Are Christians the most persecuted people? 3 Giving the goodbye to Britain 5 China nuclearizing its subs?

6 The last English-American election 9 Divorce and the effects on children 9

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By GErAlD Flurry

The promise of real Hope and Change

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uesdays American elections have left a lot of people profoundly depressed. But a lot of other people around the world are feeling deep discouragement as well. But there is a dazzling hope in the reelection of President Obama that most people do not see. People see the terrifying problems facing the United States and this worldand they do not see a solution. They dont have hope. But believe it or not, this is the greatest era of hope in mankinds history. Here is how Melanie Phillips, an excellent British commentator, reacted to the election: With four more years of Obama in the White House, Iran can now be sure that it will be able to complete its infernal construction of a genocide bomb to use against the Jews and the west. World War Three has now come a lot closer. Like it or not, this is the view of many influential people outside the U.S. In the article America Goes Into the Darkness, Phillips continues: It is said that, with likely gridlock in Congress over domestic issues, Obama will concentrate on foreign policy. We should all shudder. So far, Obama has empowered Iran to destabilize the region; supported Islamist takeovers in Egypt and Libya; is backing al Qaeda affiliates in Syria; refused to come to the aid of Americans being attacked by al Qaeda in Benghazi as a result of which four American officials were murdered; and hung Israel out to dry against its genocidal Palestinian attackers. see promisE page 12

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middle east Netanyahu Ready to Press the Button on Iran

BrEiTBArT | november 6 n November 5, Israeli PM Netanyahu told Israeli tv he isready topress the button on Iran. Speaking of upcoming Israeli elections, Netanyahu said, I guarantee that if Im reelected as prime minister I will not allow Iran to get a nuclear bomb. When pressed on whether he really was capable of following through on that guarantee, the PM said: I am capable, if I have to. I hope that I wont have to. Netanyahu then restated what he has tried to make clear to President Obama time and again to no avail. Namely, that Iran is progressing, step by step. Yet he intimated that hes no longer waiting on the U.S. to act: Today we are not begging other people to help us. Today we are prepared ourselves. It would be interesting to know how the news that the Obama administration has been negotiating with Iran affected Netanyahus thinking here. After all, the revelation that Valerie Jarrett has beentalking to Tehranbehind the scenes certainly paints a picture where Washington and Israel are on two different pages. the U.S. election and could pave the way to a more international response. Patriots are manned by specialist troops who would deploy with the missiles themselves. This issue is coming up the agenda, said a Turkish official, referring to the nato discussion of stationing Patriots on Turkish territory. He said the alliance talks would take place in the context of contingency planning on the security of Turkey and nato territory. Ankaras preparations came as the UK said it would begin formal talks with armed Syrian rebels, in what appeared to be a separate attempt to strike a more assertive stance on the conflict in the wake of President Barack Obamas reelection. Washington has already struck a more activist position in the days ahead of the U.S. vote, with Hillary Clinton, secretary of state, calling on the fractured Syrian political opposition to reconstitute itself, a drive scheduled to come to a head at discussions on Thursday among opposition groups in Doha. However, recent evidence that rebels may have committed war crimes could complicate any parallel move to give the insurgents military assistance. In the short term, any nato assets near the border with Syria, such as Patriot missiles, would signify the growing internationalization of a conflict that has already shaken Damascuss neighbors. This is absolutely a case of Turkey trying to get nato to help them out and it is largely symbolic, said Christopher Harmer, a former U.S. Navy commander now at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War. In terms of the rounds that have actually impacted Turkey as a result of this conflict, Patriots would be totally useless. He added that the Patriots could, however, provide a deterrent against Syrian short- and medium-range ballistic missiles in the event of an escalation.

Turkey to Ask NATO for Help

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Rumors are circulating that Lebanesebased terrorist group and political party Hezbollah is debating whether or not to stop supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad in the ongoing war in Syria. In early October, the Free Syrian Army (fsa) captured 13 armed Hezbollah militants in full uniform. There are also reports of a steady stream of militia casualties returning back to Lebanon from Syria. And the more Assads brutal crackdown is condemned around the world, the more Hezbollah also faces criticism from those who feel that supporting Assad is a hypocritical move on Hezbollahs part. Hezbollah is still supported by the Shiite majority in Lebanon, but March 14, its Sunni rival, is increasingly more willing to speak out against it. March 14 will undoubtedly also receive support from fellow a new coalition recently formed

TW i n b r i e f n is Hezbollah on the way out?

urkey intends to ask nato for Patriot missiles to protect its territory from the fighting in Syria, officials in Ankara have said, signaling a move that could put international troops from the alliance on the border between the two countries. Turkeys plans, which come after a series of incidents in which Syrian artillery has landed on its terrain, highlight Ankaras desire to move the conflict higher up the international agenda after
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A supporter of the march 14 movement, which opposes the Syrian regime of President bashar al-Assad, puts his shoe on a poster of Lebanons Hezbollah chief Hassan nasrallah (right) and Lebanese Prime minister najib mikati (left).
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between fellow Sunni groups al-Jamaa al-Islamiya and Saad Hariris Future Movement. Lebanon is dominated by Shiites for the moment, but if Hezbollah continues to weaken in the face of opposition at home and complications in Syria, the power may shift to the Sunnis, adding one more nation to the prophetic Psalm 83 alliance.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has floated the idea of a safe exit, with possible immunity from prosecution, for embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad. The solution-defying Syrian crisis is now in its 20th month and has recorded over 32,000 deaths. More than two people are being killed every hour in Syria. Reuters noted that for all their firepower, Assads forces seem no closer to crushing their lightly armed opponents, who in turn have so far proved unable to topple the Syrian leader. In spite of the apparent

n syrian crisis solution: Britain suggests safe exit for Assad

british Prime minister David Cameron (left) is welcomed by Saudi emir of mecca, Prince Khalid bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz, in Jeddah on november 6 during Camerons middle east tour.

strengths of pro-Assad forces, and the fractured nature of anti-Assad forces, the Syrian presidents days in power appear numbered. Back in 1996, Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry said the Bible indicated that there would be a drastic change in Syrias political

orientation. He said a prophecy in Psalm 83 showed how the Middle East was to split into two opposing power blocsand that Syria and Iran would be on opposite sides. As Gerald Flurry predicted, its only a matter of time until Syria will no longer align with Iran.

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The Logic of War
GErmAn ForEiGn poliCy | november 1

he European Court of Auditors (eca) is making serious accusations against the German-EU Kosovo occupation policy. According to the ecas report published Tuesday, not much can be seen of the rule of law, that the EU for years has been pretending to establish in the region that had seceded from Serbia in violation of international law. Instead, levels of general corruption and particularly of organized crime remain high. This has not changed considerably since the occupation began in the summer of 1999, writes the EU authority. nato invaded that south Serbian province in the summer of 1999. Under its control and with Berlins active support, the kla mafia gang led by Kosovos current Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, became the strongest local power. The eca report, once again, shows the
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consequences of Berlins repeated reversion to elementssuch as the klain the framework of strategically motivated military operations. With their help, wars can be won, but their social qualities are diametrically opposed to a humane development in the region targeted by German interventions.

Christians drew a quick rebuke from the German Green Party, which said that other religious groups face greater dangers worldwide.

Churches Must Stress Common Ground

CHrisTiAn ToDAy | november 7 erman Chancellor Angela Merkel wants Protestants and Catholics to emphasize what they have in common as the nation prepares for celebrations marking the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation. Especially in a very secular world, we should always stress what is common in the Christian religion, Merkel, who is the daughter of a Protestant pastor, said Monday, according to Reuters. Merkel made her comments at the Evangelical Church in Germanys (ekd) annual synod near Luebeck, where

Christianity Most Persecuted Religion Worldwide

CWn | november 7 erman Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Christianity is the most persecuted religion worldwide. Merkel made that statement as she argued that German foreign policy should be more sensitive to the concerns of Christian minorities in other lands. Her call for support for

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candidates by name, but not all at once, and always for things they had done in their own diocese. Each one would GuArDiAn | november 9 have heard his own work praised and appreciated without veryone in the room had known for three days who the it being obvious that there was any element of condolence next archbishop of Canterbury would be. As we waited involved. And when he wasnt praising bishops, or Roman for Justin Welby, [we were] told that constitutional conCatholics (his spiritual director is a Benedictine monk) he vention had been responsible for the delaythe pope and was praising the ordinary clergy . Queen had to be told before the news could be confirmed. But underneath the smooth was steel. Of his own The pope, admittedly, is unlikely to have an account at Lad- worldly background, he said: Worldly in Christian terms brokes but the Queen, as a racehorse owner, was presumis a very loaded wordand not something any good ably told of the bookies press releases that broke the news. Christian should want to be. The key thing he had got from Constitutional convention also mostly stops archbishops his career in the oil industry was the sense of having lived from talking about Jesus in public. No one seems to have and worked in a world where the church is felt to be comtold this one. He entered the room to a remarkable lack of pletely irrelevant. astonishment, a lean and rather severe figure, dressed in He was very careful to praise both the church in Nigeria, plain black but for a clerical collar and an unadorned silver which was for many years the leading opponent of acceptpectoral cross. He started with a silent prayer, and went on ing gay people, and the Episcopal church of the U.S., which to a short spoken one. was its chief proponent. He said he did not want ChrisThen it was time to watch his famous technique of tians to agree with one another, but to love one another management by self-deprecation in action. He praised his and to demonstrate to the world around us a better way predecessor as one of the greatest archbishops of Canof disagreeing. Judging by the last 2,000 years or so, this terbury, a man of integrity and holiness, and great moral is a rather more ambitious plan than merely reconverting and physical courage. He praised most of the defeated Englandbut he seemed entirely serious about it.

The New Archbishop

Protestant leaders are working to make In preparation for the quincenParliament will take European responthe Luther Jubilee in 2017 more ecutennial celebration, the ekd and the sibilities otherwise it wont work in the menical by involving Catholics as well. Catholic Church have plans to write a long term. But today we must save the But bringing together the two book on Christianity together in 2013 euro and create the basis properly. And church bodies for an event that marks and to hold a joint Bible conference in we must give people a little bit of time such a major split in church his2015. so that they can come with us. This tory could prove difficult even in the Reuters reports that ekd President is probably the clearest any European seemingly minor details. Ive learned Nikolaus Schneider told the synod leader has been in showing what they that even the word jubilee used in that there may also be a reconciliation want the EU to become. An EU with connection with the Reformation can service scheduled for 2017 that recog- its own government, complete with a give rise to discussions, Merkel said. nizes before God all the injuries both two-chamber systema congress and Catholics ascribe special meaning to churches inflicted on each other. a senateis exactly the kind of thing the term jubilee years and as such we envision when we say that it will TW i n b r i e f would prefer to have the anniversary become a superstate. n merkel: The Eu will become a event called a commemoration. superstate n European parliament wants In an article that appeared in the German Chancellor Angela Merkel children indoctrinated against Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper in traditional families outlined her vision of Europe in a late October, ekd Church Office Vice President Thies Gundlach said, despite speech to the European Parliament No- Schools should prevent children from believing that the father should be vember 7. But it was when she stepped their differences, he hopes a wonderthe breadwinner for the family and away from her prepared notes to reful friendship will develop between the mother the primary carer of the spond to a statement by parliamentary Catholics and evangelicals as a result children, according to a draft report leaders that she revealed most about of anniversary events. from the European Parliaments Comthe future she sees for the EU. The EuThe many ecumenical achievements that render visible the truth and ropean Union will transform into a sin- mittee on Womens Rights and Gender Equality published June 20 but recently gle nationa superstateotherwise beauty of Christian faith 500 years afhighlighted in the British press. Genit will not work in the long term, she ter the Reformation and 50 years after der stereotypes in primary and secondsaid. Heres Merkels full statement: the Vatican ii are grounds for joint ary schools influence the perception Im sure the Commission will become celebration, wrote Gunlach. These a government one day. Im sure that the of young children and youngsters of achievements include agreeing on the Council will become a second chamber how men and women should behave, importance of Scripture, baptism and it writes. Special educational program a general acceptance of ecumenism. one day. And Im sure the European
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atching the Guy Fawkes Day Britains main newspapers ran stories highlighting Gerparades across Britain this week manys mounting frustration. Listen, Britain. Germanys has been interesting. But what made Had Enough of You, stated the headline in the Times. The this parade really notable though was Telegraph was similarly dramatic, titling its article Gerone of the giant effigies featured, and many Is Losing Patience With Britain. then joyfully torched during the show. When you spend time in both Britain and Germany, Planted right in the middle of the wrote Mats Persson, it is impossible not to notice how disLewes parade was a hulking effigy of tant their stances on Europe have become. Persson visits BrAD mACDonAlD Germany often, has well-placed contacts and keeps abreast German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Thats not all. They had her doing a Nazi salute while of the relationship. He writes that recent reports suggest standing amid the rubble of Greeces Acropolis. that Merkels frustrations have reached the point Such blatant hostility toward Germany and its chancelwhere shes prepared to wave goodbye to Britain lor isnt uncommon in Europe these days. And compared altogether. to the troubling anti-German, anti-Merkel scenes routinely The Financial Times headlined: UK and Germany: coming out of Greece and other Mediterranean countries, Exasperated Allies. the Lewes effigy is rather tame. Nevertheless, it was another George Parker and Quentin Peel, writing in the Finannoteworthy glimpse of the surging hostility in Britain cial Times recently, lamented the inevitable divorce. In toward the EU and one of its most powerful advocates, spite of the personal rapport, the two leaders [Merkel and Germany. Cameron] are heading in different directions, they wrote. Yesterday, Chancellor Merkel jetted to London to dine From Berlins perspective, this impending drama is just with Cameron and no doubt try to dissuade him from upanother staging post in Britains protracted departure from ending the upcoming EU budget summit by vetoing new the European mainstream andpotentiallyits exit from taxes. Britain and Europe are heading towards a milestone the EU altogether. moment. Merkels trip to London may be interpreted The mood towards the UK in the German political as a wake-up call for the British, wrote Olaf Boehnestablishment is a mix of exasperation and deep conke, a member of the European Council on Foreign Relacern, they wrote. tions (emphasis added throughout). Its easy to see where this is headed. We all know the The same day Merkel visited Cameron, virtually all of answer: separation. Follow Brad Macdonald: Twitter and study materials should therefore be introduced in which men and women are no longer used in examples in their traditional roles . Its proposals also include calls to introduce quotas to insure that a minimum proportion of women are employed in traditionally male jobs. The proposals are unlikely to become lawseveral EU nations would vigorously oppose this kind of invasive tinkering in their labor markets, and the Catholic Church would resent the attack on traditional families. But it shows how anti-family some of todays liberals are.

Germany Prepared to Wave Goodbye to Britain

asia
Asian Trade Bloc to Counter U.S.
CHinA DAily mAil | november 7 hina will later this month enter talks to create an Asian free trade bloc covering 28 percent of world gdp, a reaction to U.S. progress in forming a Trans-Pacific Partnership that excludes China, South Korean Trade Minister Taeho Bark said on Monday. The rcep, or Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, will be comprised of the 10-nation asean club plus six others: China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. Its launch is to be formally announced at the asean summit in Phnom Penh later this month, with a goal of reaching a deal to lower trade barriers across the region by the end of 2015. rcep adds to a growing web of regional and sectoral trade negotiations that has sprung up after a decade of talks failed to conclude a global trade deal, the so-called Doha Round.
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (tpp) championed by President Barack Obamas administration aims to tear down traditional trade barriers and break ground in new areas, streamlining trade between the United States and 10 other countries. Bark said rcep had grown out of a plan to launch trilateral trade talks between China, Japan and South Korea. Some asean countries, worried about the trilateral initiative, pushed for a wider deal. If both rcep and the tpp came into

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existence, they would be similar in economic size to the European Union. Those are the three big blocs in the future, Bark said.

Hu Jintao Opens Leadership Change

BBC | november 8 hinese President Hu Jintao has opened a Communist Party congress that begins a once-in-a-decade power transfer with a stark warning on corruption. Addressing more than 2,000 delegates, Mr. Hu said that a failure to tackle the issue could prove fatal to the party. China faced unprecedented opportunities and challenges, he said . His speech kicks off a week-long meeting that will see a new set of leaders unveiled. Mr. Hu told delegates at the Great Hall of the People that China had to adapt to a changing domestic and global environment. We must aim higher and work harder and continue to pursue development in a scientific way, promote social harmony and improve the peoples lives, he said. Chinas development should be made more balanced and sustainable, he said, and the serious challenge of corruption should be addressed. The corruption warning echoed one delivered 10 years ago during the

previous leadership transition . Across China, meanwhile, recent cases of official corruption have stoked public anger and there have been a series of high-profile mass protests focusing on land grabs and environmental issues.

Beijing is less than two years away from equipping its subs with nuclear weapons, according to a draft report released Thursday by a congressionally mandated U.S. commission. China is on the cusp of attaining a credible nuclear triad of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarinelaunched ballistic missiles, and airdropped nuclear bombs, the report said. For many years, China has had ballistic missile submarine capability, but it has been largely symbolic. Now it is poised to establish a near-continuous at-sea strategic deterrent, the paper said. The Chinese have already deployed two of an estimated five of a new class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile subs, which give Beijing its first credible sea-based nuclear capability, according to a separate report by the U.S. Defense Department. Expect Beijing to maintain focus on building military muscle as it strives to posture itself as the hegemon of Asia.

TW i n b r i e f n Chinese submarines soon to carry nukes

Since the end of World War ii, the United States has maintained a strong military presence in Japan. Throughout the last week, Japanese citizens in Okinawa, Tokyo and beyond marched in the streets to protest this presence after recent attacks by American troops on a local woman and children. According to the Associated Press, A U.S. airman is suspected of assaulting a young boy [on November 4] on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, authorities said. The incident comes just two weeks after a curfew was imposed on all 52,000 U.S. troops in Japan after the arrest of two Navy sailors for allegedly raping a local woman. Other such attacks have happened in the past, and now many of the thousands of protestors demand the complete removal of all 23 U.S. military bases in Japan. If the U.S.-Japanese military alliance comes to an end, it could work to align Japan instead with China and Russia in a massive bloc that Bible prophecy says will confront Europe.
nations of the West are correct to be sober about Chinas mushrooming power. But just beyond the perilous times on the horizon is some amazingly good news. Jesus Christ will return to put an end to the conflict between East and West, and between all other peoples of the Earth! Trumpet, oct-nov, 2010

n Japanese protest u.s. troop presence after military-related rapes

africa/latin america
After a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Guatemala this week, at least 52 people have been left dead and thousands more without power. The Guatemalan president visited the affected area on Wednesday to declare three days of mourning. At least 22 people were still missingand rescue workers are searching through rubble for survivors. Earthquakes like this one are increasing in both frequency

TW i n b r i e f n rescuers search for the missing after Guatemala earthquake

and severity across the globe. Christ told His disciples in Matthew 24 that earthquakes in diverse places would be one of the signs of the last days.

Zimbabwe plans to force banks operating within the country to buy treasury bills after attempts to sell central bank securities failed. Last October, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe offered it first treasury bills
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n Zimbabwe may force banks to buy debt after treasury auction flopped

since the country abandoned its currency and adopted the dollar in a bid to curb its 500 billion percent inflation. The treasury auction failed, however, prompting the government to discuss forcing banks to buy government debt. While details of how this coercion will be done are not yet available, Zimbabwe is a prime example of what happens to a nation when it uses quantitativeeasing to deal with financial problems. Expect the United States to follow in Zimbabwes footsteps.

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Thoughts on Four More Years

fter spending $6 billion on elections, America ends up where it started: with Democrats in control of the Senate, Republicans in control of the House, and the same man in the Oval Office. Here are my thoughts: In Barack Obamas victory speech, he said, We know in our hearts that for the United JoEl HillikEr States of America, the best is yet to come. Do you believe that in your heart? I am bracing myself for what is about to happen to this country. I can more readily comprehend Americans getting swept up in the hype of hope surrounding Mr. Obamas first campaign. But now we have a record of four years to look at. What are these crowds that are so ecstatic at this victory expecting in this next term? America re-elected the president after four years of trillion-dollar deficits; four years of stagnant productivity and high unemployment; four years of rising inflation, gas prices, grocery bills and so on. After he purported to reduce deficit spendingby ramrodding healthcare reform through at untold cost. The economy hasnt collapsed yet, but its creakier than ever because all this administrations efforts to address the crisis have aimed to soften its

effects rather than solve its causes. America re-elected this man after the Fast and Furious debacle; after his public support of samesex marriage; after his party erased God from its platform and then awkwardly jammed a mention of Him back in; after it became painfully clear that a black mans presence in the White House has not eased race problems, but if anything has made them even more volatile. Exit polls showed that the president had a 23 percentage point advantage among voters who were most concerned about foreign policy. Voters chose the incumbent after the spectacular failure of his outreach to Muslims; after four years of fecklessness with Iran; after losing Egypt and Libya; after the increased radicalization of the Middle East and North Africa; after Benghazi. Vladimir Putin took a very positive view of Mr. Obamas victory. I should think so, considering President Obamas pledge that he would have more flexibility to work with Russia after this election. Other happy leaders: Ahmadinejad, Chavez, the Muslim Brotherhood. Not so happy: Netanyahu. Countless factors are at play, but ultimately God decides elections (Daniel 4:17). President Obama is the right man to overseeeven to hastenwhat is to happen to the U.S. just ahead. Follow Joel Hilliker: Twitter

Election shows U.S. Far Gone

WAsHinGTon TimEs | november 8 ep. Ron Paul, whose maverick presidential bids shook the gop, said in the wake of this weeks elections that the country has already veered over the fiscal cliff and he sees no chance of righting ship in a country where too many people are dependent on government. Were so far gone. Were over the cliff, the Texas Republican told Bloomberg . We cannot get enough people in Congress in the next 5 to 10 years who will do wise things. Mr. Paul, who is retiring after 12 terms in the House, said voters on Tuesday rejected Mitt Romney because he had opposed the

government bailout of General Motors and Chrysler. The people in the Midwest voted against him: Oh, we have to be taken care of! So that vote was sort of like what we are laughing at in Greece, Mr. Paul said. People do not want anything cut, he said. They want all the bailouts to come. They want the Fed to keep printing the money. And they dont believe that weve gone off the cliff or are close to going off the cliff. They think we can patch it over, that we can somehow come up with some magic solution. But you cant have a budgetary solution if you dont change what the role of government should be. As long as you think we have to police the world and run this welfare state, all we are going to argue about is who will get the loot.
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Fixing Cliff Means Higher Taxes

CnBC | november 7 newly reelected President Barack Obama will push for higher taxes including a dividend-tax hike that will cause a substantial drop in stocks, Pimcos Bill Gross told cnbc Wednesday. Obama will get little time to enjoy his election victory Tuesday, as he will have to get to work quickly with Congress to avoid the nations fiscal cliff of looming mandated tax increases and spending cuts. Obama ran on a higher-tax agenda, Gross said during a Squawk Box interview. Marginal income taxes go from 35 to 40 (percent), capital gains from 15

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Obama and the Burden of History

myron magnet, CiTy JournAl | november 7

here is a great deal of ruin in a nation, Adam Smith wheel of history turns. This is one of those moments when calmly reassured a friend who despaired that the Ameri- you can see it move. Americas traditional culture of selfcan defeat of General Burgoyne at Saratoga in the Revolureliant striving, of taming the wilderness, of limiting governtionary War meant that Britain was finished. A great deal ment from interfering with our own pursuit of happiness as of ruin, no doubtbut not unlimited. Pondering President we individually define it threatens to give way to a belief that Obamas reelection, I cant help remembering that in the our past and its values, from the heroic Founding onward, is course of my adult life, the Britain I first knew half a cena record of folly, vice, and misery, just as the British came to tury ago has run through its allotment of ruin and is now feel shame at their magnificent history. We are coming to almostunrecognizably transformedfrom the stiff-upper-lip, care more about the victimsever more broadly defined never-say-die redoubt of fair play and free-born Englishmen than the successful, now assumed to be mere beneficiaries of of very recent stereotype. Now it injustice or worse. We are withis the land where snarling, shaven- The country began in fertile ground because it drawing from international leaderheaded louts beget still more louts was founded upon religion and morality. These ship, disarming (understandably upon a succession of compliant, are the two fundamental building blocks upon enough, perhaps) after a decade or abused sluts as clueless as they more of inept foreign policy and which America was built. Today, Americans about what makes a meaningful timid generalship, guided by an have departed from the ideals of our forefaand decent life; the land where idea of proportionality in warfare thers. We reason that religion and morality are that has led us to act as if we were stately ancient towns turn into nighttime circuses of drunken, nice, but certainly not necessary for the overall not the most powerful nation on vomit-smeared degradation, as well-being of the nation. We have been led to Earth, a self-fulfilling prophecy. We young people purposely divest falsely assume that private morality and public have become sentimental about themselves of their human nature, as if it were not red in tooth duty are separate issues. rationality and civility; the land and claw, requiring us to master, where, to show their pride in cultivate, and use itand no less character in crisis a National Health Service they sentimental about human nature, think proves their countrys unique compassion and social mistaking evil for misunderstanding or for justified resentequality, the curable sick obediently die in accordance with ment that a little compromise can dispel. official protocols that ensure that outcome; the land that Decades of teaching in the universities, the schools, jails citizens for free speech it deems hate speech; the land even the kindergartens, along with all the lessons of Big that, even when it had Royal Navy ships mightier than Lord Bird, Mister Rogers, and Oprah Winfrey, have made these Nelson could imagine, had sailors so cowardly and undutiful habits of mind and heart pervasivebut fortunately not as to let Iranians in outboard motorboats take them captive yet universalin our culture. And President Obama is the without firing a shot, making the great ships useless. incarnation of those habits in policy. Its sobering proof of how quickly the interaction of culHe is very small, you might say, to carry such freight. ture and policy can remake the character of a people. But that is the point: Heissmall, and he threatens to make Culture changes policy; policy changes culture; and so the us smaller. marriage last night in historic shift on the controversial issue. The three referendums, combined with Minnesota voting down a constitutional amendment banning same-sex matrimony, mark the first time supporters of traditional marriage have ever lost at the polls. All 32 previous times the issue has come before the peoplewhether banning it or legalizing itvoters have chosen to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Six states allow gay couples to wed, but each of those measures were been enacted either by a court decision or

to 20, dividends from 15 to who knows clients in that bracket, this is a pretty what so they could go high, high critical six weeks. and higher. The election victory gives Obama a Ron Florance, managing director of larger bargaining chip that will force investment strategy at Wells Fargo PriRepublicans to accept higher rates, vate Bank, said he is positioning clients Gross added. for the rougher tax road ahead. We believe taxes are going to go up, he said. If you can, pay taxes this year vs. next year. We are recommending doing that. Normally we encourage delaying taxes. The estate tax environment is going to change dramatically, he said. You DAily mAil | november 7 have six weeks to get this done. The oters in Maine, Maryland and estate taxes will not be this favorable Washington State legalized gay for the rest of our natural lives. So for

First States Approve Gay Marriage by Referendum

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The Last English-American Election

inDEpEnDEnT | november 6 n Texas and California, Hispanics account for a majority of schoolchildren. By 2016, demographic pressures will force Republicans in particular to amend their approach Four years ago I stood in Chicagos Grant Park to hear Barack Obamas victory speech. I had flown over on the promise of what would be one of the most historic election results during my lifetime and wasnt disappointed. Tonights election is an altogether more prosaic affair. The audacity of hope has given way to the audacity of hype. But all U.S. elections are momentous and I believe historians will look back on tonight as hugely significant for another reason related to ethnicity. This is the last EnglishAmerican election. Naturally future elections will be conducted in English; but from 2016, the advantage may fall to the party that recognizes what few people outside America have fully grasped: The worlds leading superpower is becoming Spanish. The speed of demographic change is dizzying. Never mind Mexican-Americans being a third of the U.S.

population by 2050; in Texas and California, Americas two most populous states (and therefore the most electorally valuable), a majority of schoolchildren are Hispanic. In New Mexico, eligible Latinos constitute 55.9 percent of the electorate. The Hispanic vote will fundamentally and irreversibly change the tenor and tone of the election. Hispanics lean towards the Democrats roughly three to onethat is, decisively in terms of the overall result. Their vote, the fastest growing part of the electorate, is therefore precious; and so desperate for it will each party be that, come 2016, their pursuit of Hispanics is certain to be much more blatant. In other words, pursuit of the Hispanic vote will fundamentally and irreversibly change the tenor and tone of the election. It would be ironic indeed if the legacy of Americas first black president were to bequeath a country whose elections were truly bilingual. That is where America is heading.

portrait of american voter preferences Based on race

results as percentages
voter breakdown democrat republican

White Black Hispanic Asian Other

72 13 10 3 2

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a vote of the state legislature. The federal government does not recognize same-sex marriages, but the Obama administration announced early in his first term that the Justice Department would not enforce the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The tide has turned, said Rick Jacobs of the Courage Campaign, a California-based gay rights group. Those who oppose the freedom to marry are clearly on the wrong side of history.

Divorce: Suffering Goes on Into adulthood

DAily mAil | november 6 amily breakdown is as devastating for todays children as it was when divorce was a source of social disgrace, a state-backed report warned yesterday. Even though divorce is no longer considered shamefulas it was until the 1970sthe children of broken

families continue to suffer destructive effects throughout their lives, the report said. The paper, produced by a team of senior academics, found that the damage caused to a child by divorce continues to blight his or her life as far as old age. It said parental separation in childhood was consistently associated with psychological distress in adulthood during peoples early 30s. The report added: This seems to be true even across different generations, which suggests that as divorce and separation

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and it really showed tax revenues are down, DiNapoli said. So the government should bail us out. he federal government should But it is the second reason that is most revealing about foot the bill for all $6 billion worth the perilous state of America. I think the focus will have of cleanup costs in New York, says to be on Washington, for obvious reasons, DiNapoli told Gov. Andrew Cuomo. reporters. They have greater resources. They can print Wow. Thats pretty bold. Why money; we cant do that here (emphasis added throughout). should taxpayers from rural Arkansas If you didnt think America was in a dire financial condiand Ohio pay to help rebuild beach tion before, this should be your wake-up call. Here is the top roBErT morlEy homes of millionaires? Shouldnt New financial officer to the wealthiest state in the union telling Yorkers pay for at least some of the world that not only is New York their own mess? State broke, but that the federal govAccording to New Yorks top ernment should cover it by printpublic finance official, Comptroller ing money. Thomas DiNapoli, the Feds should But why did DiNapoli say the pick up the tab for two reasons. federal government should print First: The state is essentially broke. money to pay for it? Because the fedA man walks next to standing water and piles of New York State and City are already eral government is broke and doesnt sand swept onto a road from Superstorm Sandy tens of billions of dollars behind on have any money either! at rockaway beach in the Queens borough of their pension funds. State and local Money printing is traditionally new York City. governments have no real emergenthe last gasp of failing economies. cy fund. Tax collections from before And here it is being espoused by one the storm even hit were less than hoped for. And the effects of Americas top economic officials. It is like he is completely of the 2009 recession are still plaguing the state. ignorant of the historical reality of what it meansand how The problem is the state is limited in its resource capac- close America is getting to collapse. ity. We just put out the mid-year report a week or two ago Follow Robert Morley: Twitter

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have become more common, their impact on mental health has not reduced. It comes a week after figures were published showing that almost half of all children have now seen their parents break up by the time they are 15. The report said that good health depends on lifestyle conditions that it termed social medicines. Key among these is a stable family background. The findings undermine the claims of politicians, lawyers and activists who have argued for years that divorce causes no harm to children if parents part amicably and without conflict. Cohabitation has fuelled the rate of family break-up, because cohabitees are three times more likely to separate than married couples. However, successive governments
God views divorce as a violent and treacherous act. God warns that we should take heed to not be involved with divorce. Why? it deeply hurts all involved. many experts recognize the serious negative emotional and financial affect divorce has on women and children. Trumpet, march-April, 1998

have removed tax breaks and other incentives to encourage couples to marry and stay together.

government has passed the point of no return and will plummet over the fiscal cliff immediately ahead of it.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday that Congress would raise the federal debt limit from $16.394 trillion to $18.794 trillion if the government needed more money. Congress and President Obama reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion last August, but now, after only 15 months, almost all of that additional borrowing authority has been exhausted. According to Reid, it looks like this new debt ceiling increase will take place early next year. If the Republican Party tries to block this move, Reid stated that Congress would find a way to bypass the opposition. Were not going to be held subject to something that was done as a matter of fact in all previous administrations, he said. It is becoming increasingly clear that the American
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just went back over the lyrics of come to mindis the vain hope they expressed to the youth. Youre the Voice, a song made famous The longing for change for the better, for a cessation of 20 years ago by the English-Australian war, for humans to live in brotherly harmony together, is as popular singer John Farnham. I old as civilization itself. But six thousand years of history wanted to discover what it was that have proven that a vain dream. had such appeal in that song to such a Butwhyshould it be imaginary or impossible? Why shouldnt we havepeaceon Earth, with universal proswide audience and still has today. ron FrAsEr perity, good health, right education, abundant well-being It is very obvious. Within those lyrforeverybody? Mr. Armstrong wrote in 1982. ics is expressed a deep-seated longing True, we do say it actuallywillrequire this strong for a cessation of war, for the opportunity to extend peace hand from someplace to solve the worlds troubles and among humanity. Farnham sings, Youre all someones daughter, youre all bring uspeace. Then the critic will ask, Arent you saying it isimpossiblefor humanity to solve our problems? No! someones son. The message of the song is thus dualan Wedontsay it is impossiblewe sayhumanity is not willappeal to the current generation, and to their parents. ing humanityREThe singer cries FUSES. It is imposout, How long can sibleonlybecause we look at each other humanity rejectsthe down the barrel wayto peace, prosof a gun? Thats a perity and all the powerful question good thingsonly that this world seems because humanutterly incapable of ityrefuses (Plain answering in any Truth,April 1982). positive way. Thats the reason According to thepowerto bring thePeace Pledge peace on Earth is Unionin London, Graves of Commonwealth soldiers of the Second World War stand at el Alamein denied mankind. As In the history of Commonwealth War Cemetery in egypt. In the history of warfare, the 20th century Herbert Armstrong warfare the 20th censtands out as the bloodiest and most brutal. continually taught, tury stands out as the the only way humanbloodiest and most kind will ever learn the way to peace is to submit to the rule brutalthree times more people have been killed in wars of a power possessing a nature the very opposite to that in the last 90 years than in all the previous 500. of humanity at largethe government of their very own The saddest fact about Farnhams most famous hit song, Follow Ron Fraser: Twitter and those of its genrethe protest songs of the 1960s and 70s Creator!

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Ezekiel is an end-time book which talks about three great crises right at the very end. They are all tied together by Gods wrath. Weve seen Hurricane sandy do terrible damage. it is being called by many the worst storm to ever hit America. And did you know that it actually plays a role in these three end-time crises?

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There are serious consequences that will come from this election. Our elected leaders are going to help bring about some of the worst violence the world has ever known. If you feel anxiety about the recent elections, and the direction of the country, that is actually a good thing. It is the beginning of the right kind of change, because you will realize that you need to look for a real solution. There is hope, but most people refuse to see it. Melanie Phillips doesnt even see it. Obamas agenda has been crystal clear from the get-go: to increase the power of the state over the citizen at home, and to neutralize American power abroad. Four more years of this and hell almost certainly have succeeded. The impact upon western security could be cataclysmic. With the re-election of Obama, America now threatens to lead the West into a terrifying darkness (ibid). I have to emphatically agree with Philips on this point because it is exactly what Bible prophecy says! Would America be much better under a Romney presidency? It is essentially immaterial who wins, predicts an expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations. That countrys enormous economic problems leave the next U.S. president with hardly any margin of maneuver (German Foreign Policy, October 29). America has $16 trillion in debtmore debt than anybody has ever had on Earth. Nobody has ever borrowed and printed money the way America has. How long will it be before the dollar is in a catastrophic state? German Foreign policy continues: The weight of the usas total debt has become unsustainable both economically and politically. Bramal is the German Council on Foreign Relations, expert on the usa, who recently published the book The American Patient. The perception of America has changed a lot since our days as a superpower. Now we are looked upon as a sick patient on our death bed.

The U.S. global strategy of massive military presence to secure energy resources and trade routes, can no longer be maintained (ibid). America is becoming so weak that we will soon be unable to protect our own oil imports. Coupled with the fact that we wont even drill domestically, its a catastrophe for America. Are we willing to listen to our critics? God always warns people before He punishes them. In Ezekiel 33, God says He sends a watchman to warn the nations of the United States, Great Britain and Israel (for proof, read The United States and Britain in Prophecy). In verse 11, He says, Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? God wants people to stop disobeying Him. He doesnt want us to suffer the evils of our addiction to drugs and pornography that destroys families. He doesnt want us to have to live in poverty because of our corrupt economic and political systems. He doesnt want us to be abused by corrupt religions. Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed (Ezekiel 33:29). God is sending curses on us because He wants us to change our ways and turn to Him. Unfortunately, it is going to take a lot of suffering for many people first. We are heading into a terrifying darkness in this country, as Melanie Phillips put it. But that darkness is the very thing that will ultimately make us get to know God! It is only by obeying God. By applying His laws and principles of life that we can bring real hope and joy into our lives. We do need real change to solve our problems. And even though we will go through some dark times, God will bring that to passwere almost there! Take hope in that.

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