Russia lifts ban on supplying S-300 missiles to Iran
President Vladimir Putin signs a lifted ban on a sophisticated S-300 defense missiles system. One of the reasons, he cites, because of UN sanctions imposing over Tehran's nuclear program.
Monday, April 13, 2015
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Raymond's Small Miracle
Isn't it wonderful when you see God work in a way you can't explain? And neither can the Doctors.
Last week Raymond started not feeling well and as the week progressed Raymond digressed. Finally by Sunday he became very weak and barely walking and we decided he needed to go to the hospital. As we arrived in ER I realized he also could not respond to questions being asked him and I was doing all the talking. After early tests made in the ER we knew even less than before we came and he was admitted. Driving home I could only pray and even this seemed inadequate.
Monday and Tuesday we saw not much improvement as Raymond was turned upside-down in a test they very rarely use, and being tossed about like he was a tumble weed. Followed by the next day with an MRI with a lot of banging sounds that drove him nuts. Still no conclusion.
I came home exhausted and still fear full for his future. Until today, when he calls me bright and cheerful and clear as a bell. He was his own self. Some how overnight he made a complete turn around. He is speaking clearly and even doing some walking. We still have no clear answer from the Dr.'s Only that possible the chemo had an effect on him. But his symptoms don't really fit that pattern. And the Dr's deny it was a problem with the chemo.
But what I do know is God's people were praying, probably even some we don't even know. And God answered. The Great Healer knew what was wrong because "all" healing comes from him anyway. It is not the Dr's who heal, they are only instruments in His Hands!!
Just a small miracle in Raymond's walk through this unknown world of cancer. And so far he is doing OK.
Thanks to all who prayed. Don't quit just yet and God Bless. Raymond and Marna
Last week Raymond started not feeling well and as the week progressed Raymond digressed. Finally by Sunday he became very weak and barely walking and we decided he needed to go to the hospital. As we arrived in ER I realized he also could not respond to questions being asked him and I was doing all the talking. After early tests made in the ER we knew even less than before we came and he was admitted. Driving home I could only pray and even this seemed inadequate.
Monday and Tuesday we saw not much improvement as Raymond was turned upside-down in a test they very rarely use, and being tossed about like he was a tumble weed. Followed by the next day with an MRI with a lot of banging sounds that drove him nuts. Still no conclusion.
I came home exhausted and still fear full for his future. Until today, when he calls me bright and cheerful and clear as a bell. He was his own self. Some how overnight he made a complete turn around. He is speaking clearly and even doing some walking. We still have no clear answer from the Dr.'s Only that possible the chemo had an effect on him. But his symptoms don't really fit that pattern. And the Dr's deny it was a problem with the chemo.
But what I do know is God's people were praying, probably even some we don't even know. And God answered. The Great Healer knew what was wrong because "all" healing comes from him anyway. It is not the Dr's who heal, they are only instruments in His Hands!!
Just a small miracle in Raymond's walk through this unknown world of cancer. And so far he is doing OK.
Thanks to all who prayed. Don't quit just yet and God Bless. Raymond and Marna
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Euro Drops To 12 Year Low Against U.S. Greenback
Euro-dollar drops to 1.0560 against the dollar Wednesday and fell to a 12 year low against the U.S. greenback.
Mario Draghi, president of European Central Bank said "we can deploy and we will deploy monetary policies in a way that can and will stabilise inflation in line with our objective." Remarks made in Frankfurt, three days into it's 1.1 trillion quantitative easing program.
The lowest drop in the euro since 2003 and also against the pound, in spite of a bond buying program started in January to try to stop the deflation.
Wall Street Journal said U.S. Federal Reserve is thinking about dropping it's promise to be "patient" before raising rates in July of this year.
What does this have to do with U.S.? The euro will have low returns and quantitative easing will increase inflation thus increasing U.S. economic strength and same effects for the pound.
Barclay's, the Deutsche Bank, ING, and Credit Swisse believe the dollar will hit parity against the euro - last seen in 2002 - by end of year. Pushing "large scale capital flight from Europe and pushing euro down to 0.85 by 2017," analysts from Deutsche Bank.
Mario Draghi, president of European Central Bank said "we can deploy and we will deploy monetary policies in a way that can and will stabilise inflation in line with our objective." Remarks made in Frankfurt, three days into it's 1.1 trillion quantitative easing program.
The lowest drop in the euro since 2003 and also against the pound, in spite of a bond buying program started in January to try to stop the deflation.
Wall Street Journal said U.S. Federal Reserve is thinking about dropping it's promise to be "patient" before raising rates in July of this year.
What does this have to do with U.S.? The euro will have low returns and quantitative easing will increase inflation thus increasing U.S. economic strength and same effects for the pound.
Barclay's, the Deutsche Bank, ING, and Credit Swisse believe the dollar will hit parity against the euro - last seen in 2002 - by end of year. Pushing "large scale capital flight from Europe and pushing euro down to 0.85 by 2017," analysts from Deutsche Bank.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Obamacare Could Fail From Four Small Word's "Established by the State"
Obamacare can fail from four small words - "established by the state."
How we could come to this point is really quite unbelievable but here is the crux of the problem. The tax-credit subsidiaries which were offered under the health care law would only be applied to the 16 states that have their own exchanges.
All that is needed is for a majority of the justices to agree that based on these four words found by a lawyer Thomas M Cristina in Greenville, South Carolina that the states not having the exchanges have no foundation to stand on and Obamacare would go into a death spiral.
According to the Obama administration there would be no plans to save Obamacare once the justices reached their conclusion and over 6 million people would loose there health insurance.
The decision will not be know until further in the spring or early summer.
How we could come to this point is really quite unbelievable but here is the crux of the problem. The tax-credit subsidiaries which were offered under the health care law would only be applied to the 16 states that have their own exchanges.
All that is needed is for a majority of the justices to agree that based on these four words found by a lawyer Thomas M Cristina in Greenville, South Carolina that the states not having the exchanges have no foundation to stand on and Obamacare would go into a death spiral.
According to the Obama administration there would be no plans to save Obamacare once the justices reached their conclusion and over 6 million people would loose there health insurance.
The decision will not be know until further in the spring or early summer.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Where Have I Been?
It has been an unusual year for me as ill health overtook me and laid me pretty much flat for the last year. Not going into too much detail I was in the hospitals 6 times and had three operations. But for some very good Dr's and many prayers I would not still be here. But I'm am here and getting a little better every day.
But the battles for our country have continued on in spite of my problems. And a new political season of presidential races and state races are upon us including our own battles here in Illinois. While for a season we thought perhaps we could rid ourselves of Rahm Emmanuel he is now beginning to advance towards the front runners in Chicago. He still has a chance of becoming mayor again. Much to our dismay. What he holds over others is beyond me as he has raised taxes he said he would never raise. Taken in millions of dollars for red light zones near schools. Caused a major teacher's strike that raised teachers wages more than if he would have just given them an increase to begin with. Creating teachers goals to keep that are unrealistic and nearly impossible to reach. Firing policemen because he didn't have enough money to pay them and then buy new police cars for the department. Well, the list goes on and on.
Our country has suffered much under this President and yet his numbers are rising to nearly a 50% approval rating. Something I will never understand. There are many who believe the country can never be the same again. Call me unrealistic or a dreamer, but I do believe we can make it better than this. This presidential election is critical time for our nation. I still believe it is the conservative values that I was taught long ago that will bring this country back.
I love this country and still want a good place for my children and grandchildren to live and reach the American dream, the pursuit of happiness the Constitution talks about and the American drive and innovation to reach that goal. Maybe that is why I am still here after this most difficult year.
God Bless America
But the battles for our country have continued on in spite of my problems. And a new political season of presidential races and state races are upon us including our own battles here in Illinois. While for a season we thought perhaps we could rid ourselves of Rahm Emmanuel he is now beginning to advance towards the front runners in Chicago. He still has a chance of becoming mayor again. Much to our dismay. What he holds over others is beyond me as he has raised taxes he said he would never raise. Taken in millions of dollars for red light zones near schools. Caused a major teacher's strike that raised teachers wages more than if he would have just given them an increase to begin with. Creating teachers goals to keep that are unrealistic and nearly impossible to reach. Firing policemen because he didn't have enough money to pay them and then buy new police cars for the department. Well, the list goes on and on.
Our country has suffered much under this President and yet his numbers are rising to nearly a 50% approval rating. Something I will never understand. There are many who believe the country can never be the same again. Call me unrealistic or a dreamer, but I do believe we can make it better than this. This presidential election is critical time for our nation. I still believe it is the conservative values that I was taught long ago that will bring this country back.
I love this country and still want a good place for my children and grandchildren to live and reach the American dream, the pursuit of happiness the Constitution talks about and the American drive and innovation to reach that goal. Maybe that is why I am still here after this most difficult year.
God Bless America
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Almost Homeless in Chicago
Recently our family went through one of the hardest times we have ever had.While during this long reccession others have suffered great loses our family remained pretty much untouched. That is until the middle of April when our landlord of seventeen years arrived at our door and told me he had had failed to pay the mortgage. After his announcement I was in shock when he told me he would try to sell the house to get out of bankrupcy. A few days later a For Sale sign was put on our lawn and a few days later poeple came though to view the house. Within 12 days the house sold and I was told to be out by the middle of May.
My son and I packed every night until late to try to make the date. It was exausting and totally unbeleivable that we were being put throigh this. We did as much as was possible to do and finally decided physically we were pushed to the limit. My son brought a truck and people came to help us move out. I finnally realized we were out of time to find a place to move and decided to put our items in a storage unit. I spent a few last nights to finish a few items and my son came to help me. We took as much as possible and finally finished. He had found a place to go, but I still had no idea where to go. That day at work one of my associates at work worked on a list of homeless shelters. My car was loaded to the top. We hugged and he told me to go to my other sons house. I went there for a few days but realized it was not the best as my daughter-in-law was recently diagnosed with cancer. They were going through their own problems.
I fely it would be better for them to deal with the problem they had they didn't neeed a third party at this difficult time. I loaded back up my car and headed for work. After work I had no idea what to do. My older son called with concern and wanted me to try to find one of our previous church members. I started driving and finally a family came to mind.
Praying as I drove I thought what are they going to think? Me showing up on their front door. By this time I was exausted and arived towards evening. When I knocked I told them my story and they welcomed me with much concern and love. I spent several weeks there until I found an apartment.
But all of this showd me how quickly we can become homeless in todays society. And if it wasn't for the love of these dear people I could have easily been homeless.
I am settled now and returning to some normality, but the experience was unnerving and made me realize how much our society is in a tail spin throwing poeples lives around. That this recession just keeps continuing with no end in sight.
But somehow I was protected by God and he found a way for me. He also protected my son and daughter-in-law and she is doing well. When I first started the blog it was abour a family and how they made it during a recession; I never knew we would loose a father, struggle like everyone else and finally loose our house.
My son and I packed every night until late to try to make the date. It was exausting and totally unbeleivable that we were being put throigh this. We did as much as was possible to do and finally decided physically we were pushed to the limit. My son brought a truck and people came to help us move out. I finnally realized we were out of time to find a place to move and decided to put our items in a storage unit. I spent a few last nights to finish a few items and my son came to help me. We took as much as possible and finally finished. He had found a place to go, but I still had no idea where to go. That day at work one of my associates at work worked on a list of homeless shelters. My car was loaded to the top. We hugged and he told me to go to my other sons house. I went there for a few days but realized it was not the best as my daughter-in-law was recently diagnosed with cancer. They were going through their own problems.
I fely it would be better for them to deal with the problem they had they didn't neeed a third party at this difficult time. I loaded back up my car and headed for work. After work I had no idea what to do. My older son called with concern and wanted me to try to find one of our previous church members. I started driving and finally a family came to mind.
Praying as I drove I thought what are they going to think? Me showing up on their front door. By this time I was exausted and arived towards evening. When I knocked I told them my story and they welcomed me with much concern and love. I spent several weeks there until I found an apartment.
But all of this showd me how quickly we can become homeless in todays society. And if it wasn't for the love of these dear people I could have easily been homeless.
I am settled now and returning to some normality, but the experience was unnerving and made me realize how much our society is in a tail spin throwing poeples lives around. That this recession just keeps continuing with no end in sight.
But somehow I was protected by God and he found a way for me. He also protected my son and daughter-in-law and she is doing well. When I first started the blog it was abour a family and how they made it during a recession; I never knew we would loose a father, struggle like everyone else and finally loose our house.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Whose Back Are You Protecting, Mr. President?
For some time now there have been those who have said we were in a group of fighters with Muslim Brotherhood fighting Assad. John Kerry finally admitted that the US is training anti-Assad forces in the Syrian conflict saying "the hope is to convince President Assad to change his current calculation." But there is more behind this than you think.
John Kerry is the first high ranking official to confirm that this is going on. Guess they could no longer sweep it under the rug. In a report put out by Reuters on Dec. 8th, 2012, hardly read, stating that Brigadier Selim Idris former officier in President's Assad's army was voted to lead a new Islamic military command. But it is noted that this command is tied strongly with the Muslim Brotherhood. A band of security officials from the United States, Britain , France, and Jordan formed with Brigadier Idris and are being trained by these countries. Kerry is the first to confirm this. Kerry "I think what President Obama is hoping to do is to build on what has already happened. The President put in place sanctions and that helps to strip some of President Assad's ability to fuel his war machine."
This behind the scenes operations is a group of Islamic fighters of which 2/3rds are from the Muslim Brotherhood and it's allies. If this group of fighters overturn Assad, we will have another country the President has turned over to the Muslim Brotherhood along with Egypt. Is it any wonder the White House has tried to keep this quiet?
And think of Israel with another country made up of the Muslim Brotherhood at it's door step. Kind of wipes away Biden's words said the other day "No President has done as much to physically secure the state of Israel as President Barack Obama." Makes you kind of wonder, Who's side are you on , Mr. President, and whose back are you really protecting?
A friend of Israel.
John Kerry is the first high ranking official to confirm that this is going on. Guess they could no longer sweep it under the rug. In a report put out by Reuters on Dec. 8th, 2012, hardly read, stating that Brigadier Selim Idris former officier in President's Assad's army was voted to lead a new Islamic military command. But it is noted that this command is tied strongly with the Muslim Brotherhood. A band of security officials from the United States, Britain , France, and Jordan formed with Brigadier Idris and are being trained by these countries. Kerry is the first to confirm this. Kerry "I think what President Obama is hoping to do is to build on what has already happened. The President put in place sanctions and that helps to strip some of President Assad's ability to fuel his war machine."
This behind the scenes operations is a group of Islamic fighters of which 2/3rds are from the Muslim Brotherhood and it's allies. If this group of fighters overturn Assad, we will have another country the President has turned over to the Muslim Brotherhood along with Egypt. Is it any wonder the White House has tried to keep this quiet?
And think of Israel with another country made up of the Muslim Brotherhood at it's door step. Kind of wipes away Biden's words said the other day "No President has done as much to physically secure the state of Israel as President Barack Obama." Makes you kind of wonder, Who's side are you on , Mr. President, and whose back are you really protecting?
A friend of Israel.
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