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Thursday, March 20, 2014
The world is overdue for some JUSTICE.
I don't have any proof this is real but you need to know what is being said, and some history of the bankster cabal and their control of the issue of currencies.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Sunday Prayers for Patriots - 2nd Sunday in Lent
Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's
The Church's Year
SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
(REMINISCERE)
The Introit of this day's Mass, which begins with the word Reminiscere, from which this Sunday derives its name, is the prayer of a soul begging God's assistance, that she may sin no more:
INTROIT Remember, O Lord, Thy compassions and Thy mercies, which are from the beginning, lest at any time our enemies rule over us: deliver us O God of Israel, from all our tribulations. To Thee O Lord, have I lifted up my soul: in Thee, O my God, I put my trust; let me not be ashamed. (Ps. XXIV.) Glory be to the Father, etc.
COLLECT O God, who seest us to be destitute of strength, keep us both inwardly and outwardly; that we may be defended in the body from all adversities, and cleansed in our mind from all evil thoughts. Through our Lord, etc.
EPISTLE (I Thess. IV. 1-7.) Brethren, we pray and beseech you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received of us, how you ought to walk, and to please God, so also you would walk, that you may abound the more. For you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you should abstain from fornication; that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor; not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles that know not God: and that no man over-reach nor circumvent his brother in business; because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before, and have testified. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification; in Christ Jesus our Lord.
EXPLANATION From these words we see, that the great Teacher of Nations as carefully showed the Christian congregations the sanctity of their calling, as he labored to lead them from the blindness and abominations of heathenism.
ASPIRATION Grant, O God, that I may live an honest, chaste and holy life in accordance with my vocation, and go not after earthly and carnal pleasures, as the heathens who know Thee not.

Why was Christ transfigured in the presence of His apostles on Mount Thabor?
To permit them to see the glorious majesty of His divinity; to guard them from doubts when they should afterwards see Him die on Mount Calvary; to encourage the disciples and all the faithful to be patient in all crosses and afflictions, for the bodies of the just at the resurrection will be made like the glorified body of Christ. (Phil. III. 21.)
Why did Moses and Elias appear there?
That they might testify, that Jesus was really the Saviour announced by the law and the prophets, and that the law and the prophets received fulfillment in Him. The former was represented by Moses, the latter by Elias.
Why, did Peter wish to build three tabernacles there?
The delightful sweetness of the apparition in which Jesus made him participator so enraptured him, that he knew not what he said, not considering that glory can be attained only through sufferings, the crown through fight, joy through crosses and afflictions.
ASPIRATION Draw us, O Jesus, to Thee, that by the contemplation of the sacred joys awaiting us, we, by Thy grace, may not be defeated in the spiritual contest, but conquer through Thy grace and carry off the unfading crown of victory.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
The Missing 13th Amendment to the US Constitution and the Article V Con-Con.
You can't make this stuff up.
http://www.uhuh.com/constitution/am13-pen.htm
Larry Beecraft on the 13th Amendment
LAWYERS CHANGED US CONSTITUTION SO THEY COULD HOLD OFFICE
http://www.uhuh.com/constitution/becraft13.htm
What others are saying:
http://www.uhuh.com/constitution/am13talk.htm
http://www.uhuh.com/constitution/am13-fgd.htm
The pictures of the original document preserved by the State of Maryland have somehow disappeared since these web pages above were published.
The subject of throwing the whole Constitutional document open for amendment with an Article V convention is up for consideration here. If the same kind of people who did this with the 13th Amendment are allowed to control such an Article V convention (and you know they will be) what will the result be?
Instead would it not be a better idea to use the Constitutional amendment process to treat one or two issues at a time? Would it not be far safer to come up with an amendment to directly repeal the 16th Amendment, and how about the 17th Amendment that turned over the election of United States Senators to popular vote thereby destroying the representation that the States had in the Senate? Would it not be right to repeal that one also, even though it's been proven with over 15,000 certified documents that neither of these were properly ratified? (Research the book by Red Beckman and Bill Benson called "The Law That Never Was".)
Then there is the matter of the stranglehold that the Federal Reserve has on our money supply. The Federal Reserve Act should be repealed and a Constitutional Amendment put in place to prevent anyone EVER outside the original Constitutional mandate (the Congress) from controlling the issuing of our currency! The Congress alone should be held responsible for ALL the money they create and spend.
Why is it necessary to open up the whole document to these lawyers? I for one don't want to give any of them a single shot at undoing the original ideas of the founders, especially the whole idea that the people themselves are sovereign, and that the States are also sovereign, and have their own jurisdiction as outlined by Antonin Scalia in the Mack/Printz decision. There is massive confusion about what the 14th Amendment actually did. Read this for an overview:
http://www.paulstramer.net/2010/03/red-amendment-how-your-freedom-was.html
The whole argument about an Article V convention has caused deep division. This is totally unnecessary since the danger can be easily solved by treating these amendments separately, thereby preserving the momentum for reform of many bad decisions by the Supreme Court over the years, while preserving the the ideas contained in the body of the Constitution and especially in the first 10 Amendments or Bill of Rights. The main idea to be preserved is that Rights come from God not man. The Constitution didn't give us any rights. It just prevented Government from interfering with rights we already had from our Creator. These are embodied in the Constitution itself and especially the Bill of Rights up to and including Amendment 10 which essentially says "if we forgot anything you can't do that either" to the government.
THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE CONSTITUTION. The problem is in the judiciary and their officers of the court (bar association lawyers) who are all titled with titles of nobility (Esquire etc.) where in fact the founders considered that each and every one of us are the sovereign lords of our own lives and bodies and properties. The supreme law for the United States is the Constitution. WE DON'T HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS! We have God given natural rights. Only government employees have so called "constitutional rights". The US Constitution was written to delegate a very few and specific rights from our God Given Rights to some servants for very specific purposes, and nothing more. WE ORDAINED AND ESTABLISHED that document TO GOVERN THE GOVERNMENT and nothing else! We, in this case are the LAWGIVER. Can a lawgiver be subject to his own law without his consent? Was the King subject to his own law without his consent? Is God Almighty subject to His own laws? Not unless he volunteers to be so subject by His own promise!
Who is the lawgiver in the case of the US Constitution? Can those public servants now claim they are sovereign over the lawgivers, We The People? Only by the twisted legaleze of the lawyers and judges who have perverted the Constitution. Read the Mack/Printz decision to find the true jurisdiction of the States and the People. http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/95-1478.ZO.html Pay special attention to the parts about equal but separate jurisdiction of the states vs the US federal government. The fact put forth by the court is that the federal government can NOT tell the States what to do!
Here is an example of judicial tyranny. This should serve to show you the real problem:
http://www.sheriffmack.com/index.php/a-recipe-for-tyranny
We have a whole country full of servants who have sworn to uphold the Supreme Law and who break their oath at every turn, every day, with complete impunity. The words on the piece of paper mean absolutely NOTHING to them. They are just some words to say to get a paycheck, but the people are about fed up with this tyranny, and are searching for some remedy that doesn't include bloody violence.
THAT REMEDY IS NOT A CON-CON. That remedy is enforcing the original document!
What form should that enforcement take? That is open for discussion and I invite you to join that discussion by clicking on the comments section below and adding your thoughts.
The term CON_CON was invented decades ago when this terrible idea first reared it's ugly head. The founders never envisioned a world with instantaneous communication where mass media could pervert the minds of people to such an extent that we have now. They also said that our form of government would only work for a moral and religious people. Can we save people who are hell bent on denying any responsibility to their creator for their daily actions, or what they think? I think not, and no con-con will save them from themselves. But the Constitution was supposed to protect the good people from the democratic majority decisions of the bad. So now you know why they hate the Constitution. Now you know why Soros and the boys want it gone, and you should be very puzzled as to why people who call themselves patriots are willing to get into bed with the likes of Soros and minions on this issue.
Who is behind it all:
http://securetherepublic.com/main/exposing-the-convention-of-the-states-cos-as-an-article-v-constitutional-convention/
More evidence that the 13th Amendment had indeed been ratified:
http://www.uhuh.com/constitution/am13-pen.htm
Larry Beecraft on the 13th Amendment
LAWYERS CHANGED US CONSTITUTION SO THEY COULD HOLD OFFICE
http://www.uhuh.com/constitution/becraft13.htm
What others are saying:
http://www.uhuh.com/constitution/am13talk.htm
http://www.uhuh.com/constitution/am13-fgd.htm
The pictures of the original document preserved by the State of Maryland have somehow disappeared since these web pages above were published.
The subject of throwing the whole Constitutional document open for amendment with an Article V convention is up for consideration here. If the same kind of people who did this with the 13th Amendment are allowed to control such an Article V convention (and you know they will be) what will the result be?
Instead would it not be a better idea to use the Constitutional amendment process to treat one or two issues at a time? Would it not be far safer to come up with an amendment to directly repeal the 16th Amendment, and how about the 17th Amendment that turned over the election of United States Senators to popular vote thereby destroying the representation that the States had in the Senate? Would it not be right to repeal that one also, even though it's been proven with over 15,000 certified documents that neither of these were properly ratified? (Research the book by Red Beckman and Bill Benson called "The Law That Never Was".)
Then there is the matter of the stranglehold that the Federal Reserve has on our money supply. The Federal Reserve Act should be repealed and a Constitutional Amendment put in place to prevent anyone EVER outside the original Constitutional mandate (the Congress) from controlling the issuing of our currency! The Congress alone should be held responsible for ALL the money they create and spend.
Why is it necessary to open up the whole document to these lawyers? I for one don't want to give any of them a single shot at undoing the original ideas of the founders, especially the whole idea that the people themselves are sovereign, and that the States are also sovereign, and have their own jurisdiction as outlined by Antonin Scalia in the Mack/Printz decision. There is massive confusion about what the 14th Amendment actually did. Read this for an overview:
http://www.paulstramer.net/2010/03/red-amendment-how-your-freedom-was.html
The whole argument about an Article V convention has caused deep division. This is totally unnecessary since the danger can be easily solved by treating these amendments separately, thereby preserving the momentum for reform of many bad decisions by the Supreme Court over the years, while preserving the the ideas contained in the body of the Constitution and especially in the first 10 Amendments or Bill of Rights. The main idea to be preserved is that Rights come from God not man. The Constitution didn't give us any rights. It just prevented Government from interfering with rights we already had from our Creator. These are embodied in the Constitution itself and especially the Bill of Rights up to and including Amendment 10 which essentially says "if we forgot anything you can't do that either" to the government.
THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE CONSTITUTION. The problem is in the judiciary and their officers of the court (bar association lawyers) who are all titled with titles of nobility (Esquire etc.) where in fact the founders considered that each and every one of us are the sovereign lords of our own lives and bodies and properties. The supreme law for the United States is the Constitution. WE DON'T HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS! We have God given natural rights. Only government employees have so called "constitutional rights". The US Constitution was written to delegate a very few and specific rights from our God Given Rights to some servants for very specific purposes, and nothing more. WE ORDAINED AND ESTABLISHED that document TO GOVERN THE GOVERNMENT and nothing else! We, in this case are the LAWGIVER. Can a lawgiver be subject to his own law without his consent? Was the King subject to his own law without his consent? Is God Almighty subject to His own laws? Not unless he volunteers to be so subject by His own promise!
Who is the lawgiver in the case of the US Constitution? Can those public servants now claim they are sovereign over the lawgivers, We The People? Only by the twisted legaleze of the lawyers and judges who have perverted the Constitution. Read the Mack/Printz decision to find the true jurisdiction of the States and the People. http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/95-1478.ZO.html Pay special attention to the parts about equal but separate jurisdiction of the states vs the US federal government. The fact put forth by the court is that the federal government can NOT tell the States what to do!
Here is an example of judicial tyranny. This should serve to show you the real problem:
http://www.sheriffmack.com/index.php/a-recipe-for-tyranny
We have a whole country full of servants who have sworn to uphold the Supreme Law and who break their oath at every turn, every day, with complete impunity. The words on the piece of paper mean absolutely NOTHING to them. They are just some words to say to get a paycheck, but the people are about fed up with this tyranny, and are searching for some remedy that doesn't include bloody violence.
THAT REMEDY IS NOT A CON-CON. That remedy is enforcing the original document!
What form should that enforcement take? That is open for discussion and I invite you to join that discussion by clicking on the comments section below and adding your thoughts.
The term CON_CON was invented decades ago when this terrible idea first reared it's ugly head. The founders never envisioned a world with instantaneous communication where mass media could pervert the minds of people to such an extent that we have now. They also said that our form of government would only work for a moral and religious people. Can we save people who are hell bent on denying any responsibility to their creator for their daily actions, or what they think? I think not, and no con-con will save them from themselves. But the Constitution was supposed to protect the good people from the democratic majority decisions of the bad. So now you know why they hate the Constitution. Now you know why Soros and the boys want it gone, and you should be very puzzled as to why people who call themselves patriots are willing to get into bed with the likes of Soros and minions on this issue.
Who is behind it all:
http://securetherepublic.com/main/exposing-the-convention-of-the-states-cos-as-an-article-v-constitutional-convention/
More evidence that the 13th Amendment had indeed been ratified:
http://www.lawfulpath.com/ref/13th-amend.shtml
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
When they Come. A Warning to the Connecticut State Police
Part 1
http://bearingarms.com/when-they-come-a-warning-to-connecticut-police/
Part 2
http://bearingarms.com/when-they-come-a-warning-to-connecticut-police/2/
Author: Bob OwensBob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. A long-time shooting enthusiast, he began blogging as a North Carolina native in New York at the politics-focused Confederate Yankee in 2004. In 2007 Bob began writing about firearms, gun rights, and crime at Pajamas Media, and added gun and gear reviews for Shooting Illustrated in 2010. He is a volunteer in the Appleseed Project, where he shares stories of our shared American heritage and teaches traditional rifle marksmanship. His personal blog is bob-owens.com, and he can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.
http://bearingarms.com/when-they-come-a-warning-to-connecticut-police/
Part 2
http://bearingarms.com/when-they-come-a-warning-to-connecticut-police/2/
Author: Bob OwensBob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. A long-time shooting enthusiast, he began blogging as a North Carolina native in New York at the politics-focused Confederate Yankee in 2004. In 2007 Bob began writing about firearms, gun rights, and crime at Pajamas Media, and added gun and gear reviews for Shooting Illustrated in 2010. He is a volunteer in the Appleseed Project, where he shares stories of our shared American heritage and teaches traditional rifle marksmanship. His personal blog is bob-owens.com, and he can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.
Russia, Ukraine, Crimea and the big picture
It has been reported for some time now that there are Russian troops in the
country, perhaps Spetsnaz. Many seem to believe that, though I cannot personally
confirm those reports. Next I note that DHS/FEMA has in fact signed documents in
which the Russians will be authorized to work in conjunction with DHS. Since
China was also reportedly involved in a recent drill in Hawaii, it might be safe
to assume that they too have been included in plans to police the US.
I
have remarked before that I do not view all these countries as separate and
distinct but rather controlled and manipulated by the very same controlling hand
like chess pieces on a chess board.
Recently
we have a lot of saber rattling over the Ukraine in which Russia and the US
appear to be pitted against one another in a reportedly potential future war.
Now, that presents a real contradiction of the facts. Are the US and Russian
governments enemies or are they allies?
Well,
since DHS has signed agreements to allow Russian troops to work in country I
would suggest that the truth is they are working together...that is the US
government and the Russian government are allied in a much bigger plan. That
being the case it does not negate a manufactured war over Ukraine, but what it
does is make it apparent that the friction and possible war are really just a
manufactured event to provide excuses for other designs.
War
is something they want for many reasons but the Russians are not really enemies
to the government; they are allies. So, one might ask, to what end?
I
would suggest history can answer that question. The plan to merge countries,
eliminate borders and national sovereignty of countries was written in the mid
1700's and has progressed steadily along those lines ever since.
The
first merger took place at the end of the civil war when the American Union was
formed and the states forced into it at gunpoint and lawfully elected governors
and reps were replaced by military force as authorized by the federal
government. The American Union formed in 1860's and 1870's was the first
"union".
The
second was modeled after it and formed after the second world war. The communist
revolution in Russia removed the Czar after WW I and after WWII the UK and the
US agreed to give Russia a number of countries in Europe at the end of the war
to form the USSR "union".
I
spent a great deal of my life wondering why and by what right the US government
and the UK government would agree with Russia to re-draw Russian borders to
absorb so many countries into the USSR. I now understand that it was to form a
second "union" eliminating country borders and national sovereignties to form a
larger "collective".
These
same people behind this also supported Mao by funding and supporting his
communist takeover of China.
In
every case it was war and takeover by force of arms. The civil war facilitated
the formation of the American Union. The first and second world wars facilitated
the formation of the USSR and communist China. These events facilitated the
formation of the United Nations.
Subsequent
to this the European Union was formed and currently nations are being forced
into the EU using debt and control of money and economies.
We
know that they have been working behind the scenes to form another American
Union that would then include Mexico and Canada and I suspect that before they
are finished with it that it will include all of both north and south
america.
That
merger may well require another war and once again massive death and force of
arms to complete. These people are ruthless and bloodthirsty. Knowing all this
changes nothing whatever for we are not likely to change their plans. The only
thing I might suggest is to be damned sure to be prepared; mentally and
physically.
neo
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
This might be where the 2nd American civil war starts.

YES, these people are all insane. NO you can't reason with an insane person!
Look very carefully at the opening frame of the second movie above. Do you think any of these people with badges and guns are going to listen to reason. NO WAY.
They will blindly follow orders and hold their hand out for a paycheck. They will get lots of good people killed in the process.
Get down on your knees and pray for the grace to live a better life, and for God's mercy on our country, because this IS REAL and it's happening right now!
Connecticut Carry: What are you waiting for? Bring it on, or forget it.
A Press Release from Connecticut Carry:
To Officials of the State of Connecticut: Either Enforce or Repeal 2013 Anti-gun Laws.
Rocky Hill CT, March 3, 2014: A recent media tidal wave based on false reports and bad journalism has proven a few things about the 2013 Gun Ban: people from Connecticut and around the nation are tired of being threatened; are ready to make a stand; and the State of Connecticut does not have the stomach to enforce the edicts and laws with which they threaten gun owners.
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2014/03/connecticut-carry-what-are-you-waiting.html
http://www.paulstramer.net/2012/11/what-is-really-law-and-what-is-not-law.html
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Firearms Freedom Act Lawsuit
Gary Marbut, president of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, said the lawsuit he and his organization brought to uphold the state’s rights on weapons will not be considered at the Supreme Court.
Contending it is “fruitless” to expect that the federal government would rein in its own “lust” for tyranny, the instigator of a years-long conflict with Washington over the Interstate Commerce Clause says the battle is over.
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable.”
John F. Kennedy
Where do we go from here?
Read more at
http://www.wnd.com/2014/03/supremes-shoot-down-states-fight-for-gun-rights/#67Mh15dU0rkeJmJK.99
Contending it is “fruitless” to expect that the federal government would rein in its own “lust” for tyranny, the instigator of a years-long conflict with Washington over the Interstate Commerce Clause says the battle is over.
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable.”
John F. Kennedy
Where do we go from here?
Read more at
http://www.wnd.com/2014/03/supremes-shoot-down-states-fight-for-gun-rights/#67Mh15dU0rkeJmJK.99
Sunday Prayers for Patriots - The coming of Lent
The Introit of this day's Mass is the sigh of an afflicted soul confiding in God:
INTROIT Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a place of refuge, to save me: for thou art my strength and my refuge: and for thy name's sake thou wilt be my leader, and wilt nourish me. (Fs. XXX. 3. 4.) In thee , O Lord, I have hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice, and set me free. (Ps. XXX. 2.)
COLLECT O Lord, we beseech Thee, graciously hear our prayers, and unloosing the bonds of our sins, guard us from all adversity. Through our Lord, etc.
EPISTLE (I. Cor. XIII. 1-13.) Brethren, if I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. And if I should have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not; dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up; is not ambitious; seeketh not her own; is not provoked to anger; thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part: but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away the things of a child. We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know in part; but then I shall know even as I am known. And now there remain faith, hope, charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.
EXPLANATION In this epistle St. Paul speaks of the necessity, the excellence and the nature of true charity. He says that all natural and supernatural gifts, all good works, even martyrdom, cannot save us if we have not charity; because love alone can render our works pleasing to God. Without charity, therefore, though ever so many prayers be recited, fasts observed , and good deeds performed, nothing will be acceptable to God, or merit eternal life. Strive then, O Christian soul, to lead a pious life in love, and to remain always in the state of grace.
Can faith alone, as the so-called Reformers assert, render man just and save him?
Faith alone, however strong, though it could move mountains, without love, that is, without good works performed for love of God and our neighbor, can never justify or save us. For, when St. Paul says, that man is justified by faith without works, (Rom. III. 28.; XI: 6.; Eph. II. 8. 9.) he means to refer to those works which were performed by command of the law of Moses, and which, as they were external and without true charity, were of no avail; he did not refer to those works which are performed in a state of grace with a lively, love-inspired faith. Therefore the same Apostle writes to the Galatians: (Gal. V. 6.) Faith only availeth which worketh by charity; to Titus: (Tit. III. 8.) It is a faithful saying: and these things I will have thee affirm constantly: that they who believe in God, may be careful to excel in good works. These things are good and profitable unto men; and he exhorts the Colossians (Colos. I. 10.) to be fruitful in every good work. St. James confirms the same by saying: (James II. 17-24.) So faith if it have not works, is dead in itself; by works man is justified and not by faith only. That this is the true doctrine of Christ is evident from His own words, when He says: "Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down and shall be cast into the fire." (Matt. VII. 19.) At the day of judgment Christ will demand good works from all men, (Matt. XXV. 35.) and will not judge them only according to their faith, but by their good works, which true faith must always produce. (Apoc. XX. 12.) Would Christ and His apostles demand good works, if faith alone be sufficient? "The devil's also believe and tremble," (James II. 19.) they believe, but they are not saved, and their faith but increases their torments. Therefore, the assertion that faith without good works is sufficient for justification and salvation, is plainly against the doctrine of Christ and His Church, and must of necessity lead man to vice and misery, as shown by the history of the unhappy separation of the sixteenth century
Are good works available which are performed in the state of mortal sin ?
Good works performed while in a state of mortal sin avail nothing in regard to eternal life, writes St. Lawrence Justinian, but aid in moderating the punishment imposed for disobedience and the transgression of God's commandments. They bring temporal goods, such as honor, long life, health, earthly happiness, etc.; they prevent us from falling deeper into sin, and prepare the heart for the reception of grace; so the pious Person writes: "Do as much good as you can, even though in the state of mortal sin, that God may give light to your heart."
ASPIRATION O God of love, pour the spirit of true charity into my heart that, according to the spirit of St. Paul, I may endeavor to be always in a state of grace; that all my works may be pleasing to Thee, and meritorious for me.

GOSPEL (Luke XVIII. 31-43.) At that time, Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said to them Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man. For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and scourged, and spit upon; and after they have scourged him, they will put him to death; and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them, and they understood not the things that were said. Now it came to pass, when he drew nigh to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the way-side, begging. And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this meant. And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. And he cried out, saying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried out much more: Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus standing, commanded him to be brought unto him. And when he was come near, he asked him, saying: What wilt thou that I do to thee? But he said: Lord, that I may see. And Jesus said to him: Receive thy sight; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he saw, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
Why did Christ so often foretell His passion to His disciples?
Because He wanted to show how great was His desire to suffer for us, for we speak often of that which we crave; and because He wished His disciples when they should see Him treated as a criminal and martyred, not to think evil of Him, or imagine themselves deceived, but remember that He had foretold all minutely that all happened of His own will.
Did not the disciples understand anything of what He predicted in regard to His future sufferings?
They may, certainly, have well understood He was to suffer, for which reason Peter tried to dissuade Him from it; (Matt. XVI. 22.) but they did not comprehend why or for what He would suffer, or how He would rise again. All this the Holy Ghost gave them to understand, after it had come to pass. (John XIV. 26.) The light of the Holy Ghost is of so much value, that without it even the clearest doctrines of faith are not understood.
Why does Christ so often call Himself the Son of Man?
He wished to show, in the Jewish way of speaking, He was also man, a descendant of Adam, and that we should be humble, and not seek or desire high titles.
Why did the blind man call Christ the Son of David?
Because, like all the Jews, he believed that the Messiah, according to humanity, would be of the house of David, as was promised. (Ps. CXXXI. 11.)
Why did Christ ask the blind man: What wilt thou that I do to thee?
This He asked, not because He was unaware of the blind man's wish, but to enable him the better to prove his faith and hope that through Christ he would receive his sight; and to teach us how willing He is to help us, and how it pleases Him if we confidingly place our wants before Him. We should learn from this blind man, who would not be restrained by the passing crowd in his ardent and reiterated request, not to pay attention, in the work we have commenced, to human respect, or human judgment, but to persevere, and not allow ourselves to be led astray by the world's mockery or contempt. We should also learn to be grateful to God, and faithfully cling to Him, if He has once opened the eyes of our mind, and healed our spiritual blindness, which is far more deplorable than physical blindness, for nothing can be more miserable than not to see and understand God, not to know what is necessary for our salvation, and what is pernicious.
Why is this gospel read on this Sunday?
The Church wishes to remind us of the painful passion and death of Jesus, and to move us by the contemplation of those mysteries to avoid and despise the wicked, heathenish amusements of carnival, sinful pleasures which she has always condemned, because they come from dark paganism, and, to avert the people from them, commands that during the three days of carnival the Blessed Sacrament shall be exposed for public adoration, sermons given, and the faithful exhorted to have recourse at this time to the Sacraments of Penance and the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, with the reception of which Pope Clement XIII. (Breve, 23. June 1765) connected a plenary indulgence. A true Catholic will conform to the desire of his holy Church, considering the words which St. Augustine spoke, at this time, to the faithful, "The heathens (as also the wordly people of our days) shout songs of love and merriment, but you should delight in the preaching of the word of God; they rush to the dramatic plays, but you should hasten to Church; they are intoxicated, but you should fast and be sober."
PRAYER O most benign Jesus! who didst so desire to suffer for us, grant, that we may willingly suffer for love of Thee; that we may hate and flee from the detestable pleasures of the world and the flesh, and practice penance and mortification, that by so doing we may merit to be released from our spiritual blindness to love Thee more and more ardently, and finally possess Thee forever.
INSTRUCTION ON LENT
Who instituted Lent?
According to the fathers of the Church, Justin and Irenaeus, the fast before Easter was instituted and sanctified by Christ Himself; according to the saints Leo and Jerome, the holy apostles ordained it given by Jesus.
Why has the Church instituted this fast forty days before Easter?
To imitate Christ who fasted forty days; to participate in His merits and sufferings; to subject our flesh by voluntary mortification to the spirit, and to mortify our evil desires as did St. Paul; (Col. I. 24.) to enable us to lead a pure life, and thus prepare for the holy festival of Easter, and the reception of the divine Lamb, Jesus: and, finally, to render God satisfaction for our sins, and do penance, as Pope Gregory says, for the sins of one whole year by one short fast, lasting only the tenth part of a year.
Was the fast of Lent observed in early times as in the present?
Yes, but more strictly; for the people of the early ages not only abstained from meat, but also from all that which is connected with it, such as eggs, butter, cheese, etc., even from wine and fish, although this was not the general command of the Church; they fasted all day, and only ate in the evening after vespers, in remembrance of which, vespers are now said before dinner-time, because the Church, as a kind mother, now permits the supper to be changed into a dinner, and also allows something to be taken in the evening, that the body may not be too much weakened, and become unfit for labor.
How much does this ancient custom put to shame the Christians of to-day who think the fast in our times too severe! "But," asks St. Ambrose, "what sort of Christians are they? Christ, who never sinned fasted for our sins, and we will not fast for our own great and numerous offences?"
How should the holy season of Lent be spent?
As according to the teaching of St. Leo, the main thing in fasting is not that the body be deprived of food, but that the mind at the same time be withdrawn from wickedness, we should endeavor during Lent, not only to be temperate in eating and drinking, but especially to lead a modest life, sanctifying the days by persevering prayer and devoutly attending church.
PRAYER AT THE BEGINNING OF LENT
Almighty God! I unite myself at the beginning of this holy season of penance with the Church militant, endeavoring to make these days of real sorrow for my sins and crucifixion of the sensual man. O Lord Jesus! in union with Thy fasting and passion, I offer Thee my fasting in obedience to the Church, for Thy honor, and in thanksgiving for the many favors I have received, in satisfaction for my sins and the sins of others, and that I may receive the grace to avoid such and such a sin, N. N. and to practice such and such a virtue, N. N.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Not one but Two of the hardest hitting and most truthful pro gun, pro freedom letters I have ever read.
These letters speak volumes about the way millions of people feel who couldn't put it into words including myself.
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2014/02/an-open-letter-to-men-and-women-of.html
http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/bracken-dear-mr-security-agent/
No punches pulled here. Just plain truth and speaking that truth to power.
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2014/02/an-open-letter-to-men-and-women-of.html
http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/bracken-dear-mr-security-agent/
No punches pulled here. Just plain truth and speaking that truth to power.
Barack Hussein Soebarkah? Loretta Fuddy, The Cult Of Subud, And (Possibly) Obama’s Real Daddy!
I have no way to check this out, but I am sure I won't have to if Joe Arpio's cold case posse has this same information.
Sunday Prayers for Patriots - Septuagesima Sunday
(I. Cor. IX. 24-27., to X. 1-5.) Brethren, know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that you may obtain. And every one that striveth for the mastery, refraineth himself from all things: and they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible one. I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty; I so fight, not as one beating the air; but I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection; lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway. For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea: and all in Moses were baptized, in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink (and they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ); but with the most of them God was not well pleased.
EXPLANATION Having exhorted us to penance in the Introit of the Mass, the Church desires to indicate to us, by reading this epistle, the effort we should make to reach the kingdom of heaven by the narrow path (Matt. VII. 13.) of penance and mortification. This St. Paul illustrates by three different examples. By the example of those who in a race run to one point, or in a prize-fight practice and prepare themselves for the victor's reward by the strongest exercise, and by the strictest abstinence from everything that might weaken the physical powers. If to win a laurel-crown that passes away, these will subject themselves to the severest trials and deprivations, how much more should we, for the sake of the heavenly crown of eternal happiness, abstain from those improper desires, by which the soul is weakened, and practice those holy virtues, such as prayer, love of God and our neighbor, patience, to which the crown is promised! Next, by his own example, bringing himself before them as one running a race, and fighting for an eternal crown, but not as one running blindly not knowing whither, or fighting as one who strikes not his antagonist, but the air; on the contrary, with his eyes firmly fixed on the eternal crown, certain to be his who lives by the precepts of the gospel, who chastises his spirit and his body as a valiant champion, with a strong hand, that is, by severest mortification, by fasting and prayer. If St. Paul, notwithstanding the extraordinary graces which he received, thought it necessary to chastise his body that he might not be cast away, how does the sinner expect to be saved, living an effeminate and luxurious life without penance and mortification? St. Paul's third example is that of the Jews who all perished on their journey to the Promised Land, even though God had granted them so many graces; He shielded them from their enemies by a cloud which served as a light to them at night, and a cooling shade by day; He divided the waters of the sea, thus preparing for them a dry passage; He caused manna to fall from heaven to be their food, and water to gush from the rock for their drink. These temporal benefits which God bestowed upon the Jews in the wilderness had a spiritual meaning; the cloud and the sea was a figure of baptism which enlightens the soul, tames the concupiscence of the flesh, and purifies from sin; the manna was a type of the most holy Sacrament of the Altar, the soul's true bread from heaven; the water from the rock, the blood flowing from Christ's wound in the side; and yet with all these temporal benefits which God bestowed upon them, and with all the spiritual graces they were to receive by faith from the coming Redeemer, of the six hundred thousand men who left Egypt only two, Joshua and Caleb, entered the Promised Land. Why? Because they were fickle, murmured so, often against God, and desired the pleasures of the flesh. How much, then, have we need to fear lest we be excluded from the true, happy land, Heaven, if we do not continuously struggle for it, by penance and mortification!
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Americans Have Been Targeted for Elimination
A total world population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal.” Ted Turner, in an interview with Audubon Magazine.
To my mind controlled friends, I temporarily interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to inform you that America is now entering into martial law. In order to receive this information, you must temporarily suspend all other previous programming whether it be from CNN, FOX, CBS, ABC, NBC or any of the other 98% of media outlets controlled by only five corporations.
You have allowed your media to make you ignorant, passive, unable to engage in critical thinking and blind to the fact that you have been made a slave to the state, controlled by the mega banks, who have hijacked your government. Soon you will awaken to a life where every choice, every action and even every belief has been predetermined for you. Soon you will come to realize that that your neighbor was correct when he tried to tell you that if you let the illegitimate government come and take your guns, it would not be long until they would come and take you. We are witnessing the first stage of the total destruction of the United States.
February 11, 2014 Forward from Keith Howe
Pay special attention to the links in the article. Follow the links for the full story, especially this one:
Americans never give up your guns
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My Comment:
The want you dead! They are coming to KILL YOU, and nothing less. They want us all dead so they can take our stuff and live high on the hog. That is their only motivation, because they KNOW they can never have heaven when they die, so they are trying to get their heaven here on this earth!
In a way they have a death wish. They think that by being just as evil as possible in this life, they can erase their very existence in the next life. SORRY traitors. That isn't what happens when you die outside of God's Grace. What happens is that you get buried IN HELL forever and ever without end. You will reap the just deserts of your miserable existence on this earth REGARDLESS of how much to you try to avoid them.
As for us, we wish only for your conversion to the truth and your eternal salvation, but if you continue to persecute the faithful and you come at us with guns, and you don't believe in God, we will be happy to arrange for you to meet Him.
Why hasn't the military arrested these madman traitors ruining our country?
MVI 0886 Here Is The Problem, For Us Soldiers!
The problem is a lack of faith in God.
We always have a choice. Sometimes we are required to stand and tell the truth regardless of the consequences to our own person, which can lead others to a realization of the truth, and to action to correct the evils.
Look at the history of the martyrs in the time of Christ and after His death on the Cross. It seemed hopeless in their time to correct the evils of the Roman Empire, but because of their sacrifice the whole pagan empire went down and was converted.
Don't sell God short on His mercy and power! We each need to be Faithful in our own circle of influence and our spiritual lives, and let the rest to God who is still in complete control of His creation as He always has been.
The best advice I can give to these military men is this.
Get down on your knees and pray, like it's all up to God (because really it is), and then get up and work like it's all up to us (to show Him we are sincere and to make us worthy of His mercy on our country).
We can only die once, and the really scary part of that, is that if we don't die in His grace, we can't come back and do it over again, so repent and do some penance and by humility and steadfast faith in God, help your fellow man draw God's mercy to our Country. Then lead a good and holy life, to show those around you your goodness and thereby convert them to a different and better heart.
Amen.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Sandy Hook was a stage play to create gun control - and it backfired right in their face.
School Safety Expert Threatened for Questioning Sandy Hook
Found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6roDPt1WYYY
Court tosses California's concealed weapons rules
Federal appeals courts strikes down California's concealed weapons permit rules
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A divided federal appeals court has struck down California's concealed weapons rules, saying they violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Read the entire article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/court-tosses-californias-concealed-weapons-200220826.html
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Texas Jury Refuses to Indict Homeowner Henry Goedrich Magee After Cop Killed During No-Knock Raid
This is what we need nation wide. People need to just say NO to this kind of violence.
http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/02/texas-jury-refuses-indict-homeowner-henry-goedrich-magee-cop-killed-knock-raid/
http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/02/texas-jury-refuses-indict-homeowner-henry-goedrich-magee-cop-killed-knock-raid/
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Geoengineering And The Collapse Of Earth 2014
Many people think this is another "conspiracy theory" but I guarantee once you watch this video you will change your mind.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Karen Hudes blows the whistle on the banksters.
Give me some help to sort this one out. If this is true we should be seeing some of this somewhere at some point. What do you think? Please comment on this video below.
THE BANKSTERS-SCENE WITH WHISTLE BLOWER Karen Hudes
Friday, February 7, 2014
Whooh! BOMBSHELL: Snowden Took Entire Roster of U.S. Gov't
Edward Snowden is now playing hardball and the corrupt government is shaking in their boots.
Thursday, 06 February 2014 20:28
Have you seen any of this?
What a way to get this stuff straightened
out.
Brave and courageous indeed.
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BOMBSHELL: Snowden downloaded entire roster of U.S.
government - all
names, home addresses and other personal info of **all** officials and
gov't employees -- including law enforcement -- plus bankers, corporate
boards of directors and more!
February 6, 2014 -- (TRN) -- Edward Snowden, the former contractor at
the National Security Agency took with him multiple "Doomsday" packages
of information when he departed the country and began revealing how
intensely the US Government is spying on its own citizens. He has the
personal home info for all Elected Officials, Law Enforcement, Judges,
Bankers, Corporate Boards of Directors and more and says it will be
published if: Martial Law is declared; An Economic Collapse takes place
or Corporations start hyper-inflating prices!
Full Details at: http://www.turnerradionetwork.com/news/266-pat (see below)
names, home addresses and other personal info of **all** officials and
gov't employees -- including law enforcement -- plus bankers, corporate
boards of directors and more!
February 6, 2014 -- (TRN) -- Edward Snowden, the former contractor at
the National Security Agency took with him multiple "Doomsday" packages
of information when he departed the country and began revealing how
intensely the US Government is spying on its own citizens. He has the
personal home info for all Elected Officials, Law Enforcement, Judges,
Bankers, Corporate Boards of Directors and more and says it will be
published if: Martial Law is declared; An Economic Collapse takes place
or Corporations start hyper-inflating prices!
Full Details at: http://www.turnerradionetwork.com/news/266-pat (see below)
BOMBSHELL: Snowden downloaded entire roster of
U.S. government - all names, home addresses and other personal info of **all**
officials and gov't employees -- including law enforcement -- plus bankers,
corporate boards of directors and more!
Thursday, 06 February 2014 20:28
February 6,
2014 -- (TRN) -- Edward Snowden, the former contractor at the National Security
Agency took with him multiple "Doomsday" packages of
information when he departed the country and began revealing how intensely the
US Government is spying on its own citizens. He has the personal home info for
all Elected Officials, Law Enforcement, Judges, Bankers, Corporate Boards of
Directors and more!
At a
classified briefing for members of Congress which took place on Wednesday,
members found out that Snowden took with him:
· a complete roster of absolutely every employee and
official of the entire US Government.
· The names, home addresses, unlisted personal home
telephone and personal cellular phone numbers, dates of birth and social
security numbers of every person involved in any way, with any department of the
US Government.
· The files include elected officials, Cabinet
appointees, Judges, and **ALL** law enforcement agency
employees including sworn officers.
· Similar files with the personal information of EVERY
government contractor and all employees of that contractor!
· Similar files with all the personal information of
EVERY Bank Corporation, their operating officers and their Boards of Directors,
including all current and former members of the Federal
Reserve
· Similar files with all the personal information about
anyone holding any type of license from the Government such as Doctors, Lawyers,
Stock Brokers, Commodities Traders . . . . and many more.
· Similar files with all the personal information of
EVERY non-bank Corporation in the U.S., including their operating officers and
Boards of Directors.
Snowden has
made it clear that if he is arrested, if he vanishes, or if he "dies" from any
cause whatsoever, ALL of the information in his
possession will be published publicly.
TRN has
confirmed that, working through Julian Assange and his "WikiLeaks"
organization, copies of the encrypted data have already been distributed to more
than one-thousand, two hundred (1200) web sites around the world. Those sites
have agreed to conceal the information until such time as contact with Snowden
is "lost." Once contact is lost, the sites have been told they will receive the
Decryption keys via CD ROM, E-mail and P2P / Bit-Torrent file transfer. Once
the decryption keys are sent, the sites have been instructed to wait a specific
amount of time to confirm Snowden's disappearance, arrest or death and upon
expiration of that time period, to publish the decrypted
materials.
Making the situation all the more dire for the government is that
Snowden has made clear he will release some of the information under certain
"other" circumstances. For instance, if Martial Law is declared in the US or if
any elections are canceled for any reason, all the government employee info goes
out. If an economic collapse takes place, all the Banker/Stock
Broker/Commodities Trader information goes out. If Corporations start
hyper-inflating prices, all the information about them, their officers and Board
of Directors will go out.
Snowden literally has the most powerful people in the United States in
an inescapable stranglehold. If any of the things articulated above take place,
everyone throughout the country will know exactly who to blame and exactly where
they live. One can only speculate that under the right conditions, it might
not be long until those responsible for the problems of our country, faced
consequences for their actions; consequences delivered one at a time, in the
dark of night, when there is no help . . . . and no
escape.
Leading
members of the House Armed Services Committee emerged from the classified
briefing “shocked” at the amount of information he reportedly took with him
beyond the NSA surveillance programs.
Rep. Mac
Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the Armed Service panel’s Intelligence,
Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee and also a member of the House
Intelligence Committee, said the briefing on the defense consequences of
Snowden’s leaks was “very highly classified,” and therefore details couldn’t be
discussed.
Thornberry did
say that lawmakers “left the briefing disturbed and angered” after hearing that
the leaks by the former Booz Allen Hamilton employee “went well beyond programs
associated with the NSA and data collection.”
He
characterized the leaks as so severe that they “compromise military capability
and defense of the country” and “could cost lives” — while they “will certainly
cost billions to repair.”
“His actions
were espionage, plain and simple,” Thornberry said.
Armed Services
Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) read his statement rather than making comments
on the fly “because of the seriousness of this issue and the sensitivity” of the
information they’d just heard.
“Ed Snowden
isn’t a whistleblower; he’s a traitor,” McKeon said.
No matter what
opinion people hold of the data collection programs, he added, people should be
“shocked and outraged to find that a substantial amount of the information has
nothing to do with the NSA.”
SOURCE:
Partial
sourcing from: http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/02/05/lawmakers-disturbed-and-angered-after-classified-briefing-reveals-extent-of-snowden-defense-leaks/
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My comment:
Edward Snowden represents the highest loyalty to our country, because he has the evidence of extensive treason on the part of government officials and employees and is willing to put his life on the line to see that they don't destroy our country with their treasonous actions. He only demands what is just and right, in that those employees and public servants SWORE AN OATH to the US Constitution and have broken that oath over and over. He is calling their bluff, and they are frantic to prevent him from exposing their treason to the world. He only wants justice. He only wants law and order. He only wants these criminals to answer for their crimes in the due process of law.
They will demonize him with every breath, and in the worst language. They will use their media puppets to make him look like a monster. He should be very gratified that what he is doing is bringing this kind of reaction because the best yardstick to our effectiveness in turning our country around has ALWAYS BEEN HOW MUCH THESE TRAITORS SCREAM AT US!
Now is the time to pour it on. Now is the time to expose every one of these traitors who are all criminals and have sold us down the river to satan and his minions. BY THEIR FRUITS SHALL YE KNOW THEM.
Paul
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Japanese stock market crashing? What does this hold for America?
We have warned that this collapse was coming for
about 3 years now. It's just a matter of timing. There will be a global currency
reset, and this might be the beginning of the slide into oblivion for the US
dollar. The federal reserve banksters are having a very tough time keeping their
sinking ship above water now.
There is a currency war going on world wide for
power over the people and their labors and assets. This will NOT end until the
whole world is in chaos.
We never keep cash. We are turning cash into
something we can get our hands on as fast as we can. Hard assets that will do
you some good when the dollar is done are your best bet. Think about everything
you normally have to buy every week, and a few things you don't buy like extra
fuel, food, copper, lead and brass if you know what I mean, and how about some
communications gear, and a way to make some electrical power from the sun, or if
you have made provision for all this, some silver? In any case you get the
idea.
We are now selling every day on Ebay. Here is the
address so you can see what we have. This list changes every day, and you can
see what things sold for.
Much more to come very soon. I will be listing up
to 100 items at once as time permits for listing. It take about an hour to do a
proper listing on each item.
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The
Stock Market In Japan Is COLLAPSING

Is the fiat money ponzi scheme beginning to crack, and near
it's end?jwb
Did you see what just happened in Japan? The stock market of
the 3rd largest economy on the planet is imploding. On Tuesday, the Nikkei fell
by more than 610 points. If that sounds like a lot, that is
because it is. The largest one day stock market decline in U.S. history is only
777
points. So far, the Dow is only down about 1000 points during this
"correction", but the Nikkei is down more than 2,300
points. The Nikkei has dropped more than 14 percent since
the peak of the market, and many analysts believe that this is only just the
beginning. Those that have been waiting for a full-blown
stock market collapse may be about to get their wish. Japan is absolutely
drowning in debt, their central bank is printing money like crazy and the
Japanese population is aging rapidly. As far as economic fundamentals go, there
is very little good news as far as Japan is concerned. So will an Asian
financial collapse precede the next great financial crisis in the United
States? That is what some have been predicting, and it starting to look
increasingly likely.
At the end of January 2013, Japanese stocks trailed only Portugal for the biggest rally among developed markets. Now the Nikkei 225 Stock Average is leading declines, slumping 8.5 percent last month and today capping a 14 percent drop from its Dec. 30 peak.As Bloomberg noted, much of the blame for the financial problems that we are seeing all over the planet right now is being placed on the Federal Reserve.
Losses snowballed in Tokyo during a global retreat that has erased $2.9 trillion from equity values worldwide this year amid signs of slower growth in China and stimulus cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The Fed created this bubble by pumping trillions of fresh dollars into the global financial system, and now they are bursting this bubble by starting to cut off the flow of easy money.
This is something that I warned would happen when the Fed decided to taper, and now RBS is warning of a "market bloodbath" unless the Federal Reserve immediately stops tapering.
Most Americans simply do not realize that our financial markets no longer resemble a free market system. Instead, they are highly manipulated and distorted by the central banks, and the trillions of dollars of "hot money" that the Fed has poured into the global financial system has infected virtually every financial market on Earth...
On Wall Street they call it "hot money"—that seemingly endless flow of cash that goes to the most profitable country du jour—but in the real economy it's gone cold.We never fixed any of the fundamental problems that caused the last financial crisis. Instead, the Fed seemed to think that the solution to any problem was just to create more money.
That hot money has come mostly in the form of a low-yielding U.S. dollar, which investors have borrowed en masse to fund investments in other higher-yielding currencies across the globe. The so-called carry trade has helped fuel an investment bonanza across the world that has boosted risk assets thanks primarily to the U.S. Federal Reserve's easy-money policy.
But with the Fed tiptoeing away from what initially was an $85 billion-a-month infusion of liquidity, investors are beginning to prepare themselves for a world of rising rates in which the endless cash flow to emerging market economies begins to ebb, then cease.
It was an incredibly stupid approach, and now our fundamental problems are worse than ever as Marc Faber recently noted...
"Total credit as a percent of the global economy is now 30 percent higher than it was at the start of the economic crisis in 2007, we have had rapidly escalating household debt especially in emerging economies and resource economies like Canada and Australia and we have come to a point where household debt has become burdensome on the system—that is, where an economic slowdown follows."So what comes next?
Well, unless the Fed or other central banks intervene, we are probably going to have even more carnage.
At least that is what Dennis Gartman, the editor and publisher of "The Gartman Letter", told CNBC on Tuesday...
"I just think you're going to have a very severe, very substantive and really quite ugly correction that will probably make a lot of people wail and gnash their teeth before it's done."Other analysts share his pessimism. According to Doug Short, the vice president of research at Advisor Perspectives, the U.S. stock market "still looks 67% overvalued".
Most sobering of all is what Richard Russell is saying. In his 60 years of writing about financial issues, he has never been "so filled with foreboding regarding what lies ahead"...
I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t worried about the way things are going. Frankly, I’m truly scared for myself, my family and the nation. I have the sinking feeling that the stock market is on the edge of a crash. If that happens, investor sentiment will turn quickly bearish. And the bear market will start feeding on itself. Ironically, the recent action occurred in the face of almost insane bullishness on the part of the crowd and on the part of investors.You can read the rest of his very disturbing remarks right here.
Obviously smart heads and institutional money managers know that the US is semi dead in the water. And all the talk about an improving economy is just wishes and hopes. Bernanke’s dream of a flourishing new economy, improving without the need of the Fed’s help, is an idle dream.
I’ve been writing about the stock market for over 60 years and I can’t remember a time when I was so filled with foreboding regarding what lies ahead. The primary trend of the market, like the tide of the ocean, is irresistible, and waits for no man. What scares me the most in this current situation is that I see no clear island of safety.
U.S. stocks may not totally crash this week, this month or even this year, but without a doubt a day of reckoning is coming. As a society, our total consumer, business and government debt is now equivalent to approximately 345 percent of GDP.
The only way that the game can continue is to keep pumping up the debt bubble even more.
Once the debt bubble stops expanding, it will start collapsing very rapidly.
Those that foolishly still have lots of money in the stock market better hope that the Federal Reserve decides to intervene in a major way very soon.
Because if they don't, there is a very good chance that we could indeed have a "market bloodbath" on our hands.
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I will go one step further. This will get so bad so
fast that small banks will get caught in the flush. Get your money out of banks
entirely and keep only enough to pay bills. When we buy from our suppliers we
normally send cashiers checks, because that way the money is gone when we walk
out the door of the bank.
Everyone would like to believe these worst case
scenarios won't go that far, but do you really want to take that
chance?
Paul
Monday, February 3, 2014
FBI CLAIMS: Sovereign Citizens a Growing Domestic Threat to Law
Do you really want the truth about this politically charged demonization of good solid patriotic Americans that hate what is happening to our country and have decided to do everything possible short of violence to fix it? Why won't the black robed robber barons on the bench arrest this man now, after they turned him loose from jail?
This story cries to high heaven for vengeance, but that is God's business, not ours. Our only concern is that the same black robed robber barons are STOPPED from doing this to others.
http://www.leesarayenterprises.com. This video tells the Truth about the Sovereignty movement in these united states of America. It is based on First hand experience of the Narrator. It is a video that every Freedom Loving Man or Woman in America should view. It is never too late to break the chains of Slavery which bind you.
The feds don't want stories like this out in front of the public for obvious reasons. If enough people understand this the feds will be out of a job, and the corrupt judges will all be in jail.
Thus they must demonize anyone who would follow the original organic Constitution FOR the United States of America rather than the corporate fiction of the corporate shadow government.
I will be publishing much more on this subject in the days and weeks to come.
Please write your comments by clicking on the comments link below this article, and you can do that without giving your name.
http://www.leesarayenterprises.com. This video tells the Truth about the Sovereignty movement in these united states of America. It is based on First hand experience of the Narrator. It is a video that every Freedom Loving Man or Woman in America should view. It is never too late to break the chains of Slavery which bind you.
The feds don't want stories like this out in front of the public for obvious reasons. If enough people understand this the feds will be out of a job, and the corrupt judges will all be in jail.
Thus they must demonize anyone who would follow the original organic Constitution FOR the United States of America rather than the corporate fiction of the corporate shadow government.
I will be publishing much more on this subject in the days and weeks to come.
Please write your comments by clicking on the comments link below this article, and you can do that without giving your name.
Friday, January 31, 2014
The Real Liberal Paradise
A "Liberal Paradise" would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment,
free comprehensive health care, free education, free food, free housing, free
clothing, free utilities... and only Law Enforcement has guns.
And believe it or not, such a place does indeed exist . . . It's called PRISON. >:-}
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Phoenix, Arizona
And believe it or not, such a place does indeed exist . . . It's called PRISON. >:-}
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Phoenix, Arizona
Even former Obama supporters in Chicago want Obama to quit
Chicago Grassroots Activist Mark Carter: "... black Americans would be better off if Obama just quit".
Grassroots reaction to State of the Union Address in Chicago.
Grassroots reaction to State of the Union Address in Chicago.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
The Dumbing Down of America
This video is just a brief introduction to a very serious subject. There are six books listed at the end which will go much further into the subject.
The soundtrack is now available at:http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/expo... andhttps://market.android.com/details?id...
To see/hear more of Neal's work go tohttp://www.TheRealNealFox.com andhttp://www.TheArtOffensive.com
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