Sunny, warm (83!), nice breeze. Birds singing as we had lunch on the porch for the first time this year. Robin's nest in one of our taller bushes and privet starting to leaf out. I could believe Spring!
Latter half of the week isn't supposed to be as cold as Penny would have me believe. Highs around 60. That's not too bad.
Donno whether this is true. But if so, it's both sad and scary:
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Sent: Tue, Apr 30, 2013 11:05 am Subject: Jewish sorcery vs. Iran
Iranian official: Jews used sorcery against Iran By JPOST.COM STAFF 30/04/2013 Khamenei's confidant says Jews used sorcery to make the US impose sanctions on Iran, try to oust Ahmadinejad. An official close to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Jews of using sorcery against the Islamic Republic, according to a report on the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
"The Jews have the greatest powers of sorcery, and they make use of this tool," Mehdi Taeb told students at a religious seminary in Ahwaz on April 20.
Taeb blamed the Zionists of being responsible for "all the measures that have been brought against" the Islamic Republic. The Zionists made the US, that is "a tool in their hands," impose the strict economic sanctions on Iran, he said.
The Zionists, he claimed, also used their magic to try to interfere in the 2009 presidential elections in which they attempted to oust Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
"So far, they have not used the full [scope of] their sorcery against us. Sorcery was the final means to which they resorted during the Ahmadinejad era, but they were defeated. This ability of the Jews was eliminated by Iran. Five years ago they tried to oust Ahmadinejad [by this means]," he said.
Rasanews.ir, a website associated with the religious seminaries in Qom, posted an article on March 7 that elaborates on the use of sorcery and numerology in Jewish mysticism.
"The Jews have always tended to resort to divination, [a practice] that has its roots in astronomy, astrology and sorcery, [which they picked up] when they consorted with various peoples in the course of history. They cherished this [knowledge] like a treasure, generation after generation. In most cases, they base their predictions on the holy book [the Old Testament], especially on the book of Daniel, and they create an ideological climate in which the appreciation of sorcery and the yearning for it increase," the article translated by MEMRI said.
"The [Jewish] people think that ruling over man, nature, and divine traditions can be achieved only by means of sorcery. They believe that it is possible to conquer nature and control the world, and even to control God's decisions, by using sorcery methods…" it continued.
Consider that this is being reported by an organization described as "stridently Zionist." While I don't particularly doubt that somebody in Iran said this, I do doubt that it was somebody more influential than some of the conspiracy theorists we have in the US>
No indication of where Ed got this from, but it's intriguing:
Subject: library preservation by camel
On the third day of the year 47 BC, the most renowned library of antiquity burned to the ground.
After Roman legions invaded Egypt, during one of the battles waged by Julius Caesar against the brother of Cleopatra, fire devoured most of the thousands upon thousands of papyrus scrolls in the Library of Alexandria.
A pair of millennia later, after American legions invaded Iraq, during George W. Bush’s crusade against an imaginary enemy, most of the thousands upon thousands of books in the Library of Baghdad were reduced to ashes.
Throughout the history of humanity, only one refuge kept books safe from war and conflagration: the walking library, an idea that occurred to the grand vizier of Persia, Abdul Kassem Ismael, at the end of the tenth century.
This prudent and tireless traveler kept his library with him. One hundred and seventeen thousand books aboard four hundred camels formed a caravan a mile long. The camels were also the catalogue: they were arranged according to the titles of the books they carried, a flock for each of the thirty-two letters of the Persian alphabet.
The burning of the Library of Alexandria by the Romans was only the first of three times it went up in flames. Some centuries later it was burned by Christian fanatics and still later the destruction was completed by the invading Muslims.
Today was the vote to see if the two towns that our library serves would accept a bond to pay for a new expansion. We have about 5000 people locally who have library cards. The vote was 296 no, 239 yes. Meh.
Huzzah for Dean!
ReplyDeleteJust finished watching "Romantics Anonymous," recommended by Naomi. An OUTSTANDING love comedy.
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Off to doc's for blood work. fun!!
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DeleteI believe it did. Any one stick day is a good day in my book. Blood worker absolutely without humor, lol!
DeleteSunny, warm (83!), nice breeze. Birds singing as we had lunch on the porch for the first time this year. Robin's nest in one of our taller bushes and privet starting to leaf out. I could believe Spring!
ReplyDeleteLatter half of the week isn't supposed to be as cold as Penny would have me believe. Highs around 60. That's not too bad.
Donno whether this is true. But if so, it's both sad and scary:
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Sent: Tue, Apr 30, 2013 11:05 am
Subject: Jewish sorcery vs. Iran
Iranian official: Jews used sorcery against Iran
By JPOST.COM STAFF
30/04/2013
Khamenei's confidant says Jews used sorcery to make the US impose sanctions on Iran, try to oust Ahmadinejad.
An official close to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Jews of using sorcery against the Islamic Republic, according to a report on the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
"The Jews have the greatest powers of sorcery, and they make use of this tool," Mehdi Taeb told students at a religious seminary in Ahwaz on April 20.
Taeb blamed the Zionists of being responsible for "all the measures that have been brought against" the Islamic Republic. The Zionists made the US, that is "a tool in their hands," impose the strict economic sanctions on Iran, he said.
The Zionists, he claimed, also used their magic to try to interfere in the 2009 presidential elections in which they attempted to oust Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
"So far, they have not used the full [scope of] their sorcery against us. Sorcery was the final means to which they resorted during the Ahmadinejad era, but they were defeated. This ability of the Jews was eliminated by Iran. Five years ago they tried to oust Ahmadinejad [by this means]," he said.
Rasanews.ir, a website associated with the religious seminaries in Qom, posted an article on March 7 that elaborates on the use of sorcery and numerology in Jewish mysticism.
"The Jews have always tended to resort to divination, [a practice] that has its roots in astronomy, astrology and sorcery, [which they picked up] when they consorted with various peoples in the course of history. They cherished this [knowledge] like a treasure, generation after generation. In most cases, they base their predictions on the holy book [the Old Testament], especially on the book of Daniel, and they create an ideological climate in which the appreciation of sorcery and the yearning for it increase," the article translated by MEMRI said.
"The [Jewish] people think that ruling over man, nature, and divine traditions can be achieved only by means of sorcery. They believe that it is possible to conquer nature and control the world, and even to control God's decisions, by using sorcery methods…" it continued.
Consider that this is being reported by an organization described as "stridently Zionist." While I don't particularly doubt that somebody in Iran said this, I do doubt that it was somebody more influential than some of the conspiracy theorists we have in the US>
DeleteBTW today is International Jazz Day.
ReplyDeleteNo indication of where Ed got this from, but it's intriguing:
ReplyDeleteSubject: library preservation by camel
On the third day of the year 47 BC, the most renowned library of antiquity burned to the ground.
After Roman legions invaded Egypt, during one of the battles waged by Julius Caesar against the brother of Cleopatra, fire devoured most of the thousands upon thousands of papyrus scrolls in the Library of Alexandria.
A pair of millennia later, after American legions invaded Iraq, during George W. Bush’s crusade against an imaginary enemy, most of the thousands upon thousands of books in the Library of Baghdad were reduced to ashes.
Throughout the history of humanity, only one refuge kept books safe from war and conflagration: the walking library, an idea that occurred to the grand vizier of Persia, Abdul Kassem Ismael, at the end of the tenth century.
This prudent and tireless traveler kept his library with him. One hundred and seventeen thousand books aboard four hundred camels formed a caravan a mile long. The camels were also the catalogue: they were arranged according to the titles of the books they carried, a flock for each of the thirty-two letters of the Persian alphabet.
The burning of the Library of Alexandria by the Romans was only the first of three times it went up in flames. Some centuries later it was burned by Christian fanatics and still later the destruction was completed by the invading Muslims.
DeleteI'm sad for any loss of libraries!
DeleteToday was the vote to see if the two towns that our library serves would accept a bond to pay for a new expansion. We have about 5000 people locally who have library cards. The vote was 296 no, 239 yes. Meh.
Today Grandson and his parents FINALLY went. HOME!!! Yayyyy!!!
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