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Bad moon arising…

I hear hurricanes ablowin’

I hear the voice of rage and ruin. - CCR

The news seems to be filled with omens - so who needs to look at the moon or the stars, or even apparitions to foretell the future?  “Hypocrites!  If you can interpret the portents of earth and sky, why can you not interpret the present time?” - Luke 12: 56

All righty then.

Gustav is coming - fears for New Orleans are high.  Michael Moore claims this proves there is a God in heaven - although some Christians see such proof another way; and yet nothing will squelch the Grand Old Party scheduled in Minneapolis/St. Paul all next week:  ‘We have been planning this convention for 18 months, and the gavel will go down on Monday.’  (They are not kidding either.)

Russia’s surprising moves continue with the announcement of the Kremlin joining South Ossetia to the One United Russian State - I wonder if Russia will be called the U.S.R. now?  Just one “S” away from the Soviet Union.

While the world is distracted by ostentatious over-spending - focused first on the Chinese Olympics, and then the successive partisan political conventions, following the unprecedented, expensive, and unbearably long campaigns by contenders for the presidential nomination - the U.K. reveals the economy is the worst it has been in 60 years, and that the government is failing to communicate with voters.  Sounds like the United States, huh?  “It’s gonna be a longtime gone.” - A Long Time.

Not to worry though - Iran is keeping the peace - “A senior Iranian military commander has warned that any US or Israeli attack on the Islamic republic would start a new world war,  the state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday.”  Although, are they sure it hasn’t begun already? 

And do not forget Orissa burning…  From one of the martyrs:

Carry on.