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The Star Of The Occult God Moloch.
Otherwise Known As The Star Of David Or Creator Star And The Seal Of Solomon .
Well our fellow brothers and sisters
Normally we at Sovereignaustralian stay away from such petty debates or arguments however in this case it has become apparent that some people really need a lesson in occult histories, particularly on the Creators Star otherwise known as the seal of Solomon or the star of David .
We are sure If You were a Christian you would be concerned if you found out that you had been worshipping false idols ,gods and ancient symbolism from the pre flood times for centuries and decades without realising it ,wouldn't you ?
Thats right pre flood, The time when Man was so wicked that the big guy upstairs decided to wipe us all out.
Symbolism was everywhere in ancient times and many false idols were worshipped.
It was a time when symbology was of great importance to the wicked hearts of man and their rulers.
These symbols are still in use today and many are still ignorant to there meanings and use in cult like settings of old and today.
Note : The oldest known symbols are depicted on the buildings , temples and areas of sacrificing in the old world and the new world just like these were .
Note: According To Scripture man become wicked and made false idols and gods of their own image against God ,thus being the reason for the deluge.
We at Sovereign Australian found ourselves under attack some time ago for displaying facts and historical documents that didn't support certain individuals agendas .
To put it simply these people do not agree with the well documented facts, evidence and the many well documented articles displayed here at Sovereign Australian and the thousands of other research sites, by the many Doctors, professors ,Phd holders and the professionals of archaeology and history author's alike.
These historical documents were to do with a few things.
Flags , Religion , Occult symbology and various well documented and factual recorded histories .
These groups of individuals are accusing Sovereign Australian of misleading the public .
The attacks on Sovereignaustralian and Australian red ensign have been brought about due mainly to history we have displayed on our Red Ensign Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia and the symbolism behind the 3 original Red Ensign designs.
The main design in Question is the unofficial 1901 star of david design, of which some individuals are claiming it to be the kings flag,the federal land Flag,federation flag and a series of other unofficial names these individuals thought up , with No factual information to back up their claim we might add.
Photos are not facts of legitimacy and we do not dispute the use of said flags by the civilian population.
The main reason for the uneducated attacks are due to the symbology articles behind such a flag displaying the occult star of david.
Fact : The king never approved the 1901 Red or Blue Ensign of The Commonwealth Of Australia this is a fact.
Fact : The 1903 version and the first Ensign to receive Royal approval was depicted without the star of David otherwise know as the creator star or star of Moloch.
For those still unawares or Ignorant to the symbolic meanings we shall be discussing Moloch And The Creator star indepth in this article.
Below photos show: Our first Gazzetted approved assented Australian Red and Blue Ensign of the Free People and our Government.
It is alleged by these individuals that the creator star ,star of David or otherwise known as the seal of Solomon depicted in our 1901 to 1903 is the offical correct star of our Commonwealth of Australia, The Red Ensign Flag of the people.
These groups of individuals are clearly lacking the research skills and education needed to inform a sleeping public of the trespass against us ,as the information on these subjects is regularly available all over the internet and Government Gazzettes and hansards.
As the documents above show ,there is No star of David ,No seal of solomon ,No creator star or ties to Moloch the occult or the Catholic church Realm on the official Gazzetted approved Red or Blue Ensign of The Commonwealth Of Australia.
One Must also remember the 1901 design , never recived any officially recorded Assent nor was it ever Gazzetted Approved or recorded in any Parliment Hansards to our knowledge.
Disclaimer Note :
At no point has Sovereign Australian attacked the ANZACS or the Australian people for flying the 1901 version of the red ensign, we have merely pointed out why the winning competition design never recived royal approval and the likelihood of the symbolic reasoning for why it never recived such approvals to fly in a Christian Protestant Imperial Crown Realm .
We do not deny our history good or bad , we merely display the facts ,and the fact is the 1901 version is part of our history regardless of how ignorant the public is in regards to the Occult.
Just as we see a ignorant public flying the Blue Ensign of The Commonwealth Of Australia in todays age claiming our ww1 ww2 diggers fought and died for it, so to was the public ignorant to the meaning behind the symbolism of the 1901 star of david depiction.
Ignorance is bliss to many so it seems.
After all unless one has been made aware or actively seeks truth how would one possibly of known ?
The Below depiction clearly shows symbolism tied to Moloch.
If you dont know who Moloch is Read on , its not a pretty story.
In a world full of evil doers and symbolism, secret societys devil worshipping ,codex and just good old trespass against mankind,its important to comprehend the ancient art of symbolism.
So lets look at the ancient world symbolism tied to this particular Occult creator Star.
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Lets meet the God Of such a star.
The True History Of Moloch, The Ancient God Of Child Sacrifice
By Marco Margarito.
Condemned by biblical prophets and Roman senators alike, few pagan deities were as reviled as Moloch, a god whose bronze body was a furnace for sacrificing children.
Child sacrifice is non-existent today — hopefully — but that hasn't always been the case. In ancient times, it was commonly associated with people hoping for greater fertility for either a person or the land but one cult stands out from the rest: the cult of Moloch, the Canaanite god of child sacrifice.
The cult of Moloch — who is also called Molech — is said to have boiled children alive in the bowels of a big, bronze statue with the body of a man and the head of a bull. Offerings, at least according to the Hebrew Bible, were to be reaped through either fire or war — and devotees can still be found today.
Who Is Moloch?
18th-century depiction of the Moloch idol, "The idol Moloch with seven chambers or chapels." It was believed these statues had seven chambers, one of which was reserved for child sacrifices.
The religion of the Canaanites was a hodgepodge of ancient Semitic faiths. Practiced by the people of the Levant region from at least the early Bronze Age, the cult of Moloch was still active into the first few centuries of the Common Era.
Moloch's name derives from the Hebrew word mlk, which usually stands for melek, or "king." As this is vocalized as molek in the Masoretic text — the authoritative text for Rabbinic Judaism — the pronunciation has become its traditional name.
The Masoretic text dates to the Middle Ages but references to a Molock appear in Ancient Greek translations of old Judaic texts as well. The distinction dates back to the Second Temple period between 516 B.C. and 70 C.E. — when the Second Temple of Jerusalem stood prior to its destruction by the Romans.
Moloch's anthropomorphized bull figure was typically pictured in Rabbinic Judaic texts as a bronze statue internally heated by a fire. It was inside this construct that priests or parents placed their children to be consumed by fire as a sacrificial offering.
Ancient Greek and Roman authors wrote tales of this practice, with the earliest being stories of child sacrifices to Baal — or Master — Hammon in Carthage. He was their chief god, responsible for the weather and fertile agriculture.
In the Bible, children were sacrificed in a Tophet, a shrine reserved for child sacrifice, outside of Jerusalem to Moloch's satisfaction. While certainly well-documented in religious texts, the historical and archaeological communities still debate Moloch's identity and just how active its cult was.
Wikimedia CommonsAn illustration from Charles Foster's 1897 Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us, depicting an offering to Moloch.
Medieval French rabbi Schlomo Yitzchaki, otherwise known as Rashi, wrote an extensive commentary on the Talmud in the 12th century. His analysis of Book of Jeremiah 7:31 painted a vivid picture of the sacraments of Moloch's worship as related in the Hebrew texts:
"Topheth is Moloch, which was made of brass; and they heated him from his lower parts; and his hands being stretched out, and made hot, they put the child between his hands, and it was burnt; when it vehemently cried out; but the priests beat a drum, that the father might not hear the voice of his son, and his heart might not be moved."
Archaeological excavations in the 1920s then discovered primary evidence of child sacrifice in the region and researchers also found the term MLK inscribed on numerous artifacts.
Child sacrifice in Carthage, meanwhile, appears to have been common enough that it even contained a sacred grove and a temple dedicated to its cult of Baal Hammon. Stone slabs in the Tophet of Salammbó, which was covered by a vault built in the Roman period. This is one of the Tophets Carthaginians would sacrifice children in.
Though the Biblical account describes children being "passed through the fire" to Moloch in a Tophet, a ritual site of sacrifice in ancient Judaism, Hebrew prophets are universal in their condemnation of the practice — suggesting that such sacrifices might have been made to the Abrahamic God by some cult but were condemned and cast out of the orthodox faith as anathema.
Scholars also still debate whether or not the Carthaginian practice of child sacrifice differed from the cult of Moloch. It's generally understood that Carthage only sacrificed children when it was absolutely necessary — like an especially bad draught — whereas the cult of Moloch were much more regular in their sacrifices.
Some believe attendees of the exclusive Bohemian Grove club worship Moloch. The statue more closely resembles Minerva, the Roman goddess of war, however.
Some researchers even argue that these cults didn't sacrifice children at all and that "passing through the fire" is a poetic term — a common feature of religious texts — that most likely referred to initiation rites that may have been painful, but not deadly. After all, the Christian term "born again" is not meant to be taken literally to mean passing out of your mother's womb a second time, something Jesus points out himself.
Moloch is most frequently referred to in Leviticus:
Leviticus 18:21: "And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of they God:
I am the LORD."
Leviticus 20:2: "Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel…that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death.
"Leviticus 20:3: "He hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
"Leviticus 20:4: "And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth his seed unto Molech, and kill him not."
Leviticus 20:5: "I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people."
Scholars have compared these Biblical references to Greek and Latin accounts which spoke of fire-centric child sacrifices in the Carthaginian city of Punic. Plutarch, for instance, wrote of burning children as an offering Baal Hammon, though they mistakenly attribute these sacrifices to the Roman gods Chronos and Saturn.
Greek and Latin sources from Cleitarchus and Diodorus Siculus to Plutarch all mentioned the burning of children as an offering to Cronus or Saturn — or Baal Hammon, the chief god of Carthage. Seen here is Saturn devouring one of his sons.
Complicating matters is that there is every reason to believe these accounts were exaggerated by the Romans to make the Carthaginians appear crueler and more primitive than they were — they were the bitter enemies of Rome, after all.
Moloch In Modern Culture
The ancient practice of child sacrifice found renewed footing with medieval and modern interpretations that influence our culture to this day.
"First MOLOCH, horrid King besmear'd with blood
Of human sacrifice, and parents tears,
Though, for the noyse of Drums and Timbrels loud,
Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire." — John Milton, Paradise Lost
English poet John Milton's 1667 masterpiece, Paradise Lost, describes Moloch as one of Satan's chief warriors and one of the greatest fallen angels the Devil has on his side. He is given a speech at Hell's parliament where he advocates for immediate war against God and is then revered on Earth as a pagan god, much to God's chagrin.
A scene depicting the temple of Moloch from Giovanni Pastroni's silent 1914 film Cabiria.
Gustave Flaubert's 1862 novel about Carthage, Salammbô depicted the purportedly historical process of Carthaginian child sacrifice in poetic detail:
"The victims, when scarcely at the edge of the opening, disappeared like a drop of water on a red-hot plate, and white smoke rose amid the great scarlet colour. Nevertheless, the appetite of the god was not appeased. He ever wished for more. In order to furnish him with a larger supply, the victims were piled up on his hands with a big chain above them which kept them in their place."
Italian director Giovanni Pastrone's 1914 film Cabiria was based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert, and presented this deadly boiling pot as Flaubert described in his book. From Allen Ginsberg's Howl to Robin Hardy's 1975 horror classic The Wicker Man — varying depictions of this cult practice abound.
Most recently, an exhibit celebrating ancient Carthage popped up in Rome. A golden statue of Moloch was placed outside of the Roman Colosseum in November 2019 as a memorial of sorts to the defeated enemy of the Roman Republic and the version of Moloch used was purportedly based on the one Pastrone used in his film — down to the bronze furnace in its chest.
While conspiracy theorists have claimed this is yet another perversion of the culture — a reviled occult symbol of child sacrifice being forced upon unsuspecting citizens — the truth may be less dramatic. The history of humanity is riddled with horror, true, but at the same time, it is also littered with strange modern art.
After learning about Moloch the Canaanite god of child sacrifice, read about human sacrifice in the pre-Columbian Americas and separate fact from fiction. Then, learn about the dark history of Mormonism — from child brides to mass murder.
MOLOCH HISTORY SOURCE.
Lets Not Forget Moloch is best mates with Baphomet
The first known mention of Baphomet was in a letter written in 1098 by Anselm of Ribemont describing the Siege of Antioch during the First Crusade. Anselm stated that the Turks "called loudly upon Baphomet." Most scholars believe that the word refers to Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
In 1307 Philip IV of France had every Templar in France arrested, accusing them of such heretical acts as idolatrous worship of a bearded male head called Baphomet. By the 19th century Freemasons had also been said to worship Baphomet.
Origins of the star of Moloch/Saturn
The so called Star of David ,called the Shield of David by modern Jews, is recognized as a symbol of modern Jewry.
But what is its origin?
In 1897 the First Zionist Congress chose it to represent worldwide Jewry.
Its identification with Jews surprisingly is not ancient Israelite but instead started in medieval Jewish communities.
"Then the Zionists came, seeking to restore the ancient glories-or more correctly, to change the face of their people. When they chose it as a symbol for Zionism at the Basle Congress of 1897, the Shield of David was possessed of two virtues that met the requirements of men in quest of a symbol: on the one hand, its wide diffusion during the previous century-its appearance on every new synagogue, on the stationery of many charitable organizations, etc.-had made it known to everybody; and on the other, it was not explicitly identified with a religious association in the consciousness of their contemporaries. This lack became its virtue. The symbol did not arouse memories of the past: it could be filled with hope for the future."1
The HEXAGRAM symbol began to be used by Jews in the Pale of Settlement, different areas in western Russia where Jews were allowed to live between 1791 and 1917.
According to Gershom Sholem, the motive for the widespread use of the Star of David was a wish to imitate Christianity. During the Emancipation, Jews needed a symbol of Judaism parallel to the cross, the universal symbol of Christianity. In particular, they wanted something to adorn the walls of the modern Jewish house of worship that would be symbolic like the cross. This is why the Star of David became prominent in the nineteenth century and why it was later used on ritual objects and in synagogues and eventually reached Poland and Russia. The pursuit of imitation, in Sholem's opinion, led to the dissemination of an emblem that was not really Jewish and conveyed no Jewish message. In his opinion, it was also the reason why the Star of David satisfied Zionism: it was a symbol which had already attained wide circulation among the Jewish communities but at the same time evoked no clear-cut religious associations. The Star of David became the emblem of Zionist Jews everywhere. Non-Jews regarded it as representing not only the Zionist current in Judaism, but Jewry as a whole.2
This star also called the Seal of Solomon has ancient origins in various semitic religions. The Arabs are created with calling it the Seal of Solomon,though this name was applied to several different magic seals. The idea relating back to myths of Solomon having control over spirits and demons.3
These Eastern magic rituals were a heavy influence on medieval alchemists and sorcerers. The symbol has also been found as decoration on Christian churches before its documented use by Jewry. Before the 19th century, official use in Jewish communities was generally known only in the region of today's Czech republic, Austria and possibly parts of Southern Germany, having begun in medieval Prague.4
In Kabbalistic use the symbol had several different mystical concepts including male and female representations, however the triangles that represent this are parallel to each other and do not form a hexagram . 5
What is the origin of the hexagram? Apparently from what scholars can gather in ancient Mesopotamia a sun-god religion was started. Its mythos included Saturn , which was usually the father or creator of other gods. Most other god myths have a similar pattern to it. Many of the gods have differing names but the same function in the different cultures they appear in.
There is No evidence that King David used the hexagram star. The shape of the star is not mentioned in the Bible. Astrology and planet/star worship however is highly condemned. However Its possible that King Solomon brought the symbol to the Israelites through his own demon worship when he turned away from God. Solomon took strange women from all the nations the Lord had forbidden and these mongrel women turned Solomon to mongrel Gods. 3Kings 11.1-8 LXX
Solomon is said to have built altars to the Idol of Chamos,idol of Ammon ,and Astarte. There is not much known about Chamos or Chemosh but most scholars believe it was the same or similar to Moloch or Baal and also associated with Astarte who they believe was worshiped in the temple of Chamos.6
Moloch was the god of the Ammonites. Astarte was another form of Ishtar a semitic star goddess associated with Venus, whose symbol is an eight pointed star. Moloch was a god depicted with a bull's head to who child sacrifices were made.
The 12th-century rabbi Rashi, commenting on Jeremiah 7.31 stated: Tophet(Tapeth) is Moloch, which was made of brass; and they heated him from his lower parts; and his hands being stretched out, and made hot, they put the child between his hands, and it was burnt; when it vehemently cried out; but the priests beat a drum, that the father might not hear the voice of his son, and his heart might not be moved.
And he defiled Tapheth which is in the valley of the son of Ennom constructed for a man to cause his son or daughter to pass through the fire of Moloch. 4 Kings 23.11 LXX
Moloch, also spelled Molech, a Canaanite deity associated in biblical sources with the practice of child sacrifice. The name derives from combining the consonants of the Hebrew melech ("king") with the vowels of boshet ("shame"), the latter often being used in the Old Testament as a variant name for the popular god Baal("Lord"). The consort of Baal was Astarte. 7 Baal was also depicted with a bull head. The cult animal of Baal was a bull.
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rephan, the images of them which ye made for yourselves. Amos 5.26 LXX
What is Rephan? Most scholars believe it is a reference to Saturn (Chiun) or a God identified as Saturn. Moloch has also been identified with Saturn. The passage in Amos refers to the Saturn worship which appears to have been in vogue in the prophet's days.8,9
The New Testament verse referencing Amos 5.26 -And you took up the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your God Raiphan,the figures which you made in order to worship them and I will remove you beyond Babylon. Acts 7.43 . Strong's Concordance and Thayer's Greek Lexicon both hold Rephan or Raiphan to refer to Saturn.
The differing cults of Saturn all have references to child sacrifice. From the most ancient Mesopotamian god myths which grew into the Babylonian demon gods, through astrology ,most have identified with Saturn. Moloch seems to be the Canaanite version of Set. The Romans too worshiped Saturn and the Greeks called him Kronos. Osiris , the Egyptian god and his mythos is also linked to Saturn.
Whatever the original origin of the hexagram star, from the earliest know resources, it is linked to worship of false gods and heavenly bodies and human sacrifice. This symbol was never linked to the ancient Israelites who followed God. The bull symbol , is the form given to most of these false gods or taken as their sacred animal. Animal worship was also forbidden by God and many times in the scripture it is indicated that those who trespassed against God, worshiped this animal.
Jesus Christ never used the hexagram as a reference to Israel or to Christians. There is no evidence for it in Scripture. Astrology worship is always condemned in the Bible. Its origins lay in the mythologies of mongrel peoples and their astrology worship, handed down through centuries in their grimoires and kabbalah writings.
SURPRISING ORIGINS OF THE STAR OF DAVID
by Simona
As it often happens, my research (this time about the Star of David) made me find much more than I bargained for. I hope you will benefit from it.
The usage of the six-pointed star, called "the Star of David" as a sign of Jewish identity began only in the Middle Ages. Before that, the sign of the Jewish identity was always a menorah.
The religious usage of the Star of David among the Jews began much earlier, however. A shield with this star engraved was found in a synagogue in Galilee, dating to the third or fourth century AD.
CREATOR STAR ,STAR OF DAVID, OR SEAL OF SOLOMON ?
The name the "Star of David" is quite new.
Before it, this star was called the "Seal of Solomon".
The story of Solomon's seal was believed to be developed by medieval Arabic writers who claimed that Solomon's signet ring was engraved by God Himself and was given to Solomon from heaven.
It was claimed that this ring was made from brass and iron, and the two parts were used to seal the written commands to good and evil spirits.
Some, however, claim that the story of Solomon's seal was invented earlier than that and that its inventors were Jews themselves. At around the third century in Egypt Hellenistic Jews came up with this story which was done at the early development of their mystical side of religion.
Since the belief in the power of the ring of Solomon was so widespread and firmly believed in, I tend to believe that the most plausible explanation of Solomon's seal is that it indeed existed, and that it was probably given to him by his pagan Egyptian wife who was the daughter of Pharaoh, and therefore had most likely been initiated into the secrets of their religion;
That the ring indeed was used to command, invoke, and bind demons, but like any tools given by Satan, it just appears that the given thing has power – when, in truth, Satan makes demons act in a certain way in order to fool the person into believing that that particular item has that sort of power.
Even today this very sign is used by witches, pagans and open luciferians to summon demons.
This sign began to be used as an official Jewish identity symbol in and around the area of Germany from around the 17th century AD and it at first represented only Zionist community and only later – the whole community of Jews.
THE SEAL OF SOLOMON IN ISLAM
In Islam, the Beast of the Earth is believed to be in the possession of the signet ring of Solomon and with it will destroy unbelievers' noses so that it becomes clear who is a believer and who is an unbeliever.
Since the prophet of Islam received this religion from an evil spirit or Satan himself (since he himself at the beginning thought that he was demon-possessed), it's likely that there might be bits of truth in this story, as Satan likes to mix truths with lies.
What Muslims don't realize is that they themselves will get that mark, because they were misled by their demon-possessed false prophet and are all headed to the place where he will end up in – the lake of fire, unless they repent and turn to the real prophet and the only Son of YHWH Yeshua.
IDENTIFICATION OF JEWS DURING THE NAZI ERA
During the Nazi regime the Jews of many countries had to wear a hexagram as a mark of their identification. Some countries, such as some parts of France and Denmark, refused to implement this.
They usually had to wear a badge of a yellow star, or a white armband with a blue star of David. Even children were required to wear this identification mark, and it was also placed on Jew-owned stores.
Those who refused to wear this identification mark (in the countries where it was enforced) were fined, imprisoned, or shot according to Shoah Research Center.
A yellow star to identity a Jew
Doesn't that remind you of a mark of the beast in the book of Revelation?
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Was that a mini-rehearsal of what's coming?
THE MARK OF THE BEAST?
The strangest thing is – the Star of David does have a number 666:
It has six points, six outer triangles and a 6-sided hexagon in the middle. Also it makes sense that this could be a sign or mark of the beast, because it tells how those creatures came into being, and therefore it is indeed their sign – but about that later.
This might be the very star mentioned in the Bible, in Acts 7:43:
This is told in reference to Amos 5:26, which in KJV reads as:But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
… but in Septuagint it reads more closely to the NT words:
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Raephan, the images of them which ye made for yourselves.
It is believed that god Remphan (or Raephan) was an Assyrian/Babylonian god of the planet Saturn, which makes total sense for many reasons. First, according to some sources, this star was used in connection to the child sacrifice, and we see Greek god Cronus (who is Saturn) depicted in reliefs as eating children.
Also, Cronus is one of the first twelve titans that came forth from the union of fallen angels and human women, so that seal could indeed be his symbol. Also it's interesting to note that according to the Greek mythology out of the union of "sky gods" and "Gaia" came forth twelve titans: six males and six females, which again would tie in to the number 6 of the star.
Also, one of the symbols of Greek god Cronus was a snake, and this is what ultimately false Jews worship though they pretend to worship YHWH. Those are the ones about whom Yeshua told that they call themselves Jews but are not.
Shiva, the god of destruction, in one of his most famous poses, actually disguises the hexagram as well:
This is the very posture in which we see Shiva as a statue at CERN, and this posture signifies the dance of destruction and creation, since new-agers, Hindus and satanists believe that out of Chaos comes order, when it truth out of chaos comes nothing, and only when chaos is destroyed can order be established.
Shiva statue at CERN
Hexagram is also believed to be the star of Moloch, to whom pagans and even Israelites offered child sacrifice.
Therefore, this seal is a sort of family crest of the fallen ones. Thus this symbol is featured on masonic lodges' entrances, Catholic churches' entrances and windows; it is the sign that Lucifer worshippers, pagans and occultists use.
This symbol should not be the symbol of the children of YHWH since it's the symbol of the children of the fallen ones.
It would make sense if this would indeed be the mark of the beast, since it's the star already adopted by many religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Catholicism, Islam, Shinto and I'm sure many more religions.
The signet ring of Solomon story was known even in the first century AD, since Josephus mentions the story of one person using such a ring, though at that time it wasn't called "the Seal of Solomon" but the type of ring that Solomon recommended to expel demons from people by putting it near persons' nostrils.
From Mishnah it seems that Solomon was indeed carrying this ring on a chain that was probably around his neck, and that the ring had the name of God on it too. It was believed that this seal protected people from demons because when demons took a look at it they would get drawn into the never-ending inter-connected pattern of the star which, therefore, would bind them and made them harmless to humans. This is similar to how some Jews used incantation bowls in the past described in this article.
But again, I do not believe that this seal has any power, but that Satan likes to fool people into believing that signs as such hold power, when in truth demons just play with those persons.
A Seal of Solomon with interwoven triangles etched in marble from a Byzantine Church (400-630 A.D.)
A Seal of Solomon carved upon a building stone of a synagogue (200 – 400 A.D).
Some cathedrals had this star featured as well, and it was sometimes called "the star of creation" in Catholicism, and it was used by some Christian sects as well. Here's the image from the stained glass window of Winchester Cathedral, with the name of God in Hebrew in the middle:
Star of David in Winchester Cathedral
The shape of the rays reminds me of a famous Babylonian winged disc, present on many of their reliefs and seals:
THE MOST LIKELY ORIGIN OF THE STAR OF DAVID
The most ancient origin theory, and I believe the one that is true, about how the Star of David came into being, is the one told by ancient cultures.
It's told that it's the sign of a sky god producing (in Hindu mythology – a six-faced) offspring with the mother earth.
What it most likely means is that it's the symbol of the sons of YHWH descending to mate with human women and abnormal giant offspring born to them. (Those fallen ones wanted to be worshipped as gods on earth, and therefore lied to people that they were formed out of chaos, and were first gods; they probably did that out of anger that they were banished from Heaven and because they did not want people to know that there is a God higher than them, because then people would not worship them.)
This makes total sense when you analyze the hexagram…
….because it shows a downward-pointed triangle representing the sons of God and an upward-pointed triangle – representing earthly human women, and the intersection of those triangles represents the act of procreation. Even today the downward-pointed triangle represents men and the upward-pointed one – women.
Here's a Hindu mandala most likely showing the twelve offspring born to them – 6 males and 6 females as told in the Greek mythology:
Which also ties in with the false Big Bang theory.
The act is represented as this star as well, if you know what I mean, as well as a lie that the gods were formed out of chaos; though it's modified into the theory that everything came out of chaos, which is a totally satanic doctrine that many people have bought into, even Christians.
This explanation just sounds right to me, but I might be wrong. Though I haven't come across any more theories as plausible as such. I guess another plausible one is that this sign also represents "as above so below" masonic belief.
I know that sometimes we see six-pointed shapes in nature, such as in the form of a snowflake. Some people use this as a proof that the Star of David is nothing evil.
I personally don't know any natural hexagram formations, though some, like snowflakes, can have six spikes; but apart from this they don't really look like the Star of David.
Judging from the kind of groups that revere this symbol, and the spiritual value that it holds for witches, masons and satanists, I would steer clear of this sign.
Not to mention that religions are now coming into unison for the new-world-order, and this sign that is common between them might as well be the feared mark, judging from the fact that it was already implemented as a sort of test by Nazis, and that the Muslim Beast of the Earth is believed to be marking people with this sign as well.
SOME INTERESTING IMAGES WITH THE STAR OF DAVID
An impression of Babylonian seal showing goddess Ishtar carrying a staff with the six-pointed creation star.
Aerial photograph of Heathrow Airport, 1955
The Seal of Solomon on pope's mitre.
The Creator Star otherwise known as Star of Moloch, David and Solomon has been depicted in many ways from the old world and the New world.
These depictions have been shown as a full Star , hollow star and even with deitys and other designs within however the star shape has always remained the same.
Again we at Sovereignaustralian are merely displaying the facts and the symbolism behind such a star .
Surely any individual after considering all the information provided would carefully consider ones actions after all you could very well be regarded by many as showing allegiance to Moloch and are an advocate for sacrifices of children in his honor 🤔
As usual we shall let you the adult decide , after all its your life .
Wikipedia on Hexagram
Josephus Histories book 8 (look at chapter 2 section 5 for Solomon's recommended ring)
Tractate Gittin of Mishnah (folio 68) – about the story of Solomon's ring
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A Jewish identification marker in Nazi era
On the identification of Jews during Nazi era – Shoah Research Center (a PDF document)
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Q: Scrape multilevel menu using Scrapy 1.5 I am trying to get all links from multilevel menu.
start_urls = ['https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/category/ingredients']
import scrapy

from foodisgood.items import FoodisgoodItem
from scrapy.spiders import CrawlSpider, Rule
from scrapy.linkextractors import LinkExtractor
from scrapy.loader import ItemLoader
from scrapy.loader.processors import TakeFirst

class BbcSpider(CrawlSpider):

    name = 'bbc'
    allowed_domains = ['bbcgoodfood.com']

    start_urls = ['https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/category/ingredients']

    rules = (
        Rule(LinkExtractor(allow=(r'/recipes/category/[\w-]+$'), restrict_xpaths='//article[contains(@class, "cleargridindent")]'), callback='parse_sub_categories', follow=True),
        Rule(LinkExtractor(allow=(r'/recipes/collection/[\w-]+$'), restrict_xpaths='//article[contains(@class, "cleargridindent")]'), callback='parse_collections', follow=True),
    )

    def parse_sub_categories(self, response):
        l = ItemLoader(item=FoodisgoodItem(), response=response)

        l.default_output_processor = TakeFirst()

        l.add_xpath('category_title', '//h1[@class="section-head--title"]/text()')
        l.add_value('page_url', response.url)

        yield l.load_item()

    def parse_collections(self, response):
        l = ItemLoader(item=FoodisgoodItem(), response=response)

        l.default_output_processor = TakeFirst()

        l.add_xpath('collection_title', '//h1[@class="section-head--title"]/text()')
        l.add_value('page_url', response.url)

        yield l.load_item()

Results of menu scraping
But I cant understand how populate empty first column before collection title.
For now I have:
EMPTY | Steak recipes |       https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/steak
But I need:
Meat | Steak recipes |    https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/steak
Can somebody give me advise what need to do to get result with subcategory in first column?
Thanks to everyone)

A: What you want is not really doable using a CrawlSpider's rules (at least not in a simple way).
The usual way to do this is documented in Passing additional data to callback functions.
You would extract the category in your first callback, and then create a new request passing this information in the meta dict.

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Home » Music Theory » Learn music theory the fun way with Hooktheory
Learn music theory the fun way with Hooktheory
by Christopher Sutton | Music Theory, Interviews | 0 comments
Hooktheory.com is an exciting new site which promises to make learning music theory more fun and engaging than ever before. It features chord analysis of current pop songs, innovative ways to explore chord progressions, and daily ear training challenges.
Today we'll take a quick tour of Hooktheory.com's features, and then get the low-down direct from David Carlton, one of the site's founders.
Hooktheory is based around using "relative analysis" to simplify the understanding of melody and harmony in music. This means that instead of thinking in terms of "C, F and G" chords for example, you'd think about "I, IV, V" – or, as Hooktheory would have you thinking: 1, 4, 5 (… or even red, green and blue! More on that later…)
Scales are treated the same way: instead of worrying about key signatures and the details of letter names for notes, everything is boiled down to the scale degrees 1 through 7.
This approach can be a great way to boil music theory down to what really matters.
Just like learning about 3 chord songs and the I-IV-V or using solfege for ear training, the relative-naming approach used by Hooktheory just might give you the insight into how music works that you've been looking for…
Let's take a quick tour around the main areas of the Hooktheory site.
Song Analyses
A crowd-sourced database of the harmonic and melodic content of songs, covering rock, pop and more. Hooktheory uses innovative visualisations and a powerful interactive song player to let you explore the theory behind the song you're hearing. It ties in directly with YouTube videos (so you hear the real song) or can synthesise simple piano arrangements (so you can hear more clearly what's going on).
Here's an example of a Song Analysis:
The Hooktheory team have been publishing some fantastic articles analysing modern music and explaining what's going on. Lots to learn, and entertaining too, the blog posts are well worth a read!
Song Editor
The Song Editor is what powers the big database of analyses. You can use it to create a transcription of a song you know, and sync it up with the YouTube video. Or start from scratch to compose your own creation!
EarTrain
Naturally, this is our favourite part of the site: Daily ear training challenges at three levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced) required you to listen, and then use the song editor interface to re-create what you hear, in terms of melody and/or chords, depending on the challenge.
What's most fun here is that the songs are taken from the main database, so you can as easily get "Call Me Maybe" as "Jingle Bells"!
See the ear training feature in action:
Hi Dave, and welcome to EasyEarTraining.com – thanks for joining us here on the site!
Let's start off with the origin story:
Where does the team come from, geographically and musically – and what was the inspiration to create Hooktheory?
The Hooktheory team: David Carlton, Ryan Miyakawa and Chris Anderson
We each have very different music backgrounds, and I think this has been a real asset because it's meant that we all come at things from different points of view.
I'm classically trained and grew up taking piano lessons and playing the trumpet, but before college I hadn't taken a lot of serious harmony or ear training classes. Ryan started playing the piano when he was 3 and is certainly the most talented musician of the group. He has a really impressive ear and is a talented composer. Chris is the "casual/self taught" guitar player of the group. That's been critical for us because I think things could have gone really differently if we were just a bunch of music theory nerds.
We've been best friends for years and Hooktheory was, at first, a great project for the 3 of us to work on as a hobby in our spare time.
I think things could have gone really differently if we were just a bunch of music theory nerds.
Hooktheory really began as course in the Music Department at UC Berkeley that we taught as part of the DeCal program there. As we were teaching the course, we were actually creating and laying the groundwork for a lot of the tools on our website now. It was all very primitive back then, but the response was so positive from the students that we decided to keep going after it was over. It's all sort of snowballed from there.
If it's not too impolite a question: how many people are using Hooktheory now? Do you know the balance between students, professionals and music educators?
The site has been public for less than a year, and we're still relatively small, but we've been ecstatic with the rate at which it's growing. I don't have any specific usage numbers breaking down groups, but we did just recently pass our millionth visitor.
What proportion of users contribute new analyses?
Most people who visit the site don't contribute to the database. We think that's fine. We recognize that it takes a really good ear to be able to analyze the chords and melody of a song just by listening to it. We're starting to build a great community of really talented people though, and it's really fun to see what songs get analyzed for the database each day.
Most of the people who come to the website are there to consume the analyses that have already been added, ask questions about the harmony, and use the other tools we've built. It's been very gratifying to hear all the creative ways that people are using our Music Editor. We've had teachers from around the world send us emails saying how much of a difference it's made in the classes. At the same time, we've heard from many singer-songwriter types telling us how the editor has helped with their songwriting.
You created some waves online with your music analysis blog posts last year, using data on real pop songs to explore some facets of chord theory and validate the rules and concepts many of us have learned as the theory of chord progressions.
Were there any big surprises that emerged as you analysed the database?
One of the things that surprised us was the pushback we received from people who were convinced that popular music all uses the same 4 chords and isn't really worth analyzing.
There certainly is a lot of simple music that is making it onto the Billboard charts, but there's also a lot more complexity than some people give credit.
I think our latest Trends tool, if nothing else, does a lot to dispel this myth. It has definitely revealed patterns that we didn't expect. It's also really easy to get lost just clicking around finding new patterns used in songs. We had a great time creating it.
One of the most striking characteristics of the Hooktheory approach is how each degree of the scale gets assigned a colour. This seems to have stirred up a bit of controversy among visitors!
What's the motivation here?
That's a great question.
Ryan actually has a fascinating condition called Synesthesia in which different senses are crossed and perceived simultaneously. When he hears a certain note, he immediately senses a very specific color as well. Part of the reason his ear is so good (he can listen to a complicated jazz piece for the first time and immediately identify all the chords) is from the extra help that these color associations give.
Hooktheory assigns colors to scale degrees
Adding extra senses when you're learning a new concept is almost always a great way to strengthen the connections for it in the brain. It's easier to memorize something if you hear it, speak it, and read it, instead of just doing one of those things.
In this case, we're adding an extra association with scale degrees and harmony but the idea is the same. I'm no synesthete, but I've definitely seen a lot of improvement in my own sense of pitch as a result of staring at these colors for so long.
Was the choice of colour for each degree arbitrary?
Is there any drawback to students learning these associations if they aren't used elsewhere?
We ended up going with the colors of the rainbow because it's an ordering that most people are familiar with; it's easy for people to make the connection between Red, Orange, Yellow = 1, 2, 3.
And before you ask, No, these colors are not the colors that Ryan sees! He had strong objections initially, but eventually we convinced him it was for the best. He has some odd color associations and the staff would have looked really strange. Plus it would have been really difficult to explain to people why we ended up using that specific shade of sea foam green for V chords…
We don't think there's a big drawback for people if they don't see these associations elsewhere. In our minds, they're a nice bonus for people to have and can only help. Obviously in a perfect world, everyone would be learning how music works using our system. One can always dream.
The song editor is a powerful tool for transposing and adjusting songs using YouTube videos or synthesised piano music.
Have you seen any innovative or unexpected uses of the song editor by users?
From a middle school teacher in Vietnam, to a college professor in California, we've gotten great feedback for how the editor has dramatically improved their teaching.
As I mentioned earlier, apart from its obvious use as a classroom tool for teaching harmony, we've seen a lot of people use it for songwriting. Exactly how they use it for songwriting varies greatly, and it's been fun to get feedback in the form of feature requests etc. that hint at the different ways people have integrated the Editor into their workflow. The MIDI export was a feature that we added "just because we could", but it's meant that people can write a chord progression with the Editor and then import the result into any tool they desire.
We're always touched by the teachers who have written us to say how much a difference the Editor has made in their classes. From a middle school teacher in Vietnam, to a college professor in California, we've gotten great feedback for how the editor has dramatically improved their teaching.
The Hooktheory song editor can be used to transcribe songs – or compose new ones!
One teacher had been using the tool all year in their harmony class. As a final project, all the students wrote a song in the editor and were able to export a professionally engraved score in addition to a recording generated by our software. These were very young kids without a lot of prior background who ended up being able to effectively use the rules of harmony to write a song from start to finish.
This is the kind of thing that drives us and makes us do what we do.
The "EarTrain" section of the site offers daily challenges at three difficulty levels, based on the main song database.
Have you been able to watch users improve as they use this day by day?
We do keep track of that data and we are working to do something with it to help people track their improvement. We haven't done anything with it yet, but it's in the works. It might also be neat to aggregate it and show how fast the "average" person's ear improves as a function of the number of exercises they have completed.
Take daily chord and melody play-by-ear challenges with Hooktheory
Hooktheory is very much focused on melody and harmony at the moment.
Can the Hooktheory approach or philosophy be carried into other areas of music education?
Possibly. There's a lot more to music than chords and melody.
Of course, as a medium for artistic expression, you can only get so far by deconstructing everything to basic principles. There are always going to be many intangible components to music that don't lend themselves very well to strict analysis.
On the other hand, though we're currently very focused on the music theory side of music education, I do think we could make an impact on the instrumental side of things as well (i.e. learning the guitar or piano).
You also have an interactive theory "book" for the iPad. How does that tie in with the Hooktheory website?
The book is based on a lot of the material that we wrote for the aforementioned Berkeley class we taught. It's filled with many song examples using our notation system and is meant as an introduction to relative notation, scale degrees, and harmony.
When many people think of "Music Theory", they think of scales and key signatures, conventional music notation, and other technical concepts. These things are also really important, but I do want to emphasize that this book purposefully doesn't spend a lot of time in those areas.
In some ways, what we're doing is more advanced and yet simultaneously more basic and fundamental.
In classrooms, we are seeing teachers use it as more of a companion to formal texts for getting students excited about music theory by showing them what a little knowledge can do (which is sometimes the hardest part!). At the same time, we've tried to make it as standalone as possible for the casual musician who wants to know more of the "why" as opposed to the "how".
What can we look forward to seeing from Hooktheory next?
We're working on a lot of projects internally, and we have some great ideas for how to continue surprising people with ways we can use the data in the song database to "shine a light" on how music works.
We're also going to make a big push towards making these tools more useful to teachers and professors in their classes.
We see a big role for Hooktheory in the classroom going forward.
Dave, thanks again for joining us here and sharing the background and thinking behind such a fascinating approach to modern music theory learning.
We can't wait to see how Hooktheory develops!
Have you tried the Hooktheory method? Let us know what you thought in the comments below!
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Mark's Marshmallow World was a big hit on the 2008 post-election cruise. (And that's not because everyone was drinking in our new political reality). So I'm looking forward to Eggnog.
And I know more than one person who has happily lost sleep to The First Assassin.


featured Delaire on my site. She is an incredible artist who always produces brilliant work. I have been speaking with her about her latest track, Something More, and whether even more will be coming from her – she reveals what she wants to achieve before the end of the year and how her career has changed/evolved since the start.
Delaire talks about albums that mean a lot and a new artist to look out for; whether she is touring anytime soon; if she gets chance to chill away from music; how she got into music and was bitten by the bug – she ends the interview by selecting a cool song.
Hi, Delaire. How are you? For those new to your music; can you introduce yourself, please?
Hi. I am Delaire and thank you for listening to my new single, Something More.
Something More is your new single. Is there a backstory and tale behind the song?
The song is about craving more from life. I grew up in London and have spent a lot of my time surrounded by the same stuff. I wrote it after a night out when I was just looking around at all these wasted people and thought: 'There has to be more than this'.
Are you looking ahead at an E.P. or album? Might we expect more music next year?
You can definitely expect more music – but, for now, I am just really working on my sound and my direction before I commit to an album.
Do you recall which artists inspired you to go into music? Did you grow up around a lot of music?
I grew up around the best kind of music as my parents gave me a great musical education. I love Joni Mitchell, The Stones and Sade. I spent a lot of time in clubs during my misspent youth, so will always love softer Drum and Bass and House.
How do you think you've changed and built as an artist since your start?
I think I have become much less worried about what other people think about me! Which is a relief. Life is way too short to worry about people's opinions all the time.
I know BBC Introducing invited you to perform at Maida Vale Studios. How did you feel getting that news?!
It was amazing! It was so cool to get a taste of things that could start coming my way.
I just want to keep writing and enjoying the process - and not focus TOO much on the future. I will always have music in my life and I will always carry on so long as I am making myself happy!
I have been going to Glastonbury for years; it's like musical Heaven. I cry every time I go as the pure joy takes over my body completely. Seeing music bring so many people together is total magic.
Does it need an explanation?! She captures every essence of love and loss I have ever known in one album.
It's my boyfriend and my album. We listened to it when we first met and always reminds me of him.
One of the Now That's What I Call Music! albums from the '90s! I played these on-REPEAT and couldn't wait for them to be released!
I would love to support someone like HAIM. I bet they are so fun and I love their music. I would defos ask for some taramasalata and pita bread - and enough Aperol to last the night!
Be yourself and listen to your gut: don't let the hustle get the better of you. Great music will always prevail.
Grace Carter! She's a babe and her music is stunning.
Yes! Lots of time! Music life has its slow moments. I love a glass of wine and Love Island at the moment (don't judge).


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Do you enjoy traveling? If you like to visit the same place most years, purchasing a holiday home in your ideal vacation destination can really pay off. Not only will you avoid paying for lodging while on your trips, but you'll also have a rental property that can allow you to recoup (and possibly exceed) your investment. If you are in the stage of trying to decide whether a home in your favorite travel destination makes sense, here are some considerations to think about.
You'll need to balance location and cost.
When vacationing, you might prefer to do so on a budget. This might entail staying several miles away from the white sand beaches or outside of a major city. The slight lack of convenience can make up for the cost, and this might be perfectly fine for you.
Remember, though, that if you plan on renting the property, you will not be able to attract a premium price if your home is located outside of the main tourist area in many cases. Instead of comparing homes within a particular city or zip code, you're going to need to have a real estate agent compare homes in the exact location where the home you are considering is located. You might pay half the price for a home located across the street from the beach than you would for a home directly on the sand; the rental fee that you will get will also be halved, so keep this in mind.
Maintenance costs can be higher than anticipated.
If you're not living in the home on a year-round schedule, you'll be less attuned to when maintenance is required. This could potentially add up to bigger expenses later. For example, a problem with the septic system might be relatively inexpensive to fix if it's discovered early, but left to fester, it could cause a high bill later.
One way to mitigate this issue is to work with a property manager or a condominium association. The company in charge of the property can make sure that maintenance is taken care of. When you buy a condo in your preferred location, usually much of the maintenance is included in the condo-owners' association fee. The fee generally includes outdoor maintenance, roof maintenance and, in some cases, plumbing and electrical problems that might crop up.
You'll need to look into tax and insurance implications.
Second-home owners need to pay additional taxes on their second properties. If you're collecting rental income, that will be taxed, too. This is not a reason to avoid buying a second home, but it is an important consideration to keep in mind when deciding if you can afford your home-away-from-home. Remember that you will also have additional deductions to write off when you have a second home.
In addition to tax obligations, you'll also need to pay higher insurance premiums. Much of this will be due to having either tenants in the home or a vacant home during part of the year. Your costs might also be higher than anticipated because a location in a large city or close to a river or ocean can raise your risk of a break-in or flooding, respectively. Again, insurance coverage on its own should not make or break your decision, but it's part of the overall financial obligation that you will have to think about.
Purchasing a home or condo in your desired travel location is a wonderful way to not only boost your financial security, but also provide you and your family with a relaxing or exciting place to stay while away from home. Talk to a tax adviser and a real estate agent or property manager to learn about the options and considerations that you should think about in your potential new community.
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Afghanistan updates: Taliban name caretaker government
Tue, September 7, 2021 by ABC News
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(KABUL, Afghanistan) — With the U.S. military and diplomatic withdrawal now complete after 20 years in Afghanistan, the Taliban has taken over the country, including the Kabul airport, the site of an often-desperate evacuation effort the past two weeks.
But even as the last American troops were flown out to meet President Joe Biden's Aug. 31 deadline, other Americans who wanted to flee the country were left behind and the Biden administration is now focused on a "diplomatic mission" to help them leave.
When President Joe Biden sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos for an exclusive one-on-one interview at the White House on Aug. 18, he said he was committed to keeping the U.S. military in Afghanistan as long as needed. "If there are American citizens left, we're going to stay until we get them all out," he said.
Here are the latest developments. All times Eastern:
Sep 07, 6:16 pm
Taliban leaders release 1st official statement
In its first official statement since announcing a new caretaker government, the Taliban said their previous 20 years of "struggle and Jihad" had two major goals: to end foreign occupation and aggression and to establish "a complete, independent, stable, and central Islamic system in the country."
"Based on this principle, in the future, all matters of governance and life in Afghanistan will be regulated by the laws of the Holy Sharia," according to the statement.
The statement said the Taliban wants strong and healthy relations with all other countries and "We are committed to all international laws and treaties, resolutions and commitments that are not in conflict with Islamic law and the country's national values. We also call on the countries of the world to value building strong and cordial political, diplomatic and good relations with us and to also cooperate with us."
"The Islamic Emirate will take serious and effective steps towards protecting human rights, the rights of minorities as well as the rights of the underprivileged groups within the framework of the demands of the sacred relation of Islam," the statement continued.
Despite suggestions the new regime would be more inclusive, the Taliban appointed no women to any of the interim positions, and even disbanded Afghanistan's Ministry of Women's Affairs.
The statement went on to say that media is an important element of the country and the Taliban said it "will work for the freedom, functioning and improvement of the media quality. We consider it our duty to take into account the sacred precepts of Islam, the national interests of the country and impartiality in our broadcasts."
-ABC News' Christine Theodorou
Sep 07, 12:19 pm
Biden admin pushes back on reports Taliban blocking US citizens from leaving
The Biden administration has pushed back on reports that the Taliban is stopping American citizens with proper documentation from flying out of Mazar-e-Sharif, a northern city where chartered planes have sat on the tarmac for a week.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking in Qatar, confirmed for the first time on Tuesday that there are "a small number of Americans" in Mazar-e-Sharif trying to depart, but he told reporters it was his "understanding that the Taliban has not denied access to anyone holding a valid document … but because all of these people are grouped together, that's meant that flights had not been allowed to go."
In other words, in his view, the Taliban is blocking the larger group, and the Americans were unfortunately stopped because they're alongside others who don't have valid documents.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki, was also asked about Americans stuck in Mazar-e-Sharif on Tuesday and whether the administration views it as a "hostage situation."
"No, that is not what we would characterize it as," she told reporters on Air Force One.
"Our secretary of state is in Qatar right now working on a range of options, including getting flights up and operational and going. And what we have seen is that individuals who have documentation are able to depart," Psaki added.
Sep 07, 11:47 am
Taliban announce new caretaker government
The Taliban have announced a new caretaker government for Afghanistan on Tuesday, naming Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, who is on the United Nations sanctions list and described as "one of the most effective Taliban commanders," as the interim prime minister, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar as deputy prime minister.
The militant group appointed former Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp detainee Mullah Abdul Haq Waseeq as Afghan Intelligence Chief. The new government also includes two Haqqani leaders with $5 million in U.S. bounties on their heads as ministers.
Along with several other ministers, none of which was a woman, the Taliban announced the disbandment of the Ministry of Women's Affairs from its new caretaker government.
Sep 07, 4:55 am
Around 100 Americans remain in Afghanistan, Blinken says
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters Tuesday that "somewhere around 100" Americans remain in Afghanistan.
"We believe the number of those who have American citizenship — many of them dual nationals — who remain in Afghanistan is somewhere around 100," Blinken said during a press conference in Qatar's capital. "We're in direct contact with virtually all of them."
"For weeks now, we've been working very closely with Qatar, with Turkey to see to it that the Kabul airport could get up and running again to civilian air travel as soon as possible," he continued. "We're also working to facilitate overland passage for those who wish to depart when it comes to charters."
Blinken admitted it's a challenge without personnel on the ground in Afghanistan but one that "we're determined to work through."
"Many thousands of U.S. citizens or permanent residents or at-risk Afghans, who successfully evacuated and relocated from Kabul, have left aboard charter flights. Now, others are working to arrange more such flights," he said. "We are working around-the-clock with NGOs, with members of congress and advocacy groups, providing any and all information and doing all we can to clear any roadblocks that they've identified to make sure that charter flights carrying Americans or others to whom we have a special responsibility can depart Afghanistan safely."
U.S. officials have been engaging with the Taliban on departing flights, according to Blinken.
"They said that they will let people with travel documents freely depart," he noted. "We will hold them to that, so will dozens of countries. The international community is watching to see if the Taliban will live up to their commitments."
"It's my understanding that the Taliban has not denied access to anyone holding a valid document, but they have said that those without valid documents at this point can't leave," he added. "Because all of these people are grouped together, that's meant that flights had not been allowed to go. We've been able to identify a small number of Americans who we believe are seeking to depart from Mazar-e-Sharif with their families."
4 US citizens evacuated over land border
The State Department has facilitated the evacuation of four U.S. citizens across one of Afghanistan's land borders — the first Americans to leave the country with U.S. government help since President Joe Biden ended the massive, chaotic evacuation efforts that closed the country's longest war.
Four Americans made their way across land with Taliban knowledge, according to a senior State Department official, who told ABC News they evacuated without Taliban interference.
The official declined to say which country they arrived in but added they were in "good condition" and met by U.S. embassy staff from the local embassy.
While the State Department helped these four evacuate, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said Sunday there were approximately 100 U.S. citizens still trying to escape the country, nearly a week after the last U.S. forces departed.
Among those left behind, there are several Americans in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif ready to board charter flights out that are being blocked by the Taliban, according to several sources. The Taliban has not give permission to the airlines, leaving the potential passengers stuck in the city now for days.
A State Department spokesperson told ABC News Sunday that they could not confirm the manifests of these flights because there were no U.S. personnel or assets in Afghanistan anymore, but added, "We will hold the Taliban to its pledge to let people freely depart Afghanistan."
Taliban claims victory over Panjshir, last pocket of resistance
The Taliban claimed victory Monday over Afghan opposition forces in Panjshir province, the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan and the only province that the Taliban had not seized last month.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid issued a statement saying Panjshir was under full control of Taliban fighters.
"We tried our best to solve the problem through negotiations, and they rejected talks and then we had to send our forces to fight," Mujahid later told a press conference in Kabul on Monday.
The Taliban posted photos and videos on social media apparently showing fighters standing at the gate of the Panjshir provincial governor's office and raising the group's flag in the provincial capital.
A spokesperson for the resistance group, the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), took to Twitter to deny that Panjshir had fallen.
"Taliban's claim of occupying Panjshir is false," the spokesperson tweeted. "The NRF forces are present in all strategic positions across the valley to continue the fight. We assure the ppl of Afghanistan that the struggle against the Taliban & their partners will continue until justice & freedom prevails."
Some US citizens unable to fly out of Afghanistan due to Taliban interference
The Taliban is blocking efforts to get U.S. citizens out of Afghanistan on flights, according to a non-governmental organization arranging travel for some passengers.
Marina LeGree, the CEO of Ascend, told ABC News that the Taliban has prevented 600 people from leaving Mazar-e-Sharif by charter plane for six days.
The NGO is helping 100 of those passengers, none of whom are American, to try to fly out. LeGree said she is aware of 19 U.S. citizens who are trying to leave but Ascend is not overseeing their departure.
"Ascend, an organization dedicated to empowering young women through athletics, has members trying to leave Afghanistan," LeGree told ABC News in a statement Sunday. "We call on the Taliban to honor their commitments and allow these charters to depart immediately."
The affected passengers are either staying at the airport or at nearby hotels, according to LeGree.
The U.S. Department of State did not confirm whether there are Americans on those flights, but said it "will hold the Taliban to its pledge to let people freely depart Afghanistan."
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Friedrich Karl Florian, född 4 februari 1894 i Essen, död 24 oktober 1975 i Mettmann, var en tysk nazistisk politiker. Han var Gauleiter för Gau Düsseldorf från 1929 till 1945. Florian var därtill Obergruppenführer i Sturmabteilung (SA).

Biografi
Florian stred som krigsfrivillig i första världskriget och var bland annat verksam inom infanteriet. År 1920 blev han medlem i Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund, en organisation som betonade tysknationalism och antisemitism. Fem år senare, 1925, inträdde Florian i Nationalsocialistiska tyska arbetarepartiet (NSDAP) och Sturmabteilung (SA) och grundade en partigrupp i Buer i närheten av Gelsenkirchen. I riksdagsvalet i september 1930 invaldes han som ledamot för NSDAP.

I början av 1930-talet ansåg Adolf Hitler att SA hade blivit ett hot och att dess ledare Ernst Röhm planerade en statskupp. Under de långa knivarnas natt 1934 lät Hitler därför mörda SA:s ledarskikt. Trots att Florian var general i SA, undgick han mordpatrullerna, då han stod på god fot med Hitler.

Andra världskriget
Den 1 september 1939 anföll Tyskland sin östra granne Polen och andra världskriget utbröt. Samma år utsåg Hitler Florian till  Riksförsvarskommissarie (Reichsverteidigungskommissar) i Düsseldorf, vilket innebar att han blev särskilt ansvarig för stadens försvar. I krigets slutskede beordrade Florian den lokala Hitlerjugend-enheten att, trots otillräckliga vapen, strida mot allierade pansartrupper; endast två Hitlerjugend-medlemmar överlevde kriget.

Efter krigsslutet greps Florian och hamnade i amerikansk krigsfångenskap. Han släpptes fri 1951.

Utmärkelser
Friedrich Karl Florians utmärkelser

 Järnkorset av andra klassen (första världskriget)
 Krigsförtjänstkorset av andra klassen
 Krigsförtjänstkorset av första klassen: 30 januari 1941
 Kungliga preussiska pilotutmärkelsen
 Anschlussmedaljen (Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938)
 Sudetenlandmedaljen (Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938)
 Ärekorset med svärd: cirka 1934
 NSDAP:s partitecken i guld
 Hitlerjugends gyllene hedersutmärkelse med eklöv
 NSDAP:s tjänsteutmärkelse i brons
 NSDAP:s tjänsteutmärkelse i silver
 NSDAP:s tjänsteutmärkelse i guld: cirka 1942
 Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps gyllene pilotnål
 Ehrenbürgerbrief der Stadt Buer: 1936
 SA:s hedersdolk: februari 1934
 Hedersärmvinkel: cirka 1934
 Traditions- und Gau-Abzeichen: 1925

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Födda 1894
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Personer från Essen
Gauleiter
SA-officerare


I think a wild blind spot at StreetsMN is the idea that there are only two possibilities for residential property development.
A) Private ownership by young growing Single Family with golden retriever and infinite sums of cash to refinish the cool old house.
B) Private ownership by profit driven private developer.
Considering the golden retriever option is an economic fantasy, I understand the urbanist appeal towards fighting for a feasible idea in private development.
But when we side with openly profit driven private developers, it makes us look like jerks because giving a big land use gift to a private developer gives up neighborhood influence and power. This cuts back on democratic influence as one neighbor whose door you could have knocked is replaced by a developer who likely doesn't even live here or care beyond due diligence or legal compliance.
Urbanists argue on the side of the bad guys of every Disney movie because they are arguing against a fantasy from a Disney movie.
First off: this is stupid. Stop arguing with ghosts. It's a waste of everyone's time. Disney isn't real and even if it was I'd live in Saint Paul over Disneyland any day of the week because I think Saint Paul is better than Disneyland and you can quote/fight me on that.
But beyond that, we don't HAVE to blindly defend land developers, neoliberalism, and capitalism as a community development practice. There are other ways to interpret land use and there are other ways to develop our city.
Private ownership is not mandatory.
What if we propose a better solution that involves democratic process, slows the rate of gentrification, and actually gives young people some skin in the game?
1. Start a fund at the county level and pass some ordinances at the city level to collectively own some or all of these developing properties.
2. Set guidelines for this development so that some of the benefit for the property is returned to residents. The landlord will still make a profit, but make it so people don't have to live in poverty as renters because way back in 2018 Joey Developer INC LLC had the coin to drop on a 12plex.
3. Set up a democratic process such as a Co-op to insure that residents have a say in what happens to their homes.
This for me should be the bare minimum expectations of urbanists requesting development whilst shouting "HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT!" We should make a plan to insure humans have rights now and into the future. That is literally what we are shouting. Let's make it actually happen instead of expecting a developer to do it for us as if they are driven by a moral imperative instead of a business imperative when morals are clearly not their imperative. If we don't make this expectation now, it's entirely reasonable that in 20 years private developers will function exactly as they said they would: for profit.
And before y'all key me up and say I'm just hammer and sickle loving beardo: WE ALREADY DO THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT WORKS SUPER WELL.
This idea is more ice cream social than socialist: a party where we can all be invited and enjoy the company of our community. Everyone loves ice cream.
Isn't that way better than shouting in defense of capitalist land developers?
Daniel Choma is a community advocate, a jazz musician, and a former bible salesman. He rides bikes, plays drums, and tells jokes. He can consume a bag of jelly beans faster than almost anyone.
I love land trusts, would like to see some practical examples of it, and would like to figure out how to expand programs like this on the ground in Saint Paul. It seems to me like a funding question.
Absolutely. I agree whole heartedly. This essay I think comes off as smarmy, but mainly I'm wishing Ramsey county had explicit funding to expand and facilitate land trusts. There are probably programs and examples beyond what I know as I'm obviously not the smartest person in this StreetMN room, but I would like to see smarter people than me talk about this more.
I absolutely would support efforts in this direction. I would love to see Minneapolis, for example, together with any liberalization of multi-unit residential zoning, provide fiscal and/or logistical support to encourage innovative (or retro!) ownership models of those properties that aren't strictly landlord/monthly or annual-lease renter.
This would address many of the concerns/advance goals concerning "owner occupation" of the properties, as well as provide new opportunities for people to make a transition from renting to owning, if that's something they're interested in doing.
Unfortunately, out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straightly run cooperative can be made.
These arrangements can only survive with the dedicated; and more likely with a closed society, like Kiryas Joel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiryas_Joel,_New_York). Without some sort of external 'authority' keeping people in line (and the implication is that a religious authority is the only one strong enough to keep people in line without the use of force), then every argument could potentially be escalated to the point of lawsuit.
A collective group like that needs broad based consensus to operate, and in today's individualistic world, with extremely strong connections outside the collective (connections on social media, in particular) that isn't likely. And if you and your ten friends bound together to collectively acquire property, what is the authority that will ensure you all abide by the group decisions?
In the Middle Ages, this sort of collectivism worked, but only as a form of petty tyranny. Abide by the rules of the village, whatever they are, or else we won't help you plow/harvest and your family starves. So it isn't really that laudable that peasants lived collectively, because they had no other choice.
Today, people _can_ live easily by themselves. Why would they want to submit to a collective consensus on every issue, when they have the option of taking their earnings and leaving? That would take an amazing level of personal humility to be so dutiful to your community.
I think you are confusing a commune and a land trust. A (typical) land trust just separates the ownership of the land from the ownership of the building. Daniel is proposing a variation on a land trust for multi-unit buildings where the land is owned by the government and the building privately. In most land trusts, the land is held in trust, most often by a non-profit, and profits from the sale of the land go back into the trust to support more purchases, while the profit from the building goes to the individual.
Not sure what that has to do with submitting to a collective consensus on every issue.
I was confusing the land and property ownership issues, sorry. Collective consensus on land use issues is what would cause a lot of problem; Daniel's plan mitigates those problems significantly.
This comment seems to be an argument that government is impossible.
Government keeps people in line with the use of force. What do you think police are for? If you disobey the city, you get fined and, eventually, jailed. A collective wouldn't have that option.
Maybe before throwing insults at a huge number of advocates working to make housing more affordable, you could actually work with them to get something like this off the ground, since a large portion of us are open to these ideas. To main issue is that this would not be an easy task, although that doesn't mean we shouldn't be making an effort. But, you know, trying to make enemies right off the bat isn't gonna help your chances of implementing the flreforms needed to expand co-operative housing.
You know about the Rondo Community Land Trust, right?
I dig RLT and City of Lakes. I wish we talked about them more.
Dan, it looks to me like you are arguing with your own ghosts. If you think that writers on streets.mn argue to "blindly defend land developers, neoliberalism, and capitalism as a community development practice," you have clearly not talked to (or if you have, you have heard what you wanted to hear, rather than listening to) many of us.
I look forward to starting a conversation with you. I also ask that you step back and listen to what other I'm saying as we have that conversation. I request that you wait to paint your friends and allies with a blind, broad brush that misrepresents us until you've confirmed that you're picture is an accurate one.
I don't think "blind spot" constitutes "insult." I wish cooperative ownership were a more integral part of our discourse and funding. None of this is meant as an insult and it's a little disarming for it to be taken as one, especially by someone with a shield next to their name.
I'm looking forward to a conversation, preferably in person.
I've been writing about and advocating for cooperatives (tenant-owned and otherwise) and alternative ownership models since 2002. I am hurt that nearly two decades of my public work are erased in this post.
I would like to understand how you read what has been written on streets.mn by many authors as "blindly defend land developers, neoliberalism, and capitalism as a community development practice," as that is something different than (most of) what I've read.


Catching Drills offers a series of proven drills that are designed to develop several of the essential skills and techniques involved in sound catcher play. In an easy-to-understand and apply manner, a detailed explanation and demonstration of how each drill should be performed in provided. The drills covered in the DVD are appropriate for players at all competitive levels.


As the world marks Universal Children's Day (20 November 2018), there are close to one million children under the age of five in the Eastern Cape who will not be able to access fully functional early childhood development centres (ECD's) because the Department of Social Development is dragging its heels.
These children are being deprived of the very foundation that would help lift them out of institutionalised poverty and provide them with the skills to build a better future for themselves.
I have written to the MEC of Social Development, Dr Pumza Dyantyi, requesting details on the Department's plan to ensure that all children under the age of five in the province have access to ECD centres, and what is being done to ensure that the Department spends its full budget on these projects.
For the past four years the Department has constantly underspent funds on the Early Childhood Development sub-programme, with the last annual report showing an underspend of R25-million.
In response to a parliamentary question, Social Development MEC, Pumza Dyanti, said the province only had 2,040 registered ECD centres, and only 1,292 registered centre-based ECD programmes.
By her own admission, the Department needs an additional 8,318 ECD centres.
The Department has also returned R22,67 million of the R56 million ECD grant allocated to it, making the province the worst preforming province in relation to ECD grants in the country.
How is it possible then that they are underspending their budget if there is such a dire need?
Officials blame the lack of proper effective and efficient inter-governmental cooperation. The net effect of government's inability to pull together, means that fewer children are being enrolled in respect of ECD programmes.
It is becoming clear that the failing ANC government has turned it back on the future of our children. These children have been robbed of their right to receive adequate nutrition, care and opportunities to learn and prepared them for "big" school.
Money meant for ECD centres must be spent on ECD centres.
Under a DA-led government we can fix this broken Department and bring about quality service delivery to the people of the Eastern Cape. Change that will enable more children to get access to well-equipped, functional ECD centres.
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Q: How to share properties and functions between jquery plugin instances? I'd like to share properties and methods between a jquery plugin instance ( one i create)
How would i do that properly?
Supose i have a simple plugin defined as:
// add the plugin to the jQuery.fn object
$.fn.clickableImage = function(options) {

    this.set_not_clicked = function(){
      return this.each(function() {
        $(this).addClass('not-clicked');
      });

    };

    // iterate through the DOM elements we are attaching the plugin to
    return this.each(function() {
      $(this).click( function(){
        parent.set_not_clicked() //how to get "parent" ???
        $(this).removeClass('not-clicked').addClass('clicked');
      });
    });
}

And, images instanciated as:
$(function(){
  $('#some-selector img').clickableImage();
});

How to make an "clickableImage" aware of others "clickableImage" ?

A: Closures are a common pattern in javascript because they prevent the global name space pollution.
See this SO question for details: What exactly does "closure" refer to in JavaScript?

A "closure" is an expression (typically a function) that can have free variables together with an environment that binds those variables (that "closes" the expression).

In your case this would look like this:
(function($){
   var instances = [];
   function count(){
     alert(instances.length);
   }

   function hide_parent(){
     for(var i=0;i<instances.length;i++){
       $(instances[i]).parent().hide();
     }
   }

   $.fn.clickableImage = function(options) {

    // Use a class to prevent double bindings.
    this
     .filter(':not(.clickImage)')
     .addClass('clickImage')
      // iterate through the DOM elements we are attaching the plugin to
     .each(function() {
        instances.push(this);
        $(this).click( function(){
          // Alert the current image count:
          count();
          // Hide all parents:
          hide_parent();
        })
      })

    return this;
  }
}(jQuery));

alert(typeof instances);// will return undefined

You could also add a class and search the dom for your class:
$.fn.clickableImage = function(options) {
    // iterate through the DOM elements we are attaching the plugin to
    return this
      .addClass('clickImage')
      .each(function() {
      $(this).click( function(){
        $("img.clickImage").each(function(){
          $(this).parent().hide();
        });
        alert(instances_count);
      });
    });
}


Ambassador Program - Students who wish to give new students a tour of the school and introduce them to staff. The ambassador will also sit with new students at lunch and explain important information. They will be a point person if new students have questions.
Attendance Secretary - Students who pick up daily attendance sheets from the office and hand out forms to teachers. They will then collect the forms, once filled out, and return them to the office.
Bulletin Boards - Students who want to help decorate bulletin boards in the hallways, cafeteria, and atrium.
CAAEL Grounds Crew - Students who wish to help set up for our sporting events.
CAAEL Scorekeeper/Clock - Students who can keep accurate score and time during our sporting events.
Carpentry Club - Students who wish to learn hands on skills, problem solving, and budgeting to create various items.
Community Service Projects - Students who want to work on a larger type project to help better the school and/or community.
Custodial - Students who want to help Mr. Santiago with various tasks around the school.
Daily Announcements - Students who want to read the announcements, quote, and fun fact each morning.
Door Decorating - Students who want to help teachers decorate their door and/or judge the doors and vote for the winners.
Food Service - Students who assist in meal preparation. Wash and wrap fruit, sanitize counter tops, organize the stock room, restock milk and fruit. They also help serve students, etc.
Garden Growers - Students who wish to help plant flowers, fruits, vegetables, etc. These students will also tend to the plants and help them grow.
Library Day - Students who wish to help set up and take down the mobile library.
Marquee - Students who want to change the sign in the front of the school.
Multicultural for everyone Community (MEC2) - Students will focus on cultural-related activities to educate and raise the awareness level of diversity at MEC. Embracing diversity by being inclusive, celebratory and fun! The "e" in everyone is lowercase, because no cultural group is more important than the other. And, everyone can participate in creating a positive, creative, and fun place to be, at MeC.
Peer Jury - Students who wish to sign up to be part of our restorative justice program. Prosecutor, Defense, Juror, etc.
PBIS Cool Tool Teacher/Participant - A student who teaches a cool tool lesson once they have mastered the concept or a student who participates in the videos that we use to teach the lessons.
Peer Jury - Students who wish to sign up to be part of our restorative justice program. Prosecutor, Defense, Jurors, etc.
Pen Pals - Students will write letters and exchange information with other students from around the world.
Photographer - A student who takes pictures during the CAAEL games and other group activities.
Recycling Coordinator - Collects recyclables throughout the building.
School Store - Helps distribute purchased items to students.
Staff/Student Spotlights - Students who interview our monthly recognized staff and students.
Student Government - Students who wish to be a part of the decision making process and directly impact change in the school. They will report back to their homerooms and share the information with the other students.
Wall decor and Painting projects - Creative artists and writers to help decorate our halls with positive images, quotes, and words of inspiration. Students who will have various painting projects around the school to bring more fun and creativity throughout our building.
Web Page - Students who want to work with the photographer and "caption" the photographs and receive credit on our webpage. WE also will have a journalist at our sporting events who writes an article to recap the event.


Oh yes, the difference, sir, the difference!
In germany, the DB doesn't consider a train delayed until he is overdue for 5 minutes. And there are still a lot of trains late.
To compare: nearly the same number of passengers as in the whole of germany are going through Shinjuku, not to mention number 2 (Shibuja) and and 3 not far away.
And there it is also 7seconds before the conductor has to file his misbehavior.
A train being 5 minutes late would probably upset teh whole system lol.
Haha, yes! If a train was five minutes late in a place like Shinjuku, it would be in danger of colliding with the next train.
WTH? In the U.S. Late is like 5-10 minutes, and that's not that bad considering a train come's every hour to hour and 1/2.
In Switzerland a train counts as late if it arrives at least 3 minutes after the scheduled time.
The train company's official goal is to have 89% of trains arrive on time.
The actual result was 88.0% for 2012, 87.5% for 2013 and 87.7% for 2014.
That's actually fascinating. Not too far off with the comic, then!
Ha, ha. It's the same in Japan. On one occasion I wasn't sure which platform my train left from, but I knew when it left, so I was able to work out whch was my train by the departure time as I knew it would leave at the precise second it was timetabled to.


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Cops Found Guilty of Arresting People for Pot, Then Stealing Their Pot and Selling It
Justin Gardner May 18, 2017
Deputies with the Kern County Sheriff were ruining people's lives by busting them for selling pot only to turn around and sell the pot themselves.
Fresno, CA – For some cops, it's not enough to just ruin lives by enforcing the war on drugs. Some feel compelled to go even further by taking the loot and selling it for their own personal gain. That's what former sheriff's deputies Logan August and Derrick Penney did – and they got busted.
According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California, August and Penney conspired with a former detective to steal several pounds of cannabis from storage and sell it through a confidential informant.
"According to court documents, between June 2014 and October 2014, while sworn peace officers working with the Kern County Sheriff's Office (KCSO), August and Penney abused their positions of trust and authority by conspiring with former Bakersfield Police Department detective Patrick Mara and an individual who previously worked as a confidential informant for August, and others, to steal marijuana from a KCSO storage unit and sell it for unlawful personal gain. The marijuana had previously been seized during investigations into marijuana grown on public and private lands. Once August and Penney obtained the marijuana from the storage unit, they had it processed (trimmed) into approximately eight pounds of usable marijuana. August then delivered it to his former confidential informant, who sold it and provided August with part of the proceeds from those sales. August then shared the proceeds with Penney and Mara. August and Penney received approximately $1,200 each from the sale of this marijuana."
August and Penney pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute marijuana, and face a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
August has a history of using the power of the state to oppress others and profit from it. According to the document, he routinely participated in "marijuana eradication operations," only to turn around and sell the stolen plants for hefty sums.
"On 10 separate occasions between March 2014 and December 2014, August wrongfully took marijuana from a law enforcement eradication operation for personal gain. August distributed to his former confidential informant the equivalent of 25 pounds of usable marijuana wrongfully taken from these law enforcement eradication operations. August received $15,000 from the sale of this marijuana."
All of this underscores yet another way that the police state and the war on drugs serve only to degrade society and create crime where none should exist. Growing and selling a medicinal plant that has been used by humans for thousands of years is not the problem. Government's prohibition of cannabis – borne of racism and the stifling of dissent – is the problem.
While thousands of people are locked in cages every year for possessing a beneficial plant, the enforcers of prohibition – "just doing their job" – benefit both legally and illegally from this war on people. The aforementioned deputies are among the rare few that actually get caught.
While their actions are certainly troubling, it pales in comparison to the legal way that law enforcement ruins lives and profits from it. Civil asset forfeiture (CAF), or policing for profit, has become standard operating procedure at federal, state and local levels of government.
Under CAF, law enforcement can seize cash and assets from people on the spot, even if they are never charged with a crime. All cops have to do is say they suspect the cash or assets are involved in criminal activity. If an innocent person wants their stuff back, they have to go through expensive legal procedures to get it back. Most never even try.
Countless examples exist of innocent people being robbed blind by agents of the state, such as Joseph Rivers, who lost his life savings to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) as he was traveling to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music.
Thankfully, awareness is growing and people are standing up to the state, and CAF is on the ropes. Several states have already abolished or limited the practice, requiring a criminal conviction before cash and assets can be seized. Several more are following suit, and there is a growing movement at the federal level to end this massive system of legal theft.