Israeli banks urge Americans to close investments in Israel

THANKS MUCH.

God’s best to you and yours.

thanks

sorry about that . . . false alarm indeed

Meaningless graph there.

Try putting “history of temperature” and scale the dates from 12000 BC to 2010. It shows a graph that makes it seem like we’re living in a furnace, today.

What are the units they have used, and what sort of seismograph was available in 400 BC?

I thought of the recording and communications disparities between long ago and today. Still, perhaps some food for thought in the later years.

Why don’t you post a link? Your link goes to a laundry list of articles.

You were saying ...

Try putting “history of temperature” and scale the dates from 12000 BC to 2010. It shows a graph that makes it seem like we’re living in a furnace, today.

Ummm..., not really... at the risk of hijacking this thread, I post the following... :-)

Global Temperature Trends From 2500 B.C. To 2040 A.D.

Until recently, global temperatures were more than a degree Fahrenheit warmer when compared to the overall 20th Century mean. From August of 2007 through February of 2008, the Earth’s mean reading dropped to near the 200-year average temperature of 57 degrees. Since that time, the mean reading has been fluctuating.

We, Cliff Harris and Randy Mann, believe that the warming and even the cooling of global temperatures are the result of long-term climatic cycles, solar activity, sea-surface temperature patterns and more. However, Mankind’s activities of the burning of fossil fuels, massive deforestations, the replacing of grassy surfaces with asphalt and concrete, the ‘Urban Heat Island Effect,’ are making conditions ‘worse’ and this will ultimately enhance the Earth’s warming process down the meteorological roadway in the next several decades.

From the late 1940s through the early 1970s, a climate research organization called the Weather Science Foundation of Crystal Lake, Illinois, determined that the planet’s warm, cold, wet and dry periods were the result of alternating short-term and long-term climatic cycles. These researchers and scientists also concluded that the Earth’s ever-changing climate likewise has influenced global and regional economies, human and animal migrations, science, religion and the arts as well as shifting forms of government and strength of leadership.

Much of this data was based upon thousands of hours of research done by Dr. Raymond H. Wheeler and his associates during the 1930s and 1940s at the University of Kansas. Dr. Wheeler was well-known for his discovery of various climate cycles, including his highly-regarded ‘510-Year Drought Clock’ that he detailed at the end of the ‘Dust Bowl’ era in the late 1930s.

During the early 1970s, our planet was in the midst of a colder and drier weather cycle. Inflationary recessions and oil shortages led to rationing and long gas lines at service stations worldwide. The situation at that time was far worse than it is now, at least for the time being.

The Weather Science Foundation also predicted, based on these various climate cycles, that our planet would turn much warmer and wetter by the early 2000s, resulting in general global prosperity. They also said that we would be seeing at this time widespread weather ‘extremes.’ There’s little doubt that most of their early predictions came true.

Our recent decline in the Earth’s temperature may be a combination of both long-term and short-term climate cycles, decreased solar activity and the development of a strong long-lasting La Nina, the current cooler than normal sea-surface temperature event in the south-central Pacific Ocean. Sunspot activity in the past 18 months has decreased to the lowest levels since ‘The Little Ice Age’ ended in the mid-to late 1800s. This "cool spell," though, may only be a brief interruption to the Earth’s overall warming trend. Only time will tell.

Based on these predictions, it appears that much warmer readings may be expected for Planet Earth, especially by the 2030s, that will eventually top 1998's global highest reading of 58.3 degrees. It’s quite possible we could see an average temperature in the low 60s. Until then, this ‘cooling period’ may last from just a few months to as long as several years, especially if sunspot activity remains very low.

We at Harris-Mann Climatology, www.LongRangeWeather.com, believe that our prolonged cycle of wide weather ‘extremes,’ the worst in at least 1,000 years, will continue and perhaps become even more severe, especially by the mid 2010s. We should see more powerful storms, including major hurricanes and increasing deadly tornadoes. There will likewise be widespread flooding, crop-destroying droughts and freezes and violent weather of all types including ice storms, large-sized hail and torrential downpours.

We are already seeing on virtually every continent an almost Biblical weather scenario of increasing droughts and floods. In both the southwestern and southeastern corners of the U.S, there are severe water shortage problems associated with chronic long-term dryness. In some cases, the water deficits are the worst in at least 400 years.

Dr. Wheeler also discovered that approximately every 102 years, a much warmer and drier climatic cycle affects our planet. The last such ‘warm and dry’ peak occurred in 1936, at the end of the infamous ‘Dust Bowl’ period. During that time, extreme heat and dryness, combined with a multitude of problems during the ‘Great Depression,’ made living conditions practically intolerable.

The next ‘warm and dry’ climatic phase is scheduled to arrive in the early 2030s, probably peaking around 2038. It is expected to produce even hotter and drier weather patterns than we saw during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

But, we should remember, that the Earth’s coldest periods have usually followed excessive warmth. Such was the case when our planet moved from the Medieval Warm Period between 900 and 1300 A.D. to the sudden ‘Little Ice Age,’ which peaked in the 17th Century.

By the end of this 21st Century, a big cool down may occur that could ultimately lead to expanding glaciers worldwide, even in the mid-latitudes. We could possibly see even a new Great Ice Age. Based on long-term climatic data, these major ice ages have recurred about every 11,500 years. Well, you guessed it. The last extensive ice age was approximately 11,500 years ago, so we may be due. Again, only time will tell.

That's not really true, though... :-) From the USGS webpage....

Are Earthquakes Really on the Increase?

We continue to be asked by many people throughout the world if earthquakes are on the increase. Although it may seem that we are having more earthquakes, earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have remained fairly constant.

A partial explanation may lie in the fact that in the last twenty years, we have definitely had an increase in the number of earthquakes we have been able to locate each year. This is because of the tremendous increase in the number of seismograph stations in the world and the many improvements in global communications. In 1931, there were about 350 stations operating in the world; today, there are more than 8,000 stations and the data now comes in rapidly from these stations by electronic mail, internet and satellite. This increase in the number of stations and the more timely receipt of data has allowed us and other seismological centers to locate earthquakes more rapidly and to locate many small earthquakes which were undetected in earlier years. The NEIC now locates about 20,000 earthquakes each year or approximately 50 per day. Also, because of the improvements in communications and the increased interest in the environment and natural disasters, the public now learns about more earthquakes.

According to long-term records (since about 1900), we expect about 17 major earthquakes (7.0 - 7.9) and one great earthquake (8.0 or above) in any given year.

See the chart at this USGS webpage...

Earthquake Facts and Statistics

The following article from the Institute of Creation Research, regarding earthquakes that we have seen and have been recorded, copied and printed in a Christian website, by Lambert Dolphin.

EARTHQUAKES AND THE END TIMES: A GEOLOGICAL AND BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE

Steven A. Austin and Mark L. Strauss*

Institute for Creation Research, PO Box 2667, El Cajon, CA 92021
Voice: (619) 448-0900 FAX: (619) 448-3469

(Unpublished manuscript of January 14, 1999. These authors published a simplified,
less technical version of this paper in 1999 under the title "Are Earthquakes Signs of the End Times?:
A Geological and Biblical Response to an Urban Legend,"
Christian Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 30-39.)

(From: http://www.icr.org/research/sa/sa-r06.htm)

Our primary concern is with the first part of the discourse, where Jesus warns against being deceived by false christs or being alarmed at wars, rumors of wars, famines and earthquakes:

And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many. You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs." (Matt. 24:4-8)

Among dispensationalists there are two main interpretations of these verses. As we shall see, neither confirms that earthquakes will increase as the present Church age draws to a close.

(1) Some dispensationalists see the whole of the Olivet Discourse as relating to the tribulation period. Verses 4-8 are usually said to concern the disturbances of the first half of the tribulation while verses 9-26 concern the second half - the Great Tribulation.53 Evidence for this is claimed in the similarity between the events described in verses 4-8 and those associated with the seven seals of Revelation 6.54 For advocates of this view, the earthquakes identified in verses 7-8 are not part of the present Church age, but rather the tribulation period. In this case, even if the birth image in verse 8 were to indicate an increase in earthquakes (which is not necessary - see discussion below), this increase occurs during the tribulation, not during the present Church age. Present (Church age) data concerning earthquake frequency has little or no bearing on the text.

(2) Other dispensationalists (as well as many non-dispensationalists) claim that verses 4-8 (or verses 4-14) concern not the tribulation period, but general signs which are characteristic of the present age. Lewis Sperry Chafer wrote that the events described in verses 4-8 "are the characteristics of the unforeseen intervening or intercalary age"55 - that is, the Church age. John Walvoord similarly affirms that "verses 4-14 are general prophecies that can find fulfillment throughout the present age, with verses 15-30 fulfilled in the Great Tribulation."56 He adds, however, that these former events "are repeated in the Great Tribulation when what was perhaps partially fulfilled earlier then have a very literal and devastating fulfillment."57 The primary evidence that verses 4-14 are signs characteristic of the present age are their general nature and the fact that Jesus identifies them as events which do not indicate the end ("but that is not yet the end") and so should not provoke apocalyptic fervor ("see that you are not alarmed").

[ an excerpt, see the link for complete article ... ]

Figure 1. Global frequency of the largest earthquakes during the twentieth century. Graph (a) shows the frequency of M 7.0 earthquakes during the entire century (1960 events). Graph (b) shows the frequency of M 6.5 earthquakes after 1930 (4593 events). In both plots a general decrease in earthquake frequency is evident through the twentieth century.

Table 1. Numbers of M 6.0 earthquakes worldwide in the twentieth century. The numbers of earthquakes reported in the National Geophysical Data Center file called "1900.EQ" greatly exceed those reported by Hal Lindsey from his unspecified U.S. Geological Survey source.

Seems authoritative.

However . . . I don’t think we’re REALLY getting very warmed up yet.

Just the front stoop to getting really wound up . . . imho . . .

I’ve seen claims all over the water front with graphs accompanying them.

Given the capacity of some powers that be to distort facts . . . witness the ‘global warming’ junk . . .

perhaps God only knows.

However, if, as I think, we have either entered or almost entered a period when 6.0 or maybe even 7.0 quakes will happen so closely together . . . perhaps in escalating magnitude . . . that the cleanup from the last will hardly have been well under way before the next one hits.

It seems like the Chile quake fit that timing sequencing vis a vis the Hati quake. Will see if there’s another one within a month or so.

I fail to understand your pinging the AdminMod in that post.

You strying to strong arm the poster into doing things according to your preferences/standards/sensibilities??? or what?

when the news broke, all it was a ticker on the website without the full article . . . the full article has now been posted in full in this thread

You were saying to the other poster ...

I fail to understand your pinging the AdminMod in that post.

You strying to strong arm the poster into doing things according to your preferences/standards/sensibilities??? or what?

Apparently so..., it would appear. Also it seems that this other poster can't read or something. The item is right there in the News Flashes.

I'm documenting it here for the record...

04:46 - Government launches monthly pollen forecasts to help allay
        allergies (Haaretz)

04:01 - Finance Minister Steinitz: Plans in work for next wave of
        financial crisis (TheMarker)

03:09 - 75 Ethiopian Falashmura to arrive in Israel overnight (Army
        Radio)

02:50 - Rights group: Police abusing East Jerusalem teens caught
        throwing stones (Haaretz)

02:33 - Mitchell to Israel, PA: Annapolis accord is non-binding
        (Haaretz)

01:52 - 20-year-old Shavit Wiesel of Kibbutz Be`eri crowned Miss Israel
        2010 (Army Radio)

01:47 - U.S.: Housing construction in Beitar Illit doesn`t violate
        settlement freeze (Army Radio)

01:24 - Rights watchdog: U.S. must avoid civilian casualties in
        operations against Al-Qaida (AP)

00:31 - Israeli banks urge Americans to close investment accounts in
        Israel (TheMarker)

23:34 - Minister Ya`alon: Proximity talks are no alternative to direct
        negotiations (Haaretz)

The source is listed there as "TheMarker"... which is a Jewish website, per my post up above, where I indicated that.

Republicans wanted to build a fence to keep the illegals out. Some warned against this folly.
The fence is now being used to keep Americans and their investments inside the prison.

This has more to do with the IRS clampdown on tax evaders,, and the long standing problem of Americans swindling money through a series of loosely cooperating banks located in Israel/Cyprus/Ukraine/Russia.

and some ancillary connection to Obama granting godlike immunity to InterPol, which shrinks the fog of ambiguity when an Israeli bank is implicated in a swindle.

When I say Americans here, i mean Jewish Americans, Palestinian Americans, Egyptian Americans, Dubain Americans, Russian Americans, Cypriot Americans, Ukrainian Americans, Belorussian Americans etc.

The IRS has targeted some prominent Israeli and PLO families in the USA, including families of ex-PM’s and ministers in the PLA. Some of the Qurei clan lives in the USA.

What to watch is how Cyprus responds to this, very well might increase banking privacy laws, or decrease the size of bank regulators, ....

THX THX.

THX.

Thank you for the ping MM!

Thank you for posting that link.

You are welcome.

This kind of reminds me how ambassadors are called home....Israel did that weeks ago...they called them from all over the world to Israel. But nothing more has been said of this.

Odd...