Artist Chris Ware's rejected cover for Fortune Magazine :

Why was it rejected? Boing Boing explains :

(Chris Ware) filled the image with tons of satirical imagery, like the U.S. Treasuring being raided by Wall Street, China dumping money into the ocean, homes being flooded, homes being foreclosed, and CEOs dancing a jig while society devolves into chaos.

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Quotes about the Knights of Malta

 The Grandmaster with the Pope

"The Knights of Malta are a Gentile, Roman, Freemasonic Order coming out of the Old Roman Empire, which was the collective power of the old world of Europe, cause Europe was dominated by Rome." — Jordan Maxwell; Basic Slideshow Presentation

"As the Knights of Malta, their official head is the Pope and their headquarters is in Rome. As the Knights of St John they are based in London and their official head is the King or Queen. The Catholic and Protestant wings are in fact the same organization at the highest level...

The Jesuits and the Knights of Malta are esoteric secret societies which hoard and use the secret knowledge while outwardly claiming to be Roman Catholic and ‘Christian.’" — David Icke; The Biggest Secret 

"The Knights of Malta is held up by a backbone consisting of nobility. Nearly half of the 10,000 members belong to Europe's oldest and most powerful families. This cements the alliance between the Vatican and the "Black Nobility." The Black Nobility is mostly the rich and powerful of Europe. The head of the Black Nobility is the family that can claim direct descendancy from the last Roman emperor. Maybe now you can see that things are beginning to fall into their proper place. Membership in the Knights of Malta entails obedience to one's superior in THE ORDER and ultimately to the Pope. Therefore, a U.S. ambassador who is also a member of the Knights of Malta faces a conflict of interest. Why is this fact ignored? President Bush appointed Knight of Malta Thomas Melledy to the post of U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican." — Bill Cooper,  Behold A Pale Horse 

Source
 

Is Raelian Cult Signaling Illuminati Intentions?

For over 30 years, Rael Maitreya (left) has been the leader of a growing world movement known as Raelism - a self proclaimed 'atheist religion' claiming direct contact with invisible 'extraterrestrial beings' resembling Biblical 'fallen angels'.

My recent research has uncovered numerous personal connections between the leadership of this cult movement, and the top-level world elite - musicians, politicians, gate-keepers of capital, media and culture  - several indicating a more than passing interest in fallen angels! 

Is this Raelian connection a harmless fling or a potential threat to the stability and spiritual well-being of human-kind? Let's examine some of the activities and claims of this group...

 

THIRD TEMPLE IN IS'RAEL SEAT OF ALIEN WORLD GOVERNMENT

On April 12, 2009, Rael Maitreya, the atheist French 'prophet' who claims to be Israel's Messiah,  publicly addressed the nation of IsRael (as he has renamed it): "I, Yahweh, through the mouth of my Prophet, RAEL, your awaited Messiah, am sending you this ultimate message... you all need to unite to prepare the construction of the Third Temple, Our Embassy and the glorious return of our beloved son, our last and ultimate messenger, the Messiah Rael, who will bring centuries of peace on Earth with our return. Every minute counts and remember that you cannot say we did not warn you." 

 

http://raelianews.org/comment.php?comment.news.373

 

Not content with stealing the divine titles of the Lord Jesus Christ - Messiah - Beloved Son - Rael Maitreya claims to have been personally contacted by advanced extra-terrestrial beings known as 'scientists', or 'elohim', who have been, he says, universally mistaken for God in monotheism. These 'beings from the sky' are supposedly due to "officially" intervene in the governmental affairs of planet earth very soon, dependent upon the desire of human-kind to receive them!

The group appears to be predicting some kind of alien-controlled Galactic World Government, centred in a temple, or extra-terrestrial "embassy", in Jerusalem: "The embassy will be built, and our parents from space will come..."

 

http://www.elohimembassy.org/

 

This might all be 'pie in the sky', if it weren't for the incredible connections that Rael Maitreya appears to have, that might just make this diabolical scheme slightly more plausible. We have seen the registered public forum links between  senior Rothschild family members and Rael Maitreya in Facebook. This family enabled the Israeli parliament, the Knesset building to come into being in Jerusalem, and the Israeli Supreme Court building with its reported array of Masonic imagery and sinister symbolism... Could an 'embassy-temple' be far behind?

 

http://www.thegoldenreport.com/asp/jerrysnewsmanager/anmviewer.asp?a=817

 

THE BIBLE

Bible prophecy describes a focused global connection between deluded human rulers of the world, and the deceptive spiritual enemies of God. The book of Revelation describes Satan, the Devil (aka Lucifer - appearing as an "angel of light"), being "cast into the earth with his angels", to deceive the leaders and kings of the earth, who will voluntarily "give their power" to Antichrist for a time, supported by his "false prophet".

 

Reading this Raelian material reminds us of the New Testament prophecy of the Apostle Paul:  "Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come, except there come an apostasy first, and that man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God..." [2 Thessalonians 2:3]. (Read more)

 

 

Russia says genetically modified foods are harmful

Russia has started the annual Days of Defence against Environmental Hazards from the 15th of April to the 5th of June with the announcement of sensational results of an independent work of research. Scientists have proved that Genetically Modified Organisms are harmful for mammals. The researchers discovered that animals that eat GM foodstuffs lose their ability to reproduce. Campbell hamsters that have a fast reproduction rate were fed for two years with ordinary soya beans, which are widely used in agriculture and those contain different percentages of GM organisms. Another group of hamsters, the control group, was fed with pure soya, which was found with great difficulty in Serbia because 95 percent of soya in the world is transgenic. (Read more)

WhaddaYaMean We're The Bad Guys?

This stunning, but true, summary of 65 years of American War from Australian journalist John Pilger appears on Reddit :

Since 1945, the United States has overthrown fifty governments, including democracies, and crushed some 30 liberation movements, and supported tyrannies and set up torture chambers from Egypt to Guatemala. Countless men, women and children have been bombed to death

This is taken from the reality-rocking Pilger documentary The War On Democracy, which you can watch online here for free.

A Redditer helpfully supplies a list of Wikipedia links that confirm it all :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_US_regime_change_actions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_transnational_human_rights_actions

Here's a few good reads for starters:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_successful_coups_d%27%C3%A9tat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Wars (lots of little-known wars there)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_drug_trafficking

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_state_terrorism

The Debate Unfolds

Glenn Beck outing the shysters

(YouTube link)

The Knights of Malta - The Short Course

The Knights of Malta is known by alternate names and has sub-groups:

• Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Knights of Malta, Chevaliers of Malta)
• The Knights Hospitaller
• Knights Templar (also the name of a high-level masonic degree) (The United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and of St John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta)
• Knights of Rhodes
• Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta
• Venerable Order of St. John
• Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta 

Their Overwhelming Reach

The Knights of Malta is an ecumenical world organization with its threads weaving through business, banking, politics, the CIA, other intelligence organizations, P2, religion, education, law, military, think tanks, foundations, the United States Information Agency, the United Nations, and numerous other organizations. They are one of the oldest branches of the Order of the Quest in existence. The world head of the Knights of Malta is elected for a life term, with the approval of the Pope. The Knights of Malta have their own Constitution and are sworn to work toward the establishment of a New World Order with the Pope at its head. Knights of Malta members are also powerful members of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission. [1]

Their Rosicrucian Practices

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta, also known as the original Sovereign Military Order of St. John of Jerusalem, is a closed fraternity of the Roman Catholic Church. Its initiated members must be Catholic and have served in the military. They participate in secret ceremonies and feudal ritual dress, and embrace a strong class/caste mentality as part of their initiation into Rosicrucian dogma. [2]

Jesuit Ties

The Jesuits are ultimately in control of both the Vatican and the Military Order of Malta. The Jesuit Order is since 1814 in complete control of the - obscenely wealthy - Vatican institution (and its Catholic clergy hierarchy) and presently also controls various other organizations together with the Military Order of Malta, such as the United Nations, NATO, European Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, various central banks, big corporations, secret services, and numerous societies and cults, such as Freemasonry ("The Brotherhood") and Opus Dei. [3]

Their Dark Purpose

The Vatican, Jesuit Order, Knights of Malta and Black nobility people have formed a complex masonic mafia network of global proportions, using many front organizations with disastrous effects on the lives of billions of people. This secretive mafia network tries to keep people ignorant of the Fascist conspiracy and the instruments [sedation, narcotics, consumerism, sex, fear-based programming, knowledge control]  they use. [4]

Extensive coverage of the Knights of Malta further documents that "Nazi spies and CIA operatives have been decorated by SMOM" whose members have been involved in neo-fascist activities "ranging from secret deals with organized crime to bloody coups in Latin America that have destroyed democratically elected governments." [5]

Chain of Command

As you can see by this organizational chart, they are close to the top of Freemasonry:

 

Some Influential Members

Silvio Berlusconi - Prime Minister of Italy

(Former Prime Minister) Tony Blair

John Robert Bolton - U.N. Ambassador

George H.W Bush
George W. Bush
Jeb Bush
Precott Bush, Jr.

Michael Bloomberg - NY City Mayor

Charles Joseph Bonaparte - Created the FBIMichael Chertoff - Author of the Patriot Act and former head of Homeland Security

(President) Bill Clinton
(Cardinal) Terence Cooke

(Archbishop) Edward Egan

William Randolph Hearst

Heinrich Himmler
Richard Holbrooke - Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan under the Obama administration

Rick Joyner - Senior Pastor of MorningStar Fellowship Church based in Fort Mill, SC

Joseph Kennedy
(Senator) Ted Kennedy
Henry A. Kissinger

Rupert Murdoch

Oliver North
George Pataki - former Governor of NY

Nelson Rockefeller
David Rockefeller
Rick Santorum - former Senator of PA and professing Christian

Amschel Mayer von Rothschild

Robert Zoellick - 11th President of the World Bank

Other names on the long list

Oath of the Knight 

Rick Joyner's Part 

As you recall from yesterday's post, I believe Rick Joyner will be instrumental in helping the Charismatic/Prophetic movement deliver the Church into Lucifer's hands for the cause of the one-world religion. 

MorningStar is the name given to Lucifer. As you look at the star, it is in the shape of a cross - with an X through it. It is also the cross used in Scientology, and the appearance of it demeans the work of the cross.

As you look at the symbol on the Retreat Center page, it appears to be a combination of an eye and the rays of sunlight - an esoteric symbol. I believe it's exoteric meaning is that of hands raised to God.

The Dominion Theology of Joyner, by its design, has eliminated the prophetic future of Israel as a nation and the Jews' claim to the promises given to Abraham. The Word of Faith New Wave Charismatics are absolutely in the forefront with the Pope in helping prepare the stage for the false christ. It would be impossible to inaugurate a New World Order and One World Religion without this component.  

Some Last Comments
As many of you know, I came out of the charismatic movement - the Word of Faith. I've read one of Rick Joyner's books and have listened to many of his prophetic teachers who support his ministry. My intention is not to point my finger at Charismatics and show them the error of their ways. I would, however, like to question some of the things being done in the prophetic movement. 

When I read that the Rosicrucian dogma is used in the initiation of the Knights of Malta, you have to wonder where Joyner's prophetic gifts are coming from. Their ability to speak to angels/spirits (forbidden in Scripture), their ability to spontaneously see into the future at will (fortune telling) and see into someones past, and some of the weird manifestations of the Spirit I would even have a hard time doing when I was still involved in the church - you gotta wonder! It's not much different than what the mystical stuff the Rosicrucians are doing...Gnostic at best!

I believe wholeheartedly that the majority of the people involved in this love Jesus entirely, so they need our prayer. I doubt that most Joyner followers know what the Knights of Malta are involved with, and believe what they are told. I do believe that unless many of them wake up before it's too late, they will be instrumental in bringing down the denominational churches that don't agree with ecumenism, all in the name of the Lord Jesus.  

Joel's Army - A Template for Warfare

Taking the world for Jesus Christ - a 21st century crusade, of sorts. We play by their rules, and unity is their final objective.

 
(YouTube link)

"For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect." Matthew 24:24 (NKJV)

Joel's Army - Civil War in the Church

According to EndTimesPropheticWords.com, in May 1996, Rick Joyner sent out a message entitled ‘Civil War in the Church.’ He makes the following points:

~This is the greatest time of expectation in the history of Christianity- reconciliation and renewal are taking place everywhere and the church is growing at 200,000 people a day.

~There is an advance of ecumenism and the breaking down of denominational barriers (including Catholic/Protestant) thanks to Christian TV.

~Satan is about to test the church’s new unity.

~In 1988, 1993, 1995 and Feb 1996, Joyner was shown that the church is headed for an inevitable spiritual civil war.

~It will be “an opportunity to drive the accuser out of the church, for the church then to come into a unity that would otherwise be impossible.”

~“[It will be] the end of Christianity as we know it. The very definition of Christianity will be changed, for the better.”

~“The church that emerges will be full of unprecedented grace, truth and power.”

~The conflict will be extremely costly and prolonged.

~The primary issue (as with the American Civil War) at stake will be the eradication of “the spiritual slavery and oppression now existing in much of the church.”

~“Nearly half the believers in the world today are held under a spiritual ‘plantation mentality’” with leaders seeking only to build and preserve their own empires.

~“Satan’s ’strand of three cords’ (the control spirit, the political spirit and the religious spirit) by which he is yoking multitudes of believers, must be confronted and removed from our midst.” Then the church may “come into her ultimate glory.”

~Much of the church uses “guilt, pressure, manipulation and control to compel men to do what we think they should do.” We must “remove the cancer from our midst.”

~A major factor in the Christian Civil War will be strife over money.

~Another will be tradition/ a religious spirit/ Pharisaism vs. what God is currently doing. “The more anointed a new movement is, the more these traditionalists will be threatened by it, and the more vehemently they will attack it.”

~Some of those who oppose denominations will nevertheless keep others in fear and bondage to their own self-will.

~There will be a fight between the true unity we have in Christ and the false unity of political expediency, tradition, way of life, etc.

~The conflict will be between Christians who are heavenly-minded/ Spirit-led (Blues) and intellectual/ Mind-led (Grays).

~The only way for true unity to occur is to rout the forces of spiritual slavery and oppression.

~Unity and peace must be based on truth.

~Many will fight simply out of loyalty for their organisation or denomination, not through true conviction.

~There will appear to be a “total meltdown of Christianity [which] will result in one of her greatest victories … This will cause the Lord’s champions to ascend the mountain into higher realms of the Spirit than they have gone before. As they do, Faith, Hope and Charity will be revealed, and seen from even greater distances than would have otherwise been possible.

~“The black church … will be the primary force to bring about the ultimate victory,” despite attacks from Satan and Islam. After the war, there will be no white or black church.

~“There will be an entirely new definition of Christianity, which the Lord Jesus Himself has already written. The world will know us by our love.”

~There will be a New Breed of Spiritual Leaders, who will fight for the Blues. They may not initially be appreciated.

~The Blues will be fighting for the liberation of the Grays, not to destroy them. “We are not fighting against people, but the forces that deceive and bind them.”

~Those who will not comply must be removed from their place of influence. “These can be distinguished by their attempts to spy out our liberty and yoke the church with bondage, or sow the doctrines the Scriptures call leaven.”

~“All the movements that are working to bring about the unity of the church really have been sent by God … .We must do all that we can to strengthen every relationship, and reconcile with all those that we can.”

~We must “strengthen the essential truths of our faith, within ourselves”, without compromise, and not follow organizations for their own sake.

~We need to “judge ourselves, lest we be judged,” casting out any spirit of control in us.

The goal of the Kansas City Prophets, Joel’s Army, TheCall, and other little groups and movements (like the Seven Mountain Mandate) is to take over local churches, denominations, and individuals. Does this not sound familiar to anyone else?

Joel's Army - It's All About Unity

Until yesterday, I had never heard of Joel's Army. What follows is a sketch of the things I did learn.

1. Rick Joyner initially prophesied, in 1999, a Revolution in the Church. He spoke of dismantling present Church structures. God had not yet revealed to him the nature of this revolution and the course it would take, or “what” the Church would become in the aftermath.  

2. Jim Goll, of Ministry to the Nations, describes this convergence as The Great Revolution:

"...the Revelation of the Prophetic Movement and the relational networking of the Apostolic Reformation shall all merge together into a tidal wave that will eclipse the impact of  reformation of 500 years ago  and create what could be called The Great Revolution.

"The Lord will give the church an opportunity to re-write her stained and spotted history.  Radical deeds of identificational repentance, acts of mercy to the poor and the oppressed, presence and power encounters to the sick and the demonized, warrior praise and intercession arising over cities will mount as a Revolution comes upon the global body of Christ and creating a great societal awakening!  If history books are written of the years that lie ahead, they might be termed The Days of His Glorious Presence." [1]

3. The Latter Rain movement taught that as the end of the age approached, the "overcomers" would arise within the Church. There was debate among various branches as to the nature and extent of this manifestation. These Manifest Sons of God, ones who have come into the full stature of Jesus Christ, would receive the Spirit without measure. They would be as Jesus was when he was on earth and would receive a number of divine gifts, including the ability to change their physical location, to speak any language through the Holy Spirit, and would be able to perform divine healings and other miracles. They would complete the work of God, restoring man's rightful position as was originally mandated in Genesis and by coming into the full stature of Christ would usher in his millennial reign. Extreme versions of this spoke of Jesus as a "pattern" Son and applied "ye are gods" (Psalms 82:6) to this coming company of believers. [2] (Word of Faith teaching)

4. Joel's Army believers are hard-core Christian dominionists, meaning they believe that America, along with the rest of the world, should be governed by conservative Christians and a conservative Christian interpretation of biblical law. [3]

5. In "The Harvest," Rick Joyner disclosed that in the forthcoming revolution an "army" will remove those -- labeled stumbling blocks -- who refuse the unity teachings of the modern prophets. According to Joyner, “. . .to remove the stumbling blocks . . . a great company of prophets, teachers, pastors and apostles will be raised up with the spirit of Phinehas.”. After this revolution in the Church, “very young Christians will be pastoring large bodies of believers”:

". . .Some pastors and leaders who continue to resist this tide of unity will be removed from their place. Some will become so hardened they will become opposers and resist God to the end. Most will be changed and will repent of their resistance. . . . There will be many 'stumbling blocks' circulating in the Church that will cause confusion and some destruction from time to time. They will perceive themselves as prophets sent to judge and deliver. Those serving in leadership must trust their discernment and remove the stumbling blocks.

"To be distinguished from the 'stumbling blocks,' a great company of prophets, teachers, pastors and apostles will be raised up with the spirit of Phinehas. Just as the son of Eleazar could not tolerate iniquity in the camp of the Lord, this 'ministry of Phinehas' will save congregations, and at times even whole nations from the plagues that will be sweeping the earth. They will be moved by the jealousy of the Lord for the purity of His people. They will be sent to save and preserve the work of the Lord, not tear down, as the stumbling blocks do. . . Huge masses of people will be streaming to the Lord, the inflow so great in places that very young Christians will be pastoring large bodies of believers. Arenas and stadiums will overflow nightly as the believers come together to hear the apostles and teachers.

". . .Extraordinary miracles will be common while those considered great today will be performed almost without notice by young believers. Angelic appearances will be common to the saints and a visible glory of the Lord will appear upon some for extended periods of time as power flows through them. . . .Those in leadership will be the most humble of all. When anyone presumes leadership without calling, it will be apparent to all. "This harvest will be so great that no one will look back at the early Church as a standard; all will be saying that the Lord has certainly saved His best wine for last. The early Church was a firstfruits offering; truly this will be a harvest! It was said of the Apostle Paul that he was turning the world upside down; it will be said of the apostles soon to be anointed that they have turned an upside down world right side up. Nations will tremble at the mention of their name. . ." [4]

6. The elitist teachings of the Vineyard, Pentecostal, Charismatic and Calvary Chapel groups support variations on the theme of the perfection of saints through the elevation and teachings of latter-day prophets and apostles.  Restorationist, Kingdom Now and Joel's Army theologies teach that, under select leaders, those who achieve a certain level of holiness will be able to defeat all enemies and will eventually become immortal. These gnostic doctrines taught by modern prophets such as Bob Jones and Rick Joyner, both once associated with the late Vineyard founder, John Wimber. [5]

What follows is another part of the broadcast from yesterday. Pastor Michael Hoggard makes Joel's Army sound militant, but I think we have more to fear of the New Age cleansing, spoken about previously on this site. I'm sure it will take churches down, though.

Some People Involved in the Movement
Rick Joyner - MorningStar Ministries
Bob Jones & Mike Bickle 
Bob Beckett of The Dwelling Place Family Church in San Jacinto, California.
Dutch Sheets - Pastor of a Vineyard Church and author.
Paul Cain - former second-in-command to William Branham
Jack Deere (former chief theologian for the Vineyard), John Eckhardt, Kingsley Fletcher, Ted Haggard, Bill Hamon, Cindy Jacobs, Jim Laffoon, Chuck Pierce, and Barbara Yoder
George Otis Jr.
Michael Pierce - runs the "Christ For Your City" ministries out of London Ontario. John Dawson -  is director of Youth With a Mission (YWAM) in Los Angeles, California.
Peter C. Wagner - Wagner's World Prayer Center
Cindy Jacobs - Involved with the Generals of Intercessions and Peter Wagner's Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders. 
Ed Silvoso - Director of Harvest Evangelism

It is my belief that the Dominionist theology comes from the Jesuits within the Knights of Malta, which Rick Joyner is a member. Being part of the Freemasons, it would explain the militant overtones it has. Tomorrow, I'll talk more about the Knights of Malta.

(YouTube link)

I don't think he likes communists much :

Wow.

How To Turn A Boy Into A Killer

Bill Willers :

In 1983, the National Film Board of Canada produced a 57-minute film, "Anybody's Son Will Do". Arguably the best anti-war film ever made, and tailored for public television, it scared the hell out of the U.S. military machine, which has done its best to "disappear" it. For years it has been nearly impossible to find a copy, but some kind soul has posted it on YouTube where it can be seen in six segments.

The film shows the process by which young men become psychologically engineered to kill or die on command. While the model used is the U.S. Marine Corps, it's made clear that the modern techniques for creating soldiers are refined, dehumanizing and universal.

This stunning documentary, showing how recruits are turned into Marines at Parris Island, provided director Stanley Kubrick with almost the entire first half of his seminal 1987 war movie, Full Metal Jacket, from lines of dialogue to even duplications of how scenes were framed and filmed. The difference, of course, is that this documentary is the real thing.

From Part Three :

"Freedom has a price, and I believe this and I preach it, freedom has one price, and history bears me out...there is only one price freedom will accept. And that's blood."

All Six Parts Of 'Anybody's Son Will Do' Can Be Seen Here


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Ministry Watch: Charismatic Masonic "Knights of Malta" Dominionist Theology

This is a must-see! It goes further than the study I did on Dominion Theology by describing its origin.


(YouTube link)

South Africa considers apology to Maori

It was a cold, crisp winter's morning at Monticello Ground, Dunedin, in mid-July 1960. A heavy frost covered the ground. I was playing for Zingari Richmond under 7 stone schoolboys and as I pushed my way through the opposition, I hit a wall of players and fell to the ground, landing arkwardly. The pain was excruciating as I writhed on the ground. I broke my collarbone.

I was in considerable pain for three months as I walked and bused between the Dunedin hospital, physiotherapy department and doctors. It had just been announced that an all white All Black rugby team would tour South Africa. It was a bombshell to a young rugby player who had watched Waka Nathan, Mac Heriwini, Phillip Tautarangi, Ron Rangi and other Maori All Black hopefuls play Otago at Carisbrook a few weeks earlier. These guys ran like quicksilver, and cut through teams like swords. Legends such as Manga Emery, Alby Pryor, Muru Walters, the Maniapoto brothers and other were also not going to be given;the chance to wear the All Black jersey either in 1960. I was grestfallen and confused.

I pleaded to my Father and shopkeepers I knew in central Dunedin whose shops I walked past on my way to the hospital. Their shop windows had posters of the touring All Black team, but without Maori. I asked respected shop owners who had played rugby and cricket such as Charlie Saxton, Vin Cusack, Walter Findlay and even Bert Sutcliffe, why there were no Maoris in the All Black team. They had similar answers, " That is what the South Africans want,"

As a 12 year old I felt there was no justice in this world, yet on ANZAC day, we were told the Maori and Pakeha had fought side by side.

Well they weren't going to be playing side by side in the 1960 tour of South Africa.



'Apartheid was an evil that shattered millions of lives over the years,' says South African Rugby Union president Oregan Hoskins..

The Citizens' All Black Tour Association, of which Ngai Tahu leader Frank Winter was a prominent member, campaigned to stop the tour, using the slogan 'No Maoris – No Tour'. More than 150,000 New Zealanders signed a petition opposing the tour - it remains one of the largest petitions in our history. Others marched in the streets to voice their opposition. One unique form of protest came from the hugely popular Howard Morrison Quartet. Band member Gerry Merito transformed Lonnie Donegan's ‘My old man's a dustman’ into ‘My old man’s an All Black’ to make a point about the decision to tour without Maori.

Despite these protests the tour went ahead.



Therefore it was with some satisfaction last weekend that I read that South African rugby has given its first indication it is willing to apologise to Maori over their non-selection in All Blacks sides that toured the republic.

In a dramatic turn in the centenary year of Maori rugby, the South African Rugby Union will meet next month to discuss the past treatment of Maori players and it's possible that could lead to a formal apology.

Waka Nathan was one of the 'greats' who was barred from going to South Africa.

It has also indicated it wants to meet with Maori officials after that conference.

This is in contrast to the New Zealand Rugby Union, which to date has refused to apologise for bowing to South African demands Maori players be excluded from All Blacks teams in 1928, 1949 and 1960 when the white South African government's apartheid views regarded the black majority as second-class citizens.


 The NZRU's Maori board said last week it did not believe an apology was necessary.
But other Maori rugby figures including former All Blacks captain Taine Randell have disagreed.

South African rugby officials have been silent on the controversial issue, but yesterday SARU president Oregan Hoskins held out an olive branch to Maori in a move that will be seen as them taking the lead in the debate.

Hoskins told Sunday News the issue will be discussed at a meeting of the SARU executive council in mid-May and after that he wants to meet Maori leaders.

"Apartheid was an evil that shattered millions of lives over the years and continues to shadow the lives of all people in South Africa.

We battle with the legacy every day," Hoskins said in a written statement provided to Sunday News.

"We are aware of the current debate in New Zealand and will be discussing it at our next meeting, after which I would like to meet Maori representatives in New Zealand during the Vodacom Tri-Nations."

In last week's Sunday News, New Zealand Maori's most successful coach Matt Te Pou, who guided the team to a historic win over the British and Irish Lions in 2005, called on South Africa to play its part in an overdue reconciliation.

Te Pou floated the idea of South Africa playing a mid-week game against NZ Maori during their two-test Tri Nations trip to New Zealand in July.

That is unlikely to happen unless the Springboks widen their squad, but it appears SARU are looking at what they can do to play a part in the centenary celebrations of Maori rugby as well as address the issue of Maori players not being selected to tour the republic.

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Singer Joni Mitchell claims she has been suffering from Morgellons disease :

"[It's a] weird, incurable disease that seems like it's from outer space.

"Fibres in a variety of colors protrude out of my skin like mushrooms after a rainstorm: they cannot be forensically identified as animal, vegetable or mineral. Morgellons is a slow, unpredictable killer – a terrorist disease: it will blow up one of your organs, leaving you in bed for a year."

But what part of the Mitchell interview grabs the headline? The fact that she called Bob Dylan a fraud.

2010 UK ELECTION SPECIAL

Normally I try to avoid bothering with all this crap, seeing it somewhere between scary and funny, but unbelievably some people are taking it seriously. So for their benefit, here we go....


In contemporary research and clinical practice, Robert D. Hare's "Psychopathy Checklist-Revised" is the psycho-diagnostic tool most commonly used to assess if someone is a psychopath.


Here is the check list:
1. Glibness/superficial charm
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth
3. Pathological lying
4. Cunning/manipulative
5. Lack of remorse or guilt
6. Emotionally shallow
7. Callous/lack of empathy
8. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions


Remember that not all violent offenders are psychopaths and not all psychopaths are violent offenders.
Some psychopathic personality traits seem attractive in politicians and get them elected. Traits such as: assertiveness, ability to appear genuine when faking sincerity and honesty. ability to quickly assess vulnerabilities in people and manipulate them, shallowness, take-charge narcissism and expertise of schmoozing and networking, etc.


While the psychopath is charming and makes friends easily, those who come to rely upon him soon painfully find out that he has no sense of responsibility. Continually promises are made and broken without regard for the gravity of the consequences, for which the psychopath will then deny responsibility. He can solemnly lie while looking the victim in the eye, showing no anxiety whatever. If you want the best examples think……


"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky".

and


"The document discloses that his military planning allows for some of the WMD to be ready within 45 minutes of an order to use them."

These guys are Hollywood's top psychopaths, each one has played the role more than once.


Kevin Spacy


Joe Pesci


Mat Damon


Anthony Hopkins


John Malkovich and Glen Close


John Travolta and Samuel L Jackson

On TV we get:


Dexter


Blackadder



The aliens in V


and Tony Soprano

They’ll say anything – lie or truth. A psychopath will lie through his teeth no problem. However, if telling the truth will attain his goal a psychopath may well do that rather than lie.
In other words, to concentrate on the lies of the psychopath is to miss the fact that for the psychopath his truths play precisely the same role as his lies.


Don't listen to the way they say it, listen what they say, they are all perverting the language.

George Orwell once argued that "political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness."
In the same essay, he added that such language was "designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable."


Politicians are almost incapable of speaking in a clear, open way. Instead, they hide behind platitudes and long-winded sentences to deceive the public.
When we get down to it they are all the same firm, we only have an election to decide who sits where at Westminster. What all parties agree on is the issues they will NOT talk about.


"The greatest triumphs of propaganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing. Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth, by simply not mentioning certain subjects"

Aldous Huxley in the Preface to his 1931 novel "Brave New World".

These are the subjects they DON'T want to talk about:


GLOBAL WARMING.Prove it, or stop taxing it. A consensus is not science....it's just a consensus. There used to be a consensus that the sun went around the earth.


WAR. Uh...good god lord... what is it good for....and when is it going to end?


DRUGS. Politicians say “Marijuana may not be so dangerous in itself, but it’s a gateway drug. 85% of heroin addicts started out on marijuana.” This is apparently true, but 100% started out on milk.


IMMIGRATION. If they answer questions on illegal immigration then they are seen as "racist" and "xenophobic".


BANKS, BONUSES AND DEBT. Why did we bail out banks? Why did we pay out bonuses for incompetence? Can you explain how any of this is good and what you are going to DO about it?


MP's EXPENSES: You must be joking

Remember folks, only around 8,000 peoples votes counted in the last election (see last Septembers blog) and it doesn't matter who you vote for....the government gets in!

IS IT A BIRD, OR A PLANE, NO....IT'S SOME SKINNY GEEZER

Meet Ray Middleton, the first actor to play Superman, way back in 1940. Back then Superman didn't just wear his underpants over his suit. As you can see he took his mum's advice and wore two pairs, over and under. They didn't want the "Man of Steel" catching his death of cold.


We can see Ray here making his appearance at the 1940 World's fair. Perhaps this Superman had a fear of heights, because he needed to hold on to a piece of string to stop himself falling off, bless him.

CARS FOR LITTLE BOYS #1

This is the 1962 Ford Seattle, a concept car not meant for production, which eventually became the....


Lincoln Futura which eventually became the top selling....


Batmobile.

20th CENTURY COURTING RITUAL

"I Think We're Dead"

First timers, struggling with that endless creeping-up pot brownie effect :

They won't miss us when we're gone. They'll just pick up the tools we leave behind, make use of those that are practical, and discard the rest of our cherished civilisation to be swallowed up, in time, by jungles, deserts and oceans.

James Cameron Declares War On "Climate Change Deniers, Ranters, Fearmongers"

Extraordinary.

This is where stars are born :



NASA :

"Captured here are the top of a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and the dust that is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby bright stars. The pillar is also being pushed apart from within, as infant stars buried inside it fire off jets of gas that can be seen streaming from towering peaks like arrows sailing through the air."

The Full Hubble Image Is Here

The Death Of World Trade Centre 7

WTC7 was the third New York City skyscraper to fall on September 11, 2001.



Reporter Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, writing for Fox News, was there that day, he remembers the collapse of WTC7 :

"I remember watching all 47 stories of Building 7 suddenly and silently crumble before my eyes.

"Shortly before the building collapsed, several NYPD officers and Con-Edison workers told me that Larry Silverstein, the property developer of One World Financial Center was on the phone with his insurance carrier to see if they would authorize the controlled demolition of the building..."

More from Shapiro :

While I was talking with a fellow reporter and several NYPD officers, Building 7 suddenly collapsed, and before it hit the ground, not a single sound emanated from the tower area. There were no explosives; I would have heard them. In fact, I remember that in those few seconds, as the building sank to the ground that I was stunned by how quiet it was.

Another eyewitness to the collapse of WTC7, NYPD officer Craig Bartmer :

"...all of a sudden the radios exploded and everyone started screaming ‘get away, get away, get away from it!’… It was at that moment… I looked up, and it was nothing I would ever imagine seeing in my life. The thing started pealing in on itself… Somebody grabbed my shoulder and I started running, and the shit’s hitting the ground behind me, and the whole time you’re hearing boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.”

Paul Joseph Watson :

In February of 2002 Silverstein Properties won $861 million from Industrial Risk Insurers to rebuild on the site of WTC 7. Silverstein Properties’ estimated investment in WTC 7 was $386 million. This building’s collapse alone resulted in a payout of nearly $500 million, based on the contention that it was an unforeseen accidental event.

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Video Games Really Are Designed To Control Your Mind, Keep You Playing, Get You Addicted

Why The iPad Won't Save Newspapers

Our Sudden Chaotic New Volcanic Reality : More And Bigger Eruptions

Richard Dawkins On Why The Pope Should Stand Trial

Hallucinogens Now Being Seriously Studied As An Aid/Cure For Depression, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Gary Younge On Why American Conservatives Are Transforming Into Animal House - Strident, Reckless, Anarchic

Rupert Murdoch's Plans To Paywall His Media Is Proof Of "The Incoherent Spluttering Of An Industry With Sleep In Its Eyes And Moths In Its Wallet"

Crikey : What Role Should Journalists Play In A War?

The Terrible Truth Of Iraq : Soldiers Told To Shoot Civilians, Reassured Senior Officers Would Take Care Of Fallout

How The CIA Used Propaganda To Shore Up Western Europe Support For War On Afghanistan

Stephen Fry On Why Twitter's Power To Influence Politics, To Create Change, Is Yet To Be Fully Discovered