Monday, April 1, 2013

"Threat Level Red" Declared? Preparedness Pro – Air Force Reserve Base In Portland On Stand-by




"Threat Level Red" Declared? Preparedness Pro – Air Force Reserve Base In Portland On Stand-by

Thursday, March 28, 2013 15:46          (Before It's News)

According to Preparedness Pro via a post on Facebook, the United States Military has gone to 'threat level red'. After this original post was made approx. 5 hours ago (approx. 1:30 pm eastern time on Thursday March 28th, 2013), confirmation HAS BEEN received from 6 different sources as outlined in comments further down in the post. 

What are they preparing for? 

North Korea has declared war upon the

United States and South Korea.

The Pentagon has deployed B-2 Stealth Nuclear bombers to South Korea. 

One could quite easily say that WW3 is now upon the horizon. 

Let's all pray that cooler heads prevail. 

The original Facebook post is here:


Preparedness Pro
BREAKING NE:--just got a heads up that the U.S. military has gone to threat level RED and the Air Force reserve base in Portland (OR) has been put on Stand-by.

This is UNCONFIRMED so far---waiting on confirmation from multiple sources. Anyone else have any input?

A screenshot of Preparedness Pro's Facebook post is below.:


Message from Montague Keen - March 31, 2013


Rumor Mill News Agents Forum
Message from Montague Keen - March 31, 2013
Posted By: Mr.Ed [Send E-Mail]
Date: Sunday, 31-Mar-2013 22:40:13


Message from Montague Keen - March 31, 2013
My dear, I was delighted to be able to organize one or two surprises for you this weekend. I wanted to say thank you for your devotion to our work. It is important for you to spend time with family and special friends this holiday weekend. You need to relax and put work aside for a few hours.
Important connections are being made and the right people are being brought forward. Significant information is being shared. You were told an important connection with Canada would be made, and within hours, such a connection was made. All the sacred sites around your world were once connected, but this connection was temporarily destroyed and this left you in darkness. Now, you are hearing of good people across your world who are aware of this and are busily reconnecting these sites. This will create the energy necessary for the light to remove all the evidence of darkness, forever. We in spirit, work with these people. Their sole purpose is to restore the light.
You were given important information during your interview, last evening, regarding who are (you and I) and our soul connection. It was also confirmed that your instinct was correct regarding one of your team: he is of great importance and he will soon come to terms with what is expected of him. His soul contract with you, my dear, will be fulfilled. He will exceed expectations; so worry not, all will proceed as planned. Your eagerness to rush ahead must be controlled. Spirit decides when to proceed: not you, my dear. Leave all these decisions to us. You know in your heart that we will be successful. The right people will be at your side.
The importance of Ireland is, at last, being realized by your world. Those who make contact with you are eager to share their research. They are understandably excited that, at last, they are seeing the full picture of when the control system was put in place and how it was achieved. This knowledge will set you free. It will also expose those who were complicit in destroying your world. This was when the human race was altered to keep everyone under control. The guilty ones are now beginning to experience the fear of exposure. Their threats now fall on deaf ears as their control is ebbing away.
Ensure that you are grounded at all times as you need to protect yourself from all forms of attack. They will not go quietly. But have no fear, as you will be assisted in restoring your world. Everything is in place, and when the timing is right, all will become clear. Trust in spirit, and know without doubt, that this is the way forward.
Gradually remove yourselves from the rat race in which you were unwittingly trapped. Appreciate what you do have in your life that is pure and good and love-based. The simple things in life are the most precious. Re-evaluate your lives and ask, what is your purpose? Why are you on Earth at this time? Everyone has a role to play, so do not be found wanting. Together, you will change your world and you will take your place in the universe once more. When you learn to look with love in your eyes at all around you and appreciate the beauty of your planet, you will know that you are free at last.
Please excuse my dear wife, she needs to join her family for family celebrations. It is difficult to concentrate on our connection when family is present. Our plans are coming to fruition. This is an exciting time. Please bear with us and all will be revealed. Be assured that you are on the right track. Together, we will help to restore the light.
Enjoy your time with your family. Always, your adoring, Monty.
Website: The Montague Keen Foundation
http://www.montaguekeen.com/

Dennis Kucinich: US an ‘Orwellian State’, Drones, GMOs, Holding Bush Accountable


Dennis Kucinich: US an ‘Orwellian State’, Drones, GMOs, Holding Bush Accountable

Posted on by Jean
Published on Mar 21, 2013
Abby Martin talks to US Congressman, Dennis Kucinich, about the 10th anniversary of the Iraq war and other issues that set him aside from the average establishment politician.
https://jhaines6.wordpress.com/

Ex-CNN Reporter: I Received Orders to Manipulate News to Demonize Syria and Iran


Ex-CNN Reporter: I Received Orders to Manipulate News to Demonize Syria and Iran
Posted By: Maryhrt [Send E-Mail]
Date: Sunday, 31-Mar-2013 22:32:24
At least one of them admits it. They always demonize anyone that does not agree with the global elites' plan for world domination and control. Just watch if you don't believe it--veterans, patriots, home schoolers, etc.
Maryhrt
Ex-CNN Reporter: I Received Orders to Manipulate News to Demonize Syria and Iran
PRAGUE,- Ex-CNN reporter Amber Lyon revealed that during her work for the channel she received orders to send false news and exclude some others which the US administration did not favor with the aim to create a public opinion in favor of launching an aggression on Iran and Syria.
Lyon was quoted by the Slovak main news website as saying that the mainstream US media outlets intentionally work to create a propaganda against Iran to garner public opinion's support for a military invasion against it.
She revealed that the scenario used before launching the war on Iraq is being prepared to be repeated where Iran and Syria are now being subject to constant 'demonization'.
http://sana.sy/eng/22/2013/03/30/475112.htm

http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=273042

NEIL KEENAN UPDATE: ARREST THE BANKERS


NEIL KEENAN UPDATE: ARREST THE BANKERS – Counterfeit Notes Issued by the ECB…the Big Euro Bailouts Are Backed by Less than Air – They’re Backed by Fraud

Posted on by Jean
by Michael Henry Dunn
(NOTE: Today’s video update on Youtube was inadvertently posted prematurely, and then withdrawn by us.  It is now reposted in its entirety.)
JAKARTA, March 31, 2013:  Easter Sunday  –  When these dispatches began, I promised you hard news from Neil Keenan in Jakarta, with no teaser phony updates or well-spun tantalizing hints of major developments to come.  For those whose incomes depend on e-newsletter subscription fees and ad revenue from web-page hit totals, such temptations are difficult to avoid: it is the old journalistic imperative to attract eyeballs by whatever means necessary.  Being an itinerant bard on a quixotic quest to be useful to the man I have come to regard as the planet’s best shot at freedom from debt-slavery, I have no such temptations.  Our audience pays us no fee, and the material reward for our efforts is waiting down the road, as it is for all of us.  So, much as we itched to post an update since our last post on March 25th, we’ve held off until the situation clarified, and we had news to share.
Questions hanging in our readers’ minds:
Is Nelu Wibawa free?
Short answer: Not yet, but the delays appear to be over…we may have additional news in short order.
Is Neil Keenan kicking butt?
Short answer:  Is the Pope Catholic?  (On second thought, that old line may not work so well anymore, as there are those who would now say, no, the Pope isn’t Catholic, he’s a Jesuit….but we will leave that one for later).
The answer to the question about Keenan’s swift kicks to bankster posteriors is an emphatic ‘yes.’  The answer to other questions is a blend of high-impact hard news and frustrating delays, the sum of which is that the Alliance’s efforts, spearheaded by Keenan, have the banksters on the run, with more good guys flocking to the banner.
We thought the best way to explain all this is to let Mr. Keenan himself answer some of these questions in person.  In today’s video, look for Neil’s response on such questions as: What is the bigger picture regarding the Cyprus savings account theft by the EU?  Is the new BRICS alliance going to come to the rescue, or is it just en EU rerun?  How and when will the humanitarian projects emerge from the liberation of the Global Collateral Accounts?  Keenan’s blunt responses to these questions will be heartening to some, and frightening to others.  We know who the frightened ones are, and they have reason to fear the consequences of their actions – consequences they no doubt thought never to face.
Some additional updates from Mr. Keenan that are not included in the video:
  • As the euro is backed by counterfeit currency issued by the European Central Bank in payment for the leasing of the Global Collateral Account gold, the ECB will be offered an opportunity to buy back the many trillions in phony notes they have issued.  As they will not be able to do this, they will be shut down and/or taken over.  The euro will go away, and the eurozone nations will return to their national currencies, minus their debt.
  • All the nations currently groaning under central bank debt – Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Italy, et al – will be debt-free once these actions are complete, and the ECB is revealed for what it is.
  • The New World Order takeover of the assets and sovereignty of the so-called debtor nations will be stopped.  The economy-killing austerity and loss of sovereignty will end – no more Goldman Sachs cabalists will be appointed to rule your destinies.
  • Humanitarian projects will get fully underway only once this process has been completed.
(For those just arriving on the scene of this epic story, a quick overview can be found at Neil Keenan: The Changing of the Guard)
Those who are encouraged by Neil Keenan’s bluntness and his aggressive actions may at the same time feel increased anxiety for him, and for his team, given the dangers faced by others who have fought the bankster cabal, or have exposed the bloodline families, or sought to topple the dark sect at the top of that pyramid on the Federal Reserve debt note which now masquerades as America’s currency.
I won’t minimize the risk: it is real, and we are taking due precautions.  But I will share with you that we have received continued assurances from many quarters that we are being watched…and being watched over.  Yes, no doubt, there are formidable forces attempting to stop this work.  But there are many allies working with us, and many protective forces in the field on our behalf….and above it, and beyond it, if you will.   Hard core agency watch-dogs and, let’s say, more ethereal guardians as well.
Neil Keenan is, let me tell you, a very earthy guy (that really doesn’t begin to describe it).  If he weren’t a solidly grounded and sometimes downright scary fighter, he would not be where he is in the forefront of this battle.  But he’s also got a mystical Irish streak running through him.  In one moment, he will scoff at the idea of 4th Dimensional protection, or of guardian goddess spirits in his hotel room, or at above-top-secret sources that assure us of off-planet protection – and in the next minute tell me blithely that he’s seen them fairly often….but “don’t quote me, Michael – we don’t want people to think I’m nuts.”
So I won’t quote him.  (Hmmm, perhaps I just did).  I’ll just take the responsibility in my role as the “spiritual guy” in our good-cop/bad-cop routine to state that our experience has confirmed that “there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” As to Neil’s sanity, let’s just say that he’s a combination of Genghis Kahn and Darby O’Gill: an unpredictable blend of ruthless warlord and mischievous Mick.  Genghis Kahn was a terror in the West and a hero in the East – rather like Neil Keenan.  Darby O’Gill (a fictional Disney concoction) conversed with the king of the leprechauns and was fond of high-proof poteen….well, you get the idea.  Neil Keenan (rather a teetotaler these days, truth to tell) knows he’s got help and protection on many levels, and we’re grateful to all of them. (Note: Keenan insists I reveal that he occasionally reads my thoughts: an irritating habit that I have been unable to rid him of.  I only thank God that I am not able to read his).
So rest easy, folks….well, as easy as you can.  Things are about to heat up.  The coming week should be a big one.  It appears we may have major developments in the coming days, updated in rapid fire postings.  Or, God forbid, more delays.  But today’s video from Neil Keenan is definitely not good news for the bad guys.
There’s a moment in Peter Jackson’s epic “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, immediately after the Ring goes into the Fire, when all the hundred thousand menacing minions of the Dark Lord suddenly realize that the jig is up, and they scatter like cockroaches when the light goes on.  That sums up what is now occurring.  The thousand fraudsters who have been conning people – or whole nations – with bogus claims to either represent or control the Global Collateral Accounts, are now either on the run, or are stepping up their efforts to a frantic pace, desperate to con money out of the last few gullible marks before the new sherrif’s deputies come knocking on their door. Meanwhile, major corporations are offering to take payment in gold for enormous projects, before the illicit trading of humanity’s heritage is shut down.  And an enormous secret gold-buying scheme by a prominent European central bank is about to be exposed.  Neil Keenan has many allies, and many sources of information.  The bankster-orcs would be well advised to run like hell for the River Anduin.
Michael Henry Dunn
https://jhaines6.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/neil-keenan-update-arrest-the-bankers-counterfeit-notes-issued-by-the-ecbthe-big-euro-bailouts-are-backed-by-less-than-air-theyre-backed-by-fraud/

WWIII PROCEEDINGS: SOUTH KOREA ADOPTS POLICY OF "PREEMPTIVE STRIKES" AGAINST NORTH NUKES WHILE US F-22 .


WWIII PROCEEDINGS: SOUTH KOREA ADOPTS POLICY OF "PREEMPTIVE STRIKES" AGAINST NORTH NUKES WHILE US F-22 ..
Posted By: IZAKOVIC [Send E-Mail]
Date: Monday, 1-Apr-2013 06:55:10
...STEALTH FIGHTERS JOIN S. KOREA MANEUVERS
KCNA Commentary Warns U.S. against Its Moves for Nuclear War
Pyongyang, April 1 (KCNA)
http://www.kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf;jsessionid=4DB1DEB7290B500BB3FDA4572580D465
The revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK have taken a practical military action to cope with the reckless nuclear war drills of the U.S. and south Korean puppet forces.
They have been automatically placed in a state of war where they can mete out a merciless punishment without any notice to those coming in attack to hurt the dignity and sovereignty of the DPRK even a bit. The service personnel and people of the DPRK regard the worst situation created by the U.S. hostile policy as a golden chance for fighting a do-or-die battle with the U.S.
A historic time is fast approaching when they will deal unlimited blows of justice at the hostile forces any time and blow up their citadels. This will be confrontation of politics and ideology, military confrontation and nuclear showdown between the army and people of the DPRK responsible for the destiny of the country and the nation and the U.S. There are subjective and objective factors of their victory in the battle. They are led by the great brilliant commander of Songun with outstanding military wisdom and commanding art.
The Korean People's Army (KPA) is well known to be the most elite revolutionary army equipped with the strategy and tactics for winning one victory after another, bold offensive mode and strong combat capability. The KPA Strategic Rocket Force units placed on maximum alert are waiting for an order after receiving the plan for firepower strike finally ratified by the Supreme Commander. The capability of the KPA is tremendous as it has all the attack tactics and combat methods under any circumstances from the Korean-style strategy for a nuclear war to the guerrilla strategy. All the field artillery units including strategic rocket units and long-range artillery units have the capability to blow up the U.S. mainland and its bases in operational theatres in the Pacific as well as all the enemy targets in south Korea and its vicinity at an initial strike if a war breaks out. No one can imagine the width and depth of the KPA strike and the enemies can never be safe from its deadly strike wherever they are. Steadfast is the will of all the service personnel, workers, farmers, youth and students to wipe out the enemies.
The army and people of the DPRK are fully determined to turn out in the sacred war of justice and become human bullets and bombs to mercilessly destroy the strongholds and war hardware of the enemies if the Supreme Commander issues an order. The enemies run amuck after judging the DPRK on the basis of arithmetical calculation of territory, population, economic and military potentials. This is, however, as foolish an act as jumping into fire with faggot on one's back.
No wonder, the Chicago Tribune commented that north Korea is too strong to ignore in view of the present time. The U.S. suffered the first shameful defeat in its history in the last Korean War but another Korean war will bring a final destruction to it.
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2013/04/01 11:00 KST
S. Korea sets out 'active deterrence' against N. Korea's nuke threats ng" ima SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry unveiled Monday a new contingency plan of "active deterrence" that allows its military to launch a preemptive strike against North Korea if the North shows signs of an imminent nuclear or missile attack on the South.
The new contingency plan was outlined in an annual policy briefing by Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin to President Park Geun-hye amid heightened tensions over the escalation of North Korea's bellicose rhetoric against Seoul and Washington.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/04/01/0200000000AEN20130401003700315.HTML
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US F-22 stealth fighters sent to join S Korea maneuvers




Monday Apr 01, 201302:32 AM GMT
The United States has sent F-22 stealth fighter planes to join maneuvers with South Korea amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
The US military command in South Korea said in a statement that the advanced, radar-evading F-22 Raptors were deployed to Osan Air Base, the main US Air Force base in South Korea, on Sunday.
US officials said the jets were deployed as part of Washington's commitment to defend Seoul in the face of military threats by North Korea.
On Saturday, Pyongyang announced that it is in a “state of war” with South Korea, warning that any provocation by Seoul and Washington will trigger an all-out nuclear war.
Pyongyang said henceforth “the North-South relations will be entering a state of war and all issues raised between the North and the South will be handled accordingly."
"The long-standing situation of the Korean Peninsula being neither at peace nor at war is finally over," said a statement issued jointly by the government, political parties and other organizations.
Pyongyang also warned that if Washington and Seoul launched a preemptive attack, the conflict "will not be limited to a local war, but develop into an all-out war, a nuclear war."
On Tuesday, North Korea said that its military should be prepared to attack "all US military bases in the Asia-Pacific region, including the US mainland, Hawaii, and Guam" and South Korea.
The announcement came days after South Korea and the US signed a new military pact in response to what they called even low-level provocations by Pyongyang.
On March 11, Seoul and Washington launched a week-long annual joint military maneuver near the Korean Peninsula despite warnings from Pyongyang. The maneuver involved 10,000 South Korean soldiers and about 3,000 US troops.
GJH/HN
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Now S. Koran maneuvers include B52 and stealth B2 bombers, F22 stealth fighters, and some carriers w nuclear subs.
Considering that Syria's Assad yesterday kept goverment session behind closed windows, and that former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has risen from the pension and at Asian Leadership Conference said that North Korea knows that an attack on South, or US, would mean a "regime ending" retaliation, Kim has all reasons to be worried.

Just as 322 society has prepared him to be during his profile making in Switzerland.
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Threats of annihilation normal for South Koreans
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/29/world/asia/south-korea-clancy-reaction
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Declaration of war in the Korean peninsula due to translation errors
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?noframes;read=272928
IZAKOVIC
http://www.deepspace4.com


Private Prisons and the Enslavement Society


Private Prisons and the Enslavement Society
Posted By: SARTRE
Date: Monday, 1-Apr-2013 05:58:33
What more time-honored practice in the long history of state sponsored servitude than the institutionalization of prisoners? Incarceration for offenses against government laws is a cornerstone for power and survivability of any regime. Prisons may have been hellholes over the centuries, but seldom has the internment of convicted lawbreakers been a growth industry for private profit. It almost makes one wonder exactly who are the crooks. While most hard-pressed citizens want a safe and secure society, few ever give even a passing thought to the insatiable corporatist criminalization of the criminal justice system. Just how many Americans agree with the proposition, if you did the crime, you need to serve the time.
Read the entire article on the BATR archive page
http://www.batr.org/totalitariancollectivism/033113.html

Discuss or comment about this essay on the BATR Forum
http://forum.batr.net/showthread.php?tid=2642


Breaking: Air Force “Chemtrails” Manual Available For Download


Breaking: Air Force “Chemtrails” Manual Available For Download


Download USAF Academy “Chemtrails 131 Manual Fall 1990″ PDF
By Harold Saive Originl Post HERE
Many observers of the past two decades of covert aerosol geoengineering adopted the term “chemtrails” to describe unnatural emissions and trails originating from military jet engines. If the term Chemtrails originated at the DoD we could suspect the term came into wide civilian use when a cadet or instructor repeated it so often that “Chemtrails” was adopted by civilian observers to describe unusual jet aircraft contrails. To their credit, the Oxford dictionary provides an accurate description of chemtrails even if they failed to list the US DoD as the original published source.
Oxford Dictionary Defines “Chemtrail”
chemtrailSyllabification: (chem·trail)Pronunciation: /ˈkemˌtrāl/
Definition of chemtrail noun

” a visible trail left in the sky by an aircraft and believed by some to consist of chemical or biological agents released as part of a covert operation.
Origin: 1990s: blend of chemical and trail, on the pattern of contrail (Source)
In etymological terms, the origin of a word is very important. Regardless the intended definition, history clearly shows the term “Chemtrails” originated at the US Department of Defense as the title for a Chemistry manual used at the Air Force Academy cadet training program in the early 1990′s. Two editions of the “Chemtrails” manual are known to exist – A 200 page version for the 1990 Fall class and a 232 page version for the 1991 class. The course title “chemtrails” was so popular as to be adopted by the DoD for at least two academic years (1990-1991).
About the Chemtrails Manual Cover
  • The Air Force Academy Chemtrails manual cover shows a flame from a Bunsen burner that appears to be producing two “trails”.
  • The title of the manual “Chemtrails” is printed between the two “trails”.
  • Considering the intentional graphic depicting “trails” it’s possible the Bunsen burner represents a jet engine producing “chemically” induced, persistent contrails.
  • A Bunsen burner is a common piece of laboratory equipment that produces a single open gas flame which is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion.
  • A test tube filled with a liquid is emptying contents into a flask.
  • The remaining graphic appears to be a chemical representation for “methane” (CH4). Since Natural gas contains mostly “methane” it’s possible this symbol alludes to the fuel providing the flame to the Bunsen burner. (Natural Gas)

Method: An inter-library loan from the Alachua County main library yielded a microfilm copy of the 1990 Chemistry 131 Manual used in training by the US Air force Academy. The lending institution was the William T. Young Library at the University of Kentucky as shown in the label below.
The microfilm was in acceptable condition, however the 1990 Chemtrails manual was scanned in 1992 under less than optimum conditions from a used hard copy in less than good condition.
The Alachua County Library equipment was used to scan each of the 200 pages to digital *.TIF files. Photoshop was used to optimize each image to the smallest file size that would permit adequate resolution for on-line viewing. Each image was imported to a Microsoft Word page where the complete manual was saved to a 30 MB PDF file. (Portable Document File).
NOTE: A second edition of Chemtrails (232 pages) was published for the Fall 1991 class of Air Force cadets.

Arrivals and Departures


Arrivals and Departures

Sir Jonathan Evans

By Michael Shrimpton


 This has been a week of personnel change.  The DVD asset Boris Berezovsky very sensibly decided to commit suicide (no offense intended), MI5 Chief Sir Jonathan Evans has announced he’s stepping down and David Miliband is quitting Britain.
Berezovsky had been having a go at President Putin for years, on behalf of the Germans.  He made most of his money from Medium Term Note trading, using assets he bought at an undervalue.  He certainly didn’t make it from dividends on his Aeroflot shares.
As I shall be explaining in Spyhunter (now due out in the summer) the Germans control MTN trading, from Frankfurt.  You don’t get to play in a big way unless a ‘Kraut’ OK’s it.  Sorry – I should have referred to our “community partners the Krauts.”   Boris was anxious not to be deported to Russia (that’s Boris Berezovsky, not Boris Johnson), so set up a fake assassination attempt on his friend Lt-Col. Litvinenko.  As the inquest will not be told, he caused his own death, through peritonitis, by agreeing to swallow Polonium and its antidote, Prussian Blue.  No doubt his death was on Berezovsky’s conscience.
Thames Valley Police – Britain’s answer to Police Squad – naturally thought that Berezovsky has been murdered.  They have wasted a lot of public money searching for non-existent radiological or biological agents.  Of course they haven’t found any – it was just a silly conspiracy theory.  His death  was suicide.  He will not be missed.
MI5’s New Boss
Sir Jonathan Evans’s departure from MI5 wasn’t a surprise either.  As Gordon knows he presided last year over the biggest security failure in Britain since World War II.  The DVD were able to smuggle two nuclear devices into the UK right was picked up going across the channel by satellite not long before the improvised nuclear device that the Operation Vulcan team learnt about.  In fairness my distinguished Veterans Today commentator Ben Fulford was onto it before I was.  It was partly his reporting that led me to conclude that there was a serious possibility that a device had been positioned in London, close to the Olympics site.
Its presence in the UK was verified by a US satellite, which picked up its radiation signature when it was being exfiltrated.  I now gather that a Russian bird may have picked it up as well.  Since the device appears to have been one of the four stolen by the DVD from the submarine Kursk the GRU boys were paying it a lot of attention.
As the Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt MP confirmed in November nuclear monitoring of the Olympics site was stepped up, after a threat was confirmed.  I understand it was stepped up after the presence of the Vulcan weapon was verified.  The increased monitoring seems to have picked up a second signature.  If that Belgian King Air was doing radiation recon flights over the Olympics site it’s no surprise that she was sabotaged.  A signature consistent with a second device was picked up going across the channel by satellite not long before the games.
It’s not clear whether it went out by agreement – sometimes people prefer to pretend there was never a nuclear device there in the first place.  Again I pay frank tribute to my colleague Ben Fulford.  He was aware of the second device, but I needed some convincing.  That was because I was aware that a NRO bird had verified that the first nuke had been pulled.  I thought it incredible that there could be a back-up device, but it looks like there was.  The first rule of intelligence work is not to dismiss intelligence just because it sounds incredible.  Of course if you keep getting arrested every time you spot a nuke, you become less willing to call them in!!
These intelligence fiascos happened on Evans’s watch.  He had to go.  Memo to Thames Valley Police – next time that I tell them I want the MI5 duty officer alerted to my arrest, don’t patronize me.  Make the call.
The new D-G of MI5 will be Andrew Parker.  I gather he’s a nice chap and a keen ornithologist.  There are those within INTELCOM who are saying that this is a rare case of a birdbrain being replaced by a birdwatcher, but I couldn’t possibly comment.
David Miliband’s departure, for New York, was almost as inevitable.  He too will not be missed.  This was a man with a brain who not only thought that Britain should remain in the EU but that we should join their euro.  He had no excuse.
The next big departure on this side of the pond will be Cameron’s, possibly as early as June.  Someone e-mailed me over the Easter weekend and thought that Ken Clarke might be his successor – no chance!  The man’s a raving moderate.
Happy Easter everyone.
Michael Shrimpton
March 31st 2013
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/03/31/arrivals-and-departures/

1895 8th grade final exam


1895 8th grade final exam.


What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895...
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Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out.

Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society And Library in Salina, and reprinted by the Salina Journal. Jim Lucot

8th Grade Final Exam: Salina , KS - 1895

Grammar (Time, one hour)

1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
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4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of 'lie,''play,' and 'run.'
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6
. What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)

1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. For tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000.. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. Coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft.. Long at $20 per metre?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt
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U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)

1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
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2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus
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3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States
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5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas
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6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.

Orthography (Time, one hour)

1. What is meant by the following: alphabet,
phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication.
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals
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4. Give four substitutes for caret 'U.'

5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis-mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks
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And by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)

1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America
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5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco
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6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

Notice that
the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete.

Gives the saying 'he only had an 8th grade education' a whole new meaning, doesn't it?


No wonder they dropped out after 8th grade. They already knew more than they needed to know!


No, I don't have all the answers! And I don't think I ever did!


Have fun with this...
pass it on so we're not the only ones who feel stupid. Jim Lucot