Startling Comments on the New World Order (Astro-Turfing) from Putin

This is a duplicate of the post on my other blog

- I think it's that important!

The world that is dramatically changing in ways that are too numerous to count and at a pace that is nothing short of astonishing, is a frightening place and few politicians seem to have a grip on it that compares with Russian President Putin's. Although he hasn't discovered the word yet, he is describing the effects of 'astro-turfing' on society. This will be explained below.

He may be the Oligarch of all oligarchs, and have a history that is nothing short of horrifying, but he is seeing 'the big picture' right now better than any major politician on the planet. 

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Political correctness is the vehicle for 'The New World Order'. Political correctness, however, is not correct; it is built on a platform of lies and feelings that disregard truth and history. Whether it is the obvious, like same-sex marriage, or gender transformation; or whether it is more subtle, like the acceptance of millions of migrants into Europe, it is dangerous and will result in destruction and doom for planet Earth.

The acceptance by many people today that gays are born gay is as anti-Christian an attitude as one can possibly have. That God finds homosexuality an abomination is found throughout the entire Bible. If you are not prepared to believe the Bible, how can you even call yourself a Christian? 

God created woman with an anatomy specifically designed to have sex with man. Man was not created to have sex with man or parts of him would have been designed very differently. It is an insult to God to think otherwise.

For nearly 1400 years, Muhammed's followers have been trying to conquer Europe and have been thwarted most every time, until the past two years when, through 'astro-turfing', Europe decided it needed to embrace the invasion and receive as many Muslims as wished to come. "How can we not?" was the cry. "We have to save these poor Muslims!" 

Europeans can be commended for their generosity and their heart, but it comes on the wings of colossal naivety! Gone unnoticed was the fact that very few Muslim countries were the least bit interested in taking in any refugees. The wealthy Gulf States didn't take any! Qatar had accommodations for 70,000 people ready to move into and jobs for at least that many. Who is living in those accommodations now? Mostly Indians and others from southeast Asia. Qatar didn't want Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans or North Africans, neither did Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, or Bahrain, all wealthy Muslim countries, so Europe took them.

What is astro-turfing?

It is grass-roots movements which are completely artificial. There is no actual grass, nor are there any roots! It is all disingenuous. Lies!

This brilliant video explains how astro-turfing works in the framework of pharmaceutical companies and their dishonest and unbelievably evil practices of convincing people how badly we need their medication. But astro-turfing occurs in many other areas including moral degradation, climate change, and the need for insanely powerful and expensive weapons because everyone is a threat to everyone else. 

Please watch this video; it is startling and life-altering:

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Christianity Caught Up in Putin's War on Religion

Putin Signs Measure Revoking Religious Freedom: ‘Most Restrictive in Post-Soviet History’

Russian President Vladimir Putin puts a candle in a hospital church while visiting the Dima Rogachev Children's Haematology Center in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

by DR. SUSAN BERRY

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation this week that severely restricts freedom of religion by prohibiting any religious speech or evangelization outside of places of worship.

“This new situation resembles the Soviet Union in 1929. At that time confession of faith was permitted only in church,” said Dr. Hannu Haukka, president of Great Commission Media Ministries, reports National Religious Broadcasters (NRB). “Practically speaking, we are back in the same situation. These anti-terrorist laws are some of the most restrictive laws in post-Soviet history.”

The new law, which goes into effect July 20, is actually an amendment to a package of laws against terrorism and extremism approved by the Russian Parliament’s upper chamber. As a result of the legislation, faith sharing in homes, in the media, online, or any place other than a government recognized church is prohibited.

The measure is expected to especially affect evangelical groups and Jehovah’s Witnesses who often share faith in homes rather than traditional churches.

I'm OK with it affecting JWs; they are off-track anyway. I'm concerned for evangelicals who often just can't help but share their faith. How will this be policed? I hope it is not the first step in returning to the communist persecution of Christians, where spies were everywhere and neighbour was against neighbour. Read, The Persecutor by Sergie Kourdakov for a disturbing example of how that worked.

I can't help but wonder if this is not aimed directly at Islam? Putin sees the growing threat of Islamization better than most European leaders and this may be the only way he can stop the threat without being obviously prejudiced.

In a column at the Daily Signal, U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) wrote the new law is “an affront to free people everywhere.”

“We need to begin telling the truth about an increasingly aggressive actor in global affairs,” he said. “This Russian law would be an affront to free people everywhere—at home and abroad—who believe that rights of conscience—the rights to free speech and to freedom of religion—are pre-political.”

Seriously, Senator Sasse? They seem anything but pre-political in the USA.

Religious freedom attorneys and human rights groups are already preparing an appeal to Russia’s Constitutional Court, reports Forum 18. The legislation drew widespread protests and religious leaders are uncertain how they can fulfill the law’s obligations.

“Today is indeed a black day on the calendar,” lawyer Vladimir Ryakhovsky of the Slavic Centre for Law and Justice posted on his Facebook page. “Hope was that Vladimir Putin would not in the end sign this law. A law which openly contradicts the gospel command ‘go and make disciples’ and, in addition, violates the constitutional rights of citizens.”

Mikhail Fedotov, chairman of the Presidential Council on Civil Society Development and Human Rights, protested the new amendments directly to Putin, asserting that they “create unjustified and excessive restrictions on the freedom of conscience of believers of all religions, and encroach upon the fundamental constitutional principle of non-interference by the state in the internal arrangements of religious associations.”

Financial penalties for violating the law are reportedly up to 50,000 roubles ($784 USD) for individuals and up to one million roubles ($15,760 USD) for organizations.

“We are distressed by the law and see it as repressive for believers in our country, because the law contradicts the Bible,” said a spokeswoman for the Council of Churches – Baptists. “We must assume there will be repression and persecution.”

“The United States government and all other nations that profess a commitment to religious freedom should urge Russia to repeal this unjust law, NRB President Dr. Jerry A. Johnson said. “Let’s pray this new iron curtain of Christian persecution in Russia will be lifted quickly and without harm to our brothers and sisters in Christ.”

Russia's Views on American Exceptionalism

‘Obama’s US exceptionalism statements rival Hitler quotes’ – top Russian judge

Russian Constitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkin © Vladimir Fedorenko / Sputnik

The chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court has said that Barack Obama’s statements about American exceptionalism were very similar to propaganda used by Nazi Germany and equally dangerous to world peace.

“The idea of specialness, exceptionality and unique rights of the American state and American people has been used in US internal political rhetoric for quite a while, but in the recent years it is being actively and persistently offered in US foreign policy documents and public speeches on international politics delivered by US officials,” Judge Valery Zorkin said at the St Petersburg international legal forum on Thursday.

“Any unbiased and educated person would see that this statement by Obama is an almost exact copy of leading politicians and propaganda specialists of the Third Reich, including Adolph Hitler… In essence, Obama is using the exact same thing that Nazi bosses said about the German exceptionalism when they started the world war,” he added.

The judge also said that in his view the exceptionalism concept had direct influence on the modern US concepts of military planning and these concepts see the main objective of all activities as reaching such degree of military might that the United States remains out of reach of other nations, on land, sea, in air and in space.

According to Zorkin, the same applies to the US doctrines on development of mass media and electronic communications – the US authorities see their goal as establishing absolute global domination of their country in the global information space. This idea also constantly appears in Obama’s public speeches.

“Obama says that Americans and the USA are an exceptional people and an exceptional state and thus they can pretend for much more than any other people or state. In other words, he follows the plot of James Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ dystopia and, while formally not rejecting the principle of equality of sovereign states and peoples, fixed by the UN Charter, he still declares that Americans and America are ‘more equal’ than any other country and the rest of the planet’s population,” RIA Novosti quoted the judge as saying.

Zorkin also told his colleague at the forum that he considered such approach to be a blatant violation of international legal norms.

Russian politicians and officials have repeatedly addressed the topic of American exceptionalism when talking on bilateral relations with the US and of international politics in general. In particular, in mid-2015 President Vladimir Putin said in his speech before the UN General Assembly that attempts to influence internal politics of sovereign nations should not be tolerated regardless of where they are taking place and who are making such attempts.

Except, of course, Russian intervention in Crimea.

“It seems that some nations are not learning from others’ mistakes, but keep repeating them. The export of so-called ‘democratic’ revolutions continues.” Putin said.

“I cannot help asking those who have caused this situation, ‘Do you realize now what you have done?’” he said. “But I am afraid the question will hang in the air, because policies based on self-confidence and belief in one’s exceptionality and impunity have never been abandoned.”

I have no major difficulty with American exceptionalism and the current administration. My concern is when someone who actually believes in it so much that he/she makes major decisions based on it. I'm also concerned that the idea is a matter of pride and, as the Bible tells us, 'pride goes before a fall'!

.......What Goes Around Comes Around.......

Gulf leaders back out of Camp David summit in 'snub' to Obama

Last week Russian President Putin held a great parade - and nobody came, well, no-one important.

This week US President Obama is holding a middle east summit of Islamic leaders and the most important leaders are staying away. Israel wasn't invited, of course, because....well you know why. President Obama is getting a taste of how President Putin felt.

President Obama met Saudi King Salman in Riyadh in January

From BBC US & Canada
Many Gulf heads of state have said they will not attend the summit of US and allied Arab leaders at Camp David later this week.

Their substitution with more junior leaders is being seen as a rebuff to President Obama's negotiations with Iran over its nuclear ambitions.

King Salman of Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that he would not attend.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Saudi Arabia has not raised concerns about anything on the summit agenda.

The talks in Camp David near Washington were designed to reassure the Arab allies of US support on a number of issues including talks with Iran and instability in several Arab states.

They will now be largely attended by leaders at the ministerial level.

The official reason for the Saudi leader's absence is that the summit coincides with a humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen, where a Saudi-led alliance is battling Shia Houthi rebels.

An armed Yemeni tribesman sits on a tank

"I know there had been some speculation that this change in travel plans was an attempt to send a message to the United States," Mr Earnest said.

"If so, that message was not received, because all the feedback that we've received from the Saudis has been positive."

The White House later said that President Obama had spoken by phone to King Salman on Monday and they had discussed preparations for the Camp David summit.

At Saudi Arabia's embassy in Washington, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told reporters the move was not related to any disagreement.

But diplomatic experts say it is a clear signal of Saudi displeasure with the US president and his negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme.

"I don't think they have a deep respect, a deep trust for Obama and his promises. There is a fundamental difference between his vision of post-nuclear-deal Iran and their vision," Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, a professor of political science at Emirates University told the Associated Press news agency.

"They think Iran is a destabilising force and will remain so, probably even more, if the sanctions are lifted."

This genuine fear of Iran and its regional ambitions leads to some very interesting dynamics with respect to Israel. Most of the Gulf States leaders are probably very grateful for Israel right now. Israel is the only country, other than the US, with the capability of seriously damaging Iran's nuclear facilities. Since the US has no desire to do so, and has allowed themselves to actually believe that Iran will live up to a negotiated agreement, Israel becomes the last resort. There may even be some clandestine co-operation between Israel and the Gulf states. Strange bedfellows make for interesting dynamics.

President Obama had planned to meet with the Saudi King Salman Wednesday

The BBC's security correspondent, Frank Gardner, said King Salman has never quite forgiven President Obama for cancelling the missile strikes on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the 11th hour in September of 2013, when King Salman was defence minister.

Separately, the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain, whose leadership has close ties to the Saudis, said that it would be sending its crown prince, Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, to the meeting.

A source familiar with the talks told the BBC that the Sultan of Oman and the President of the United Arab Emirates are both known to be very ill, and do not travel for non-medical purposes - and were not expected to attend.

USS New Orleans arrives at Mina Salman pier March 2009
The US Navy's 5th Fleet is based in Bahrain, and serves as the US's main
maritime counterbalance to Iran

The Kuwaiti emir, Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, will attend the summit and has already arrived in the Washington area.

Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, is expected to attend as well.