8 Replies to “LOCUSTS DESCEND UPON EGYPT A FEW WEEKS SHY OF PASSOVER”
OT- Obama plans to extract timetable for Israeli pullout from West Bank
JERUSALEM — U.S. President Barack Obama has demanded a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank.
Israeli sources said Obama, scheduled to arrive in Israel on March 20, wants a detailed Israeli withdrawal plan from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the president’s visit. The sources said the Israeli plan would be considered in what could be an imminent U.S. initiative to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank in 2014.
“Obama has made it clear to Netanyahu that his visit is not about photo-ops, but the business of Iran and a Palestinian state,” a source said. “The implication is that if Israel won’t give him something he can work with, then he’ll act on his own.”[…]
[…]Other Israeli newspapers, quoting Likud sources, carried similar reports. They said the first step by Netanyahu would be the dismantling of Jewish communities in the West Bank deemed isolated.
The sources said the White House warned that Obama’s forthcoming visit could characterize U.S. relations with Israel over the next four years. They said Obama aides stressed that Congress, which approved $3.1 billion in military aid to Israel for 2013, supported the establishment of a Palestinian state as a U.S. priority.
“The Obama people are making this a litmus test of Netanyahu’s leadership and credibility,” the Israeli source said. “Obama supporters in Congress have sent Netanyahu a similar message.”
How many of the Egyptians are going to start making the connection to passover and freak out?
Locusts are halal.
Richard,
The fact that the locusts came just before passover has more to do with natural timing of the swarms when the conditions are right. Since calendars have almost always been based on the sun and not the moon in the west, the timing today of the swarm is just the same as it was in biblical times. +1 for accuracy in the bible for those keeping score, but this is a natural event that happens after it rains and there is sufficient food to support a large swarm. In ancient times, something like this was a death sentance since they’d devour everything in their path, hence its mention in the bible.
Lawrence Solomon in a recent post charted the “rise and rise” of global warming over the past fifteen years. Based on UK Met Office data, the graphic above shows the global temperatures in degrees Celsius
Panic. Panic. But Climate always changes. We now have a new reason to be hysterical about. Increase taxes immediately to fund Climate CHANGE.
Too bad they’re not flesh eating …
Adam I am aware that this is a natural phenomenon that occurs on a semi-regular basis every few decades,. My comment was about how the superstitious Moslems probably won’t understand it is a natural phenomenon and react to their superstitions. Think about the riots causes by some man in Sudan saying that he shook hands with a European and his penis disappeared.
Pray Hard they don’t have to be flesh eating, they are eating the crops that the Egyptians depend on for food, which means that Egypt has to import more food at a time when drought has reduced the worlds food supply and when Egypt has very little hard currency and the west is in financial trouble so they can’t afford to give Egypt much money to buy food. The current turmoil in Egypt is probably going to be considered small compared to the coming food riots.
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OT- Obama plans to extract timetable for Israeli pullout from West Bank
JERUSALEM — U.S. President Barack Obama has demanded a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank.
Israeli sources said Obama, scheduled to arrive in Israel on March 20, wants a detailed Israeli withdrawal plan from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the president’s visit. The sources said the Israeli plan would be considered in what could be an imminent U.S. initiative to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank in 2014.
“Obama has made it clear to Netanyahu that his visit is not about photo-ops, but the business of Iran and a Palestinian state,” a source said. “The implication is that if Israel won’t give him something he can work with, then he’ll act on his own.”[…]
[…]Other Israeli newspapers, quoting Likud sources, carried similar reports. They said the first step by Netanyahu would be the dismantling of Jewish communities in the West Bank deemed isolated.
The sources said the White House warned that Obama’s forthcoming visit could characterize U.S. relations with Israel over the next four years. They said Obama aides stressed that Congress, which approved $3.1 billion in military aid to Israel for 2013, supported the establishment of a Palestinian state as a U.S. priority.
“The Obama people are making this a litmus test of Netanyahu’s leadership and credibility,” the Israeli source said. “Obama supporters in Congress have sent Netanyahu a similar message.”
http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/03/03/obama-plans-to-extract-timetable-for-israeli-pullout-from-west-bank/
How many of the Egyptians are going to start making the connection to passover and freak out?
Locusts are halal.
Richard,
The fact that the locusts came just before passover has more to do with natural timing of the swarms when the conditions are right. Since calendars have almost always been based on the sun and not the moon in the west, the timing today of the swarm is just the same as it was in biblical times. +1 for accuracy in the bible for those keeping score, but this is a natural event that happens after it rains and there is sufficient food to support a large swarm. In ancient times, something like this was a death sentance since they’d devour everything in their path, hence its mention in the bible.
Climate change: the invisible global warming
http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=83675
Lawrence Solomon in a recent post charted the “rise and rise” of global warming over the past fifteen years. Based on UK Met Office data, the graphic above shows the global temperatures in degrees Celsius
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2013/02/28/lawrence-solomon-not-easy-being-green/
NO GLOBAL WARMING. NO CLIMATE CHANGE.
Panic. Panic. But Climate always changes. We now have a new reason to be hysterical about. Increase taxes immediately to fund Climate CHANGE.
Too bad they’re not flesh eating …
Adam I am aware that this is a natural phenomenon that occurs on a semi-regular basis every few decades,. My comment was about how the superstitious Moslems probably won’t understand it is a natural phenomenon and react to their superstitions. Think about the riots causes by some man in Sudan saying that he shook hands with a European and his penis disappeared.
Pray Hard they don’t have to be flesh eating, they are eating the crops that the Egyptians depend on for food, which means that Egypt has to import more food at a time when drought has reduced the worlds food supply and when Egypt has very little hard currency and the west is in financial trouble so they can’t afford to give Egypt much money to buy food. The current turmoil in Egypt is probably going to be considered small compared to the coming food riots.