I found this on the Drudge Report / From correspondents in Moscow

December 15, 2007 10:27pm
THE planned deployment of US interceptor missiles in Poland could trigger a missile strike by Russia if those missiles are ever used, the Russian army's chief of staff has warned.

"We are talking about the possibility of a retaliatory strike being triggered by the mistaken classification of an interceptor missile," Yury Baluyevsky said at a press conference broadcast on state television.

Baluyevsky explained that an interceptor missile launched by the United States could be mistaken by Russia's automatic defence system for a ballistic missile aimed against Russia.

"Who is going to take responsibility for an automatic triggering of the system if an interceptor missile is launched from Polish territory through Russia to strike down an Iranian missile?"

"I don't mean to scare anyone but this isn't a scare story.... It's a technical detail that could affect the military stability of the world," Baluyevsky said.

The United States has outlined plans to site 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic by 2012 as part of a missile defence shield aimed at a possible missile threat from Iran, according to Washington.

Russia has said that there is no such threat and that the missile shield can therefore only be aimed at Russia. Russia has vowed to take measures to defend its security against the US plans.
I Add for you to think about, Matthew 24."

That passage in the New Testament quotes Jesus as saying the Second Coming will be preceded by "wars and rumors of war," famine, earthquakes and "nation rising up against nation." revelation from art and reality

FIRST Im not at all against gifts, loving family gatherings ... and the great colors , lights etc... found In the Christmas season.. but even that is always being challenged... But am I alone? or is'nt the true central person of Christmas JESUS & His Birth ??? IF You had the chance , to have the worlds most beautiful priceless diamond, or a cheap cheap imitation as a zirconium which would you chose ? the real or ? This is section from internet > > " It was a simple scene that first Christmas – a rough room, a young couple and nothing but a feeding trough to put the child in. It was probably quite cold and with family far away there was little help. Not exactly the Hallmark moment we like to show in Christmas pageants. And yet this rustic scene marked the greatest event in the history of mankind.

God's Son became human and came to earth to save us. God had promised to send a Messiah, one who would save His people. He could have easily burst on the scene as a full grown man, a seven foot warrior with fiery eyes and arms of steel. This was what many people were looking for, but it wasn't how God did it. He arrived in the arms of a young girl. He was, as another of our authors put it, "a very small package, wrapped in rags, given from the heart of God. The perfect gift."

God gave His only Son to die in our place so that we, in all our brokenness, could know forgiveness. He came so that we could know what love feels like, real love – love that never leaves, love that never disappoints, love that is never betrayed. He sent His Son into a corrupted world to bring us hope"

How are you doing this Christmas? ~ Jesus THE LIGHT OF THE World * Image From the internet

Wonderful !! Very Glad You Found my site ! There are Paintings of mine below as you scroll down...on this page, But I should tell you, there are many many pages with my paintings & photographs ...also if your new here, my gallery is here on top right... please write a comment, and tell me about yourself, and comment on My art etc... everyone would enjoy your thoughtful comments.. huge Thanks... This is a Landscape I did of Quebec Canada ( my northern neighbor ) Its a Bucolic , romantic town on lake Bromont...or Lac as they call it ( french speakers) *ps you can put a comment on any page we will all see it ! so go ahead have a good look around !

HERE'S A True Story thanks to Dave Barry...Frogs hop into the headlines
Posted on Sun, Nov. 25, 2007
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BY DAVE BARRY

(This classic Dave Barry column was originally published Oct. 1, 1995.)

As part of our continuing effort to keep you, the voting public, alarmed, today we present a Special Report entitled ''Frogs Making News.''

Our lead frog hails from West Virginia, where it was the subject of a news story in The Charleston Daily Mail, written by Evadna Bartlett and sent in by alert reader Jeremy Scott. The headline states: Putnam woman finds frog inside her frozen dinner. The story -- which is one of the most thorough frog-related stories we've ever seen -- quotes the woman, Emily Stover, as stating that she had eaten about three-quarters of a Healthy Choice Chicken Cantonese frozen dinner, and was about to eat the broccoli (''her favorite vegetable,'' the story states) when she came across what she at first thought was a piece of asparagus. Upon closer examination, however, she discovered, to her horror, that it was a frog.

''I love frogs,'' she is quoted as saying, ''but I don't want them in my food.''

The Daily Mail published a color photograph of a concerned-looking Stover holding a small green object, identified as the frog in question, next to a Healthy Choice box. The story states that Stover notified the company that makes Healthy Choice, ConAgra Foods, which sent a representative out to pick up the frog, pack it in dry ice and send it to Omaha, Neb., ''for laboratory analysis.''

The ironic thing is that some people actually eat frogs' legs on purpose. It is conceivable that we could some day receive another newspaper article concerning a consumer who had come home from the supermarket with a Healthy Choice Frog Cantonese frozen dinner, heated it up in the microwave, then discovered, to her horror, that it contained a piece of chicken.

(Note from the legal department: Barry is not in any way suggesting that there actually is any such product as Healthy Choice Frog Cantonese, or Healthy Choice Snake Cantonese, or Healthy Choice Leech Cantonese, or Healthy Choice Hundreds of Baby Spiders Cantonese; nor is he suggesting that, if these products did exist, they would be contaminated with chicken. Thank you.)

If you read this column regularly but have nevertheless somehow retained at least some brain functionality, at this point you are scratching your head and saying: ``Wait a minute! Didn't you already write about a woman in Manchester, N.H., who discovered a one-inch frog baked on one of her pretzels?''

Yes, we did. This means that within a span of only two years, there have been two reported instances of frogs showing up in people's food. And any law-enforcement expert will tell you that, because of the shame experienced by the victims, the vast majority of these cases are never reported to the authorities. The actual number of frogs found in people's food, per year, is probably much closer to 63 million. That is what we here in the professional news media call a Major Epidemic.

Obviously there is much, much more that needs to be said about this issue, but unfortunately we have no idea what it is. Also we have run out of space, and it's time for our dinner. We're having Prozac Cantonese. * This is an excerpt from Dave Barry...

My Painting * sadly not of a frog or frogs... This is Montreal around sunset a really wonderful place 2 ft high by 3 ft wide filled with color and interest

ITS A very very Big country these United States, but smaller in the sense ie internet and TV 24 hr news cycles.. we know immediately, when someone is hurting, as this terrible Ice storm. But conversely when something good happens here in the States we sometimes have to look hard for it, Lets join together and pray for those folks going through some very very hard times...Revelation thanks so so much! Now 27 deaths so far blamed on the weather include 16 in Oklahoma, four in Kansas, three each in Missouri and Michigan and one in Nebraska. There are states of emergency in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma had declared states of emergency.