Iran: Floods and Locusts

FB friend Valerie Gd posted this comment: "Valerie Gd Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich It is interesting to see that the current flooding and intense rains in Iran have stayed so strictly within the country’s border (or areas near the borders). Not sure where did this weather system come from that it only caused this flood within Iran’s borders. Weather systems usually move through a predicted course act similarly in all areas they go through, but we cannot see this about this weather system. Also, right after this, grasshoppers infested South of Iran, which its said they have come from Saudi Arabia, which is very unusual. Considering both of these “natural phenomena” immediate effect is damage to Iran’s agricultural and livestock production. Put this in perspective with the West’s attempts to reduce Iran oil sales to zero and tighten the financial condition of Iran to prevent them from buying and importing their needs. If we consider one additional event, that last year when the British foreign minister while traveling in Iran threatened that the same mass deaths a result of hunger and unavailability of food [in the early 1900’s] can again happen to Iran if Iran does not change its course of politics within the region and not give up its defense capabilities. I am wondering if these floods and attack by grasshoppers could be something caused unnaturally as a means of war! It is worth researching at the very least!" While it is easy to dismiss such things, we should not. Humans have the science to shift clouds and this has been used rather extensively. As for locusts, well, the tactic of swarming (bees) has been used in the past. "Howard Rheingold cites mobile communications technology as a key enabler: The bees sense each other's buzzing and instinctually move in concert in real time. Text messaging on mobile devices and instantaneous file sharing off the internet via PDAs allows groups of people to receive their instructions, move in unison, nearly instantaneously, without prior planning or forethought. And, the technology allows groups to do so without a central leader. " So a preliminary search indicates the locust behavior has been under study to give them direction. Publication was only 2 weeks ago! I will have to research this in depth when I have better access to books and internet. For now, thanks Valerie Gd. Certainly worthwhile following up.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190408114325.htm

One Millions Palestinians to Jordan?

These plans are not new.  In 2003, as a college freshman, I wrote my first article submitted to USC student paper.   It was published by The Trojan, though The Trojan no longer exists and they have the compliant Daily Trojan.

Worthwhile posting the article here.  

p.s. In spite of this, I did not flunk the course!!  A surprise to myself.


" Next on Nabulsi’s assault list were the Palestinian people.  For this purpose, he had a fascist diplomat from Israel. The diplomat, with a poorly made tupe (hair-piece) and a badly stained suit, proudly announced--as if he had come by a brilliant realization--that the Palestinian population should not be allowed to go over 20%, for then it would become 30%, then 40% and so on.  He said that if it exceeded 20%, it would lead to civil war and then gave examples of civil wars in the Middle East, being careful to emphasize that Muslims were always involved:  Lebanon, the 8-year Iran-Iraq war (funny, I always thought that was an interstate war!), Sudan (that one, I thought, was in Africa), Yugoslavia (I guess Europe is now part of the Middle East), Russia (they moved borders lately?).  So I asked this “Diplomat” how he proposed to solve the Palestinian problem, by gassing them, sterilization, or what other method, and, secondly, why he had left out Rwanda in his list of ‘Middle-East’ civil wars? " 

Though now we have the answer!


Academic Freedom – A Double-Edged Sword



So when we have a fascist on campus teaching Middle East politics who invites other like-minded fascists and bigots to the sanctity of our classroom, what are we to do?  Do we sacrifice our graduation deadline and drop the course? Overlook our principles by continuing with the class while becoming a little more silent every day, and in my case, feeling the affects of it on my health and sanity?



The deception that lay lurking under professor Nabulsi’s smile first hit me when he passionately and categorically announced that all terrorists were Moslems.  What an assault on a religion, I thought.   Hello... did he take an amnesia pill that caused him to draw a blank on Timothy McVeigh blowing up half of Oklahoma City?  Maybe Aum Shinrikyo doesn’t factor in – they are, after all, just Japanese terrorists. FARC, in Columbia, are most definitely Christian.  IRA and ETA are Christians too.  Is this man being hateful or just stupid?  I thought I would just correct him this time, after all, he is a professor and I am the undergrad; and it may be that  I had taken courses in terrorism and  he had not.  Not being of a stingy disposition, I would share my information with him and the class.



But then, he moved onto Iran as his next subject of attack.  With confidence, he made the statement that Iran is the “leader of world Moslem fanatics.”  I thought someone ought to let him know that the Taliban were (are) far worse, and were created thanks to the help of the U.S.  Of course, no one can beat the life style of the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia.  At least in Iran the women vote, they can hold seats in the parliament, the Noble Peace Prize winner was a woman, and yes, the Iranian envoy to the world economic forum at Davos was the Vice President, a female.  She was no match for the stunning Angelina Jolie, but she was there representing her state as a female politician.  I wonder if Nabulsi knows where Davos is!



I decided to talk to him one on one – in his office.  Didn’t help much.  He thought I only object to the information he is giving out in class because I am afraid that people would realize how bad Iran really is and there would be mounting anti-Iranian feelings.  What an idiot this man is – he really doesn’t know anything.  There’s already plenty of anti-Iranian feeling going around.  In fact, it is considered to be the most disliked country by Americans, at least, according to a recent CNN poll.  But CNN is another story.



Next on Nabulsi’s assault list were the Palestinian people.  For this purpose, he had a fascist diplomat from Israel. The diplomat, with a poorly made tupe (hair-piece) and a badly stained suit, proudly announced--as if he had come by a brilliant realization--that the Palestinian population should not be allowed to go over 20%, for then it would become 30%, then 40% and so on.  He said that if it exceeded 20%, it would lead to civil war and then gave examples of civil wars in the Middle East, being careful to emphasize that Muslims were always involved:  Lebanon, the 8-year Iran-Iraq war (funny, I always thought that was an interstate war!), Sudan (that one, I thought, was in Africa), Yugoslavia (I guess Europe is now part of the Middle East), Russia (they moved borders lately?).  So I asked this “Diplomat” how he proposed to solve the Palestinian problem, by gassing them, sterilization, or what other method, and, secondly, why he had left out Rwanda in his list of ‘Middle-East’ civil wars? 



His answer was: “You misunderstood me, the Israeli population will also grow,” and “I left out Rwanda because I was talking about the wars in the Middle East, Rwanda is in Africa.”  Boy, he must have been told by Nabulsi that we are really dumb in that class.



A couple of days after the “diplomat’s” visit, Nabulsi walked in proudly and announced that “the diplomat did not have a solution for the Palestinian problem.”  He gave a whole bunch of statistics, compared the Palestinians to the French Canadians, and gave us his “solution” which entailed sending those Israeli Arabs who would fight for their fellow Palestinians out of Israel and into the West Bank.  I later found out that his “solution” comes from a book he has us read, and this little man takes credit—if you can take credit for bigotry—for other people’s ideas.



Of course, he is careful to cover his bases by always saying this is my opinion.  And as long as the students are not denied the chance to voice their opinion, then the school has done its part.  But there is more to it than that.  Is the school not responsible for selecting decent professors who are not only qualified, but have the moral capacity to teach.  Where is common decency and humanity?  At what point does the expression of one’s ideas infringe upon the right of others? 



We are here to learn values and become problem solvers.  I really don’t care if a Jew, a Moslem, Hindu, black or white is being attacked, it just shouldn’t happen.  Instead, we should all put on our armor, waxed with high morals, and fight bigotry and defend the least privileged link in the human chain.  The strong don’t need our support; it is the weak and down-trodden that need protection.  If we let go of this principle, we lose sight of humanity.  What this man is teaching in his lectures, as I tried to explain through the appropriate channels (which fell on deaf ears) is social Darwinism.  Survival of the fittest may work for some, but it is a very lonely concept. We can do better.



The silver lining is that this professor was a last minute substitute.  Let’s hope this is his last teaching assignment.  My message to him: Nabulsi, snap out of it, get a life, but not here.  Apply for a job at Fox.  Your racist bile doesn’t belong in the academia.

A Cathedral and a Mosque Engulfed in Fire; One Ravages the Past, the Other Threatens the Future

The world reacted with shock to the fire that engulfed the Notre Dame Cathedral. A symbol of Paris,   this 13^th Century architectural marvel is home to precious historical religious relics and artwork;  made even more famous throughout the world  by Victor Hugo’s famous novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.


World leaders were quick to react to the tragedy of this fire.  News headlines around the world brought this disastrous incident to every living room around the globe and nations commiserated with the French.  The inaudible sigh of relief was palpable when the structure was saved and with it, the history that laid within the walls.   The past was not lost. 


But another fire may well stop the future. Concurrent with the fire that ravaged Notre Dame, another historical place of worship, the al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem fell victim to a fire of an unknown origin.  The Mosque which was completed in 705 CE, is the third holiest site in Islam.  But its fate is not shared by Moslems alone – it touches us all.


The world can be forgiven for their ignorance of this tragedy - and the importance of al Aqsa.  The media simply dismissed it, as it does with all things that must be kept from the general public. This is not the first fire that was left unmentioned by mainstream media (MSM). A previous fire set to the Mosque by a zealous Australian Christian in 1969 failed to capture headlines. Indeed, the threats to al Aqsa Mosque have accelerated over the years to a point of no return.  Given that the fate of this Mosque holds the fate of us all, how can the media be forgiven for their deafening silence?


In 2006, the Israeli government began work on an exact replica of the Hurva synagogue on its original site.  The rebuilding of the Hurva is designed to usher in the rebuilding of the Third Temple.  Rabbis were tailored for the special kind of garments they would be wearing in a "rebuilt temple" – the ‘end of time’.  But the Mosque still stands in the way of building the Third Temple – for now. [i]

It took four years to complete the work on Hurva.  When presidential candidate, Barack Obama  promised AIPAC an undivided Jerusalem in 2008, the building of the Hurva synagogue was well on the way -- which signaled continued future attacks on the al-Aqsa Mosque to make way for construction of the Third Temple.  

In 2009, Israeli news headlines reassured Israelis that “Netanyahu would build the Third Temple”.  Soon after, in 2010, JTA reported that "Our Land of Israel" party had put posters on 200 city buses in Jerusalem showing an artist's rendition of the Third Temple on the al-Aqsa Mosque site with the slogan, "May the Temple be built in our lifetime."

Donald Trump deliverance on Obama’s promise has made these fanatics more hopeful.  How could they not be with  Senator Broxon telling a cheering crowd “Now, I don’t know about you, but when I heard about Jerusalem — where the King of Kings where our soon coming King is coming back to Jerusalem, it is because President Trump declared Jerusalem to be capital of Israel”.


And how do we ignore Benjamin Netanyahu taking ownership of Jerusalem stating that the Bible, the holy book for Jews and Christians, had justified it.    Should we then be surprised that rabbis sent a letter of gratitude to Trump, praising him for “fulfilling prophecies”.  


In March, as Israeli elections were approaching, it was reported that “The Israeli Third Temple” party had gained traction.   And while the mainstream media can ignore the latest fire that broke out at the al Aqsa mosque on April 15,  can we afford to ignore the blazing headlines of the same day:  “END OF THE WORLD: Jerusalem third temple ‘fulfils Biblical prophecy’ of the end times” and other Israeli news ushering in the building of the Third Temple and the ‘end of times’?


Some may take comfort in the fact that this is all sheer madness, but one cannot ignore the insanity of which we were warned of by Warner D. Farr, LTC, U.S. Army who in 1999 reported his findings in the “Counterproliferation papers, Future Warfare Series No. 2, USAF Counterproliferation Center”.  This fascinating report, among other things, sounded the alarm over the probability of Gush Emunim, a right- wing religious organization, or others, hijacking a nuclear device to “liberate” the Temple Mount for the building of the third temple.   This is powerful insanity with insane powers enabling it.


Is the world ready to embrace this madness and accept this fate at this juncture?  Are you?

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[i] Tom Mountain.  Preparing for the Third Temple Jewish Advocate.  Boston:Aug 22, 2008.  Vol. 199,  Iss. 34,  p. 9 (1 pp.)