a cover up they would say it wasn't them, just different members of the same team. That is an easy way to brush off any question. It would be good to take them out of the picture if they had details confirming that the operation to get bin Laden was not as stated. There already is a conspiracy theory that they actually didn't get bin Laden but somebody else. The feed cutting out may be completely false because it would show no bin Laden. There are many holes in the official story. Part of a cover-up of taking out your own is a convenient scapegoat, i.e. insurgents. They could easily be disguised special forces, or hired locals. The Taliban spokesman could be a invented claim to confirm the NATO/US story of insurgents taking out the helicopter. They rarely ever say it was anything but mechanical difficulties until after a Taliban claim of responsibility. It is odd how quickly the military said it was.
Some experts have claimed that bin Laden was indeed dead years ago. Pretending he was still alive was useful for the war on terror, as is a story of killing him instead of his dying of natural causes. It would prevent the much cherished goal of getting bin Laden dead or alive. As early as 2000 intelligence said that bin Laden needed dialysis every three days and that it would be an issue generating electricity in a mountain hideout or running from place to place. The US, Pakistan, and Afghanistan governments have all stated they believe he died from being unable to get treatment for his kidney problems after the attacks on Tora Bora in 2001.
In 2000 he was said to have ordered a mobile dialysis machine to be delivered to the base in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Renal dialysis, talking about hemoanalysis, is something that is reserved for patients in end-stage renal failure. That means their kidneys have completely shut down. The most common cause of that would be something like diabetes and extended hypertension. Besides a machine and electricity, they would require clean water and sterile setting because infection is a huge risk.. Without all of those things it's unlikely that you would survive beyond several days to a week at the most.
A video from December 27th 2001, supposedly of bin Laden, shows a man who is clearly not well and barely moving his left side of his body. CNN claimed that means he had diabetes. They were clearly given the information because it is impossible to say that just from video. Intelligence sources were said to know. CNN also said he had low blood pressure, a foot injury, and kidney problems requiring dialysis. A story from the Guardian in November 2001 tells how he was often reported to be in poor health. Some accounts claim he was suffering from hepatitis C and could only be expected to live two years.
Diabetes can cause diabetic nephropathy, the main illness requiring renal dialysis. Hepatitis C is sometimes associated with diabetes. There is also something called diabetic foot which increases skin ulcer rates and infection, and sometimes necrosis. Diabetes tends to alter lung function which leads to an increase in susceptibility to respiratory infections, pneumonia, an influenza. So it does appear true that bin Laden had chronic kidney disease caused by diabetes.
According to Fox news December 26, 2001 the Pakistan Observer cited a Taliban member who was at the funeral that said bin Laden died a peaceful death due to a lung complication. Other sources in Pakistan and Afghanistan also said he died in December 2001 and was buried in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan. There was a funeral article in an Egyptian newspaper December 26, 2001 of his death and funeral ten days earlier on Sunday December 16, 2001. Israeli intelligence also confirmed the news and said that anything after would be fake. US officials had said in 2002 that they hadn't heard anything from him since around December 2001. Shortly after that statement there was supposedly activity and recordings. The technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory to fake a person's voice has existed since early 1999, at least publicly. Interestingly in articles from 2009 December 16, 2001 was used as his escape from Tora Bora. They said that bin Laden and his bodyguards walked out unmolested and disappeared into Pakistan's tribal area.
Many sources have reported that two months before September 11 Osama bin Laden flew to Dubai for 10 days for treatment at the American hospital, where he was visited by the local CIA agent. Bin Laden is reported to have arrived in Dubai on July 4 from Quetta in Pakistan with his own personal doctor, nurse and four bodyguards, to be treated in the urology department. He apparently underwent kidney surgery and treatment. Kidney transplant surgery takes 3 to 4 hours with a usual hospital stay of about a week. It requires regular follow-ups and taking of immunosuppressants to help prevent rejection. They weaken your immune system which can lead to infections.
While there he was visited by several members of his family and Saudi personalities, and the CIA. The American hospital in Dubai emphatically denied that Bin Laden was a patient there. Washington last night also denied the story.
The CIA chief was seen in the elevator, on his way to see Bin Laden, and later, it is alleged, boasted to friends about his contact. He was recalled to Washington soon afterwards. Intelligence sources say that another CIA agent was also present; and that Bin Laden was also visited by Prince Turki al Faisal, then head of Saudi intelligence, who had long had links with the Taliban, and Bin Laden. Soon afterwards Turki resigned.
Private planes owned by rich princes in the Gulf fly frequently between Quetta and the Emirates, often on luxurious "hunting trips" in territories sympathetic to Bin Laden. Other sources confirm that these hunting trips have provided opportunities for Saudi contacts with the Taliban and terrorists, since they first began in 1994.
In 2002 CBS reported that bin Laden reportedly underwent kidney dialysis at a Pakistani military hospital in Rawalpindi on September 10, 2001, the day before 9/11. The report stated that the regular urology staff was replaced by a secret team. It also stated that he suffered from numerous ailments including back and stomach problems. A hospital employee says that the man she saw was bin Laden.
Osama Bin Laden may have been dealing with diabetes for years, eventually getting chronic kidney disease as a result. He visited hospitals for treatment and got himself a dialysis machine for home treatments in his base in Kandahar. He might have received a kidney transplant in July 2001 or simply treatment. September 10 he was either receiving a follow-up or treatment. There were US/NATO and Russian plans made to attack the Taliban possibly a year before 9/11, as well as the Taliban warning about a large attack coming. If bin Laden was aware that he would have to run he may have gotten a transplant because he knew he couldn't get dialysis in Tora Bora. Although some say he had a large advanced complex with electricity and water. Most of the evidence seems that the complex was rather simple and he died in December 2001 from either lack of dialysis or a lung complication while still recovering from surgery.
The story we are to believe of him escaping to the Pakistani tribal areas would be highly unlikely as survivable. Apparently, although he was very sick, he was able to survive, suggesting he did have a transplant. Eventually making it south from the tribal areas in 2003 living in a small northern village with his family for over two years. Moving to the mansion in Abbottabad in 2005. The Pakistani government says they were monitoring his movements in cooperation with US intelligence services. That he was killed by Navy SEALs although there are many holes in the story, no evidence, and a video of the man who doesn't resemble bin Laden. No evidence to ever come. There is lots of evidence though that he died not long after 9/11.
The Associated Press reported Saturday that most of the U.S. servicemen killed were from SEAL Team Six, the same elite unit that killed Osama bin Laden. Two unnamed U.S. officials have said that none of those who died in the crash appeared to have participated in the bin Laden raid, although they were from the same unit that carried out that mission. It is plausible that they were on another high priority target mission.
NATO confirmed the crash happened overnight and that there "was enemy activity in the area." But it said it was still investigating the cause and conducting a recovery operation at the site. It did not release details. A senior U.S. administration official in Washington, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the aircraft was apparently shot down by insurgents. The Taliban claimed they downed the helicopter with rocket fire while it was taking part in a raid on a house where insurgents were gathered in Wardak late Friday. It said wreckage of the craft was strewn at the scene.
One of the standard features of a cover-up is the "removal" of any witnesses or collaborators who might reveal the truth. There is no way to prove if these Team Six SEALs were involved with the bin Laden operation or not. If it was a cover up they would say it wasn't them, just different members of the same team. That is an easy way to brush off any question. It would be good to take them out of the picture if they had details confirming that the operation to get bin Laden was not as stated. There already is a conspiracy theory that they actually didn't get bin Laden but somebody else. The feed cutting out may be completely false because it would show no bin Laden. There are many holes in the official story. Part of a cover-up of taking out your own is a convenient scapegoat, i.e. insurgents. They could easily be disguised special forces, or hired locals. The Taliban spokesman could be a invented claim to confirm the NATO/US story of insurgents taking out the helicopter. They rarely ever say it was anything but mechanical difficulties until after a Taliban claim of responsibility. It is odd how quickly the military said it was.
Some experts have claimed that bin Laden was indeed dead years ago. Pretending he was still alive was useful for the war on terror, as is a story of killing him instead of his dying of natural causes. It would prevent the much cherished goal of getting bin Laden dead or alive. As early as 2000 intelligence said that bin Laden needed dialysis every three days and that it would be an issue generating electricity in a mountain hideout or running from place to place. The US, Pakistan, and Afghanistan governments have all stated they believe he died from being unable to get treatment for his kidney problems after the attacks on Tora Bora in 2001.
In 2000 he was said to have ordered a mobile dialysis machine to be delivered to the base in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Renal dialysis, talking about hemoanalysis, is something that is reserved for patients in end-stage renal failure. That means their kidneys have completely shut down. The most common cause of that would be something like diabetes and extended hypertension. Besides a machine and electricity, they would require clean water and sterile setting because infection is a huge risk.. Without all of those things it's unlikely that you would survive beyond several days to a week at the most.
A video from December 27th 2001, supposedly of bin Laden, shows a man who is clearly not well and barely moving his left side of his body. CNN claimed that means he had diabetes. They were clearly given the information because it is impossible to say that just from video. Intelligence sources were said to know. CNN also said he had low blood pressure, a foot injury, and kidney problems requiring dialysis. A story from the Guardian in November 2001 tells how he was often reported to be in poor health. Some accounts claim he was suffering from hepatitis C and could only be expected to live two years.
Diabetes can cause diabetic nephropathy, the main illness requiring renal dialysis. Hepatitis C is sometimes associated with diabetes. There is also something called diabetic foot which increases skin ulcer rates and infection, and sometimes necrosis. Diabetes tends to alter lung function which leads to an increase in susceptibility to respiratory infections, pneumonia, an influenza. So it does appear true that bin Laden had chronic kidney disease caused by diabetes.
According to Fox news December 26, 2001 the Pakistan Observer cited a Taliban member who was at the funeral that said bin Laden died a peaceful death due to a lung complication. Other sources in Pakistan and Afghanistan also said he died in December 2001 and was buried in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan. There was a funeral article in an Egyptian newspaper December 26, 2001 of his death and funeral ten days earlier on Sunday December 16, 2001. Israeli intelligence also confirmed the news and said that anything after would be fake. US officials had said in 2002 that they hadn't heard anything from him since around December 2001. Shortly after that statement there was supposedly activity and recordings. The technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory to fake a person's voice has existed since early 1999, at least publicly. Interestingly in articles from 2009 December 16, 2001 was used as his escape from Tora Bora. They said that bin Laden and his bodyguards walked out unmolested and disappeared into Pakistan's tribal area.
Many sources have reported that two months before September 11 Osama bin Laden flew to Dubai for 10 days for treatment at the American hospital, where he was visited by the local CIA agent. Bin Laden is reported to have arrived in Dubai on July 4 from Quetta in Pakistan with his own personal doctor, nurse and four bodyguards, to be treated in the urology department. He apparently underwent kidney surgery and treatment. Kidney transplant surgery takes 3 to 4 hours with a usual hospital stay of about a week. It requires regular follow-ups and taking of immunosuppressants to help prevent rejection. They weaken your immune system which can lead to infections.
While there he was visited by several members of his family and Saudi personalities, and the CIA. The American hospital in Dubai emphatically denied that Bin Laden was a patient there. Washington last night also denied the story.
The CIA chief was seen in the elevator, on his way to see Bin Laden, and later, it is alleged, boasted to friends about his contact. He was recalled to Washington soon afterwards. Intelligence sources say that another CIA agent was also present; and that Bin Laden was also visited by Prince Turki al Faisal, then head of Saudi intelligence, who had long had links with the Taliban, and Bin Laden. Soon afterwards Turki resigned.
Private planes owned by rich princes in the Gulf fly frequently between Quetta and the Emirates, often on luxurious "hunting trips" in territories sympathetic to Bin Laden. Other sources confirm that these hunting trips have provided opportunities for Saudi contacts with the Taliban and terrorists, since they first began in 1994.
In 2002 CBS reported that bin Laden reportedly underwent kidney dialysis at a Pakistani military hospital in Rawalpindi on September 10, 2001, the day before 9/11. The report stated that the regular urology staff was replaced by a secret team. It also stated that he suffered from numerous ailments including back and stomach problems. A hospital employee says that the man she saw was bin Laden.
Osama Bin Laden may have been dealing with diabetes for years, eventually getting chronic kidney disease as a result. He visited hospitals for treatment and got himself a dialysis machine for home treatments in his base in Kandahar. He might have received a kidney transplant in July 2001 or simply treatment. September 10 he was either receiving a follow-up or treatment. There were US/NATO and Russian plans made to attack the Taliban possibly a year before 9/11, as well as the Taliban warning about a large attack coming. If bin Laden was aware that he would have to run he may have gotten a transplant because he knew he couldn't get dialysis in Tora Bora. Although some say he had a large advanced complex with electricity and water. Most of the evidence seems that the complex was rather simple and he died in December 2001 from either lack of dialysis or a lung complication while still recovering from surgery.
The story we are to believe of him escaping to the Pakistani tribal areas would be highly unlikely as survivable. Apparently, although he was very sick, he was able to survive, suggesting he did have a transplant. Eventually making it south from the tribal areas in 2003 living in a small northern village with his family for over two years. Moving to the mansion in Abbottabad in 2005. The Pakistani government says they were monitoring his movements in cooperation with US intelligence services. That he was killed by Navy SEALs although there are many holes in the story, no evidence, and a video of the man who doesn't resemble bin Laden. No evidence to ever come. There is lots of evidence though that he died not long after 9/11.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Trim the Waste
Through poor portion control or buying too much fresh food that goes off before we use it we create a lot of waste. Follow these tips to help you reduce food waste, save money and protect the environment.
Think about what your household likes the most and menu plan your meals for week. Check the ingredients in your fridge and cupboards, then write a shopping list for just the extras you need. Don't go grocery hungry and value are in the store stick to your list. Don't be tempted by items you don't normally buy or that will spoil before you can use them. To get the most essential and healthy food try to mostly shop around the outskirts of the store. Also start to keep track of what you throw away and what goes to waste. When you return from the store, bring all the older items in your cupboards and fridge to the front. Put the new food towards the back and you run less risk of finding something moldy at the back of your food stores. It is also a good idea to have a garden if he can to produce some of your own healthy food. Some nonperishable foods that you enjoy could be purchased wholesale if you have the space. Try and keep your storecupboard and freezer well-stocked with essentials and a variety of canned, dried and frozen goods that you know your family love to eat. Tinned beans, frozen vegetables, meat and fish and dried fruit, nuts, pasta & noodles, rice & grains, are all essentials with a long shelf life - meaning you will always have the ingredients standing by to pull together a delicious meal or to jazz up your leftovers. The trick is to replace items once you have used them up. It helps to keep in place to keep track on the inside of the cupboard door.
Serve small portions of food with the understanding that everybody can come back for more once they've cleared their plate. This is especially helpful for children, who rarely are predictable with how much they can or will eat. Instead of scraping leftovers into the bin, keep them to reheat or use them for tomorrow's ingredients. Any leftovers need to be cooled, stored in the fridge in airtight containers. A bit of tuna or some sausages could be added to pasta and made into a pasta bake. Some bacon and leftover onion and vegetables could be put in an omelette. A tablespoon of cooked vegetables can be the base for a crock pot meal. Vegetables that are starting to wilt can be made into soup Fruit that is just going soft can be made into smoothies or fruit pies. Understand how long you can safely keep different leftovers.
Understand the facts behind the date labels from. Always follow on pack storage guidance and instructions such as "eat within three days of opening".
'DISPLAY UNTIL' You can ignore these dates as they are for shop staff not shoppers.
'BEST BEFORE' These dates refer to quality rather than food safety. When the date is passed, the food won’t be unsafe but might begin to lose its flavour and texture. One exception is eggs – never eat eggs after the ‘best before’ date.
'USE BY' Food can be eaten up to the end of the ‘use by’ date, but not after even if it looks and smells fine.
If stuff is going to waste you can buy less of it or freeze some of it. If you only eat a small amount of something, then freeze most of it into smaller portions and take out a couple of hours before needed. Likewise, batch cook foods so that you have meals ready and freeze those even. Buy what you need such as buying loose fruits and vegetables instead of prepacked, then you can buy exactly the amount you need. Choose meats and cheese from a deli so that you can buy what you want. Check that the seals on your fridge are good and check the fridge temperature too. Food needs to be stored at the correct temperature is for maximum freshness and longevity. It is essential to learn how to properly store everything and in least to extend food's life span. Muscle have Learning how to cook can also reduce waste of terrible tasting or otherwise inedible dishes. It will also help you to not overcook stuff and to be more creative with what you can make. It will also give you valuable nutritional information so you can start to cook healthier.
It is also important to become educated as to where food comes from and how it is produced. It will give you a green respect for food and make you more thankful for your food. It will also make you not want to waste it
Some food waste is unavoidable, so you should set up a compost bin. In a few months you will end up with rich, valuable compost for your plants. If you have cooked food waste, then a kitchen composter (bokashi bin) will do the trick. Just feed it with your scraps (you can even put fish and meat in it), sprinkle over a layer of special microbes and leave to ferment. The resulting product can be used on houseplants and in the garden. If you don't have much space you could try a wormery. Composting is easier to manage than you might think.
Think about what your household likes the most and menu plan your meals for week. Check the ingredients in your fridge and cupboards, then write a shopping list for just the extras you need. Don't go grocery hungry and value are in the store stick to your list. Don't be tempted by items you don't normally buy or that will spoil before you can use them. To get the most essential and healthy food try to mostly shop around the outskirts of the store. Also start to keep track of what you throw away and what goes to waste. When you return from the store, bring all the older items in your cupboards and fridge to the front. Put the new food towards the back and you run less risk of finding something moldy at the back of your food stores. It is also a good idea to have a garden if he can to produce some of your own healthy food. Some nonperishable foods that you enjoy could be purchased wholesale if you have the space. Try and keep your storecupboard and freezer well-stocked with essentials and a variety of canned, dried and frozen goods that you know your family love to eat. Tinned beans, frozen vegetables, meat and fish and dried fruit, nuts, pasta & noodles, rice & grains, are all essentials with a long shelf life - meaning you will always have the ingredients standing by to pull together a delicious meal or to jazz up your leftovers. The trick is to replace items once you have used them up. It helps to keep in place to keep track on the inside of the cupboard door.
Serve small portions of food with the understanding that everybody can come back for more once they've cleared their plate. This is especially helpful for children, who rarely are predictable with how much they can or will eat. Instead of scraping leftovers into the bin, keep them to reheat or use them for tomorrow's ingredients. Any leftovers need to be cooled, stored in the fridge in airtight containers. A bit of tuna or some sausages could be added to pasta and made into a pasta bake. Some bacon and leftover onion and vegetables could be put in an omelette. A tablespoon of cooked vegetables can be the base for a crock pot meal. Vegetables that are starting to wilt can be made into soup Fruit that is just going soft can be made into smoothies or fruit pies. Understand how long you can safely keep different leftovers.
Understand the facts behind the date labels from. Always follow on pack storage guidance and instructions such as "eat within three days of opening".
'DISPLAY UNTIL' You can ignore these dates as they are for shop staff not shoppers.
'BEST BEFORE' These dates refer to quality rather than food safety. When the date is passed, the food won’t be unsafe but might begin to lose its flavour and texture. One exception is eggs – never eat eggs after the ‘best before’ date.
'USE BY' Food can be eaten up to the end of the ‘use by’ date, but not after even if it looks and smells fine.
If stuff is going to waste you can buy less of it or freeze some of it. If you only eat a small amount of something, then freeze most of it into smaller portions and take out a couple of hours before needed. Likewise, batch cook foods so that you have meals ready and freeze those even. Buy what you need such as buying loose fruits and vegetables instead of prepacked, then you can buy exactly the amount you need. Choose meats and cheese from a deli so that you can buy what you want. Check that the seals on your fridge are good and check the fridge temperature too. Food needs to be stored at the correct temperature is for maximum freshness and longevity. It is essential to learn how to properly store everything and in least to extend food's life span. Muscle have Learning how to cook can also reduce waste of terrible tasting or otherwise inedible dishes. It will also help you to not overcook stuff and to be more creative with what you can make. It will also give you valuable nutritional information so you can start to cook healthier.
It is also important to become educated as to where food comes from and how it is produced. It will give you a green respect for food and make you more thankful for your food. It will also make you not want to waste it
Some food waste is unavoidable, so you should set up a compost bin. In a few months you will end up with rich, valuable compost for your plants. If you have cooked food waste, then a kitchen composter (bokashi bin) will do the trick. Just feed it with your scraps (you can even put fish and meat in it), sprinkle over a layer of special microbes and leave to ferment. The resulting product can be used on houseplants and in the garden. If you don't have much space you could try a wormery. Composting is easier to manage than you might think.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Glass Ceiling
everybody is crazy. The US media and politicians all are calling today a historic day. What is historic about not acting responsible? Once again they are avoiding the real problems. They certainly aren't solving anything. Raising the debt ceiling and reducing the deficit don't do anything but avoid default or spending more than they can manipulate around. Raising the debt ceiling is basically like increasing your line of credit. As if you can go to the bank and tell them I am increasing my credit. It simply allows the government to go further in debt every year without repercussions. Reducing the deficit just slows down the rate at which you go into debt. It is not so fantastic, it is like nobody knows what deficit means. It means that more is being spent than is being made. If nothing else changes the debt ceiling will have to be raised again within two years. it appears to me nothing, a ceiling made out of glass.
Interestingly the US is only one of two countries in the world to have a debt ceiling, the other country is Denmark. Other companies with parliamentary systems vote on limits but it is tied to the budget. Most of these countries have a balanced budget law which basically means they must try to avoid a deficit. Or at least have as small a deficit as possible. It would benefit to US to introduce a balanced budget law. Then it would be much easier to get out of the red and actually into the black.
Although the bill aims to make spending cuts to reduce the deficit is now signed, they know the total they are to cut but haven't decided how much to cut where. A bipartisan committee is to be formed in the next two weeks to figure that out. They are taking of taking a balanced approach. Obama has signaled that he is still going to work on closing corporate loopholes, removing the tax cut for the wealthy. Another word today was fair but that would require everybody (as well as companies who consider themselves an individual) pay the same tax percentage.
Most of the talk today was that now the focus has to be on jobs. Except nobody is saying how they will do that, nothing so far is working. Although what they are trying isn't very big. So much that there is talk of a third stimulus not that the first two did anything. The corporations say they are holding onto it because of economic instability and will hire when things look at the stable. Consumer spending in the US is down and saving is up which tells you the public is also not very confident about the economy.
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Jobs will increase stability and get the economy going. Some ways to create jobs and revenue would be:
-big investment in infrastructure, repairs, new corridors, rapid transit, R&D
-new stimulus available to all companies as long as it is used to create jobs
-create corporations to provide cheaper housing and vehicles to the public
-reduce the credit card and mortgage rates, property taxes (people spend)
-create energy shift program to give all houses solar shingles, wind turbines, power storage, rain collecting, on demand water heater, and a garden (manufacturing, installation, maintenance)
-big investment in alternative energy R&D, get mostly off oil
-solar power Heliostat towers, solar farms, off shore wind farms, wind turbines on the oil platforms in the Gulf
-make the prisons make products to sell, reduce the population of all who aren't a threat to others (burglary, drugs)
-program to give all houses a monitored security system, $2 a month fee
-flat 20% tax rate (public and corporate) less for small businesses so they grow
-legalize drugs and tax it (jobs, tax revenue, police and prison savings)
Interestingly the US is only one of two countries in the world to have a debt ceiling, the other country is Denmark. Other companies with parliamentary systems vote on limits but it is tied to the budget. Most of these countries have a balanced budget law which basically means they must try to avoid a deficit. Or at least have as small a deficit as possible. It would benefit to US to introduce a balanced budget law. Then it would be much easier to get out of the red and actually into the black.
Although the bill aims to make spending cuts to reduce the deficit is now signed, they know the total they are to cut but haven't decided how much to cut where. A bipartisan committee is to be formed in the next two weeks to figure that out. They are taking of taking a balanced approach. Obama has signaled that he is still going to work on closing corporate loopholes, removing the tax cut for the wealthy. Another word today was fair but that would require everybody (as well as companies who consider themselves an individual) pay the same tax percentage.
Most of the talk today was that now the focus has to be on jobs. Except nobody is saying how they will do that, nothing so far is working. Although what they are trying isn't very big. So much that there is talk of a third stimulus not that the first two did anything. The corporations say they are holding onto it because of economic instability and will hire when things look at the stable. Consumer spending in the US is down and saving is up which tells you the public is also not very confident about the economy.
[caption id="attachment_428" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="double Heliostat solar Tower plant"][/caption]
Jobs will increase stability and get the economy going. Some ways to create jobs and revenue would be:
-big investment in infrastructure, repairs, new corridors, rapid transit, R&D
-new stimulus available to all companies as long as it is used to create jobs
-create corporations to provide cheaper housing and vehicles to the public
-reduce the credit card and mortgage rates, property taxes (people spend)
-create energy shift program to give all houses solar shingles, wind turbines, power storage, rain collecting, on demand water heater, and a garden (manufacturing, installation, maintenance)
-big investment in alternative energy R&D, get mostly off oil
-solar power Heliostat towers, solar farms, off shore wind farms, wind turbines on the oil platforms in the Gulf
-make the prisons make products to sell, reduce the population of all who aren't a threat to others (burglary, drugs)
-program to give all houses a monitored security system, $2 a month fee
-flat 20% tax rate (public and corporate) less for small businesses so they grow
-legalize drugs and tax it (jobs, tax revenue, police and prison savings)
Monday, August 1, 2011
Hunger Abound
There has been a 21% jump in food bank usage in Manitoba alone 2010. Winnipeg Harvest is now feeding 48,000 people in the city and another 10,000 outside city limits. Food bank and soup kitchen usage is increasing drastically everywhere throughout North America and Europe. Food banks are finding it difficult to keep their shelves stocked. Increasingly that means salvaging food that would otherwise go to waste is taking on more urgency as federal food aid programs face deep cuts. All throughout the food chain there is a winnowing process where anything that doesn't look quite right or isn't the right size gets cast away. This squadering of perfectly good food happens from farm to fork. Elimination of food waste could lift 1 billion people out of hunger. One of the best methods to reduce waste is to educate the public as to this terrible problem as well as how to not waste food.
Governments are working on the problem by raising consumer awareness and reducing waste to landfills, getting surplus to those who need it, proven storage and processing. Extending sustainability of crop. Some good ideas by the UN food;
Working to create local food partnerships to harness local government, health authorities, community groups and local business to meet local sustainability goals
Increase efforts to reduce food waste, planning for zero food waste to landfill by 2015
Ensure practical food experience in schools including cooking skills and food growing
Reflect the cost of ensuring a nutritious and sustainable diet in minimum wage and benefit levels
Mandate health and sustainability standards for all publicly procured food.
Enable the meat and dairy industry to reduce its reliance on grain feedstuffs to lower land use and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (10 kg of grain to produce 1 kg of meat)
Reduce subsidies to large corporate farms and mono-cropping who receive most of the subsidies. Particular crops such as corn, wheat, and cotton receive disproportionate relative to other more nutritious vegetables.
Manufacturers and producers need to be encouraged to be more efficient and frugal, to not overproduce.
Supermarkets encouraged to sell some less than perfect produce, reduced prices on damaged or close to sell by date goods, get rid of BOGO, and reduce packaging by making stuff available in more sizes.
Encourage all companies to donate excess food.
Make stock speculation on food stuffs illegal.
One of the latest innovation is taking the dented and crushed cans from stores that would be normally all be tossed. They were tossed because nobody knew if bacteria had managed to slip through small cracks and spoil the food. That may soon change. They are testing a new system that uses a machine that creates a vacuum seal. They place several damaged cans inside and remove all of the air, causing the cans to puff up. After the pressure is released they inspect the cans for any leakage. If there were an holes or cracks for bacteria to enter some of food would have leaked out. This technology mean tons of additional food for each food bank. So far it is proving to be rather successful, one example was a test of 300 cans which saw only one that was a bad. Demand keeps growing and they are always looking for untapped sources. They get lots of donations from local grocery stores and retailers but also have their eye on those that don't give yet. Hospitals, hotels, re caterers, restaurants. Restaurants have prepared food that they could give that hasn't been utilized, still in the kitchen leftover. The challenge is trying to convince potential donors that it is a good idea to donate and then trying to find a way to store and transport donations safely.
Farms are also a promising source for more donations. In the US alone 6 billion pounds of produce never leaves the farm. It routinely gets plowled under if the market is not their. This A national organization of food banks is working to try to get 1 billion pounds of this produce directly to the poor. It is the kind of healthy food that the poor require, but it is also highly perishable.
Another effort to change food loss is underway, a new venture between the North American food bank network and big companies like Wal-Mart and Safeway. A lot of the food waste is from food sitting on store shelves going bad. Food banks are trying to get these groceries to feed the hungry. The big challenge is time, transferring the food to people who need it before it spoils. Tens of millions people need help getting enough to eat, they have to choose between food or electricity and house payments. Getting the food they need is a big logistical challenge that food banks are increasingly facing as the numbers of the hungry increase. The journey the food takes to the hungry regularly starts two days earlier. 48 hours earlier inside stores some of the food items are nearing their sell by dates. Store workers will begin to start pulling them off the shelf and setting them aside. It starts in the meat department where they set aside packages that say to use or freeze by today. They place them in a box for donation and place them in the freezer. Along with dairy products, two day old bread and baked goods. Early the next morning they check the produce for anything with brown spots, blemishes or a little bit dry and place it aside. Customers have an expectation for perfect looking produce at its peak. Not long ago many stores would have thrown this food away or recycled it for compost or animal feed. Even though it is still all good for human consumption. In the late morning the food bank truck arrives, usually three times a week. A normal take is roughly two dozen boxes, around 100 pounds of meat and over 300 pounds of produce. After collecting some other donations the truck arrives at the food bank at noon. The donations are sorted, the meat goes right into the freezer and the dry and canned goods are inspected for anything that is leaking or bad. The produce ends up in a large walk in cooler with the dairy products. The next challenge is to get all the perishables out the door fast well they are still good. Workers from agencies they supply, such as the Salvation Army, who were contacted to collect some fresh food arrive around an hour later. The agencies collect enough to last them a day or at least too meals. They can get around six cases of food for under $10. Three hours later the Salvation Army and the other agencies prepare to serve their clients, by five o'clock the dining room is filled with mostly homeless who are given plates piled high. between 24 and 11 hours since being taken off the shelves. Early the second morning the food bank loads remaining goods into their mobile pantry vehicle and head out to deliver to those unable to get to the food bank or soup kitchens. Going to different locations such as parking lots with lineups of around 50 people, most elderly and poor on fixed incomes. Some of these people have run out of money and didn't have any more to drink or eat. By that afternoon they are eating food taken off the shelves only 48 hours earlier. Regular customers coming to the food bank the entire three days and continually. The next day the food banks once again heads to the big stores and to collect more food.
It is becoming tricky to safely transport all of this fresh and frozen. Food banks are increasingly in the market for more refrigerated and pantry trucks to get food quickly and safely to those the who need it. Wal-Mart for example has given food banks 100 refrigerated trucks
Governments are working on the problem by raising consumer awareness and reducing waste to landfills, getting surplus to those who need it, proven storage and processing. Extending sustainability of crop. Some good ideas by the UN food;
Working to create local food partnerships to harness local government, health authorities, community groups and local business to meet local sustainability goals
Increase efforts to reduce food waste, planning for zero food waste to landfill by 2015
Ensure practical food experience in schools including cooking skills and food growing
Reflect the cost of ensuring a nutritious and sustainable diet in minimum wage and benefit levels
Mandate health and sustainability standards for all publicly procured food.
Enable the meat and dairy industry to reduce its reliance on grain feedstuffs to lower land use and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (10 kg of grain to produce 1 kg of meat)
Reduce subsidies to large corporate farms and mono-cropping who receive most of the subsidies. Particular crops such as corn, wheat, and cotton receive disproportionate relative to other more nutritious vegetables.
Manufacturers and producers need to be encouraged to be more efficient and frugal, to not overproduce.
Supermarkets encouraged to sell some less than perfect produce, reduced prices on damaged or close to sell by date goods, get rid of BOGO, and reduce packaging by making stuff available in more sizes.
Encourage all companies to donate excess food.
Make stock speculation on food stuffs illegal.
One of the latest innovation is taking the dented and crushed cans from stores that would be normally all be tossed. They were tossed because nobody knew if bacteria had managed to slip through small cracks and spoil the food. That may soon change. They are testing a new system that uses a machine that creates a vacuum seal. They place several damaged cans inside and remove all of the air, causing the cans to puff up. After the pressure is released they inspect the cans for any leakage. If there were an holes or cracks for bacteria to enter some of food would have leaked out. This technology mean tons of additional food for each food bank. So far it is proving to be rather successful, one example was a test of 300 cans which saw only one that was a bad. Demand keeps growing and they are always looking for untapped sources. They get lots of donations from local grocery stores and retailers but also have their eye on those that don't give yet. Hospitals, hotels, re caterers, restaurants. Restaurants have prepared food that they could give that hasn't been utilized, still in the kitchen leftover. The challenge is trying to convince potential donors that it is a good idea to donate and then trying to find a way to store and transport donations safely.
Farms are also a promising source for more donations. In the US alone 6 billion pounds of produce never leaves the farm. It routinely gets plowled under if the market is not their. This A national organization of food banks is working to try to get 1 billion pounds of this produce directly to the poor. It is the kind of healthy food that the poor require, but it is also highly perishable.
Another effort to change food loss is underway, a new venture between the North American food bank network and big companies like Wal-Mart and Safeway. A lot of the food waste is from food sitting on store shelves going bad. Food banks are trying to get these groceries to feed the hungry. The big challenge is time, transferring the food to people who need it before it spoils. Tens of millions people need help getting enough to eat, they have to choose between food or electricity and house payments. Getting the food they need is a big logistical challenge that food banks are increasingly facing as the numbers of the hungry increase. The journey the food takes to the hungry regularly starts two days earlier. 48 hours earlier inside stores some of the food items are nearing their sell by dates. Store workers will begin to start pulling them off the shelf and setting them aside. It starts in the meat department where they set aside packages that say to use or freeze by today. They place them in a box for donation and place them in the freezer. Along with dairy products, two day old bread and baked goods. Early the next morning they check the produce for anything with brown spots, blemishes or a little bit dry and place it aside. Customers have an expectation for perfect looking produce at its peak. Not long ago many stores would have thrown this food away or recycled it for compost or animal feed. Even though it is still all good for human consumption. In the late morning the food bank truck arrives, usually three times a week. A normal take is roughly two dozen boxes, around 100 pounds of meat and over 300 pounds of produce. After collecting some other donations the truck arrives at the food bank at noon. The donations are sorted, the meat goes right into the freezer and the dry and canned goods are inspected for anything that is leaking or bad. The produce ends up in a large walk in cooler with the dairy products. The next challenge is to get all the perishables out the door fast well they are still good. Workers from agencies they supply, such as the Salvation Army, who were contacted to collect some fresh food arrive around an hour later. The agencies collect enough to last them a day or at least too meals. They can get around six cases of food for under $10. Three hours later the Salvation Army and the other agencies prepare to serve their clients, by five o'clock the dining room is filled with mostly homeless who are given plates piled high. between 24 and 11 hours since being taken off the shelves. Early the second morning the food bank loads remaining goods into their mobile pantry vehicle and head out to deliver to those unable to get to the food bank or soup kitchens. Going to different locations such as parking lots with lineups of around 50 people, most elderly and poor on fixed incomes. Some of these people have run out of money and didn't have any more to drink or eat. By that afternoon they are eating food taken off the shelves only 48 hours earlier. Regular customers coming to the food bank the entire three days and continually. The next day the food banks once again heads to the big stores and to collect more food.
It is becoming tricky to safely transport all of this fresh and frozen. Food banks are increasingly in the market for more refrigerated and pantry trucks to get food quickly and safely to those the who need it. Wal-Mart for example has given food banks 100 refrigerated trucks
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