Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
--John 15:13
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
--John McCrae, 1915
History of Memorial Day
Some Gave All
I knew a man called him Sandy Kane
Few folks even knew his name
But a hero was he
Left a boy, came back a man
Still many just don't understand
About the reasons we are free
I can't forget the look in his eyes
Or the tears he cries
As he said these words to me
All gave some and some gave all
And some stood through for the red, white and blue
And some had to fall
And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Some gave all
Now Sandy Kane is no longer here
But his words are oh so clear
As they echo through out our land
For all his friends who gave us all
Who stood the ground and took the fall
To help their fellow man
Love your country and live with pride
And don't forget those who died America can't you see
All gave some and some gave all
And some stood through for the red, white and blue
And some had to fall
And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Some gave all
And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall, yes recall
Some gave all
Some gave all
--Billy Ray Cyrus, 1992
24 Notes That Tap Deep Emotions (history of Taps)
Taps
Day is done, gone the sun,
From the hills, from the lake,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.
Go to sleep, peaceful sleep,
May the soldier or sailor,
God keep.
On the land or the deep,
Safe in sleep.
Love, good night, Must thou go,
When the day, And the night
Need thee so?
All is well. Speedeth all
To their rest.
Fades the light; And afar
Goeth day, And the stars
Shineth bright,
Fare thee well; Day has gone,
Night is on.
Thanks and praise, For our days,
'Neath the sun, Neath the stars,
'Neath the sky,
As we go, This we know,
God is nigh.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Recapping April
Been quite a month. Earthquakes, volcanoes, locusts, suspicious plane crash, uprisings, and more!
Palestinian PM sees statehood by August 2011
US allows Iran its nuclear vision
Communications Corruption at the White House
Grasshopper invasion: just what Western states don't want
Grasshopper outlook strikes fear on Western range
Dozens killed in anti-government uprising in Kyrgyzstan
6 dead in violence between police and wildcat miners in Peru
Up to 200 buried, feared dead in new Rio mudslide
Kyrgyzstan president goes into hiding
Netanyahu cancels trip to DC Nuclear Security Summit
Shin Bet: Leak poses "direct threat"
The Associated Press: Analysis: Katyn claims another Polish generation
Polish president killed in plane crash: the conspiracy theorists will go crazy – Telegraph Blogs
Ya think?
Kaczynski has lunch with Obama
Polish President Lech Kaczynski Reacts to U.S. Missile Defense Reversal
President Kaczynski vows support for Tbilisi
Kubilius and Kaczynski: Russia"s actions are unacceptable
Putin heads crash investigation
Kyrgyzstan’s New Leaders Edge Closer to Russia
Prominent Russian Judge Shot Dead
Russia is said to have fueled unrest in Kyrgyzstan
Fifteen die as Thai troops try to clear protest camps
Spain: An earthquake strikes Granada and Malaga
Petraeus’s Israel Problem
Struggling to survive Mongolia's freezing winter
India 'not planning' to deploy army after Maoist attack
Obama's disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summit
China earthquake kills hundreds in Qinghai
In Qinghai Province in China, earthquake kills hundreds and levels buildings
China earthquake toll rises to 1,144
Massive fireball reported across Midwestern sky
Iceland volcano erupts for second time in a month forcing new evacuation of tourists
Ash Plume across the North Atlantic
From Iceland's depths, an ancient peril erupts into the midst of a modern crisis
Scientists warn of more eruptions
Australia faces huge locust plague
Locusts ravage NSW, cross Victorian border
Locust plague continues to threatens Australian crops
Western Nebraska could see lots of grasshoppers
Moscow plans posters honoring Stalin
While our troops march through Red Square. Lovely.
Tomb protest turns deadly in Indonesia's capital
Iran holds nuclear summit of its own in response to US
Treasury to End Paper Checks
Nigeria police step up patrols after pastor's murder
PHOTOS: Dried-up Aral Sea Aftermath
Eyjafjallajökull and the Biggest Volcanic Eruptions
Delightful New Russian Missiles Can Be Hidden in Shipping Containers
Russia considers new powers for KGB successor
Doctors sterilise Uzbek women by stealth
Mouse plague threatens SA crops - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Because apparently the locusts were not enough.
Fairfield County closes health department to treat for fleas | The Columbus Dispatch
Physician, heal thyself!
Egypt Convicts Head of Hizbullah Terror Cell, Plus 25 Others
Wildfire danger reaches 'extreme' level in northern Minnesota
Oil May Be Leaking at Rate of 25,000 Barrels a Day in Gulf
Analysis: Israel fears US wants to impose peace
With good reason:
Israeli officials: Obama to call world summit if Mideast peace talks fail
Barack Obama threatens to impose peace plan on Middle East
Whee!
Palestinian PM sees statehood by August 2011
US allows Iran its nuclear vision
Communications Corruption at the White House
Grasshopper invasion: just what Western states don't want
Grasshopper outlook strikes fear on Western range
Dozens killed in anti-government uprising in Kyrgyzstan
6 dead in violence between police and wildcat miners in Peru
Up to 200 buried, feared dead in new Rio mudslide
Kyrgyzstan president goes into hiding
Netanyahu cancels trip to DC Nuclear Security Summit
Shin Bet: Leak poses "direct threat"
The Associated Press: Analysis: Katyn claims another Polish generation
Polish president killed in plane crash: the conspiracy theorists will go crazy – Telegraph Blogs
Ya think?
Kaczynski has lunch with Obama
Polish President Lech Kaczynski Reacts to U.S. Missile Defense Reversal
President Kaczynski vows support for Tbilisi
Kubilius and Kaczynski: Russia"s actions are unacceptable
Putin heads crash investigation
Kyrgyzstan’s New Leaders Edge Closer to Russia
Prominent Russian Judge Shot Dead
Russia is said to have fueled unrest in Kyrgyzstan
Fifteen die as Thai troops try to clear protest camps
Spain: An earthquake strikes Granada and Malaga
Petraeus’s Israel Problem
Struggling to survive Mongolia's freezing winter
India 'not planning' to deploy army after Maoist attack
Obama's disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summit
China earthquake kills hundreds in Qinghai
In Qinghai Province in China, earthquake kills hundreds and levels buildings
China earthquake toll rises to 1,144
Massive fireball reported across Midwestern sky
Iceland volcano erupts for second time in a month forcing new evacuation of tourists
Ash Plume across the North Atlantic
From Iceland's depths, an ancient peril erupts into the midst of a modern crisis
Scientists warn of more eruptions
Australia faces huge locust plague
Locusts ravage NSW, cross Victorian border
Locust plague continues to threatens Australian crops
Western Nebraska could see lots of grasshoppers
Moscow plans posters honoring Stalin
While our troops march through Red Square. Lovely.
Tomb protest turns deadly in Indonesia's capital
Iran holds nuclear summit of its own in response to US
Treasury to End Paper Checks
Nigeria police step up patrols after pastor's murder
PHOTOS: Dried-up Aral Sea Aftermath
Eyjafjallajökull and the Biggest Volcanic Eruptions
Delightful New Russian Missiles Can Be Hidden in Shipping Containers
Russia considers new powers for KGB successor
Doctors sterilise Uzbek women by stealth
Mouse plague threatens SA crops - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Because apparently the locusts were not enough.
Fairfield County closes health department to treat for fleas | The Columbus Dispatch
Physician, heal thyself!
Egypt Convicts Head of Hizbullah Terror Cell, Plus 25 Others
Wildfire danger reaches 'extreme' level in northern Minnesota
Oil May Be Leaking at Rate of 25,000 Barrels a Day in Gulf
Analysis: Israel fears US wants to impose peace
With good reason:
Israeli officials: Obama to call world summit if Mideast peace talks fail
U.S. President Barack Obama has told several European leaders that if Israeli-Palestinian talks remain stalemated into September or October, he will convene an international summit on achieving Mideast peace, senior Israeli officials told Haaretz on Thursday.
The officials said the conference would be run by the Quartet of Middle East peacemakers - the United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia - in a bid to forge a united global front for creating a Palestinian state. The summit, they said, would address such core issues as borders, security arrangements, Palestinian refugees and the status of Jerusalem.
Barack Obama threatens to impose peace plan on Middle East
The move would fulfil one of Israel's deepest fears by effectively stripping the Jewish state of its power to dictate the course of talks.The conference would attempt to end decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict by pressing both sides to accept difficult compromises on issues ranging from the future of millions of Palestinian refugees to the status of Jerusalem.
Mr Obama is also eager to gain international recognition for the creation of a Palestinian state.
Whee!
Sunday, April 04, 2010
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+9&version=NIV
Hebrews 9
Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle
1Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. 2A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand, the table and the consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. 3Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, 4which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. 5Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
6When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. 7But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. 8The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing. 9This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. 10They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.
The Blood of Christ
11When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. 12He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. 13The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
15For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
16In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 18This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. 19When Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. 20He said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep." 21In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
23It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's presence. 25Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Hebrews 9
Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle
1Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. 2A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand, the table and the consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. 3Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, 4which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. 5Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
6When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. 7But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. 8The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing. 9This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. 10They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.
The Blood of Christ
11When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. 12He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. 13The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
15For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
16In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 18This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. 19When Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. 20He said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep." 21In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
23It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's presence. 25Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
You gotta know when to shut yore mouth
EXODUS 15 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
9 "The enemy boasted,
'I will pursue, I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;
I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
and my hand will destroy them.'
10 But you blew with your breath,
and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
in the mighty waters.
EXODUS 16 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
2 In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3 The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death."
6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, "In the evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of Egypt, 7 and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?" 8 Moses also said, "You will know that it was the LORD when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the LORD."
EXODUS 17 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 So they quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink."
Moses replied, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the LORD to the test?"
3 But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, "Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?"
EXODUS 20 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
NUMBERS 14 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
26 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: 27 "How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites. 28 So tell them, 'As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very things I heard you say: 29 In this desert your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected. 32 But you—your bodies will fall in this desert. 33 Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the desert. 34 For forty years—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.' 35 I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this desert; here they will die."
36 So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it- 37 these men responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the LORD. 38 Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.
DEUTERONOMY 18 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
8 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. 19 If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account. 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death."
21 You may say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD ?" 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
1 SAMUEL 2 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
3 "Do not keep talking so proudly
or let your mouth speak such arrogance,
for the LORD is a God who knows,
and by him deeds are weighed.
2 CHRONICLES 36 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
15 The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked God's messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the LORD was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.
ESTHER 5 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
9 Haman went out that day happy and in high spirits. But when he saw Mordecai at the king's gate and observed that he neither rose nor showed fear in his presence, he was filled with rage against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home.
Calling together his friends and Zeresh, his wife, 11 Haman boasted to them about his vast wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials. 12 "And that's not all," Haman added. "I'm the only person Queen Esther invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave. And she has invited me along with the king tomorrow. 13 But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king's gate."
PSALM 1 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
PSALM 5 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
6 You destroy those who tell lies;
bloodthirsty and deceitful men
the LORD abhors.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
because of my enemies—
make straight your way before me.
9 Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
their heart is filled with destruction.
Their throat is an open grave;
with their tongue they speak deceit.
PSALM 10 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,
who are caught in the schemes he devises.
3 He boasts of the cravings of his heart;
he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
6 He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me;
I'll always be happy and never have trouble."
7 His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats;
trouble and evil are under his tongue.
11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten;
he covers his face and never sees."
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?
Why does he say to himself,
"He won't call me to account"?
PSALM 12 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
FOR THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC. ACCORDING TO SHEMINITH . A PSALM OF DAVID. [A]
1 Help, LORD, for the godly are no more;
the faithful have vanished from among men.
2 Everyone lies to his neighbor;
their flattering lips speak with deception.
3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips
and every boastful tongue
4 that says, "We will triumph with our tongues;
we own our lips [b] —who is our master?"
5 "Because of the oppression of the weak
and the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise," says the LORD.
"I will protect them from those who malign them."
6 And the words of the LORD are flawless,
like silver refined in a furnace of clay,
purified seven times.
7 O LORD, you will keep us safe
and protect us from such people forever.
8 The wicked freely strut about
when what is vile is honored among men.
PSALM 33 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
4 For the word of the LORD is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
9 For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.
PSALM 34 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
12 Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
13 keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking lies.
PSALM 52 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2 Your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor,
you who practice deceit.
3 You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
Selah
4 You love every harmful word,
O you deceitful tongue!
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah
PSALM 59 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
12 For the sins of their mouths,
for the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride.
For the curses and lies they utter,
13 consume them in wrath,
consume them till they are no more.
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
that God rules over Jacob.
Selah
PSALM 64 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
FOR THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC. A PSALM OF DAVID.
1 Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint;
protect my life from the threat of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,
from that noisy crowd of evildoers.
3 They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their words like deadly arrows.
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent man;
they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.
5 They encourage each other in evil plans,
they talk about hiding their snares;
they say, "Who will see them [a] ?"
6 They plot injustice and say,
"We have devised a perfect plan!"
Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.
7 But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly they will be struck down.
8 He will turn their own tongues against them
and bring them to ruin;
all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
9 All mankind will fear;
they will proclaim the works of God
and ponder what he has done.
10 Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD
and take refuge in him;
let all the upright in heart praise him!
PSALM 78 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 O my people, hear my teaching;
listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter hidden things, things from of old-
3 what we have heard and known,
what our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their children;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD,
his power, and the wonders he has done.
18 They willfully put God to the test
by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying,
"Can God spread a table in the desert?
20 When he struck the rock, water gushed out,
and streams flowed abundantly.
But can he also give us food?
Can he supply meat for his people?"
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,
lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
PSALM 94 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
3 How long will the wicked, O LORD,
how long will the wicked be jubilant?
4 They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers are full of boasting.
PSALM 120 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 I call on the LORD in my distress,
and he answers me.
2 Save me, O LORD, from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.
3 What will he do to you,
and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
4 He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,
with burning coals of the broom tree.
PSALM 140 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men;
protect me from men of violence,
2 who devise evil plans in their hearts
and stir up war every day.
3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's;
the poison of vipers is on their lips.
Selah
PSALM 141 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
3 Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
PROVERBS 6 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have struck hands in pledge for another,
2 if you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth,
3 then do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands:
Go and humble yourself;
press your plea with your neighbor!
12 A scoundrel and villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13 who winks with his eye,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,
14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart—
he always stirs up dissension.
15 Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;
he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
16 There are six things the LORD hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
PROVERBS 9 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
7 "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult;
whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
8 Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you;
rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
PROVERBS 10 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
10 He who winks maliciously causes grief,
and a chattering fool comes to ruin.
11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.
13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
14 Wise men store up knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
18 He who conceals his hatred has lying lips,
and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
19 When words are many, sin is not absent,
but he who holds his tongue is wise.
20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
21 The lips of the righteous nourish many,
but fools die for lack of judgment.
31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is fitting,
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
PROVERBS 11 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
9 With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.
12 A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor,
but a man of understanding holds his tongue.
13 A gossip betrays a confidence,
but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.
PROVERBS 12 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but the speech of the upright rescues them.
13 An evil man is trapped by his sinful talk,
but a righteous man escapes trouble.
14 From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things
as surely as the work of his hands rewards him.
17 A truthful witness gives honest testimony,
but a false witness tells lies.
18 Reckless words pierce like a sword,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
19 Truthful lips endure forever,
but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
22 The LORD detests lying lips,
but he delights in men who are truthful.
23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself,
but the heart of fools blurts out folly.
PROVERBS 13 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
2 From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things,
but the unfaithful have a craving for violence.
3 He who guards his lips guards his life,
but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.
17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.
PROVERBS 14 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
3 A fool's talk brings a rod to his back,
but the lips of the wise protect them.
5 A truthful witness does not deceive,
but a false witness pours out lies.
7 Stay away from a foolish man,
for you will not find knowledge on his lips.
23 All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
25 A truthful witness saves lives,
but a false witness is deceitful.
PROVERBS 15 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.
4 The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life,
but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
not so the hearts of fools.
28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers,
but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
Malachi 2:7
7 "For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek instruction—because he is the messenger of the LORD Almighty.
Matthew 6:5-8
5"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 12:33-37
33"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. 35The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. 37For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
Matthew 15:1-20
1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"
3Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4For God said, 'Honor your father and mother'[a] and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'[b] 5But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,' 6he is not to 'honor his father[c]' with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
8" 'These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
9They worship me in vain;
their teachings are but rules taught by men.'[d]"
10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand. 11What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' "
12Then the disciples came to him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?"
13He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. 14Leave them; they are blind guides.[e] If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."
15Peter said, "Explain the parable to us."
16"Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them. 17"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' "
Romans 1:28-32
28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
Romans 10:8-10
8But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,"[d] that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
1 Corinthians 6
9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Ephesians 4:17-32
17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
20You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. 21Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26"In your anger do not sin"[d]: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27and do not give the devil a foothold. 28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.
29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Colossians 3:5-11
5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.[b] 7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
1 Timothy 5:1-2
1Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, 2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
James 1:19-21,26
19My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. 21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.
James 3
1Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.
3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, 8but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. 10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. 11Can both fresh water and salt[a] water flow from the same spring? 12My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. 16For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
17But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. 18Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
9 "The enemy boasted,
'I will pursue, I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;
I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
and my hand will destroy them.'
10 But you blew with your breath,
and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
in the mighty waters.
EXODUS 16 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
2 In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3 The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death."
6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, "In the evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of Egypt, 7 and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?" 8 Moses also said, "You will know that it was the LORD when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the LORD."
EXODUS 17 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 So they quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink."
Moses replied, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the LORD to the test?"
3 But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, "Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?"
EXODUS 20 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
NUMBERS 14 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
26 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: 27 "How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites. 28 So tell them, 'As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very things I heard you say: 29 In this desert your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected. 32 But you—your bodies will fall in this desert. 33 Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the desert. 34 For forty years—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.' 35 I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this desert; here they will die."
36 So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it- 37 these men responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the LORD. 38 Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.
DEUTERONOMY 18 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
8 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. 19 If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account. 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death."
21 You may say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD ?" 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
1 SAMUEL 2 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
3 "Do not keep talking so proudly
or let your mouth speak such arrogance,
for the LORD is a God who knows,
and by him deeds are weighed.
2 CHRONICLES 36 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
15 The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked God's messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the LORD was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.
ESTHER 5 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
9 Haman went out that day happy and in high spirits. But when he saw Mordecai at the king's gate and observed that he neither rose nor showed fear in his presence, he was filled with rage against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home.
Calling together his friends and Zeresh, his wife, 11 Haman boasted to them about his vast wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials. 12 "And that's not all," Haman added. "I'm the only person Queen Esther invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave. And she has invited me along with the king tomorrow. 13 But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king's gate."
PSALM 1 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
PSALM 5 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
6 You destroy those who tell lies;
bloodthirsty and deceitful men
the LORD abhors.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
because of my enemies—
make straight your way before me.
9 Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
their heart is filled with destruction.
Their throat is an open grave;
with their tongue they speak deceit.
PSALM 10 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,
who are caught in the schemes he devises.
3 He boasts of the cravings of his heart;
he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
6 He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me;
I'll always be happy and never have trouble."
7 His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats;
trouble and evil are under his tongue.
11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten;
he covers his face and never sees."
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?
Why does he say to himself,
"He won't call me to account"?
PSALM 12 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
FOR THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC. ACCORDING TO SHEMINITH . A PSALM OF DAVID. [A]
1 Help, LORD, for the godly are no more;
the faithful have vanished from among men.
2 Everyone lies to his neighbor;
their flattering lips speak with deception.
3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips
and every boastful tongue
4 that says, "We will triumph with our tongues;
we own our lips [b] —who is our master?"
5 "Because of the oppression of the weak
and the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise," says the LORD.
"I will protect them from those who malign them."
6 And the words of the LORD are flawless,
like silver refined in a furnace of clay,
purified seven times.
7 O LORD, you will keep us safe
and protect us from such people forever.
8 The wicked freely strut about
when what is vile is honored among men.
PSALM 33 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
4 For the word of the LORD is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
9 For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.
PSALM 34 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
12 Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
13 keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking lies.
PSALM 52 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2 Your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor,
you who practice deceit.
3 You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
Selah
4 You love every harmful word,
O you deceitful tongue!
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah
PSALM 59 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
12 For the sins of their mouths,
for the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride.
For the curses and lies they utter,
13 consume them in wrath,
consume them till they are no more.
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
that God rules over Jacob.
Selah
PSALM 64 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
FOR THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC. A PSALM OF DAVID.
1 Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint;
protect my life from the threat of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,
from that noisy crowd of evildoers.
3 They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their words like deadly arrows.
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent man;
they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.
5 They encourage each other in evil plans,
they talk about hiding their snares;
they say, "Who will see them [a] ?"
6 They plot injustice and say,
"We have devised a perfect plan!"
Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.
7 But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly they will be struck down.
8 He will turn their own tongues against them
and bring them to ruin;
all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
9 All mankind will fear;
they will proclaim the works of God
and ponder what he has done.
10 Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD
and take refuge in him;
let all the upright in heart praise him!
PSALM 78 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 O my people, hear my teaching;
listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter hidden things, things from of old-
3 what we have heard and known,
what our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their children;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD,
his power, and the wonders he has done.
18 They willfully put God to the test
by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying,
"Can God spread a table in the desert?
20 When he struck the rock, water gushed out,
and streams flowed abundantly.
But can he also give us food?
Can he supply meat for his people?"
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,
lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
PSALM 94 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
3 How long will the wicked, O LORD,
how long will the wicked be jubilant?
4 They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers are full of boasting.
PSALM 120 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 I call on the LORD in my distress,
and he answers me.
2 Save me, O LORD, from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.
3 What will he do to you,
and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
4 He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,
with burning coals of the broom tree.
PSALM 140 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men;
protect me from men of violence,
2 who devise evil plans in their hearts
and stir up war every day.
3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's;
the poison of vipers is on their lips.
Selah
PSALM 141 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
3 Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
PROVERBS 6 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have struck hands in pledge for another,
2 if you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth,
3 then do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands:
Go and humble yourself;
press your plea with your neighbor!
12 A scoundrel and villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13 who winks with his eye,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,
14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart—
he always stirs up dissension.
15 Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;
he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
16 There are six things the LORD hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
PROVERBS 9 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
7 "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult;
whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
8 Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you;
rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
PROVERBS 10 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
10 He who winks maliciously causes grief,
and a chattering fool comes to ruin.
11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.
13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
14 Wise men store up knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
18 He who conceals his hatred has lying lips,
and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
19 When words are many, sin is not absent,
but he who holds his tongue is wise.
20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
21 The lips of the righteous nourish many,
but fools die for lack of judgment.
31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is fitting,
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
PROVERBS 11 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
9 With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.
12 A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor,
but a man of understanding holds his tongue.
13 A gossip betrays a confidence,
but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.
PROVERBS 12 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but the speech of the upright rescues them.
13 An evil man is trapped by his sinful talk,
but a righteous man escapes trouble.
14 From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things
as surely as the work of his hands rewards him.
17 A truthful witness gives honest testimony,
but a false witness tells lies.
18 Reckless words pierce like a sword,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
19 Truthful lips endure forever,
but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
22 The LORD detests lying lips,
but he delights in men who are truthful.
23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself,
but the heart of fools blurts out folly.
PROVERBS 13 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
2 From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things,
but the unfaithful have a craving for violence.
3 He who guards his lips guards his life,
but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.
17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.
PROVERBS 14 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
3 A fool's talk brings a rod to his back,
but the lips of the wise protect them.
5 A truthful witness does not deceive,
but a false witness pours out lies.
7 Stay away from a foolish man,
for you will not find knowledge on his lips.
23 All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
25 A truthful witness saves lives,
but a false witness is deceitful.
PROVERBS 15 (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
1 A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.
4 The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life,
but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
not so the hearts of fools.
28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers,
but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
Malachi 2:7
7 "For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek instruction—because he is the messenger of the LORD Almighty.
Matthew 6:5-8
5"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 12:33-37
33"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. 35The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. 37For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
Matthew 15:1-20
1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"
3Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4For God said, 'Honor your father and mother'[a] and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'[b] 5But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,' 6he is not to 'honor his father[c]' with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
8" 'These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
9They worship me in vain;
their teachings are but rules taught by men.'[d]"
10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand. 11What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' "
12Then the disciples came to him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?"
13He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. 14Leave them; they are blind guides.[e] If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."
15Peter said, "Explain the parable to us."
16"Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them. 17"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' "
Romans 1:28-32
28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
Romans 10:8-10
8But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,"[d] that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
1 Corinthians 6
9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Ephesians 4:17-32
17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
20You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. 21Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26"In your anger do not sin"[d]: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27and do not give the devil a foothold. 28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.
29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Colossians 3:5-11
5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.[b] 7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
1 Timothy 5:1-2
1Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, 2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
James 1:19-21,26
19My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. 21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.
James 3
1Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.
3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, 8but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. 10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. 11Can both fresh water and salt[a] water flow from the same spring? 12My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. 16For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
17But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. 18Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
8.8 in Chile and aftershocks
64 as I'm typing this.
Water receding in Long beach, one surge in Hilo.
Looks very, very bad.
Pray for the folks at risk.
Psalm 121
A song of ascents.
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;
8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
64 as I'm typing this.
Water receding in Long beach, one surge in Hilo.
Looks very, very bad.
Pray for the folks at risk.
Psalm 121
A song of ascents.
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;
8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Oy.
Bingo.
This is not going to end well. The branding continues.
What percentage will be amenable? What percentage are in it for power? What percentage will embrace identity politics? What percentage will join the personality cult? What percentage will go back to sleep after the elections? Will there be enough remaining to accomplish even a slowing of the decline and fall?
Look, Sarah can get up there and talk about small government, but she is supporting John-Cap-And-Trade-Amnesty-McCain(-Feingold). And lest you claim it's payback for being on his ticket in 2008, she's also supporting the truly awful Lindsey Graham.
Politics as usual.
She can wear her Israeli flag pin and talk about supporting Israel, but she endorsed the "two-state solution". Yeah, because turning Judea and Samaria over to the Arabs is a great idea, they've done so well ruling Gaza.
You know what? God's not down with that. And she's claiming His name.
You still wanna support her, go right ahead. But as for me, I shun this kinda crap.
This is not going to end well. The branding continues.
What percentage will be amenable? What percentage are in it for power? What percentage will embrace identity politics? What percentage will join the personality cult? What percentage will go back to sleep after the elections? Will there be enough remaining to accomplish even a slowing of the decline and fall?
Look, Sarah can get up there and talk about small government, but she is supporting John-Cap-And-Trade-Amnesty-McCain(-Feingold). And lest you claim it's payback for being on his ticket in 2008, she's also supporting the truly awful Lindsey Graham.
Politics as usual.
She can wear her Israeli flag pin and talk about supporting Israel, but she endorsed the "two-state solution". Yeah, because turning Judea and Samaria over to the Arabs is a great idea, they've done so well ruling Gaza.
You know what? God's not down with that. And she's claiming His name.
You still wanna support her, go right ahead. But as for me, I shun this kinda crap.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Prince Charles vs. Enlightenment
The thing about this article that disturbs me most is that he's out in the open about it. And how many of the commenters there agree with him.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7013764.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1515793
rea⋅son
/ˈrizən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ree-zuhn] Show IPA
–noun
1. a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
2. a statement presented in justification or explanation of a belief or action.
3. the mental powers concerned with forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences.
4. sound judgment; good sense.
5. normal or sound powers of mind; sanity.
6. Logic. a premise of an argument.
7. Philosophy.
a. the faculty or power of acquiring intellectual knowledge, either by direct understanding of first principles or by argument.
b. the power of intelligent and dispassionate thought, or of conduct influenced by such thought.
c. Kantianism. the faculty by which the ideas of pure reason are created.
–verb (used without object)
8. to think or argue in a logical manner.
9. to form conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises.
10. to urge reasons which should determine belief or action.
–verb (used with object)
11. to think through logically, as a problem (often fol. by out).
12. to conclude or infer.
13. to convince, persuade, etc., by reasoning.
14. to support with reasons.
You know what happens when you stop using reason? You behave irrationally, insanely, without good sense. You become illogical, unable to form conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises.
You can no longer support your beliefs or actions with facts, so you are left with emotion and blind faith.
And when you can't convince or persuade people by reason, you resort to manipulation---through guilt, shame, or intimidation. And when you can't push someone's buttons, you resort to use of force.
Dictators love this.
The opposite of enlightenment is bewilderment, confusion, ignorance.
The Enlightenment was about building, edifying, establishing order. Declaring war on it will bring destruction and chaos.
Wacky fun!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7013764.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1515793
The Prince of Wales has never been a man to suffer from a lack of enemies, from modern architecture to intensive farming. Yesterday, however, he declared war on a new — but also ancient — adversary: the Enlightenment.
Even by the Prince’s standards, his opposition to the system of beliefs that came to dominate thinking in the 18th century and has held sway ever since is an ambitious one, if a little tardy.
Long regarded as the foundation of contemporary political and intellectual culture, by way of influences ranging from the American Declaration of Independence to the scientific method as embraced from Isaac Newton on, the Enlightenment was based on the belief that all society’s ills could be vanquished by the application of reason.
Its seminal figures included the likes of Descartes, Leibniz, Locke, Voltaire and Rousseau. To Prince Charles, however, it is old hat. “I was accused once of being the enemy of the Enlightenment,” he told a conference at St James’s Palace. “I felt proud of that.”
...
“We cannot go on like this, just imagining that the principles of the Enlightenment still apply now. I don’t believe they do. But if you challenge people who hold the Enlightenment as the ultimate answer to everything, you do really upset them.”
rea⋅son
/ˈrizən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ree-zuhn] Show IPA
–noun
1. a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
2. a statement presented in justification or explanation of a belief or action.
3. the mental powers concerned with forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences.
4. sound judgment; good sense.
5. normal or sound powers of mind; sanity.
6. Logic. a premise of an argument.
7. Philosophy.
a. the faculty or power of acquiring intellectual knowledge, either by direct understanding of first principles or by argument.
b. the power of intelligent and dispassionate thought, or of conduct influenced by such thought.
c. Kantianism. the faculty by which the ideas of pure reason are created.
–verb (used without object)
8. to think or argue in a logical manner.
9. to form conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises.
10. to urge reasons which should determine belief or action.
–verb (used with object)
11. to think through logically, as a problem (often fol. by out).
12. to conclude or infer.
13. to convince, persuade, etc., by reasoning.
14. to support with reasons.
You know what happens when you stop using reason? You behave irrationally, insanely, without good sense. You become illogical, unable to form conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises.
You can no longer support your beliefs or actions with facts, so you are left with emotion and blind faith.
And when you can't convince or persuade people by reason, you resort to manipulation---through guilt, shame, or intimidation. And when you can't push someone's buttons, you resort to use of force.
Dictators love this.
The opposite of enlightenment is bewilderment, confusion, ignorance.
The Enlightenment was about building, edifying, establishing order. Declaring war on it will bring destruction and chaos.
Wacky fun!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
RIP Miep Gies.
Woman who hid Anne Frank dies at 100
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Anne Frank Helper Miep Gies Dies at 100
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Obituary - Miep Gies
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Isaiah 56:1-8
1 This is what the LORD says:
"Maintain justice
and do what is right,
for my salvation is close at hand
and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man who does this,
the man who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
and keeps his hand from doing any evil."
3 Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the LORD say,
"The LORD will surely exclude me from his people."
And let not any eunuch complain,
"I am only a dry tree."
4 For this is what the LORD says:
"To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose what pleases me
and hold fast to my covenant-
5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls
a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
that will not be cut off.
6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD
to serve him,
to love the name of the LORD,
and to worship him,
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
and who hold fast to my covenant-
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations."
8 The Sovereign LORD declares—
he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
"I will gather still others to them
besides those already gathered."
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On a related note:
'Operation Attic' aims to rescue Holocaust artifacts
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Meanwhile, Haiti's got problems.
Haiti quake witnesses speak of devastation
...
Keep in mind that's on the heels of the 6.5 off the Cali. coast:
Woman who hid Anne Frank dies at 100
...
Gies' Web site reported that she died Monday after a brief illness. The report was confirmed by museum spokeswoman Maatje Mostar, but she gave no details. The British Broadcasting Corp. said she died in a nursing home after suffering a fall last month....
Gies was the last of the few non-Jews who supplied food, books and good cheer to the secret annex behind the canal warehouse where Anne, her parents, sister and four other Jews hid for 25 months during World War II.
After the apartment was raided by the German police, Gies gathered up Anne's scattered notebooks and papers and locked them in a drawer for her return after the war. The diary, which Anne Frank was given on her 13th birthday, chronicles her life in hiding from June 12, 1942 until August 1, 1944.
Gies refused to read the papers, saying even a teenager's privacy was sacred. Later, she said if she had read them she would have had to burn them because they incriminated the "helpers."
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Anne Frank Helper Miep Gies Dies at 100
Miep Gies helped hide Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis for two years in a secret Amsterdam annex. She also saved Anne's diaries from destruction, allowing the world a glimpse into the day-to-day realities of Jews during World War II. On Monday evening, she died at the age of 100....She never wanted special recognition for her heroism. In her memoir, Miep Gies wrote "there is nothing special about me."
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Obituary - Miep Gies
She was born Hermine Santrouschitz on February 15 1909 into a German Roman Catholic family in Vienna, but was sent to the Netherlands when she was 11 to escape the food shortages in Austria. The family with which she lived in Leiden gave her the nickname Miep and later adopted her. By the outbreak of the Second World War she was working as an assistant to Otto Frank, the owner of a pectin manufacturing company in Amsterdam.
After the Nazi invasion of 1940, Frank prepared a secret annex behind a swinging bookcase in a room above the firm's offices at 263 Prinsengracht; and in July 1942 the family of four – Otto, his wife Edith and their daughters Margot and Anne – went into hiding, leaving a false trail indicating that they had fled to Switzerland. Soon afterwards they were joined by other Jews, the van Pels family and Miep Gies's family dentist, Fritz Pfeffer – eight people in all.
...
***
Isaiah 56:1-8
1 This is what the LORD says:
"Maintain justice
and do what is right,
for my salvation is close at hand
and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man who does this,
the man who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
and keeps his hand from doing any evil."
3 Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the LORD say,
"The LORD will surely exclude me from his people."
And let not any eunuch complain,
"I am only a dry tree."
4 For this is what the LORD says:
"To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose what pleases me
and hold fast to my covenant-
5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls
a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
that will not be cut off.
6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD
to serve him,
to love the name of the LORD,
and to worship him,
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
and who hold fast to my covenant-
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations."
8 The Sovereign LORD declares—
he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
"I will gather still others to them
besides those already gathered."
***
On a related note:
'Operation Attic' aims to rescue Holocaust artifacts
The Ghetto Fighters House last week initiated Operation Attic, a rescue of documents, including letters, diaries and testimonies, and photographs and other artifacts from the Holocaust period that are lying in attics, basements and closets in communities around the world.
The Ghetto Fighters House (its full name is the Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum and Study Center) was the first museum commeratingthe Holocaust and Jewish heroism, and was founded in 1949 by survivors who were members of Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot, between Acre and Nahariya.
Operation Attic is a response to the many instances of loss, destruction and disposal of artifacts from the Holocaust period that have historical value, Rami Hochman, director of the museum, said on Monday.
"Lately, we have been hearing about valuable materials that are located in Jewish homes in communities throughout Western and Eastern Europe, Canada and the USA," Hochman said. "One example of document rescue and restoration is the diary of Pola Elster, who was a fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising [in 1943]."
...
Meanwhile, Haiti's got problems.
Haiti quake witnesses speak of devastation
Eyewitnesses have spoken of scenes of devastation after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti, toppling buildings in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Reuters reporter Joseph Guyler Delva said when the quake hit the city "everything started shaking, people were screaming, houses started collapsing".
Mr Delva said he had seen dozens of casualties. "I saw people under the rubble, and people killed. People were screaming 'Jesus, Jesus' and running in all directions." He described the scene as one of total chaos.
Henry Bahn, an official for the US Agriculture Department visiting Haiti, said everybody there was "just totally freaked out and shaken", the Associated Press news agency reported.
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Keep in mind that's on the heels of the 6.5 off the Cali. coast:
The day after a powerful earthquake rocked the Northern California city of Eureka, residents woke today to a mess: toppled chimneys, downed traffic signals and shattered nerves as minor aftershocks continued to rattle windows.
About 30 people visited hospitals for minor injuries, but there were no reports of major injuries caused by the magnitude-6.5 temblor, which struck offshore at 4:27 p.m. about 33 miles southwest of the coastal city of 26,000.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Late Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year
Not typical, but then, neither am I. ;)
Lord, I want to feel your heart
And see the world through your eyes
I want to be your hands and feet
I want to live a life that leads
Ready yourselves, Ready yourselves
Let us shine the light of Jesus in the darkest night
Ready yourselves, Ready yourselves
May the powers of darkness tremble as our praises rise
Until the whole world hears, Lord, we are calling out
Lifting up Your name for all to hear the sound
Like voices in the wilderness we're crying out
And as the day draws near, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Lord, let your sleeping giant arise
Catch the demons by surprise
Holy nation sanctified
Let this be our battle cry
Ready yourselves, Ready yourselves
Let us shine the light of Jesus in the darkest night
Ready yourselves, Ready yourselves
May the powers of darkness tremble as our praises rise
Until the whole world hears, Lord, we are calling out
Lifting up Your name for all to hear the sound
Like voices in the wilderness we're crying out
And as the day draws near, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Whoa, whoa, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Whoa, whoa, we'll sing until the whole world hears
I want to be your hands and feet
I want to live a life that leads
To see you set the captives free
Until the whole world hears
And I pray the day will see
More of you and less of me
Lord I want my life to be the song you sing
Until the whole world hears, Lord, we are calling out
Lifting up Your name for all to hear the sound
Like voices in the wilderness we're crying out
And as the day draws near, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Whoa, whoa, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Whoa, whoa, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Whoa, whoa, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Whoa, whoa, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Who knows when or if I'll get back to blogging. Constantly losing internet and/or majorly busy in the off-line world.
Study your Bible, pray, love your neighbor but get a whip to them as need it.
Fear God and keep His commandments.
That is what you really need to know.
Lord, I want to feel your heart
And see the world through your eyes
I want to be your hands and feet
I want to live a life that leads
Ready yourselves, Ready yourselves
Let us shine the light of Jesus in the darkest night
Ready yourselves, Ready yourselves
May the powers of darkness tremble as our praises rise
Until the whole world hears, Lord, we are calling out
Lifting up Your name for all to hear the sound
Like voices in the wilderness we're crying out
And as the day draws near, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Lord, let your sleeping giant arise
Catch the demons by surprise
Holy nation sanctified
Let this be our battle cry
Ready yourselves, Ready yourselves
Let us shine the light of Jesus in the darkest night
Ready yourselves, Ready yourselves
May the powers of darkness tremble as our praises rise
Until the whole world hears, Lord, we are calling out
Lifting up Your name for all to hear the sound
Like voices in the wilderness we're crying out
And as the day draws near, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Whoa, whoa, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Whoa, whoa, we'll sing until the whole world hears
I want to be your hands and feet
I want to live a life that leads
To see you set the captives free
Until the whole world hears
And I pray the day will see
More of you and less of me
Lord I want my life to be the song you sing
Until the whole world hears, Lord, we are calling out
Lifting up Your name for all to hear the sound
Like voices in the wilderness we're crying out
And as the day draws near, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Whoa, whoa, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Whoa, whoa, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Whoa, whoa, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Whoa, whoa, we'll sing until the whole world hears
Who knows when or if I'll get back to blogging. Constantly losing internet and/or majorly busy in the off-line world.
Study your Bible, pray, love your neighbor but get a whip to them as need it.
Fear God and keep His commandments.
That is what you really need to know.
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Long thyme no type.
It just seems kinda pointless right now. I mean, you know the world's going to hell in a handbasket by now, don't you? I mean, really.
Given the trouble we've had with internet lately, and given that there's a hurricane bearing down on us that may knock out the satellite again, I'ma go ahead with the Thanksgiving post.
"But unless you repent, you too will all perish."--Some guy.
Matthew 13:24-43
24 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
27 "The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?'
28 " 'An enemy did this,' he replied.
"The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'
29 " 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "
31 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."
33 He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."
34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. 35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:
"I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world."
36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
37 He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
40 "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Revelation 14:14-20
14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one "like a son of man" with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe." 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe." 19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath. 20 They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
(They're using different words in this vid, but I do so love the sound of a pipe organ.)
1. Come, ye thankful people, come,
raise the song of harvest home;
all is safely gathered in,
ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide
for our wants to be supplied;
come to God's own temple, come,
raise the song of harvest home.
2. All the world is God's own field,
fruit as praise to God we yield;
wheat and tares together sown
are to joy or sorrow grown;
first the blade and then the ear,
then the full corn shall appear;
Lord of harvest, grant that we
wholesome grain and pure may be.
3. For the Lord our God shall come,
and shall take the harvest home;
from the field shall in that day
all offenses purge away,
giving angels charge at last
in the fire the tares to cast;
but the fruitful ears to store
in the garner evermore.
4. Even so, Lord, quickly come,
bring thy final harvest home;
gather thou thy people in,
free from sorrow, free from sin,
there, forever purified,
in thy presence to abide;
come, with all thine angels, come,
raise the glorious harvest home.
2 Chronicles 7
The Dedication of the Temple
1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. 2 The priests could not enter the temple of the LORD because the glory of the LORD filled it. 3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying,
"He is good;
his love endures forever."
4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. 5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God. 6 The priests took their positions, as did the Levites with the LORD's musical instruments, which King David had made for praising the LORD and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, "His love endures forever." Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
7 Solomon consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat portions.
8 So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. 9 On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days more. 10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the LORD had done for David and Solomon and for his people Israel.
The LORD Appears to Solomon
11 When Solomon had finished the temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the LORD and in his own palace, 12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said:
"I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.
13 "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. 16 I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
17 "As for you, if you walk before me as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws, 18 I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father when I said, 'You shall never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.'
19 "But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. 21 And though this temple is now so imposing, all who pass by will be appalled and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?' 22 People will answer, 'Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why he brought all this disaster on them.' "
Given the trouble we've had with internet lately, and given that there's a hurricane bearing down on us that may knock out the satellite again, I'ma go ahead with the Thanksgiving post.
"But unless you repent, you too will all perish."--Some guy.
Matthew 13:24-43
24 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
27 "The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?'
28 " 'An enemy did this,' he replied.
"The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'
29 " 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "
31 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."
33 He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."
34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. 35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:
"I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world."
36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
37 He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
40 "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Revelation 14:14-20
14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one "like a son of man" with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe." 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe." 19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath. 20 They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
(They're using different words in this vid, but I do so love the sound of a pipe organ.)
1. Come, ye thankful people, come,
raise the song of harvest home;
all is safely gathered in,
ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide
for our wants to be supplied;
come to God's own temple, come,
raise the song of harvest home.
2. All the world is God's own field,
fruit as praise to God we yield;
wheat and tares together sown
are to joy or sorrow grown;
first the blade and then the ear,
then the full corn shall appear;
Lord of harvest, grant that we
wholesome grain and pure may be.
3. For the Lord our God shall come,
and shall take the harvest home;
from the field shall in that day
all offenses purge away,
giving angels charge at last
in the fire the tares to cast;
but the fruitful ears to store
in the garner evermore.
4. Even so, Lord, quickly come,
bring thy final harvest home;
gather thou thy people in,
free from sorrow, free from sin,
there, forever purified,
in thy presence to abide;
come, with all thine angels, come,
raise the glorious harvest home.
2 Chronicles 7
The Dedication of the Temple
1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. 2 The priests could not enter the temple of the LORD because the glory of the LORD filled it. 3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying,
"He is good;
his love endures forever."
4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. 5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God. 6 The priests took their positions, as did the Levites with the LORD's musical instruments, which King David had made for praising the LORD and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, "His love endures forever." Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
7 Solomon consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat portions.
8 So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. 9 On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days more. 10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the LORD had done for David and Solomon and for his people Israel.
The LORD Appears to Solomon
11 When Solomon had finished the temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the LORD and in his own palace, 12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said:
"I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.
13 "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. 16 I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
17 "As for you, if you walk before me as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws, 18 I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father when I said, 'You shall never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.'
19 "But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. 21 And though this temple is now so imposing, all who pass by will be appalled and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?' 22 People will answer, 'Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why he brought all this disaster on them.' "
Friday, September 25, 2009
king of the world! Or so he thinks.
Hope he's wrong, but he might be right.
Bin Laden reportedly calls Obama 'powerless'
dead man talking!
Obama’s UN Gambit: King of the Universe and the Polls
Obama names IMF official to U.S. Treasury post
Obama Will Play A Major Role at UN General Assembly
Lehman collapse: Barack Obama unveils biggest regulatory overhaul 'since the Depression'
EXCLUSIVE: W.H. collects Web users' data without notice
Is this news? Really?
Obama Seeks National Oversight of Waters
Just great.
U.S. to push for new economic world order at G20
doo bee doo bee doo...
The Bigger Scandal: Catholic Church Funding of ACORN
Aaaaarrrggghhh!
The White House - Press Office - Remarks by the President to the United Nations General Assembly
I myself haven't been able to stay awake long enough to read it.
Obama's UN General Assembly Speech Epic in Its Own Awfulness
American Thinker Blog: Andersen Book Blows Ayers' Cover on 'Dreams'
HA ha! Not that anyone cares, but it's funny it came out by accident.
Obama to Usher In New World Order at G-20
Lah di dah di dah...
UN and G20 meetings: One week and the world
UN wants new global currency to replace dollar
The dollar should be replaced with a global currency, the United Nations has said, proposing the biggest overhaul of the world's monetary system since the Second World War.
Dollar Gets Roughed Up In Unusually Heated World Economic Forum Panel
Enthusiasm Builds for Financial Tax Idea
No longer just a hopeless cause for anti-capitalist activists, the idea of a global tax on financial transactions is gaining ground in Europe.
Sarkozy may quit G20 if limitation on bankers bonuses failed
Looks like he got his way.
IMF: G20 Leaders To Agree To Keep Economic Stimulus
Libyan takes helm of UN General Assembly
China wants support on IMF voting at G20
China wants the G20 summit next week to throw its support behind an increased role for Beijing and other developing countries in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Clinton Sees Need For 'Global Architecture Of Cooperation'
G-20 opponents, police clash on Pittsburgh streets
But the tea parties are mobs. Ugh.
New world order after Pittsburgh?
doodoo doo doodoo (mnah-mnah!)...
Upbeat G20 takes new lead role on global economy
Bin Laden reportedly calls Obama 'powerless'
dead man talking!
Obama’s UN Gambit: King of the Universe and the Polls
Obama names IMF official to U.S. Treasury post
Obama Will Play A Major Role at UN General Assembly
Lehman collapse: Barack Obama unveils biggest regulatory overhaul 'since the Depression'
EXCLUSIVE: W.H. collects Web users' data without notice
Is this news? Really?
Obama Seeks National Oversight of Waters
Just great.
U.S. to push for new economic world order at G20
doo bee doo bee doo...
The Bigger Scandal: Catholic Church Funding of ACORN
Aaaaarrrggghhh!
The White House - Press Office - Remarks by the President to the United Nations General Assembly
I myself haven't been able to stay awake long enough to read it.
Obama's UN General Assembly Speech Epic in Its Own Awfulness
American Thinker Blog: Andersen Book Blows Ayers' Cover on 'Dreams'
HA ha! Not that anyone cares, but it's funny it came out by accident.
Obama to Usher In New World Order at G-20
Lah di dah di dah...
UN and G20 meetings: One week and the world
UN wants new global currency to replace dollar
The dollar should be replaced with a global currency, the United Nations has said, proposing the biggest overhaul of the world's monetary system since the Second World War.
Dollar Gets Roughed Up In Unusually Heated World Economic Forum Panel
Enthusiasm Builds for Financial Tax Idea
No longer just a hopeless cause for anti-capitalist activists, the idea of a global tax on financial transactions is gaining ground in Europe.
Sarkozy may quit G20 if limitation on bankers bonuses failed
Looks like he got his way.
IMF: G20 Leaders To Agree To Keep Economic Stimulus
Libyan takes helm of UN General Assembly
China wants support on IMF voting at G20
China wants the G20 summit next week to throw its support behind an increased role for Beijing and other developing countries in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Clinton Sees Need For 'Global Architecture Of Cooperation'
G-20 opponents, police clash on Pittsburgh streets
But the tea parties are mobs. Ugh.
New world order after Pittsburgh?
doodoo doo doodoo (mnah-mnah!)...
Upbeat G20 takes new lead role on global economy
So here's what I got so far.
Yeah, still way behind. At the rate things are happening these days I may never catch up.
Anyway.
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Zimbabwe's Diamond Production Draws Scrutiny
A diamond-trade watchdog ratcheted up scrutiny of alleged human-rights violations by the Zimbabwean army and police tied to diamond production.
Nigeria rebels 'to end ceasefire'
Kenya: Highway Robbers Steal Arms from UN Convoy
Libya to buy Canadian oil producer Verenex
Special Report : Mugabe's new land grab
Government report recommends 'acquiring' white-owned land and prosecution of resistant farmers
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China issues all clear in syringe attack tests
Blood tests taken from alleged victims of mysterious syringe attacks which sparked panic in the restive Chinese province of Xinjiang have not revealed the presence of any toxic substances, local health officials have confirmed.
Armenia to Deepen Ties with China, Says Nalbandian
Armenia is seeking a “comprehensive development” of its friendly relationship with China in all possible fields, Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian said Monday in an interview with the state run Xinhua news service.
See also:
Is the Red Dragon snarling again?
China wants support on IMF voting at G20
BEIJING (Reuters) - China wants the G20 summit next week to throw its support behind an increased role for Beijing and other developing countries in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
South China Sea piracy hits five-year high: agency
United Korea economy could pass Japan: Goldman Sachs
hmm.
Gorgon natural gas project will loom large off Australia
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Turkey denies fine for media group is political
Patriot Missiles Offered to Turkey in $7.8 Billion Arms Deal
Georgia worried about Turkey, Armenia talks, says expert
Azerbaijan: Baku Refuses to Elect a Mayor
Russia: Officials say 7 die in Caucasus violence
Russia to detain Georgian ships off Abkhazia
Russia, Georgia to seek deal on non-use of force
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Turkmenistan Grabs Energy Spotlight As Caspian Leaders Gather
Russia seeks base in Tajikistan
Sources within the Tajik Foreign Ministry said the sides discussed the lease of a Russian military base near Tajik-Afghan border and the legal status of Russian military personnel in Tajikistan
Bin Laden's Strategy Shift
Uzbekistan Baptist Union Leaders Face Up to 3 years in Jail
Lawmaker: Kazakhstan could have president-for-life
Turkmenistan, Russia's Itera sign energy deal
Four-way street in Kazakhstan
The presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan ended their meeting in Kazakhstan's resort city of Kenderly last weekend with its purpose and consequences as clear as distant figures in an early autumn mist.
Two elements did emerge more clearly than others - Turkmenistan's determination to diversify its energy export routes and to make future price talks with Russia tough going, and Iran's displeasure at not being invited to the party.
Pakistan Army Said to Be Linked to Swat Killings
Two months after the Pakistani Army gained control of the Swat Valley, bodies have been dumped on the streets in what rights advocates and residents say is the work of the military.
Israel warns India of more 26/11s
New evidence of widespread fraud in Afghanistan election uncovered
Pakistan raids security firm hired by US: police
Uh-oh.
Turkmenistan to open China, Iran gas pipelines
Rare glimpse inside hidden Turkmenistan
How U.S. Removed Half a Ton of Uranium From Kazakhstan
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60 injured, 130 held during extremist violence in Germany
Arrests following Hamburg clashes
Left-wing demonstrators clash with police following a street festival in the German city of Hamburg.
German ships blaze Arctic trail
Greek opposition backs oil pipeline
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Iran insists on nuclear 'right'
Iran's president says he is ready to hold talks with world powers, but that Tehran's nuclear programme is non-negotiable.
Sneh: We may have to attack Iran by end of 2009
Former MK Sneh says Israel will be compelled to strike nuke sites if West doesn't sanction Teheran.
Thousands march in Iran opposition protests
Major Protests Erupt in Iran
Brezinski Calls for Obama to Shoot Down Israeli Jets; "A Liberty in Reverse"
Screw you, Zbigniew.
What bothers me is that it wouldn't surprise me if we did just that.
Kremlin says Israel promised not to strike Iran
Iran Agrees to Talks With Six Powers, Warns Against Attack on Its Nuclear Sites
Iran warns India on gas pipeline
Gulfnews: Iran hopes for a new world order
Once upon a time I laughed at people who got freaked out and rambled nonsense over the NWO. You know what, though? I ain't laughing anymore. You can't get away from it. Gaah.
Iran says 'new framework of cooperation' agreed with IAEA
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PM heads to Egypt to discuss regional peace initiative
Al-Qaeda Continues Attacking Israel From Lebanon
Obama Is Pushing Israel Toward War
Bret Stephens writes in The Wall Street Journal that the longer the U.S. delays playing hardball with Iran, the sooner Israel is likely to strike. But an Israeli strike could mean higher gas prices and a Middle East war.
Lack of Progress in Mideast Defies Obama’s Hopes
How dare you defy the Bringer of Hope!
Rabid animals due to Lebanese and Syrian neglect | Israel
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Graves desecrated in Argentina, Russian skinhead lights shul
Russia to Finance $2.2 Billion for Venezuelan Arms
Honduras envoy says "ordered out" of U.N. rights body
Mexico orders Bolivian jailed in plane hijacking
A court has ordered a Bolivian preacher kept in jail during the investigation into sabotage and kidnapping charges in the hijacking of a jetliner from the resort city of Cancun.
U.S. fears Venezuela could trigger regional arms race
Brazil proposes banning sugarcane in Amazon
I've seen a lot of empty space on the sugar aisle, lately.
Vale Pressured by Lula to Invest as Brazil Recovers
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Assad to visit Turkey for talks on peace process
EGYPT: Thousands of Christians gather to pray for equality in a Muslim land
Lehman collapse: Dubai and Gulf give a glimpse of a new world order
There it is again!
Turkey-Syria leaders hold Middle East peace talks
SKorean destroyer rescues 3 ships from pirates
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Saudis lose out to Russia in oil cuts
New Opel to invest 170 million euro in Russia: Magna
Obama Missile Plan Wins Russia Praise, No Iran Shift
ya think?
Russia's Putin praises Obama's missile defense decision
Mark Steyn: Obama helping Putin restitch Iron Curtain
NATO chief calls for closer ties with Russia: report
Putin risks becoming new Brezhnev: Medvedev aide
I would be very surprised if this aide is still around. Accidents happen, comrade!
Arctic Sea investigation 'over'
Say. That's odd.
Russia starts talks to buy French warship: minister
Putin to meet global majors on Yamal gas projects
Russia Sberbank expects strong rise in 2010 profit
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Pittsburgh, Secret Service sued over G-20 permits
New Government Policy Imposes Strict Standards on Garage Sales Nationwide
Barry, keep your stinking hands OFF my yardsales!!!!!
Americans who slap $1 pricetags on their used possessions at garage sales or bazaar events risk being slapped with fines of up to $15 million, thanks to a new government campaign.
DHS to review report on vulnerability in West Coast power grid
Spate of terrorism arrests not connected, analysts say
Oh really? 'Cause they all seem to have the same religion. Coincidence, I'm sure.
Local DHS worker headed to federal prison - Atlanta
A former U.S. Department of Homeland Security worker from McDonough, Ga., was sentenced Monday to federal prison for three years and four months on a dozen counts related to a fraud and bribery scheme and a conspiracy to bring illegal aliens to the United States.
Hasmukh Patel was convicted in April.
Robert Knight : What I Saw at the (Muslim Prayer) Revolution
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Coins with Joseph's name found in Egypt
'Chip on the shoulder' medication reminder
Eeps.
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At Least 31 Die in Flash Floods Around Istanbul
Scoop: Around 88,000 People Displaced By African Floods
An estimated 48,000 people uprooted by severe flooding in Burkina Faso are sheltering in temporary accommodation such as schools, churches and public buildings while another 40,000 are living with host families, the United Nations reported today.
Mexico Now Enduring Worst Drought in Years
Dust Turns Sydney Sky Red
Dust storms hit Sydney
Creepy freaky pics!
Coyotes shot after attacks on visitors in Los Angeles
Earth approaching sunspot records
Not good.
Anyway.
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Zimbabwe's Diamond Production Draws Scrutiny
A diamond-trade watchdog ratcheted up scrutiny of alleged human-rights violations by the Zimbabwean army and police tied to diamond production.
Nigeria rebels 'to end ceasefire'
Kenya: Highway Robbers Steal Arms from UN Convoy
Libya to buy Canadian oil producer Verenex
Special Report : Mugabe's new land grab
Government report recommends 'acquiring' white-owned land and prosecution of resistant farmers
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China issues all clear in syringe attack tests
Blood tests taken from alleged victims of mysterious syringe attacks which sparked panic in the restive Chinese province of Xinjiang have not revealed the presence of any toxic substances, local health officials have confirmed.
Armenia to Deepen Ties with China, Says Nalbandian
Armenia is seeking a “comprehensive development” of its friendly relationship with China in all possible fields, Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian said Monday in an interview with the state run Xinhua news service.
See also:
- China, Moldova eye closer military ties
- China, New Zealand vow to further military cooperation
- Defense chiefs of China, Tanzania pledge closer military ties
Is the Red Dragon snarling again?
China wants support on IMF voting at G20
BEIJING (Reuters) - China wants the G20 summit next week to throw its support behind an increased role for Beijing and other developing countries in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
South China Sea piracy hits five-year high: agency
United Korea economy could pass Japan: Goldman Sachs
hmm.
Gorgon natural gas project will loom large off Australia
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Turkey denies fine for media group is political
Patriot Missiles Offered to Turkey in $7.8 Billion Arms Deal
Georgia worried about Turkey, Armenia talks, says expert
Azerbaijan: Baku Refuses to Elect a Mayor
Russia: Officials say 7 die in Caucasus violence
Russia to detain Georgian ships off Abkhazia
Russia, Georgia to seek deal on non-use of force
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Turkmenistan Grabs Energy Spotlight As Caspian Leaders Gather
Russia seeks base in Tajikistan
Sources within the Tajik Foreign Ministry said the sides discussed the lease of a Russian military base near Tajik-Afghan border and the legal status of Russian military personnel in Tajikistan
Bin Laden's Strategy Shift
Uzbekistan Baptist Union Leaders Face Up to 3 years in Jail
Lawmaker: Kazakhstan could have president-for-life
Turkmenistan, Russia's Itera sign energy deal
Four-way street in Kazakhstan
The presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan ended their meeting in Kazakhstan's resort city of Kenderly last weekend with its purpose and consequences as clear as distant figures in an early autumn mist.
Two elements did emerge more clearly than others - Turkmenistan's determination to diversify its energy export routes and to make future price talks with Russia tough going, and Iran's displeasure at not being invited to the party.
Pakistan Army Said to Be Linked to Swat Killings
Two months after the Pakistani Army gained control of the Swat Valley, bodies have been dumped on the streets in what rights advocates and residents say is the work of the military.
Israel warns India of more 26/11s
New evidence of widespread fraud in Afghanistan election uncovered
Pakistan raids security firm hired by US: police
Uh-oh.
Turkmenistan to open China, Iran gas pipelines
Rare glimpse inside hidden Turkmenistan
How U.S. Removed Half a Ton of Uranium From Kazakhstan
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60 injured, 130 held during extremist violence in Germany
Arrests following Hamburg clashes
Left-wing demonstrators clash with police following a street festival in the German city of Hamburg.
German ships blaze Arctic trail
Greek opposition backs oil pipeline
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Iran insists on nuclear 'right'
Iran's president says he is ready to hold talks with world powers, but that Tehran's nuclear programme is non-negotiable.
Sneh: We may have to attack Iran by end of 2009
Former MK Sneh says Israel will be compelled to strike nuke sites if West doesn't sanction Teheran.
Thousands march in Iran opposition protests
Hard-liners attacked senior pro-reform leaders in the streets as tens of thousands marched in competing mass demonstrations by the opposition and government supporters. Opposition protesters, chanting "death to the dictator," hurled stones and bricks in clashes with security forces firing tear gas.
The opposition held its first major street protests since mid-July, bringing out thousands in demonstrations in several parts of the capital. In some cases only several blocks away, tens of thousands marched in government-sponsored rallies marking an annual anti-Israel commemoration.
The commemoration, known as Quds Day, is a major political occasion for the government — a day for it to show its anti-Israeli credentials and its support for the Palestinians. Quds is the Arabic word for Jerusalem. During a speech for the rallies, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad railed against Israel and the West, questioning whether the Holocaust occurred and calling it a pretext for occupying Arab land.
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Opposition supporters poured onto main boulevards and squares, wearing green T-shirts and wristbands and waving green banners and balloons — the color of the reform movement. They waved their fingers in the air in V-for-victory signs along with pictures of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, chanting "death to the dictator."
Others chanted, "Not Gaza, not Lebanon — our life is for Iran" — a slogan directly challenging the government's support for anti-Israeli Palestinian militants in Gaza and Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla. Some shouted for Ahmadinejad's government to resign. Some women marched with their children in tow.
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The opposition claims that Ahmadinejad won the June election by fraud and that Mousavi is the rightful victor. Hundreds of thousands marched in support of Mousavi in the weeks after the vote, until police, Basij and the elite Revolutionary Guard crushed the protests, arresting hundreds. The opposition says 72 people were killed in the crackdown, thought the government puts the number at 36. The last significant protest was on July 17.
In sheer numbers, the opposition turnout was far smaller than the mass pro-government Quds Day marches — not surprising given the state's freedom to organize the gathering.
Major Protests Erupt in Iran
Brezinski Calls for Obama to Shoot Down Israeli Jets; "A Liberty in Reverse"
Screw you, Zbigniew.
What bothers me is that it wouldn't surprise me if we did just that.
Kremlin says Israel promised not to strike Iran
Iran Agrees to Talks With Six Powers, Warns Against Attack on Its Nuclear Sites
Iran warns India on gas pipeline
Gulfnews: Iran hopes for a new world order
Once upon a time I laughed at people who got freaked out and rambled nonsense over the NWO. You know what, though? I ain't laughing anymore. You can't get away from it. Gaah.
Iran says 'new framework of cooperation' agreed with IAEA
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PM heads to Egypt to discuss regional peace initiative
Al-Qaeda Continues Attacking Israel From Lebanon
Obama Is Pushing Israel Toward War
Bret Stephens writes in The Wall Street Journal that the longer the U.S. delays playing hardball with Iran, the sooner Israel is likely to strike. But an Israeli strike could mean higher gas prices and a Middle East war.
Lack of Progress in Mideast Defies Obama’s Hopes
How dare you defy the Bringer of Hope!
Rabid animals due to Lebanese and Syrian neglect | Israel
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Graves desecrated in Argentina, Russian skinhead lights shul
Russia to Finance $2.2 Billion for Venezuelan Arms
Honduras envoy says "ordered out" of U.N. rights body
Mexico orders Bolivian jailed in plane hijacking
A court has ordered a Bolivian preacher kept in jail during the investigation into sabotage and kidnapping charges in the hijacking of a jetliner from the resort city of Cancun.
The Attorney General's Office says a federal court issued the order Monday for Jose Flores.
Flores has said he does not regret threatening to detonate a fake bomb aboard an Aeromexico plane last week. He says he was acting on a divine revelation and wanted to warn Mexican President Felipe Calderon an earthquake could occur in 2012.
U.S. fears Venezuela could trigger regional arms race
Brazil proposes banning sugarcane in Amazon
I've seen a lot of empty space on the sugar aisle, lately.
Vale Pressured by Lula to Invest as Brazil Recovers
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Assad to visit Turkey for talks on peace process
EGYPT: Thousands of Christians gather to pray for equality in a Muslim land
Lehman collapse: Dubai and Gulf give a glimpse of a new world order
There it is again!
Turkey-Syria leaders hold Middle East peace talks
SKorean destroyer rescues 3 ships from pirates
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Saudis lose out to Russia in oil cuts
New Opel to invest 170 million euro in Russia: Magna
Obama Missile Plan Wins Russia Praise, No Iran Shift
ya think?
Russia's Putin praises Obama's missile defense decision
Mark Steyn: Obama helping Putin restitch Iron Curtain
NATO chief calls for closer ties with Russia: report
Putin risks becoming new Brezhnev: Medvedev aide
I would be very surprised if this aide is still around. Accidents happen, comrade!
Arctic Sea investigation 'over'
Say. That's odd.
Russia starts talks to buy French warship: minister
Putin to meet global majors on Yamal gas projects
Russia Sberbank expects strong rise in 2010 profit
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Pittsburgh, Secret Service sued over G-20 permits
New Government Policy Imposes Strict Standards on Garage Sales Nationwide
Barry, keep your stinking hands OFF my yardsales!!!!!
Americans who slap $1 pricetags on their used possessions at garage sales or bazaar events risk being slapped with fines of up to $15 million, thanks to a new government campaign.
DHS to review report on vulnerability in West Coast power grid
Spate of terrorism arrests not connected, analysts say
Oh really? 'Cause they all seem to have the same religion. Coincidence, I'm sure.
Local DHS worker headed to federal prison - Atlanta
A former U.S. Department of Homeland Security worker from McDonough, Ga., was sentenced Monday to federal prison for three years and four months on a dozen counts related to a fraud and bribery scheme and a conspiracy to bring illegal aliens to the United States.
Hasmukh Patel was convicted in April.
Robert Knight : What I Saw at the (Muslim Prayer) Revolution
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Coins with Joseph's name found in Egypt
'Chip on the shoulder' medication reminder
Eeps.
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At Least 31 Die in Flash Floods Around Istanbul
Scoop: Around 88,000 People Displaced By African Floods
An estimated 48,000 people uprooted by severe flooding in Burkina Faso are sheltering in temporary accommodation such as schools, churches and public buildings while another 40,000 are living with host families, the United Nations reported today.
Mexico Now Enduring Worst Drought in Years
Dust Turns Sydney Sky Red
Dust storms hit Sydney
Creepy freaky pics!
Coyotes shot after attacks on visitors in Los Angeles
Earth approaching sunspot records
Not good.
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