Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Iraqi PM Abadi says the US is not to be trusted. Really? Really?

Iraqi PM Abadi says the US is not to be trusted. Really? Really?

His comments are the sort of thing that can increase the danger for US, or other foreign troops, working to help save Iraq's beleaguered government. His comments are the sort of thing that can increase the danger for US, or other foreign troops, working to help save Iraq's beleaguered government.
By Dan Murphy , Staff writer By Dan Murphy, Staff writer October 21, 2014 October 21, 2014
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Monday he wouldn't allow any foreign troops into the country to help retake territory lost to a Sunni Arab uprising being led by the so-called Islamic State.
His comments were widely reported. But the following remark arguably didn't get sufficient attention: “We don't need foreign combat troops. And there is no country in the world which would be willing to fight here and give you back your land even if they were asked to," he said . .
Mr. Mr. Abadi's comment is in stark contrast in recent history. In 2011 his predecessor, Nouri al-Maliki , who hails from the same Shiite Islamist Dawa Party, effectively kicked the US out of the country .  Under the terms of a 2008 Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed by President George W. Bush, the US had to leave the country by 2012 unless a new arrangement could be made.
 A key for the US Demand in Iraq - as it is pretty much everywhere - That was US Troops would be exempt from prosecution, Iraqi. Mr. Mr. Maliki refused, and off the US went, honoring its promise to respect Iraq's sovereignty. Maliki refused, and off the US went, honoring its promise to respect Iraq's sovereignty.
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The complete drawdown of US forces helped set the stage for Iraq's resumed civil war under Maliki's sectarian leadership that put the boot on the necks of much of the country's Sunni Arab population, especially the tribal fighters who, with US support, helped turn the tide against the Islamic State's predecessor, Al Qaeda in Iraq.

But now Abadi has effectively said that if given a chance the US would have designs on Iraqi territory. But now Abadi has effectively said that if given a chance the US would have designs on Iraqi territory. His comment that foreign help is not needed is risible - the failures of the Iraqi army in Mosul and Anbar provinces show that. But his comments, while popular in Iraq, could further endanger any US troops there. But his comments, while popular in Iraq, could further endanger any US troops there.
 Though IS is the biggest problem in Iraq, the jihadis have company. The proliferation of Shiite militias since 2003, some of which have been allowed to infiltrate the police forces, is a major reason for public distrust of the central government. Both the military and the cops have engaged in extortion and worse of the civilian population. But the Shiite militias frequently go one better.

. Consider this story from Agence France-Presse's Ammar Karim , Which Recounts how a female relative of Kurdish Iraqi Deputy Prime of Minister Roz Nuri Shaways was kidnapped by the powerful Shiite Asaib Ahl al-Haq ("League of the Righteous") in Basra last month. Her captors brought her from the southern city to Baghdad 's Karrada neighborhood (immediately across the Tigris River from the International Zone) but on Monday evening she managed to escape, after prying a window open with a spoon.

She quickly alerted police, which said her captors had been seeking $ 1.6 million in ransom from her family. Then, the real trouble started:
"We initially thought that the kidnappers were an extortion gang but by the time reinforcements arrived, a large number of militiamen showed up," another police officer told AFP. "They said that the policemen should hand back the hostage or would all be killed."
The men from Asaib Ahl al-Haq, which has ties to Iran and has been fighting alongside police and army forces against IS jihadists, then blocked off the street with their sport utility vehicles.
Police had to send in an armoured personnel carrier to smash through the militia's roadblock and were met with a deluge of gunfire.
. This is the environment that a few hundred US military advisers and diplomats are operating in, not in the badlands of Anbar but in the heart of Baghdad. And hatred for the US runs fairly deep among the country's Shiite militias, as AFP reported, citing a policeman in Baghdad.
 "Those militiamen never respect our checkpoints and we have been having increasing trouble with them lately," said the officer at a nearby post who gave his name as Ali. "We do not have the necessary support from above to deal with them.
We get official orders to stop them from moving freely and carrying weapons but there is no way we can implement such decisions," the officer said.
You would think that Abadi, who is reliant on US weapons, training support, and airstrikes to hold off IS, would try not to inflame anti-American sentiments in Iraq. But apparently not.


Ebola: Obama accused of 'facilitating terrorism'

Ebola: Obama accused of 'facilitating terrorism'

Complaint: President allowing people from infected zones 'unrestricted entry' to U.S.

Published: 23 hours ago
Bob Unruh Bob Unruh joined WND in 2006 after nearly three decades with the Associated Press, as well as several Upper Midwest newspapers, where he covered everything from legislative battles and sports to tornadoes and homicidal survivalists. He is also a photographer whose scenic work has been used commercially.
Larry Klayman, the former Justice Department lawyer and founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, has filed a civil complaint accusing President Obama and other officials of “facilitating terrorism” by refusing to cut off travel from Africa’s Ebola zones to the U.S.
The complaint filed in federal court in Washington charges Obama and his administration are “knowingly and willfully providing material support and aid to international terrorism and facilitating terrorism by allowing unrestricted entry of persons from countries experiencing outbreaks of the Ebola virus and adamantly opposing efforts, including calls from the U.S. Congress, to restrict travel from outbreak countries.”
The complaint from Klayman, who recently filed legal paperwork to try to get Obama deported, names Obama; Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease; Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control; Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell; and Jeh Johnson, director of the Department of Homeland Security.
Klayman, a longtime foe of the Washington establishment, says the defendants “know or should know … that the probable consequences of their actions are to facilitate the spread of the disease and to provide opportunities for germ warfare terrorism.”
He cites Obama’s criticism from the Senate floor in 2005 of President Bush for his handling of the avian flu.
Obama said the “failure to prepare for emergencies can have devastating consequences.”
“We learned that lesson the hard way after Hurricane Katrina,” the then-senator told his colleagues. “This nation must not be caught off-guard when faced with the prospect of an avian flu pandemic. The consequences are too high. … The question is will we be ready when that happens? Let’s make sure that answer is yes. I urge my colleagues in the Senate and the House to push this administration to take the action needed to prevent a catastrophe that we have not seen during our lifetimes.”

The complaint asks for a jury trial and compensatory and actual damages of at least $75,000, fees and other compensation, as well as an injunction banning travel to the U.S. from infected “African, Muslim and other nations.”
Klayman charges the Obama administration has enacted “ineffective so-called screening” procedures at a handful of American airports.
He calls it “a reckless plan to open the door not just to defendant Obama’s infected fellow Africans, but also American Muslim ISIS suicide terrorists who would intentionally infect themselves with the deadly disease and thus spread it widely in the United States.”
A Liberian infected with Ebola who traveled from his home country to Texas last month died Oct. 8, and a nurse at a Dallas hospital who attended him now has been diagnosed with the disease.
Klayman would have standing to sue, the complaint argues, because he recently traveled through Newark, a major entry point to the U.S., and was in a position to have been exposed to Ebola from travelers.
The highly contagious and deadly disease has killed more than 4,000 in West Africa. However, Obama has refused to impose travel restrictions. Instead, travelers are being questioned and checked for fever and other symptoms at five major international airports in the U.S.
Klayman blames Obama and the others “for in effect furthering acts of terrorism.”
His complaint says it is not questioned that Ebola “presents a severe risk,” but “defendants’ actions are an open invitation for terrorists to acquire infections of Ebola and travel to the United States to intentionally spread the disease inside ‘the Great Satan,’ including in ‘soft targets’ such as restaurants, shopping malls, and other public and private places.”
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., claimed in a Fox News interview last week the U.S. Border Patrol caught 10 ISIS fighters coming into the U.S. from Mexico, suggesting it’s possible for Ebola infections to enter the country through that route.
Also, a U.S. outbreak would lead to “severe disruption” in America’s economy and society, he says.
The causes of action cited include aiding and abetting the murder of U.S. citizens, conspiracy to commit murder, provision of material support to terrorists, a Fifth Amendment violation, assault and infliction of emotional distress.
The deportation petition, Klayman explained, is based “on the grounds that [Obama] has falsified various birth and other documents with regard to obtaining a U.S. passport and other privileges as an alleged American citizen.”

It is said that Iraq announced earlier refusal to pay any amounts to the international coalition against the air raids against Daash sites.

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أعلنت وزارة الدفاع الأمريكية [البنتاغون] اليوم الثلاثاء، إن "تكلفة القتال ضد تنظيم داعش في العراق وسوريا بلغت حوالي 424 مليون دولار منذ بدء الضربات الجوية في الثامن من آب الماضي في العراق".
The Ministry of Defense [Pentagon] on Tuesday, "The cost of fighting against al Daash in Iraq and Syria amounted to about 424 million dollars since the start of air strikes in the eighth from last August in Iraq."
وقال المتحدث باسم البنتاغون الأميرال جون كيربي إن "القتال يتكلف نحو 7.6 مليون دولار يوميا".
He said Pentagon spokesman Admiral John Kirby said that "fighting cost around 7.6 million dollars a day."
يشار الى ان العراق أعلن في وقت سابق رفضه دفع اي مبالغ للتحالف الدولي مقابل غاراته الجوية ضد مواقع داعش.
It is said that Iraq announced earlier refusal to pay any amounts to the international coalition against the air raids against Daash sites.
وقال وزير الخارجية إبراهيم الجعفري، في جلسة استضافته بالبرلمان الخميس الماضي، ان "العراق لن يدفع اي مبلغ للتحالف الدولي في قصف داعش"مشيرا الى ان "كلفة العمليات العسكرية ستكون على عاتق الدول المشاركة في الحملة الجوية لان العراق غير مستعد لدفع اي نفقات".انتهى

He said Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, in a session hosted by the parliament last Thursday, said that "Iraq will not pay any amount for the international coalition in the bombing Daash," adding that "the cost of military operations will be the responsibility of the countries participating in the air campaign because Iraq is not ready to pay any expenses." ended

Giant Dinar Loophole

Posted by soundoc on October 21, 2014 at 4:44pm
Now that Iraq has an in country RI, the PTB have created a giant loophole that Iraqi citizens should take advantage of.

The Loophole:
Phase 1: Iraqi citizen has Q card loaded with dinar at a rate of $3.58 US dollars for each dinar, they got paid retroactive back to Jan 14, so if they wire transfer $10,000 USD to a relative in the US that relative could buy approx. $11,647,545 dinar at the 1166 rate.

Phase 2: The relative residing in the US does a gift letter to the relative in Iraq and sends the dinar back to relative via Fedex or UPS. They can then split the proceeds and do it again.

This should create some billionaires in Iraq.

How many times can this be done before the PTB close the loophole by releasing the RV?


Tony and DC said on last call that this is a huge problem for the PTB and they would be crazy to leave this open for very long.

$11M dinar in Iraq will convert to $39,380,000 USD
 

How To Make Highly Effective 10 PPM Colloidal Silver For Pennies Per Quart At Home

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REPOST: How To Make Highly Effective 10 PPM Colloidal Silver For Pennies Per Quart At Home
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Date: Tuesday, 21-Oct-2014 15:42:47

This is a re-post of my CS Article of several years ago which was lost in the recent RMN archive hack. It seems to have become more timely lately...
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How To Make your own Antibiotics in a Teotwawki situation.
Silver has been known for thousands of years as a killer of pathogens. The early Greeks noticed that the wealthy people (who used silver utensils) seemed to never get sick as did the common folk. In the middle ages, the royal families used exclusively silver dinnerware, and in the mid 1800’s in this country, pioneers kept silver coins in their water barrels to guard against pathogens picked up from the trail watering holes.
My own grandma placed a silver dollar in the milk can to keep the milk from clabbering in the summertime.
There is absolutely NO known bacteria, virus or fungus that silver will not kill, and in most cases, within an hour or two. It can be homemade for pennies a quart on a continual basis, and is a must for a long-term survival situation. The only criteria that I must warn you of, is that bigger IS not better when it comes to colloidal size and the resulting “yellow” color of overcooked colloidal silver. If your silver solution is colored, or has a strongly metallic taste—discard it .
I have been using my home-made Colloidal Silver for over 15 years. The first couple of years I thought it was a piece of cake to make it with a couple of coins and a 9 volt battery, but was greatly mistaken. I continued having health problems, though admittedly, not as severe as before. I spent much time studying, pondering my equipment, and found that the secret is that VERY small particles are mandatory for silver to suffocate viruses and also some bacteria. First, I learned to NEVER add salt or any chemical to the water. Clumps will form; destroying the product's effectiveness PURE, Glass DISTILLED water and .999 silver is the only way to make effective Colloids. It does take some time, but the result is amazing in its disease fighting ability.
Silver is known to oxidize, or absorb oxygen (tarnish if you will) readily. This makes it effective on pathogens ONLY if it is smaller than the target pathogen. IOW, it must attach itself to them, because Silver colloids operate by absorbing oxygen from the host pathogen and depriving it of the oxygen it needs to multiply. Colloidal ions are attracted to the host (diseased) cell containing the pathogen by the negative electrical charge they carry which is produced by the electrolysis method of manufacture. They attach themselves to the diseased cell containing the pathogens through this charge.
Exposure to light acts to neutralize the ionic charge over time, so colloidal silver should always be stored in a dark GLASS container in a cool (not cold) place. Refrigeration is not necessary, and very low temperatures in fact lessen the charge of the Ions, which keeps them suspended in solution. Collodial silver should never be stored in most plastics, as the inside of the plastic jar or container will plate out the silver ions, causing the solution to become ineffective. The opaque plastic containers such as used for hydrogen peroxide are suitable, however.
The secret to making extremely small colloids is simple, and can be done by anyone with a small capital investment and then made continually for virtually pennies per quart.
The method I am about to share has proven over the years to produce consistent and effective results. The method is like a recipe. You must follow it, as with any recipe, to achieve consistent results.
The only thing you will need that is extraordinary is a milliamp meter. You can pick one up at Radio Shack, and if you do not know how to use it, get instruction from either the booklet that comes with it, or get someone to demonstrate. There are only 2 wires on it, so how complicated can it be? While you are there, pick up a set of small "clip leads". These are usually sold in packages of 6. (You only need 2). Also buy Three 9 volt alkaline batteries. On the way back, stop by Wal-Mart and buy a cheap ($5.95 here) aerator (bubble blower) for a fish tank, and a couple of feet of clear tubing for the aerator.
Now for the Silver source. . This is THE MOST important ingredient. Buy a silver sheet piece from someone likehttp://www.silversupplies.com/catalog/metals/fine_silver/sheet.shtmlPurity must be .999. The gauge of metal can be any they list, but I suggest the 26 gauge. Thickness is not that important, but LENGTH and WIDTH is. The sheets are sold in 6 inch by one inch pieces. Buy ONE sheet. Cut two 1/4 inch X 6 inch strips from it. You can use scissors to cut it.
Try to be very consistent in width. Don’t worry that it curls while you cut it. It is easy to flatten again by placing in a book or merely bending it back with your fingers. THEN, using a ruler, measure 1 and 1/2 inches from one end of the strip, and scribe an easily visible line across each strip using a sharp knife or other pointed tool.
Once you have made the strips, WASH them in a solution of warm soapy water to remove any oils used in rolling them, or any skin oils you may have contacted them with. Then rinse them well under running water and dry them with a paper towel.
You should never have to wash them again, unless you drop them on the floor. With use, they will turn grey and porous looking. This is normal. Simply clean them between uses by wiping with a wet paper towel between the thumb and forefinger, and pulling the strip through.
Next, get a one quart WIDEMOUTH mason jar. The wide mouth is important, as it sets the spacing between the strips. Wash the inside of the jar, and DRY well with a paper towel and place it in the microwave on high for a couple of minutes, to make sure it is completely dry.
Bend a small hook (or lip) at the scribed end of the strip so that the strip looks like a candy cane, and will hang on the inside, on the lip of the Mason jar, with the scribed line about an inch or so below the top of the jar.
Now, a little bit of basic electricity. The colloidal size is a function of the current flowing in the solution soon to be described. Likewise, the current is controlled by four basic things, which is why the entire accent on dimensions above.
1) The conductivity of the solution.
2) The size of the strips hanging within the solution. (Length and width)
3) the spacing between the strips. This is why a WIDEMOUTH jar is used.
4) The applied voltage (batteries) (you need 3 to make 27-28 volts)
Finally we get to the water (solution). NO "tap water", NO "spring water". These are rife with impurities. You MUST use distilled water. AND just not ANY old distilled water. I have searched high and low and only found two brands which work in my area. (Update)-- Surprisingly, I recently found that Dollar Store Water is really low on salts content, and works well) Much of what is sold as distilled water is done using metallic distilling equipment. It is highly conductive and will NOT make effective colloidal silver. Don't waste your time.
You WILL have to search and buy several brands before you find one which is glass distilled and is suitable. Don't worry, for you can easily test the water. In fact that is the first step in this recipe. During a SHTF situation, you can make your own distilled water by steam distilling, but use only glass materials. Metallic tubing such as copper or aluminum will cause your water to fail the water test below.
Steps:
1) Hang the two silver strips inside the jar.
2) Snap the three 9 volt batteries together in series. Proper contacts in each battery neatly fit the other. When you get them snapped correctly, two batteries face the third. (The 2 batteries on the outside face the center battery). The two terminals left open are (one on each outside battery) attached by clip leads as follows.
3) Connect one terminal from the batteries to one of the milliamp meter leads. Clip the other milliamp meter lead to one of the strips hanging in the jar, using as an attach point the end of the bent hook on the outside of the jar lip.
4) Move the second strip to the opposite side of the jar from the first one. (Remember spacing is important). Get the strips as close to opposite as possible.
4) Connect the final battery lead to the other strip.
Using your fingers, get the strips hanging straight down as close as possible to the inside of the jar.
Now to test the water for suitability. Carefully pour your "distilled" water into the jar until it reaches the scribed lines on the strips. Monitor the milliamp meter for a reading of 0.2 milliamps (200 micro amps) or less. Less is better. Anything over 0.2 milliamps means the water is too conductive, and it WILL NOT make effective colloidal silver. Use it in your steam iron, and try another brand. You must find a source of low conductive distilled water. For those near a Food Lion or Publix, both these are suitable, at least in my area.
Assuming you have found suitable low conductivity water, place the tubing from your aerator all the way to the bottom and hold in place with a clothespin or other method. Turn on the aerator to be sure it does not move the strips, but only "stirs" the water by bubbling.
MONITOR the milliamp meter. You are looking for a final conductivity of 5-6 times the starting current, but in no case more than 1 milliamp. (The colloids will be too large, and begin to clump. If you start at 100 micro amps, stop at 600.
DONT rush it. DO NOT HEAT the water. It will take from 2 and 1/2 to four hours to make depending on the water temperature for the final current to result.
Once your final current is reached, remove the tubing, strips and disconnect the batteries. Using a non-metallic funnel, place a clean coffee filter in the funnel and filter your colloidal silver into a dark container. I use a dark glass beer bottle, but the opaque bottles hydrogen peroxide comes in work great also. Light must be kept at a minimum for maximum storage time.
You may notice small gray particles caught on the filter or remaining in the jar bottom. They should be minimal in quantity, and the largest no bigger than about a half flake of black pepper. These are clumped colloids. If you notice these increasing over time, it is a sign that your water quality has deteriorated or some foreign salts have built up. Clean your equipment and microwave the tubing of the aerator and the jar. In any case, if you exceed 1 milliamp of current, the particle size will rapidly increase. This is not the most effective colloidal silver. You should experience NO color and virtually NO metallic taste with small colloids, because they are smaller than your taste buds can distinguish!
Try to use your silver within two to three weeks, as the colloid ions lose their charge over time.
Dose: Prophylactic-- a swig (about a teaspoonful) morning and night. Swish in your mouth and swallow.
Minor Cuts-- soak a band aid in the solution and apply to the cut as normal.
Burns: Flood The area with colloidal silver solution. Use a soft cloth to drape over the area and soak the cloth. Do not bind fresh burns or otherwise impede the air circulaton. Remove the cloth before it dries or binds to the skin.
Infection-- triple the prophylactic dose.
Care of strips and equipment. Wash and dry the jar. Wipe the strips gently with a moistened paper towel between your fingers. DO NOT "polish" them. The gray color is a natural feature, and actually decreases the cook time with use. This is because of the increased micro surface area due to the "tarnish".
Keep your equipment in a dust free box between uses, to keep it from picking up airborne dust or metallic particles.
It's a kind of pain to use the recipe, but I have perfected it with much trial and error. NO colds, staph or infections of any kind in 15+ years, plus many cuts, burns and various abrasions treated successfully. My pets also get it daily in their water bowl.
I can think of no other item which is more valuable in a SHTF situation. There has been many who would put food, water and ammunition first, but it’s tough to use those things if you are racked with a debilitating disease. After a day or so, I cant think of anything I would not trade for effective antibiotics to save my family’s life. Colloidal Silver will do just that.
Addendum: Alternate method without using the meter.
You MUST be CONSISTENT between batches. The above method using the meter insures this. If, however, you wish to you can...
1) measure the temperature of the water before you start. preferably it should be near room temperature. RECORD your water temperature.
2) in a darkened location verify that the laser trace is not visible when shone through your jar.
3) proceed to connect the batteries and begin cooking. RECORD the start time. If no aerator is used, stir the water every 30 minutes.
4) if your water is 'good' the laser trace should be *just* perceptible at the two hour mark.
5) continue to cook for 30 minutes after the laser trace becomes visible. If the trace broadens or becomes "fuzzy" at the 2 1/2 hour point, the batch has cooked too much, and the water is suspect.
It is still good CS, though, just not the most effective...
once you have cooked a good batch which shows the laser trace as sharp and defined, and has no apparent yellow tint, you are there.
From then on, you can use the temperature and time to make more. Don't change your water source, though, else you will have to start over..

What heaven's really like - by a leading brain surgeon who says he's been there: Read his testimony before you scoff...it might just shake your beliefs

What heaven's really like - by a leading brain surgeon who says he's been there: Read his testimony before you scoff...it might just shake your beliefs

When I was a small boy, I was adopted. I grew up remembering nothing of my birth family and unaware that I had a biological sister, named Betsy. Many years later, I went in search of my biological family, but for Betsy it was too late: she had died.
This is the story of how I was reunited with her — in Heaven.
Before I start, I should explain that I am a scientist, who has spent a lifetime studying the workings of the brain. 
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Dr Eben Alexander says he was taken 'on a voyage through a series of realms' after he went into a coma when he was diagnosed with meningitis 
Dr Eben Alexander says he was taken 'on a voyage through a series of realms' after he went into a coma when he was diagnosed with meningitis 
My adoptive father was a neurosurgeon and I followed his path, becoming an neurosurgeon myself and an academic who taught brain science at Harvard Medical School.
Although nominally a Christian, I was sceptical when patients described spiritual experiences to me. 
My knowledge of the brain made me quite sure that out-of-body experiences, angelic encounters and the like were hallucinations, brought on when the brain suffered a trauma.
And then, in the most dramatic circumstances possible, I discovered proof that I was wrong. Six years ago, I woke up one morning with a searing headache. Within a few hours, I went into a coma: my neocortex, the part of the brain that handles all the thought processes making us human, had shut down completely.
Dr Eben's Alexander's 'heaven' was filled with music, animals, trees, and colours and was extremely vivid
Dr Eben's Alexander's 'heaven' was filled with music, animals, trees, and colours and was extremely vivid
At the time, I was working at Lynchburg General Hospital in Virginia, and I was rushed to the emergency room there. The doctors ascertained that I had contracted meningitis — a rare bacterial strain of E coli was in my spinal fluid and eating into my brain like acid. My survival chances were near zero.
I was in deep coma, a vegetative state, and all the higher functions of my brain were offline. Scans showed no conscious activity whatever — my brain was not malfunctioning, it was completely unplugged.
But my inner self still existed, in defiance of all the known laws of science.
Magical: He said he found himself as a speck of awareness on a butterfly wing, among pulsing swarms of millions of other butterflies
Magical: He said he found himself as a speck of awareness on a butterfly wing, among pulsing swarms of millions of other butterflies
For seven days, as I lay in that unresponsive coma, my consciousness went on a voyage through a series of realms, each one more extraordinary than the last — a journey beyond the physical world and one that, until then, I would certainly have dismissed as impossible.
For thousands of years, ordinary people as well as shamans and mystics have described brief, wonderful glimpses of ethereal realms. I’m not the first person to have discovered that consciousness exists beyond the body.
What is unique in my case is that I am, as far as scientific records show, the only person to have travelled to this heavenly dimension with the cortex in complete shut-down, while under minute observation throughout.
There are medical records for every minute of my coma, and none of them show any indication of brain activity. In other words, as far as neuroscience can say, my journey was not something happening inside my head.
Plenty of scientists have a lot of difficulty with this statement. My experience undermines their whole belief system. But the one place I have found ready acceptance is in church, where my story often tallies with people’s expectations.
 My knowledge of the brain made me quite sure that out-of-body experiences, angelic encounters and the like were hallucinations, brought on when the brain suffered a trauma
Even the deep notes of the church organ and the glorious colours of the stained glass seem to echo faintly the sights and sounds of Heaven.
Here, then, is what I experienced: my map of Heaven.
After the blinding headache, when I had slipped into the coma, I gradually became aware of being in a primitive, primordial state that felt like being buried in earth.
It was, however, not ordinary earth, for all around me I sensed, and sometimes heard and saw, other entities. 
It was partly horrific, partly comforting and familiar: I felt like I had always been part of this primal murk.
I am often asked, ‘Was this hell?’ but I don’t think it was — I would expect hell to be at least a little bit interactive, and this was a completely passive experience. 
I had forgotten what it was even to be human, but one important part of my personality was still hard at work: I had a sense of curiosity. I would ask, ‘Who? What? Where?’ and there was never a flicker of response.
After an expanse of time had passed, though I can’t begin to guess how long, a light came slowly down from above, throwing off marvellous filaments of living silver and golden effulgence.
It was a circular entity, emitting a beautiful, heavenly music that I called the Spinning Melody. The light opened up like a rip in the fabric of that coarse realm, and I felt myself going through the rip, up into a valley full of lush and fertile greenery, where waterfalls flowed into crystal pools.
There were clouds, like marshmallow puffs of pink and white. Behind them, the sky was a rich blue-black.
This world was not vague. It was deeply, piercingly alive, and as vivid as the aroma of fried chicken, as dazzling as the glint of sunlight off the metalwork of a car, and as startling as the impact of first love.
I know perfectly well how crazy my account sounds, and I sympathise with those who cannot accept it. Like a lot of things in life, it sounds pretty far-fetched till you experience it yourself.
Despite scans showing his brain was not functioning, Dr Alexander had a vivid experience
There were trees, fields, animals and people. There was water, too, flowing in rivers or descending as rain. Mists rose from the pulsing surfaces of these waters, and fish glided beneath them.
Like the earth, the water was deeply familiar. It was as though all the most beautiful waterscapes I ever saw on earth had been beautiful precisely because they were reminding me of this living water. My gaze wanted to travel into it, deeper and deeper.
This water seemed higher, and more pure than anything I had experienced before, as if it was somehow closer to the original source.
I had stood and admired oceans and rivers across America, from Carolina beaches to west coast streams, but suddenly they all seemed to be lesser versions, little brothers and sisters of this living water. 
That’s not to denigrate the seas and lakes and thunderstorms that I’ve marvelled at throughout my life. It is simply to say that I now see all the earth’s waters in a new perspective, just as I see all natural beauties in a new way.
In Heaven, everything is more real — less dense, yet at the same time more intense.
Heaven is as vast, various and populated as earth is ... in fact, infinitely more so. But in all this vast variety, there is not that sense of otherness that characterises our world, where each thing is alone by itself and has nothing directly to do with the other things around it.
Nothing is isolated in Heaven. Nothing is alienated. Nothing is disconnected. Everything is one.
I found myself as a speck of awareness on a butterfly wing, among pulsing swarms of millions of other butterflies. I witnessed stunning blue-black velvety skies filled with swooping orbs of golden light, angelic choirs leaving sparkling trails against the billowing clouds.
Those choirs produced hymns and anthems far beyond anything I had ever encountered on earth. The sound was colossal: an echoing chant that seemed to soak me without making me wet.
All my senses had blended. Seeing and hearing were not separate functions. It was as if I could hear the grace and elegance of the airborne creatures, and see the spectacular music that burst out of them.
Even before I began to wonder who or what they were, I understood that they made the music because they could not contain it. It was the sound of sheer joy. They could no more hold it in than you could fill your lungs and never breathe out.
 From then on, I was back in the old, earthly world I’d left behind before my coma struck, but as a genuinely new person.I had been reborn
Simply to experience the music was to join in with it. That was the oneness of Heaven — to hear a sound was to be part of it. Everything was connected to everything else, like the infinitely complex swirls on a Persian carpet or a butterfly’s wing. And I was flying on that carpet, riding on that wing.
Above the sky, there was a vast array of larger universes that I came to call an ‘over-sphere’, and I ascended until I reached the Core, that deepest sanctuary of the Divine — infinite inky blackness, filled to overflowing with indescribable, unconditional love.
There I encountered the infinitely powerful, all-knowing deity whom I later called Om, because of the sound that vibrated through that realm. I learned lessons there of a depth and beauty entirely beyond my capacity to explain.
During this voyage, I had a guide. She was an extraordinarily beautiful woman who first appeared as I rode, as that speck of awareness, on the wing of that butterfly.
I’d never seen this woman before. I didn’t know who she was. Yet her presence was enough to heal my heart, to make me whole in a way I’d never known was possible. Her face was unforgettable. Her eyes were deep blue, and her cheekbones were high. Her face was surrounded by a frame of honey-brown hair.
She wore a smock, like a peasant’s, woven from sheer colour — indigo, powder-blue and pastel shades of orange and peach. When she looked at me, I felt such an abundance of emotion that, if nothing good had ever happened to me before, the whole of my life would have been worth living for that expression in her eyes alone.
Dr Alexander became a neurosurgeon and an academic who taught brain science at Harvard Medical School
Dr Alexander became a neurosurgeon and an academic who taught brain science at Harvard Medical School
It was not romantic love. It was not friendship. It was far beyond all the different compartments of love we have on earth. Without actually speaking, she let me know that I was loved and cared for beyond measure and that the universe was a vaster, better, and more beautiful place than I could ever have dreamed.
I was an irreplaceable part of the whole (like all of us), and all the sadness and fear I had ever suffered was a result of my somehow having forgotten this most central of facts.
Her message went through me like a breath of wind. It’s hard to put it into words, but the essence was this: ‘You are loved and cherished, dearly, for ever. You have nothing to fear. There is nothing you can do wrong.’
It was, then, an utterly wonderful experience.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, I had been in my coma for seven days and showing no signs of improvement. The doctors were just deciding whether to continue with life support, when I suddenly regained consciousness. My eyes just popped open, and I was back. I had no memories of my earthly life, but knew full well where I had been.
I had to relearn everything: who, what, and where I was. Over days, then weeks, like a gently falling snow, my old, earthly knowledge came back.
Words and language returned within hours and days. With the love and gentle coaxing of my family and friends, other memories emerged.
By eight weeks, my prior knowledge of science, including the experiences and learning from more than two decades spent as a neurosurgeon in teaching hospitals, returned completely. That full recovery remains a miracle without any explanation from modern medicine.
But I was a different person from the one I had been. The things I had seen and experienced while gone from my body did not fade away, as dreams and hallucinations do. They stayed.
Above all, that image of the woman on the butterfly wing haunted me.
And then, four months after coming out of my coma, I received a picture in the mail.
As a result of my earlier investigations to make contact with my biological family, a relative had sent me a photograph of my sister Betsy — the sister I’d never known.
The shock of recognition was total. This was the face of the woman on the butterfly wing.
The moment I realised this, something crystallised inside me.
That photo was the confirmation that I’d needed. This was proof, beyond reproach, of the objective reality of my experience.
From then on, I was back in the old, earthly world I’d left behind before my coma struck, but as a genuinely new person.
I had been reborn.
And as I shall reveal on Monday, I am by no means the only one to have glimpsed the afterlife — and the wonders it holds. 
Extracted from Map of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon Explores the Mysteries of the Afterlife & The Truth About What Lies Beyond by Dr Eben Alexander, published by Piatkus at £14.99. 
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The CIA at the Heart of Your Normalcy Bias


The CIA at the Heart of Your Normalcy Bias

October 21, 2014 by John Little - OmegaShock.com
The Central Intelligence Agencyor, CIA – is one of the most evil organizations on the planet. Not everyone in the CIA is evil. In fact, at the lowest levels, there are a lot of good people working for that foul organization. But, the organization itself is without a shred of morality, and owes allegiance to the only god they know – power.
I didn’t always think like that. But, that was before I saw the dark evil at the heart of the CIA – and their operations against the American people. And, those operations are part of why it is so hard to chip away at the normalcy bias that I talked about yesterday.

The CIA at the Heart of Your Normalcy Bias

The Central Intelligence Agency was created for the purpose of combating the Soviet Union. In fact, it did not exist until after World War II, when Harry Truman realized that he needed an organization to help fight the Cold War.

The Enemy Of My Enemy…

The previous intelligence agency, the Office of Strategic Servicesor, OSS – had been riddled with socialists, which made some sense. After all, they needed to work with the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany. But, after World War II, socialism was the new enemy, so the OSS had to go.
And, since the enemy of my enemy is my friend…
…you guessed it, they brought in the Nazis.

Enter The Nazis

The Dulles brothers had deep connections with both the Vatican and German fascism, so when Allen Dulles was tasked with helping set up the CIA, he knew exactly who and what to bring in:
Brigadier General Reinhard Gehlenhead of Nazi Germany’s intelligence services for the Eastern Front against the USSR
The CIA needed experienced intelligence operatives in their fight against the experienced operatives of the Soviet Union’s KGB. So, Dulles brought in General Gehlen’s organization, also known as Gehlen Org.
You’ll also be pleased to note that the mentor and close friend of Allen Dulles was none other than Nazi sympathizer, Prescott Bush – father of George Bush, Sr.
So, if you want to know where the evil inside of the CIA comes from, you only need to look at its origins.

Project Mockingbird

Well, there’s one element of this evil that began almost immediately:
Project Mockingbird
Project Mockingbird was an attempt by the CIA to neutralize Soviet propaganda that was flooding the United States. And, they did this by suborning journalists and even inserting their own operatives into the mainstream media. And, when the Soviet Union fell, Project Mockingbird kept operating.
And, if you need evidence of their continuing operations, just watch this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp-Wh77wt1o&feature=player_embedded
Dr Udo Ulfkotte, journalist and author, on RT
YouTube shortlink: http://youtu.be/yp-Wh77wt1o
(h/t LibertyBlitzkrieg.com)

Anti-Israel Propaganda

While I was living in Israel, I was mystified by the how the media portrayed Israel. I could see with my own eyes, and hear with my own ears, what was really happening – but, the media always had a different story to tell.
Well, now I know why.

The CIA Normalcy Bias

The point is that your information environment is being tightly controlled by people that answer to no one. And, the controllers of that information environment have a vested interest in maintaining the normalcy bias of American society – the same normalcy bias that I talked about yesterday.
If you want to know why the mainstream media is what it is, look no further than the Central Intelligence Agency.
You can also read more, here:
http://www.omegashock.com/2013/12/20/origins-of-911-part-3-the-nazis-and-the-cia/
I truly hope that you’ll be ready for this
(That’s a link. There’s not much time left.)
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.Proverbs 22:3
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