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Jack Bernstein – The People's Voice 2006
The late Jack Bernstein was a rarity an American Zionist who actually "returned" to Israel, not for a vacation or to summer on a kibbutz, but to live and die in Israel building a Jewish nation. What makes him almost one of a kind, though, was his ability to see through the sham and hype to the oppressive, racist, parasitic character of Zionism as practiced in modern Israel, and his courage to denounce it with the force and fervor of an Old Testament prophet.
Bernstein tells how it was, how it is, and how it will be, as long as American taxpayers tolerate their leaders bowing to every wish and whim of the Ashkenazic (Eastern European) elite which rules Israel. He takes the reader on a guided tour through Israel's history, institutions and values, demonstrating how the best traditions of Biblical Judaism have been obscured, corrupted, or cast out to make way for the totalitarian, militaristic, chauvinist monster that is the Israel of today.
Bernstein tells how it was, how it is, and how it will be, as long as American taxpayers tolerate their leaders; bowing to every wish and whim of the Ashkenazic (Eastern European) elite which rules Israel. He takes the reader on a guided tour through Israel's history, institutions and values, demonstrating how the best traditions of Biblical Judaism have been obscured, corrupted, or cast out to make way for the totalitarian, militaristic, chauvinist monster that is the Israel of today.
In Racist Marxist Israel is an irrefutable demonstration that Israeli Jews¡Xand their Zionist kindred around the world¡Xmaintain a double standard on political morality and ethics, and that they support themselves, indeed wax fat on, the sweat and tears and toil and money of non-Jews.
Many Jews and many more non-Jews won¡t like this book. Its author's insistence that what's sauce for the Gentile goose must also be sauce for the Zionist gander will leave a bitter taste in the mouths of large segments of America's self-hating, sackcloth-and-ashes set. All readers of good will, however, will hail Jack Bernstein for his long and arduous march, from dual-loyalist to practicing Zionist to true-red-white-and-blue American patriot, a twentieth-century Paul Revere for all real Americans, Jews and Gentiles alike.
Before Israel became a state in 1948, Jews worldwide were filled with Zionist propaganda that Israel would be a homeland for all Jews, a refuge for persecuted Jews, a democratic country and the fulfillment of biblical prophecy.
I am an Ashkenazi Jew who spent the first 25 years of my life in the United States, the country that has given ALL Jews freedom and the opportunity to prosper — and prosper we Jews did, to the point that one portion of the Jews (the Zionists) have gained a position of political and economic dominance in the U.S.
To fully understand the story I am about to tell, it is important that you understand what Zionism really is. Zionist propaganda has led the American people to believe that Zionism and Judaism are one and the same and that they are religious in nature. This is a blatant lie.
Judaism is a religion; but Zionism is a political movement started mainly by East European (Ashkenazi) Jews who for centuries have been the main force behind communism/socialism. The ultimate goal of the Zionists is one-world government under the control of the Zionists and the Zionist-oriented Jewish international bankers. Communism/socialism are merely tools to help them accomplish their goal.
I was a Victim of Zionist Propaganda
After the 1967 War, we Jews were filled with pride that 'our homeland' had become so powerful and successful. Then too, we had been filled with the false propaganda that Jews in America were being persecuted. So, between 1967 and 1970 approximately 50.000 American Jews fell for this Zionist propaganda and migrated to Israel. I was one of those suckers.
After being filled with all this false Zionist propaganda, I felt that I would have a better chance to succeed in the new Jewish state. There was an added enticement, the spirit and challenge of pioneering and of helping my fellow Jews.
Dual Citizenship
I had no emotional conflict with leaving the U.S. because I was still able to keep my U.S. citizenship and could return to the U.S. at any time. You see, Jews are allowed to be citizens of both Israel and some countries — U.S. is one of those countries. The U.S. government allows a Jew to be a citizen of both U.S. and Israel.
German Americans cannot be citizens of both the U.S. and Germany. Italian Americans cannot be citizen of both U.S. and Italy. Egyptian-Americans cannot be citizens of both the U.S. and Egypt . . . BUT, a Jewish American can be a citizen of both Israel and the U.S. THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE POWER THE ZIONIST JEWS HAVE OVER THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
I Arrive in the "Jewish Paradise"
Before leaving for Israel, a Jewish friend of mine had made arrangements for me to stay a few days with her sister, Fawzia Daboul and her spinster aunt. After arriving at Lod Airport just outside of Tel Aviv, I took a bus to the home of Miss Daboul and her aunt. When I saw Fawzia, it was love at first sight. I started calling her 'Ziva' her Hebrew name. Ziva is a Sephardic Jewess from Iraq who, like myself, had fallen for the Zionist propaganda and had migrated to Israel. She was employed as a hairdresser.
The Kibbutz
After visiting with Ziva and her her aunt for two days, I left to spend 6 months at Kibbutz 'Ein Hashofet' one of the well over 150 such communes then operating in Israel. Since then, many more have been started — especially in the territory taken from the Palestinian Arabs. A kibbutz is a farming and sometimes industrial venture. It is important to explain that Israel's Kibbutz system is a Marxist idea brought to Israel by the Ashkenazi Jews who migrated to Israel mainly from Poland and Russia. These Jews are part of that bunch of Jews know as the BOLSHEVIKS. Before 1917, they were the force that laid the foundation for the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 in Russia and the start of Communism.
Again, I want to point out, even emphasize, that it is some of that same bunch of Ashkenazi, Communist/Socialist Jews who migrated to Israel, gained control of the Zionist Movement and have dominated the government of Israel since its beginning in 1948.
Now, back to the kibbutz
Prior to 1967, most of the work on the Kibbutz was done by Jews. But, since the 1967 War, the work has been done by Arabs who are paid a very low wage, and by volunteers from overseas. Members of the Kibbutz (all Jews) share all things equally. They receive clothing, food and a small allowance. All profits from the venture go into the Kibbutz account for future use. EACH OF THESE KIBBUTZ ARE AFFILIATED WITH ONE OF ISRAEL'S MARXIST PARTIES ranging from SOCIALIST TO HARD-CORE COMMUNIST.
The Kibbutz I was in was not hardcore communist. Yet, I was happy to leave after 4 months — two months earlier than originally planned. During the time I was working in the Kibbutz, I carried on courtship with Ziva. She was one of the reasons I left the Kibbutz after only 4 months — we were to be married.
Our Marriage Created Problems
The marriage ceremony was held in the Sephardic Synagogue. The ceremony was simple but beautiful. Ziva and I were happy, but our marriage created serious problems. You see, Ziva is a Sephardic Jewess and I am an Ashkenazi Jew. For an Ashkenazi Jew to marry a Sephardic Jew is frowned upon in Israel by the ruling Ashkenazi's. To understand why this is the case, you must realize the difference between the Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews.
The powerful Zionist propaganda machine has led the American people to believe that a Jew is a Jew — one race of people and that they are "God's Chosen People". I will deal with the "God's Chosen People" LIE later. First, it is important for you to understand that Jews are NOT one race of people
There are two distinct groups of Jews in the world and they come from two different areas of the world — the Sephardic Jews from the Middle East and North Africa and the Ashkenazi Jews come from Eastern Europe. The Sephardic is the oldest group and it is they, if any, who are the Jews described in the Bible because they lived in the area described in the Bible. They are blood relatives to the Arabs — the only difference between them is the religion.
The Ashkenazi Jews, who now compromise 90% of the Jews in the world, had a rather strange beginning. According to historians, many of them Jewish, the Ashkenazi Jews came into existence about 1200 years ago. It happened this way:
At the eastern edge of Europe, there lived a tribe of people know as the Khazars. About the year 740 A.D., the Khazar king and his court decided they should adopt a religion for their people. So, representatives of the three major religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism, were invited to present their religious doctrines. The Khazars chose Judaism, but it wasn't for religious reasons. If the Khazars had chosen Islam, they would have angered the strong Christian world. If they had chosen Christianity, they would have angered the strong Islamic world. So, they played it safe — they chose Judaism. It wasn't for religious reasons the Khazars chose Judaism; it was for political reasons.
Sometime during the 13th century, the Khazars were driven from their land and they migrated westward with most of them settling in Poland and Russia. These Khazars are now known as Ashkenazi Jews. Because these Khazar Ashkenazi Jews merely chose Judaism, they are not really Jews at least not blood Jews.
Throughout their history, these Polish and Russian Ashkenazi Jews practiced communism/socialism and worked to have their ideas implemented in these countries.
By the late 1800s significant numbers of these communist/socialist Jews were found in Germany, the Balkans and eventually all over Europe. Because of their interference in the social and governmental affairs of Russia, they became the target of persecution by the Czars. Because of this, migration of these communist/socialist oriented Jews began. Some went to Palestine; some to Central and South America; and a large number of them came to the U.S.
Political Zionism is Born
In 1897, the First Zionist Congress was held in Basle, Switzerland. At this Congress, it was decided to work toward the establishment of a Jewish state and a search for land on which to build this Jewish state began. Great Britain offered the Zionists land in Africa. This the Zionists rejected: they wanted Palestine!
At the time, Palestine was inhabited by a half a million Palestinian Arabs and a few Palestinian Jews who are blood related and who had lived together in peace for centuries. With Palestine as their choice for a homeland, European Ashkenazi Jews began migrating to Palestine. As I explained earlier, most were communist/socialist oriented with some of them being radical Bolshevik communists whose aim is world domination.
So when you think of Jews, especially as related to Israel, keep in mind that there is a great difference between Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews. They are not one united people. They are divided socially, politically and especially racially. Now, back to Ziva, a Sephardic Jewess and I an Ashkenazi Jew, and our lives in the so-called democratic country of Israel.
Sephardic Jews — Second Class Citizens
For the first three years of our marriage, it was necessary for us to live with Ziva's aunt. This was because of the critical housing shortage in Israel and because of racism. Housing is allotted as follows:
* Ashkenazi Jews who have lived in Israel for many years are given first choice.
* Second in line are Ashkenazi Jews from Europe — especially if they are married or marry an Israel-born Ashkenazi Jew.
* The next favored are Ashkenazi Jews from the U.S. — especially if they marry an Israeli born Ashkenazi.
* Sephardic Jews have the next choice of whatever housing is left.
* At the bottom of the list are Moslems, Druze and Christians.
Opportunities for employment follow the same pattern: Ashkenazi Jews get the choicest jobs, Sephardic Jews next, and Moslem, Druze and Christians fill the menial jobs with a great many left unemployed. Even through I was an Ashkenazi Jew from the U.S., I was placed lower on the list for housing because I married a Sephardic Jewess.Being denied housing was my second experience of the intense racism that exist in Israel. From the very beginning of my arrival in Israel, many slurs were yelled at me. We American Jews were merely being tolerated. Because Israel, to survive, must depend on gifts of American Jews and the sale of worthless Israeli Bonds in America, there is jealousy among the elite Israeli Ashkenazi Jews toward American Jews, even if the American Jews are also Ashkenazi. Many times I was told, "Go Home!" and, "We want your money, but not you."
However, there was a portion of the American Jews who were welcome and given favored treatment. They were the card-carrying communist Jews.
Of the 50.000 American Jews who, like myself, had migrated to Israel between 1967 and 1970 about 20% (10.000) of them were Marxist oriented with a great number of them actual card carrying communists. They were welcomed by the Israeli authorities and local Ashkenazi and were given favored treatment — housing, jobs and social life. It must be noted besides coming from the U.S., a great number of communist Jews were migrating to Israel from Chile, Argentina and South Africa.
Of the 50.000 who had migrated to Israel during that time, 80% of us eventually returned to the U.S.
The 20% who remained were those who were card-carrying communist or sympathetic to Marxism.
Three Faces of Israel
From what I have told you so far, you must have the idea that Israel is a Marxist (socialist/communist) country. This would be correct. But, Israel has three faces: Communism, Fascism and democracy. The Ashkenazi Jews who migrated to Israel from Russia brought with them the ideology of socialism/communism and have put into practice much of that ideology. The Ashkenazi Jews who migrated to Israel from Germany, while sympathetic to communism and support it, tend to favor the practices of Nazi-style fascism. During World War II, in Germany these elite Zionist Ashkenazi Jews worked closely with Hitler's Gestapo in persecuting the lower class German Jews and delivering them to concentration camps.
Now living in Israel, these elite Zionist Jews, who were well trained in Nazi-style fascism and favor it, have imposed many facets of fascism on Israel. To give the impression that Israel is a democracy, members of the Knesset (Israel Congress) are elected — an odd type of election. This is where Israel's so-called democracy stops. It doesn't make any difference which party wins an election, the LIKUD or LABOR, the elite Zionist Jews rule in a dictatorial manner — giving favors to the elite clique and brutally suppressing any dissent.
In the Zionist/communist scheme of world domination, it is Israel's role to continually stir up trouble in the Middle East. Since wars are a big part of this scheme of aggression, it is only natural that from early childhood on, Israeli youth are trained mentally and physically for war. For instance: Israel has its equivalent of Hitler's youth group. It is the Gadna; and all high school and junior high students are required to participate — boys and girls. Like Hitler's youth group, the youth in Israel's Gadna are dressed in khaki uniforms. They take training and engage in paramilitary exercises.
Even at play, guns and thoughts of war are present. When on a picnic, instead of taking along baseball or soccer equipment, they take sub-machine guns and assault rifles and practice shooting and playing military games.
Once graduated from high school, all young boys are required to serve 3 years in the army (2 years for girls) or 4 years in the navy or air force (3 for girls). Ultra orthodox religious Jews are exempt from military service.
Once out of the service, a number of the ex-service people join the Shin Bet, the equivalent of Hitler's Gestapo. Like the Gestapo, they engage in repressing anyone who acts or speaks out against the Marxist/Fascist government of Zionist dominated Israel.
Like in Nazi Germany, all people in Israel are required to carry identity booklets called "Teudat Zehut" in Hebrew.
One day I changed jackets and forgot to take out my ID booklet when I went down town in Tel Aviv. A police officer approached me and asked for my "Teudat Zehut". I told him I had left it in my other jacket. Because I didn't have my ID booklet with me, I was taken to the police station. At the police station, the desk sergeant informed me that for not having my ID booklet with me, I could be jailed for up to 16 days without even being taken before a judge. All that was necessary is for the Police Lieutenant to sign a "Remand Order".
I asked permission to make a telephone call to my wife and tell her to bring my ID booklet to the station.
The sergeant allowed me two hours to have my "Teudat Zehut" produced. I called my wife and she brought my "Teudat Zehut" — arriving just minutes before the 2 hour deadline expired. If she had been late in arriving, I would have been jailed for 16 days for not having my ID booklet with me. This is just one indication that Israel is a 'Police State' and not a democracy.
Concerning Nazism/Fascism, please let me clear a point. Germans are an admirable people — I dare say even great. But in Germany, the general population were victims of the Nazis who through cunning and brutality gained power. In Germany, the average Jews were victims of the Zionist elite who worked hand in hand with the Nazis. Many of those same Zionist Jews who, in Germany, had worked with the Nazis, came to Israel and joined hands with the Zionist/Communist Jews from Poland and Russia. It is the two faces of communism and Nazi-style fascism that rule Israel. Democracy is merely an illusion.
Regarding the tie between the elite Ashkenazi Jew and the Nazis, take a look at the word 'Ashkenazi' — look again 'Ashke-NAZI'.
Interesting isn't it?
There is a great confusion regarding the relationship of fascism to communism. Fascism is national socialism. Communism is international socialism.
Israel's Economy
Economically, Israel is bankrupt. Of course, this could have been predicted because Israel's economic structure is based on socialism.
Whenever a government of a state and its citizens spend more money than the value of the goods produced, economic bankruptcy will result. If it were not for aid from America, Israel's economy would have collapsed long ago. Israel is a 'welfare state' in every sense of the word — it is America's most favored welfare recipient.
While America's farmers, small businessmen and laborers are struggling to survive, the U.S. Government, dominated by Zionist Jews, are draining the pockets and purses of American taxpayers to support Israel's socialist economy and war machine.
Since the Israeli government knows, and the favored Zionists know, that the Zionist pressure in America will ensure that America will keep sending them massive amounts of money, Israel's government and its favored citizens spend money like drunken sailors. This practice leads to inflation and eventually to an economic collapse.
Comparing Israel to drunken sailors is unfair to sailors. Sailors spend their OWN money — Israel spends money it gets from America. Because Israel is a welfare state depending mainly on American aid for survival, it is on a down-hill slide. In 1982, Israel's inflation rate was 130%.
In 1983, it was 200%, and this year (1984) it is expected to exceed 400%. That means a hamburger that cost $1.00 last January will have risen to $5.00 by the end of December. History shows that no nation mired in economic problems as Israel has become, has ever avoided an economic collapse. Only with a massive increase in American financial aid can an economic collapse be averted — even then, this solution would only be temporary.
Regarding the destructive tendencies of socialism, there are circumstances that allow a country to successfully provide social programs to help its people. It is possible in a country that has sufficient financial resource and where its citizens are deeply religious and considerate their fellowmen.
NONE of this exists in Israel. Even in countries where conditions are ideal there lingers a danger. Since the government of the country provides for the needs of its citizens, most of these citizens have a tendency to lose incentive to work hard; and a country with a complacent citizenry is easily conquered.
Visitors to Israel
Tourism is one of Israel's main sources of income. The largest group of visitors are American Jews. But, there are also many American Christians who want to visit the holy shrines and to see the land of 'God's Chosen People'.
These Christians come away very impressed and filled with religious fervor.
While in Israel, Jews and Gentiles alike are carefully watched so that they do not stray and happen to see the sordid side of Israel — the true Israel.
Like in Soviet Russia and other communist countries, visitors to Israel are taken on carefully planned guided tours. They are shown the religious sites, the universities, the lush orchards, the technical accomplishments, the arts, and to stir sympathy, they are taken to visit the Holocaust Museum. But, kept from the eyes of the tourists are the ghettos, the prisons where political prisoners, mostly Arabs and Sephardic Jews, are subjected to the most inhumane forms of torture. The tourists do not see the widespread crime activities and the corruption and cooperation between organized crime bosses and government and police officials.
The tourists do not learn of the true inner workings of Israel's Marxist/Fascist government; nor do they see Israel's Racism.
I met one American Tourist who couldn't help telling me about the wonderful religious feeling she had from being in Israel — the Holy Land. I remarked to her, "Just try giving a Bible to a local Jew and you will see how much religion and religious freedom there is in Israel. If seen by the police, you will be arrested.
Regarding the Holocaust Museum, I cannot help but comment:
If the Zionist leadership in Germany had not cooperated with the Nazis.
2) If the Zionists, world-wide, had not persuaded various countries to refuse to accept Jews from Germany. The Zionists in America persuaded President Roosevelt to shut the door and not allow Jewish refugees into America before the war when there was still a chance for Jews to leave Germany.
It must be added that many people, including Jews, question whether the Holocaust happened as portrayed by the Zionist propagandists — at least not to the extent the Zionist claim.
The land on which the present state of Israel has been built, formerly Palestine, was once walked upon by Moses, Jesus and Muhammad.
Since Palestine was the site of many religious events and has many religious sites, it is rightfully referred to as the HOLY LAND. So, one would think that Palestine, now Israel, would tend to have an air of holiness about it.
When Palestinian Moslems and Palestinian Jews occupied Palestine, there was a religious aura. But, Since the Zionists took over the area and set up the state of Israel, it is one of the most sinful nations in the world where only 5% of the Jews are religious. It is interesting to note that who are strongly religious are Arab Moslems and Arab Christians who make up a small minority in Israel.
Israeli laws suppress all religion — For instance, it is against the law to try and convert a Jew to another religion even if the Jew is an atheist or humanist.
A Christian is permitted to preach the gospel in a church building, but for the clergy or anyone to even tell one about teachings in the Bible outside the church building will bring a 5 years prison sentence.
For a Christian to give a Bible or religious article to a Jew will also bring a 5 years sentence. Even an act of kindness by a Christian toward a Jew, such as giving a gift of food, can be interpreted as trying to convert the Jew to Christianity and can bring a 5 year prison sentence.
This same law of religious suppression applies to those of the Islamic faith who in an act of kindness give a gift of any kind to a Jew. A 5 year prison sentence can result.
The treatment of religious Jews is touchy for the ruling Zionists. World-wide, Jews and non-Jews view Israel as a land where Jews may practice their religion without persecution. Therefore, the Zionists do not dare risk suppressing Judaism for fear of arousing world opinion against them. So, the ruling Zionists merely tolerate the religious practices of the small minority of religious Jews in Israel.
God's Chosen People
The American people have been led to believe that Jews are "God's Chosen People". This myth was started by a small group of Jews. A few Jewish leaders took excerpts from the Bible and interpreted them as "Chosen People". But, isn't it odd that it is not the religious Jews who claim to be "God's Chosen People". It is the atheistic non-believing Jews who claim that honor.
Leading the cry, "We are God's Chosen People" are the Zionist/Marxist (Ashkenazi) Jews who for political purposes chose Judaism and who don't have a drop of biblical Jewish blood in them.
One Israeli religious Jew said it well, "At one time we Jews were chosen by God to be his messengers. But, long ago we forfeited that right".
Anyone who has read the Bible with an open mind knows that God gave Jews of that time special favors. But, it was in the form of covenants. In these covenants were conditions — the conditions were that God demanded the Jews obey His Word. Time after time the Jews broke the covenants. They rejected God and turned to adoring mammon. It doesn't take a biblical scholar to realize that long ago even the real Jews lost the right of being God's chosen people.
In comparing the degree to which the followers of the 3 major religions practice their beliefs, I make this observation:
Judaism — Few Jews, Sephardic or Ashkenazi, are religious. This is true in America, in Israel and world-wide.
Christianity — The Christians religion has felt the influence of Jewish meddling and infiltration (especially in America) resulting in confusion and bickering between the various Christian denominations. This has led to a 'luke-warm' attitude among most Christians toward their religion. There is evidence to prove that Jews, or one of their many fronts, have started many of the Christian denominations and thus dominate doctrine.
Islam — Moslems, who follow the teachings of Islam, are by far the most fervent of the 3 major religions in following their religious beliefs.
The Judeo-Christian ethic we hear so much about in America is a big joke — the result of an intense Zionist propaganda campaign.
I'll toss in one last thought about the "God's Chosen People" myth: God said, 'Beware of those who call themselves Jews and are not, for they lie'. Could it be the Ashkenazi Jews are the people to whom God was referring?
Israel Stirs Perpetual War
In the Holy land, it would seem that there would be peace. Instead, war and preparation for war is ever present. The Israeli military machine is recognized as the fourth most powerful in the world. From the standpoint of the amount of planes, tanks and other fighting equipment, plus the fact that it is of the latest design, does make the military machine of Israel very powerful. But, in the army, serious weaknesses have developed.
Before exploring the weaknesses of Israel's army, let's briefly review each of the wars in which Israel has been involved — an average of one every 8 years since it became a state in 1948.
1948 War — Just after Israel had declared itself a state, Palestinians and other Arabs attacked the Israeli Army which had been formed out of the terrorist groups, the Irgun and Stem Gang. The reason for the attack by Palestinians was to try and regain their homes which, through murder and terrorism, the Zionists had confiscated. The Palestinians had been a peaceful people and were not trained in the art of warfare, while the Ashkenazi Zionist Jews who had migrated from Soviet Russia, Poland and Germany had more knowledge of tactical warfare.
In addition, Zionists had built up a large amount of arms which they had purchased from the U.S. and communist countries and had illegally smuggled into the area. The Arabs were defeated and in the process, Israel conquered more Palestinian territory.
1956 — Egypt owned the land through which the Suez Canal flows. Egypt's President Nasser declared his intention of taking over operation of the canal from England. This would have hurt England's colonial empire. So, England along with France and Israel conspired to attack Egypt.
With Egypt nearly subdued, America's President Eisenhower stepped in and ordered England, France and Israel to withdraw. At the time, the United States was still militarily strong enough to back Eisenhower's order, so England, France and Israel did withdraw. This was the only time during U.S.-Israeli relations that a U.S. president put the interests of America ahead of Israel's interest.
1967 War — Tension was mounting between Egypt and Israel over territory located between the two countries — the Sinai and Gaza Strip.
To help Israel get an unfair advantage, the Soviet Union resorted to trickery: Soviet diplomats in Egypt told President Nasser to threaten war but not attack. Then Soviet diplomats told Israel's leaders to threaten war and then go ahead and attack. This act of treachery enabled Israel to attack while Egypt was 'off-guard' and destroy Egypt's military capacity in 6 days.
It has been the goal of Israel's leaders to take over all the land between the Nile and Euphrates Rivers. Besides the Sinai and Gaza Strip which Israel intended to take from Egypt during the war, they desired the West Bank which was part of Jordan, and the Golan Heights which was part of Syria. So during the 1967 War, Israel resorted to trickery.
Israel had the technical equipment to intercept radio messages and change these messages (boil them) and then send them on to their destination. During the war, Israel intercepted messages from Egypt to Jordan and Syria and changed the messages, tricking Jordan and Syria into entering the war. The Arab countries were defeated and Israel took a big step toward it's goal of conquest by occupying the Golan Heights and the West Bank as well as the Sinai and Gaza Strip.
Even though Israel's attack on Egypt is called the 1967 War and often referred to as the Six-day War, it can hardly be called a war. Egypt, the most powerful Arab nation at that time, didn't have a chance to fight. Trickery on the part of the Soviet Union and Israel as I have explained, rendered the so-called 1967 War nothing more than a treacherous act of terrorism for which the Soviets and Israel are famous.
See The Life of an American Jew in Racist Marxist Israel Part II


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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
A Year of Chapter Advocacy Efforts: Part Two - Green Schools
Emily Knupp
K-12 Associate, Center for Green Schools
U.S. Green Building Council
As we at USGBC wind down 2011 – and gear up for a promising 2012 I am pleased to have the opportunity to reflect on what an incredible year it's been for green schools. With the help of our seemingly tireless volunteer and chapter network, the Center for Green Schools at USGBC has had a first year that has exceeded many expectations. Even heading into a time of year when things typically seem to slow down, USGBC's volunteers continue to be hard at work on behalf of green schools. To learn more about the recent goings-on of Green Schools Committees from coast-to-coast, read on, and be sure to check out this video from the 2011 Green Schools Committee Symposium held this past summer. To get in on the action, find a committee near you.
I had a few opportunities to see these volunteers in action throughout the year, and started things off in San Francisco back in April. USGBC Colorado and Northern California Green Schools Committee leaders Peggy Kinsey and Pauline Souza joined me at the National School Boards Association's 71st Annual Conference, where we met with school board members from around the country to work toward our country-wide green schools goals, and they shared their stories of building grassroots green schools movements in their own backyard.
In May, the Detroit Regional Chapter participated in the local Green Living Festival. On the eve of the festival, the chapter's green schools committee was joined by dignitaries, community leaders and media for an evening of celebration, featuring a fashion show, live music, networking and organic treats. The evening was capped off with an awards ceremony to recognize the dedication and achievement of several Michigan green leaders. Proceeds from the event went to the Chapter's Green Schools Committee's Green School in a Lunch Box project -- their 2010 USGBC Green Schools Innovation grant winning initiative!
Montana Chapter Green Schools Committee members Wendy Weaver and Dawn Smith co-authored a piece for Montana Parent Magazine, introducing their state to Center for Green Schools initiatives and how they're being implemented in the Treasure State.
Just in time for the new school year, Mississippi Chapter Green Schools Committee Chair Sally Zahner and her committee were involved in the groundbreaking for what could be Mississippi's first LEED certified school, Hancock North Central Elementary. The school in coastal Mississippi is being built with a combination of funds from the district and FEMA, and in addition to being green, a portion of the new structure will be able to withstand 200 mile per hour winds.
In October, USGBC Orange County (California) kicked off their Adopt-a-School project, which will connect volunteers with nearby Davis Magnet School in Costa Mesa. GSC members will work to promote the school as a teaching tool, while actively providing a school with a classroom makeover. Congrats to Green Schools Committee Chair Wendy Rogers for securing some major local partners.
The USGBC Arkansas Chapter launched the Arkansas Green Schools Challenge just before Thanksgiving. Green Schools Committee Chair Dustin Davis reports that 41 schools across Arkansas have already signed on to participate in the competition that will "empower students and communities to be good stewards of their own environments." Dustin partnered with Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators (AAEA) to kick this off. Just up north, the USGBC South West Virginia Chapter's GSC Chair Steve Sunderman is busy preparing for his chapter's second year of the VA Green Schools Challenge, coming in 2012.
To close out the year and open up a newer side of the green schools conversation, Chris Tyler and the Kentucky Chapter helped bring together a bipartisan team of state legislators at Richardsville Elementary in Bowling Green, Ky., to discuss political common ground around the topic of green schools. Richardsville is the nation's first net-zero energy school, and serves a 78% free and reduced lunch population. The school was constructed without spending any additional money than the conventionally built schools in the Warren County School District. Lawmakers from six states around the region discussed ways to work together to advance the green schools movement in their communities. You can read more about the day's events and the incredible story in Warren County.
It's been another incredible year for the green schools movement, and with this many advocates and champions out there, I know that we have all the more to look forward to in 2012.
This is part two in our blog series on USGBC chapter advocacy efforts. Also see part one in the series.
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As a new blogger, I am experimenting with different ways to incorporate pictures into my blogs from taking my own photographs, to free clip art, to paying for photos.
What are are your favorite ways of incorporating pictures into YOUR blogs? What are the pros and cons of each?
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Because my primary blog is a family blog, I have always just used my own photos. For other online projects, though, I have used Creative Commons photos from Flickr. There are literally millions of photos there. As long as you abide by the details of the photo license (oftentimes, just linking to the Flickr user's profile), you can use those photos in your posts. For example, if you're writing a blog post about driving traffic to a website, you can use a photo of a traffic jam at the very top of your post.
I also enjoy browsing through the beautiful stock photos on sites like Shutterstock.com and iStock Photo (although I have never purchased a photo from those sites). I sometimes even get inspired by those photos and capture my own similar shots!
Since you asked about photos for your blog, you might enjoy reading this article that I stumbled across today: Top 12 Photo Tips All Bloggers Need to Know Such great tips there!
Welcome to the world of blogging! You're going to love it!
Warm regards,
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Thank you so much for your reply. I appreciate the ideas you shared and I can't wait to check them out. I'm not much of a photographer really, LOL.
I just looked at your family site. You have a Mason? So do I!! Your site is stunning....just beautifully crafted. Thank you again for the reply!!
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The man bringing cheese to Beijing
Many locals experience a shock the first time they visit Liu Yang's shop: they've never seen something quite like this before.
Some just pass by, merely peeking in the windows of his tiny, two room workshop.
"I think some people before they come by prepare themselves psychologically," says Yang. "Maybe they'll come back, maybe they won't. We won't get disappointed because of this. Most Chinese people are not used to cheese culture."
A gaunt man with black glasses that dominate his narrow face, Liu Yang is selling something most Chinese don't have the tongue for. His store, Le Fromager de Pekin, is the only artisan cheese shop in Beijing that's run by Chinese people.
With a roster of 16 types of French cheeses, he's bringing the taste of strong, robust cheese to China.
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It's a challenging enterprise. Other than the nomadic herding minorities of Mongolia and Tibet, China doesn't have a homegrown cheese culture.
Lactose intolerance is common, with upward of 90 percent of the population having some form of it.
Even after operating his shop for five years, Yang says only about 20 percent of his customers are Chinese.
That doesn't concern Yang, who himself didn't acquire a taste for cheese before having it at a university buffet in France.
After boring himself working as a technician in the Zhongguancun technical district for four years, Yang spent six years in France, two years of them in an agricultural high school in a small Corsican village.
Working beside classmates as young as 16 (many from cheese-making families), and closely studying with a neighbor, he learned the art of making cheese.
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China's changing palate
Yang has been praised by an official from the French embassy in Beijing. He sells his cheeses to five-star hotels, boutique supermarkets and individual customers as far away as Shanghai and southern Guangzhou.
Because he wants to offer "authentic" French cheese, Yang doesn't adjust his recipes to suit local palates.
His market is growing. As China becomes more affluent, palates have gotten more sophisticated. The amount of French cheese imported into China has grown 340 percent over the past five years.
It's available mostly at Western-style supermarkets and restaurants.
The primary obstacle to mainstream acceptance seems to be perceptions of cheese. The booming 1990s saw the expansion of Western brands into China, with cheese arriving on top of pizzas and between hamburger buns.
This factory cheese –- along with other industrial dairy, such as yogurt and pasteurized milk –- is what most Chinese are accustomed to. When they have a good Camembert, they expect it to be sweet, says Yang.
French products have a positive image in China, but he says consumers may not know how to eat the "foreign choudoufu," referring to the notoriously pungent variety of tofu eaten as a street snack here.
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'We need our product to be safe'
Yang may not yet have won over locals with his product, but he's earned the respect of a dedicated staff.
None of his four full-time or three part-time employees have been to France. Many were cleaning workers, and one operated construction equipment prior to joining Yang's company.
It took most of them three months to learn the ins and outs of each variety of cheese, and to learn about hygiene, acidity, aging and texture.
"Now they feel honored to be here," says Yang.
Le Fromager de Pekin doesn't advertise, relying on word of mouth to grow the business. If customers are interested, Yang offers degustation courses and classes on how to appreciate and eat cheese.
"We need our product to be safe," Yang says, adding that locally made products are fresher and better for the environment than imports from Europe.
Yang sees French cheese as something like Coca-Cola. He remembers the first time he had a bottle of Coke –- it was a new flavor, not yet popular, so he remained a skeptic.
Now the familiar red cans can be found everywhere in China. The same could hold true for cheese, says Yang, who believes it'll take just one or two lucky events to make cheese popular.
When that happens, he'll be ready.
Le Fromager de Pekin, 5A-6 Xindi market, Longteng Street, Hui Long Guan, Beijing; +86 (0)10 5943 7311
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Yesterday the fiance and I went out to eat and decided to stop at TJMaxx. I found a bunch of cute nail polishes there for cheap! They even had Sephora by OPI for $3.99. But no colors I really wanted. Instead I found cute E.l.f. ones and Nicole by OPI ones.
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple says iPhone 5 preorders topped 2 million in 24 hours, more than double the amount of iPhone 4S preorders.
The company also says that while most preorders will be delivered on Friday, demand for the iPhone 5 exceeds the initial supply, so some of the devices are scheduled for delivery in October.
The iPhone 5 has a bigger screen -- 4 inches (10.16 centimetres) measured diagonally -- that creates room for another row of icons and lets widescreen movies fit better. The calendar will now show five days at a time instead of just three. Previous iPhone models carried 3.5-inch (8.89-centimetre) screens.
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For Sunday morning, here's some great vintage country gospel from the mighty Rural Rhythm catalog. First released on LP in 1961, this collection of twenty tunes is performed by Rev. G.M. Farley accompanied by The Wear Family; both Farley and the Wears were featured on many early Rural Rhythm albums.
There is little information on Farley to be found on the net, but http://www.hankwilliamslistings.com/ has the following bio:
Give Name: George Milburn Farley, Jr.
Date of Birth: January 16, 1927
Place of Birth: Kayford, West Virginia
Date of Death: November, 1991
Marital Status: Francis E. Castle
Children: 3
Musical Style: Bluegrass/Country Gospel
Talents: Fiddle, Guitar, Singer, Songwriter
Rev. G. M. Farley was a coal miner like his father, until he was called into the Gospel Ministry around 1950. Before his conversion he had a bluegrass band called Fiddling Slim Blue in which he played the fiddle and sang.
Part of his church ministry was singing, so in the 1960's cut several albums with Rural Rhythm Records. These were sold mostly in his evangelistic meetings and by Rural Rhythm Records' mail order service.
He always planned on doing another album with just songs that he had written but never got around to it. Most of his free time was committed to his writing. He had numerous articles and several books published. He was also an accomplished artist with oil painting.
He pioneered Trinity Bible Church in 1977, which is still thriving today.
The present transfer is from a 1990 cassette issue and although, like many early Rural Rhythm albums, the selections are on the short side and the fidelity not optimal, it is still an enjoyable collection of traditional country gospel. Incidentally, another collection of vintage G.M. Farley recordings is available for download here.
1. When I Lay My Burden Down
2. He Set Me Free
3. There's Going To Be A Meeting
4. When I Call Him
5. Only A Prayer
6. Need The Prayers Of Those I Love
7. Everybody Talks About Heaven
8. Down By The Riverside
9. Home Coming In Heaven
10. The Great Speckled Bird
11. Glory Bound Train
12. Let The Lower Lights Be Burning
13. I Don't See A Reason
14. Kneel At The Feet Of Jesus
15. On The Inside Looking Out
16. House Of Gold
17. Where Shall Be
18. Pass Me Not
19. He Came A Long Way
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Crown prosecutor Sandra Cunningham told Singh's sentencing hearing that his family in both Canada and the U.S. helped him hide from authorities and build a new life after he shot his teenaged girlfriend Poonam Randhawa in 1999.
When Singh was finally arrested in California in August 2011, he thought he was just weeks away from getting the fingerprint surgery and was working on an insurance scam to cover his time off work, Cunningham told Justice Bruce Butler at the Vancouver Law Courts.
She said Singh, who pleaded guilty to second degree murder March 11, should spend between 17 and 20 years in jail before being eligible for parole on the mandatory life sentence.
And she said that any support he claims to have from his extended family is undermined by their conduct while he was a fugitive.
"There is no evidence Ninderjit Singh is a changed person," she said. "His family shares the same anti-social values he does."
Randhawa's weeping mother Madhupreet read a gut-wrenching victim impact statement about the loss of her only daughter, a popular grade 12 honours student at Vancouver's Sir Winston Churchill secondary when she was slain.
"To lose a loved one is one thing. But the manner Poonam was taken away from us is especially horrific. She was stalked and left in fear before her killing. She was murdered and left in a back alley like garbage," Madhupreet said. "We are a family who is looking for justice for my daughter."
She said the fact Singh was on the lam for years made her and husband Rashpal too afraid to leave the house and worried he might kill again.Cunningham told the hearing that Singh and Randhawa had a volatile two-year relationship she had hidden from her parents, during which he assaulted her, harassed her family with hang up calls and hid in bushes outside her Vancouver house to keep tabs on her.
Singh shot Randhawa in the head at close range as he sat in the seat of a friend's car after he confronted her about going out with other guys, Cunningham said.
She laid out the intense efforts of Vancouver Police investigators who for years hunted Singh, finding him in California, where he had fled with the help of two friends hours after killing Randhawa.
In the summer of 2011, VPD officers posed as criminals in a Mr. Big undercover investigation targeting Singh's half-brother Parmjit Soos in Calgary.
"He proudly told his new friends, who he believed were part of a well-organized group of successful criminals, that his brother who was living in California had been on America's Most Wanted because he murdered his fiancé," Cunningham said. "He described how he had visited Ninderjit Singh in the States and how he had sent his mother down to see him every year."
And Soos "continually pressed his friends to arrange an operation for his brother that would alter his fingerprints," she said.
The police played along, telling Soos they had found a surgeon in Las Vegas, asking for a $5,000 deposit and giving him a cell phone that he was to use only to call his brother. Through the phone, police traced Singh's number and address in San Jacinto, California where he was arrested, returning to Canada in September 2011.
Soos bragged to undercover police about picking up AK-47s in Vancouver and transporting them to Calgary "in case he needed them."
And he said he didn't see anything wrong with Singh's actions, referring to Randhawa as "that bitch he killed."
Cunningham quoted telephone calls Singh has made to his wife from jail since his arrest in which he swore at her, degraded her and threatened her with violence. In one call he told his grandmother "to kick his wife in the ribs," she said.
The calls are proof that Singh remains "an on-going danger to society," she said, as the wife sat in the front row of the courtroom, her husband's family all around her.
Randhawa's cousin Harry said outside court Wednesday that he was shocked at the details of how much Singh's family had helped the fugitive.
"We hold the family fully responsible for supporting him and helping him evade the police," he said.
VPD media officer Sgt. Randy Fincham said he couldn't comment in the middle of the two-day sentencing hearing about why Singh's family has not faced charges.
Paul Aulakh, the friend who was driving Singh when he killed Randhawa, signed an immunity agreement, Cunningham said in court.
She also said that Aulakh told police he had no idea that Singh had a gun with him or planned to hurt Randhawa.
Aulakh provided police with grisly details of the final minutes of Randhawa's life, which Cunningham presented in court.
Aulakh and Singh saw Randhawa with her friends near 57th and Cambie. Randhawa got in the back seat of Aulakh's car, where Singh confronted her about his belief she had been dating other guys.
"Ninderjit Singh then pulled a black semi-automatic handgun from the right side of his body," Cunningham said. . "Ninderjit Singh leaned over the seat and pointed the gun close to Poonam Randhawa's head. He was half turned in his seat and had his right leg extended and braced against the floor boards of the vehicle. He was half standing up. As he was pulling up the gun he said: `tell me the truth or I am going to shoot you.'"
"Poonam Randhawa said: `I am not scared of you. Go ahead and shoot me.'"
Aulakh panicked and edged the car forward. He never turned around.
"As he moved his car ahead, he heard one bang. He heard the window behind him shatter and everything went quiet. He stopped the car…..He could hear the air coming through the broken rear driver's side window. He could smell blood in the car. He looked in his rear view mirror but couldn't see Poonam."
The pair dumped her body in an alley where she was found hours later.
"Ninderjit Singh never panicked at all. He was calm after the shooting. He never went into the back seat or touched Poonam Randhawa after he shot her," Cunningham said. "He never checked to see if she was still alive. He had the gun in his hand. "
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ESPN's Jay Bilas takes hilarious picture with UCLA cheerleaders
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ESPN analyst Jay Bilas' book Toughness hits shelves March 5.
It's a shame the part-time lawyer already has a book cover. Because his College GameDay picture via Twitter posing with UCLA cheerleaders is a must-see shot.
Bilas strikes a nice Gangnam Style-pose, while wearing a white tuxedo and tweeted the image, saying: "Typical Friday night before GameDay for The Bilastrator. Swag."
Swag indeed, Mr. Bilas.
Bilas was doing some cheerleading of his own on Saturday, too. During GameDay, Bilas stood up for embattled UCLA coach Ben Howland, saying: "If the people here, who love UCLA, want to destabilize a really good situation, they're doing a good job."
Oh, and here's a nice little tidbit from Bilas' book:
"Successful players and teams don't just assess themselves by records or statistics, but by a standard of excellence that goes beyond a final score," Bilas said in his book about "meeting challenges head-on and not shrinking from them."
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Two Easy DIY Winter Bird Feeders
By Carla Brown
Here are two simple, cute projects that you could make right now to help the birds in your yard. Like us, birds and other backyard wildlife are facing more snow and colder temperatures this year than typical in many regions of the country. Let's give them a hand (or at least some seeds and suet)!
Suet Ornaments
If you have ever made cookies, you can do this suet ornament activity.
- Mix up the suet with seeds.
- Squish it in cookie cutters.
- Remove the cutters (the trickiest part) because they stick.
- Add a large paper clip for a hook.
- Freeze in your freezer.
- Hang outside.
Learn how to make suet ornaments that feed wildlife.
Suet Feeder
One Christmas Eve I got an email from my colleague Mary Burnette. She said that an AP reporter was looking for winter bird activities but needed high definition photos. Could I quickly pull that together? Luckily, my daughter Nora—who was then seven—was up for the challenge. We spent our Christmas Eve making a suet feeder from an egg carton.
Just like the suet ornaments, this project starts a lot like baking cookies. In fact the ingredients in this project smell a lot more like cookies while you are stirring them up.
We chose to paint our egg carton green, although, I'm not sure why because nothing much is green at that time of year. It does not help the egg carton "blend in." But I guess we just wanted a bit of green in our lives, and it looked more purposeful than just using the unpainted egg carton.
This activity was a big hit and was run in newspapers across the country. It continues to be one of the most popular activities on our website.
Learn how to make the suet feeder from an egg carton.
Why Make These Suet Bird Feeding Projects?
National Wildlife Federation encourages people to garden for wildlife, and we even have a program that shows you how. We encourage you to plant native plants that will provide food, shelter and places to raise young for wildlife all year round. But in the deepest, darkest winter, sometimes we also like to provide seeds, fruits and suet to help birds and squirrels. It's our way of helping wildlife, but also a way to help our families feel connected to wildlife. And the second goal is just as important. My kids have always enjoyed working on projects that help our neighborhood birds, squirrels and chipmunks. They get a big thrill seeing the wildlife visit the feeders they made.
I know a few adults who get just as excited.
This article was originally published on National Wildlife Federation's Wildlife Promise.
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My name is Arkilaus Kladit. I'm from the Knasaimos-Tehit tribe in South Sorong Regency, West Papua Province, Indonesia. For decades my tribe has been fighting to protect our forests from outsiders who want to log it or clear it for palm oil. For my people, the forest is our mother and our best friend. Everything we need to survive comes from the forest: food, medicines, building materials, and there are many sacred sites in the forest.
Map of the Knasaimos traditional lands.
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Overthinkers are people who are buried in their own obsessive thoughts. Imagine being in a large maze where each turn leads into an even deeper and knottier tangle of catastrophic, distressing events — that is what it feels like to them when they think about the issues that confront them.
Ruminating
According to the late Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, a professor of psychology at Yale University, ruminating involves replaying a problem over and over in your mind. We ruminate by obsessing over our thoughts and thinking repetitively about various aspects of a past situation.

It usually involves regret, self-loathing and self-blaming. Rumination is associated with the development of depression, anxiety and eating disorders.

People prone to such patterns of thought may, for example, overanalyze every single detail of a relationship that breaks up. They often blame themselves for what has happened and are overcome with regret, with typical thoughts being:

- I should have been more patient and more supportive.

- I have lost the most perfect partner ever.

- No one will love me again.

Worrying
Worrying is wanting to predict the future. It involves negative thoughts about things that might and might not happen.

- They'll not like me in the interview; they'll not give me the job.

- I haven't heard back from other employers. How long will I be unemployed?

These thoughts are energy-draining and distressing. They could happen to anyone under stress. But when you reach the point where your thoughts and worrying are preventing you from doing what you want to do — from living your life to the fullest — then you should take action.

Catch Yourself Overthinking
Reuben Berger, a psychotherapist at the university hospital in the western German city of Bonn, recommends several practical steps that you could employ in your daily routine when you catch yourself worrying or ruminating.

One effective remedy, says Berger, is the thought-stopping technique.

"When the negative thoughts come or ruminations start, you say to yourself: 'Stop!,'" he says, adding that it is more effective when you actually say the word out loud.

He even recommends having a rubber band around your wrist to ping against yourself while saying the word. Adding a visual component by imagining a stop sign also makes the technique more powerful, he says.

The main idea here is conditioning yourself to stop the loop of worrying (making future predictions) or rumination (obsessing over past events).

Berger says the technique could take up to two weeks to take effect and that it needs to be practiced every day. "Consistency is very important," he says.

Thoughts Are Just Thoughts
Another way of dealing with negative thoughts often used in modern therapy is realizing that thoughts aren't facts, says Berger.

He says it is important when we think something to ask: Is that real? Did that really happen? What is the worst thing that could happen?

Flight anxiety is one example where untrue thoughts are accepted as facts. Although air travel is the safest way to get around, people suffering from fear of flying accept their thoughts and fears as reality, then act upon them by refusing to fly.

Mindfulness
Berger also recommends the use of mindfulness techniques, in which attention is paid to experiences in the moment without judging them, as a way of reducing worrying.

"Mindfulness helps you to distance yourself from your thoughts and to be more present in the moment," he says.

Several studies have shown that mindfulness has a positive impact on reducing stress-related behaviors such as rumination and worrying, as focusing on the moment makes anxiety about other problems impossible.

Mindfulness can be practiced during routine activities by paying attention to your body and your surroundings. For instance, when you leave for work in the morning, you can focus on sensing the breeze, listen attentively to birds, feel the gravel under your feet and monitor your breath.

Trick Your Brain Into Happiness
People plagued by obsessive thoughts do not always choose healthy ways like mindfulness to distract from them, however.

 Dr. Edward Selby, a psychologist at Florida state university, has shown in a study that people try to avoid rumination by engaging in a range of uncontrolled behaviors, such as binge eating and substance abuse.

But he says that a much better way to overcome such distress is by distraction and shifting attention away from problems that are obsessing us.

There are many activities that can be used to distract from rumination, he says, and people should choose the one that works best for them. Here are some examples:

- Listen to music

- Read a book

- Take a hot shower

- Dance or exercise

- Talk to a friend (not about the problem)

- Watch a movie

- Mindfulness meditation

Changing the Perception of Events
The way people perceive a situation largely influences their emotions and behavior. It is not the situation itself that determines how they feel, but rather the way they interpret it.

Reframing negative thoughts can lead to positive emotions and, subsequently, healthier behaviors — including a reduction in damaging overthinking and worrying.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is currently a gold standard in psychotherapy. CBT aims to change the way people think and act. It largely involves challenging unhelpful beliefs or attitudes such as overgeneralization — thinking "I always fail at public speaking" when you have had one bad experience in front of an audience, for example — or "catastrophization," i.e., imagining the worst possible outcome to a situation.

A psychotherapist can teach people how to implement such thought-changing techniques into their lives. Techniques vary depending on their issues and goals.

Solutions Are at Hand
Try to find ways of avoiding worrying, rumination and overthinking that make you feel most comfortable.

Incorporating any routine in your life when you're stressed isn't an easy task, but you can do it! If you feel overwhelmed, you can always seek professional help.

If you are suffering from serious emotional strain or suicidal thoughts, do not hesitate to seek professional help. You can find information on where to find such help, no matter where you live in the world, at this website.

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Thais swallow doubts on Malaysia's role in peace talks
BANGKOK: It was to be a brazen attack, even for south-east Asia's most violent conflict.
Fifty heavily armed militants crept towards a fortified marine base in southern Thailand before dawn on February 13, unaware government elite forces had learnt of the attack and set a trap.
When the shooting ended 20 minutes later 16 of the militants were dead, a humiliating blow for insurgent groups fighting a jihad to establish an Islamic state in three Malay-speaking Thai provinces.
It appeared the decade-old conflict that has claimed the lives of more than 5200 people remained as intractable as ever amid an increasing number of bombings and shootings, including at government schools.
But what only a few people knew at the time, including those at the highest levels of the Thai and Malaysian governments, was that two weeks later an agreement would be signed for peace talks.
The talks would be ''facilitated'' for the first time by Malaysia, despite deep reservations by Thailand's military and other key agencies which have strongly resisted any foreign involvement in attempts to end the violence, all of which failed.
''We need to move forward as soon as possible,'' the Thai Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, said in Kuala Lumpur late on Thursday, where the Barisan Revolusi Nasional rebel group signed an agreement to take part in the talks.
''I have to say we are seeing a better direction in solving the problem, and I consider it a good start,'' Ms Yingluck said.
It is unclear whether other insurgent groups will agree to join the talks, which Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Razak, said would begin in Kuala Lumpur in two weeks, adding the signing was ''merely the starting point of a long process''. For the first time, insurgents have been recognised by the Thai state and for the first time they will have an open forum to discuss their demands.
The Asia regional director for the Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Michael Vatikiotis, said Malaysia's involvement was an important step towards resolving the conflict.
''Thailand needed to see the importance of Malaysia playing a role. The conflict was not going to be resolved without Malaysia's participation,'' Mr Vatikiotis said.
''This open process is something the [insurgent] movement will look closely at because it is a sign of sincerity on behalf of the Thai government. The movement is divided on dialogue, but its leadership will engage if Thailand shows sincerity.''
Anthony Davis, a Thai-based analyst at the security consulting firm IHS Jane's, said the talks were a ''major milestone … this is not just business as usual. This confers a level of legitimacy on the armed opposition in southern Thailand, from which realistically there is no going back.''
But the talks may face institutional resistance from Thailand's military, which has 60,000 troops in the south, enforcing a state of emergency. Udomchai Thammasarorat, the commander of the Fourth Army in southern Thailand, said the military had ''nothing to do with the decision''.
''We've opened up other ways to begin dialogue including giving insurgents an opportunity to turn themselves in and fight their case through the Thai justice system,'' he said.
Malaysia's involvement will be modelled on the way it helped broker an agreement between Islamic rebels and the Philippine government last year.
The violence in southern Thailand greatly worries Malaysia and has often strained its relations with Thailand.
The insurgency has long relied on havens and supply networks across the border in Malaysia, but the government in Kuala Lumpur denies funding, arming or providing any other support to militants.
The seeds for the agreement were sown in March last year when Thailand's most famous fugitive, the Prime Minister's brother Thaksin Shinawatra, flew to Kuala Lumpur on his private jet and secretly met insurgent leaders, including the senior separatist figure Hassan Taib, who signed the deal on Thursday.
''God willing, we'll do our best to solve the problem. We will tell our people to work together,'' Mr Hassan said on Thursday.
Mr Thaksin chooses to live in exile rather than return to Thailand where he faces two years' jail on corruption charges.
This week's agreement hung in balance for almost 12 months as Malaysian security agencies disagreed on what role Malaysia should play, sources said.
Analysts said one of the most difficult issues confronting Malaysia would be identifying the leaders of insurgency groups that blend a formal hierarchy with a diverse network of village-based cells.
Marc Askew, an expert on southern Thailand at the University of Melbourne, said that for a long time the Thai military and government figures had been prepared to talk with insurgent representatives but the movement has been ''highly splintered and on occasions individuals pop up their heads to claim a status they simply do not have''.
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.


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The above watercolour painting is provisionally entitled: Mephistophina. The artwork is A4 in size, which was initially drawn in Derwent and Caran Da'che watercolour pencils on 300g/m Aquafine watercolour paper, then painted, involving some burnishing.
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The artwork depicts a female version of Mephistopheles, who is commonly considered to be a name of a male spirit in the Faustian legend, who in return for his assistance, Faust signs away his soul as depicted in Marlowe's and Goethe's grandiose Church plays. The origin of the conception and name of Mephistopheles has been the subject of much learned debate among numerous scholars down the ages, whose all male pantheon of a deified 'Animus.' has entirely negated the feminine principle of the 'Anima,' yet none to really question, why?
As of per usual commonality in the numerous Playgirl Grimoires frequenting many a Hogwarts bookshop, you will find in Dr Faust's Höllenzwang that (Mephistopheles) Mephistophiel is considered to be one of the seven great phallic princes of hell, who is seen standing under the planet Jupiter.
The regent of the planet Jupiter is called Zadkiel, an enthroned machismo angel of the deified 'Animus,' made as an all-father-fixation God, named Jehovah.
The artwork is loosely based upon an illustration of Mephistopheles, as found in the Grimoire, entitled the, Threefold Coercion of Hell; also called, Cabalae nigrae, or the Magia naturalis et innaturalis as well as the Black Raven, which is said to have been authored by Doktor Johannes Faust.
The Grimoire illustration is listed as being plate 10 in the Threefold Coercion Of Hell, which depicts the first appearance of Mephistopheles, manifesting as a 'fiery Bear.' He then later manifests of fairer appearance as a little man with a black cape, having a bald head like a monk, who could be seen as a Bonpo Tibetan Buddhist practitioner of Tantric dream Yoga, since its ancient practice would most definitely piss off the worshippers of the deified 'Animus,' made as a Jehovah/God/Allah – Devil/Lucifer/Shaitan.
However, if Faust was truly a rebel, of a 'heterosexual' orientation, he would have no doubt noted, just like the psychologist Carl Jung, that the all male pantheon of an 'Animus' fixation has castigated the feminine principle of the 'Anima' out of the spiritual equation as the Fallen.
Wherefore, as a rebel, he would seek out to conjure what has been cast into the abyss, whence to discover a real Necronomicon.
Hence, Faust would reverse the polarity, by conjuring up a Succubus 'Anima' fluctuation to name Mephistophina, who would then be in Faust's mind one of the rebel (Succubi) Succubae of the seven planets, you could equate with the seven Chakras of Yoga practice.
To Faust himself, being a somnambulist and medium, Mephistophina has a real existence; she would be the personification of the transcendental Fallen 'Anima' subject of Faust, an experience familiar in dreams, and more especially in the visions of Siberian shamans.
Many of the Siberian shamans practice Nigredo trance and Albedo (fiery) lucid (cave) dreaming, via which they engage themselves with the 'fiery' Bear (female shaman) spirit, named Udagan, who Rubedo rebirths them back into the world, renewed.
Mephistophina would thus be a familiar spirit, akin to the Udagan of the Siberian shaman, who is of similarity to the inspiring 'daemon' of Socrates; and being an Entartete Kunst archetype, censored by 'closeted' theologians, Mephistophina would also represent a rebellion against the all male, Right-Hand-Path paradigm of a deified 'Animus,' made as a God.
It is suggested, then, in the light of modern research into lucid dreaming, that Mephistophina, though being a two-dimensional Grimoire image of a meditative aid, becomes as a three-dimensional interactive reality within a (sexagram/sixth-sense) 'Coitus Pactum' lucid dream.
Whereby the 'Osculum infame,' takes on a whole different meaning. The Osculum infame is the name of a supposed ritual greeting upon meeting with the Devil. The name means The Shameful Kiss, or The Kiss of Shame since it involved kissing the anus and genitalia of the (Mephistopheles) Devil.
A heterosexual male mage kissing the butt end of the 'Animus' archetype of a Mephistopheles, would find the Osculum infame, to be a most shameful act indeed, unless his sexual preference is otherwise of orientation. Not too sure about how heterosexual Witches feel about kissing the behind of their 'Animus.'
Although it is said that 47% of women read superhero Grimoire comics, which feature chiselled chinned, sculpted males, wearing colourful skin tight leotards, revealing their tight Baboon butts. Apparently women, like tight Baboon butt males… a lot, ever since we were all apes. As for their Sapphic sisters they would be none too pleased, who would far prefer Mephistophina presenting up her backside.
As for bisexual Aleister Crowley mages and their Babalon kin, they have no need to rebel against the all male paradigm of the deified 'Animus;' it suits them just fine.
Mephistophina would then be Faust's familiar, who is simply an aspect of his 'Anima,' manifesting in various guises, as a (Udagan) Bear, as an Elfin girl, as a Nun, as an invisible poltergeist presence ringing a bell, thrice; but always recognizable as the same familiar, who is his 'Anima' fluctuation of a Succubus, a Tibetan Buddhist would otherwise term as being a Dakini, who is a fluctuation of Shakti.
Mephistophina is depicted partly dressed as a noblewoman, all in 'Rubedo' red, with an astral flight feather in her hat. The tattoo on her left shoulder is a Native American 'heart-line' Bear claw, referring to the power of hypnagogic (Nigredo) trance, which in shamanistic practice is experienced as residing in the (heart) chest area, where most of the nerve fibres of the Central-Nervous-System are to be found. The skull and crossbones on Mephistophina's stockings, also refers to hypnagogic (Nigredo) trance.
The crossbones is associated with the seventh Rune of Gebo, looking like an 'X,' whose symbolism refers to self-sacrifice into hypnagogic (Nigredo) trance as well as the introversion of the sexual impulse. The Gebo Rune has its equivalent Hebrew letter, being Gimel of the Cabbalistic 13th path interpenetrating Da'at, and Tarot card of the High Priestess Of The Silver (Sirius) Star, a Siberian shaman would equate with Udagan.
In other words, the sexual impulse is introverted by prior meditating upon (High Priestess) Udagan, in order to overcome the terror of hypnagogic (Nigredo) trance ingress into conscious Coitus Pactum dreaming.
The Gebo Rune equates with the English, G, which is utilised in Freemasonry. The 'X' also equates with the Latin numeral for (Occult blind) 10. The experience of hypnagogic (Nigredo) trance is otherwise termed as the 'little death,' whereupon you have the motif of the skull. As for the sigils, they have been adapted of symbolic alchemy for Mephistophina. Though hinted at, Mephistophina also has a little cape of remote viewing red silk swept behind her and a long pointed Chöd sword on her right side; for she be Left-Path-Handed.
Scene IV: The Art Studio (Faustus & Mephistophina)
Mephistophina: Ah, now, you please me greatly, indeed.
I hope we'll get along together:
To drive away the gloomy weather, from around thy heart,
As you to seer, I'm dressed like young nobility,
In a scarlet gold-trimmed coat,
In a little silk-lined cloak,
A cockerel feather in my hat,
With a long, pointed sword,
And I advise you, at that,
To do as I do, in a word:
So that, footloose, fancy free,
You can experience Life, with me.
Slightly adapted from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's, Faust
NOTE: Some would classify my work as being Occult Pornography of adolescent fantasies, merely because I have reversed the symbolism of an all male symbolic paradigm of the deified 'Animus,' towards that of the female 'Anima.' But if so, they would be entirely missing the symbolic point.
The all male gender focus upon the deified 'Animus' has an underlying sexuality behind it's symbolic influence upon all levels of culture; hence, it can also be construed as being Pornographic. When you have a biological gender focus, it will invariably involve sexuality; it is nature, which cannot be denied! However, the underlying sexual orientation is generally not seen, due to the sexual impulse being castigated out of the symbolic equation along with the 'Anima.'
Most of the religiously hewn historical grimoires are primarily populated by male archetypes of the 'Animus,' which frequent the heterosexual female psyche. Whereupon said 'Animus' fixated grimoires are the PlayGirl stroke Bibles of conjuring Witch Nuns dancing orgiastic around their God and Devil, Angels and Demons, whose mantric spells often utilise the terminology of King, Lord, Master or Prince, etc. Some of the conjuring Witches are no doubt also bisexual.
As for those Mages who conjure up the archetypes of the 'Animus' out of the PlayGirl grimoires they may be sexually predisposed to do so of preference, such as Aleister Crowley for example, who was bisexual of leanings, writing erotic poems about Satan, etc. At least Crowley was honest about his androgynous bisexuality, many of the closeted bigots at the time considered to be… Wicked!
If, however, you be a heterosexual Mage, bisexual or a lesbian Witch, who decides to conjure up the 'Fallen Anima' and her archetypal (Succubi) Succubae Legions, you will soon find yourself being castigated as being a vile Pornographer peddling adolescent fantasies by the SJW Politically Correct Thought Police; this is more so the case if you are a heterosexual Mage, to be duly seen as being a toxic-male, and thence PC considered… Wicked!
A heterosexual male who conjures up male archetypes amidst his Triangle Of Art Imagination is doing so in order understand aspects of his own masculinity. In other words, the conjured male archetypes are not external entities, they are otherwise 'role-models,' and in turn alternate guises of himself, which can be assumed within lucid dreams, of similarity to an actor acting as an assumed character on stage.
Although the male 'role-models' are initially seen as being external of a prior analysis, they are then quickly assumed for those sought for qualities. they represent. These male 'role-models,' towards which a heterosexual male in particular, naturally gravitates are defined by the sexual preferences of women, which is determined by their 'Animus.'
Each of the alternate-guises are empowered by a feminine counterpart, you can term as a Succubus, who as a visualised external entity, is an aspect of the Fallen 'Anima.' Whereupon heterosexual Faustus Crow rebelliously conjures up Mephistophina out of his PlayBoy grimoire.
Whereas the classical Faustian myth points at another sexual orientation, Christopher Marlowe to have had a preference for, which he communicated via his Judaeo-Christian Faust kissing the deified 'Animus' backside of Mephistopheles. Savvy!


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Obama's $4 trillion budget depends on lower inflation, as the president hopes more spending on the middle class will stimulate demand and growth throughout the economy.
The new budget includes a number of initiatives that drive spending slightly higher than the prior budget, while assuming that the Consumer Price Index will rise 1.4% in 2015, down from the 1.7% increase in 2014. The budget assumes inflation will reaccelerate in 2016, where prices will rise by 1.9% before reaching the Fed's target rate in 2017, when prices expect to rise 2.1%.
The 2014 budget includes a 3.2% deficit, up from a 2.8% deficit in 2014 but much lower than the projected 2.5% deficit in 2016. The growing deficit is by design, which President Obama believes will cause more demand in the economy by investing more in infrastructure and made-to-work projects that will cause greater economic activity.
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Stimulative Spending
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The increased revenue channels into public works programs, including a $478 billion earmark for roads, bridges, and transit systems, which a new corporate overseas earnings tax will finance.
The spending would replace the "mindless austerity" that Obama argues has kept growth muted. The term is an oblique reference to European Union legislators, who have seen youth unemployment surge to 60% and more in some peripheral states as cutbacks in public spending came in countries like Greece, which currently has the largest budget surplus in the Eurozone.
The budget also includes an extra $38 billion in defense spending and $37 billion more on domestic programs, which the president claims will cause a redistributive effect to benefit the middle class.
A Boost to the Bottom
The non-partisan Tax Policy Center disagrees. The group estimates that "middle-income households would see relatively modest changes in their tax bills" because of the budget, while those earning less than $25,000 would see their incomes rise by 1.2%. The top 1% would see their incomes fall by nearly 2% and the top 0.1% would see their incomes fall by over 2.5%. The top quartile would also see its incomes fall by over half of one percent, the group said.
Paul Ryan has dismissed the budget as an example of "envy economics," arguing that the top income earners should be given more, and not less, tax breaks.


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