Most Dangerous Roads

How China trains kids for Table Tennis

Iranian pastor Saeed Abedini in prison

On Tuesday evening, Evangelist Joel Rosenberg had the opportunity to talk by phone with Mrs. Naghmeh Abedini. She is the wife of Pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been in prison in Iran for converting to Christianity, preaching the Gospel, and helping the underground house church network inside Iran.
This Saturday will mark the third year since Pastor Saeed was arrested in Iran and sentenced to death. A prayer vigil for his protection and release will be held in churches all over the world this weekend. Joel asks you and your family and church to commit this weekend to praying for this dear brother in Christ and his precious family. Joel has been invited to speak that day at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. and will address Pastor Saeed’s remarkable story.
Saeed was born in Iran in 1980 and raised as a Shia Muslim. In his teens, he was recruited by a Radical Muslim group to become a suicide bomber and thus a martyr for the cause of jihad. But in 2000, God had mercy on Saeed and opened his eyes to the truth of the Gospel. At the age of 20, he renounced Islam and become follower and disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Milne's Winnie the Pooh

Japan surrender end of WW2

A Song in the Night

The Lord can give you a song in the night, quoting a verse from Job. Whatever night of suffering you are going through, pray to the Lord Who gives music in the midst of trials.

Malaysia's Badly Timed Political Scandal

 SEPT 8, 2015 6:00 PM EDT

By Bloomberg Editorial Board

The storm sweeping over emerging markets has hit Malaysia at an especially fraught moment, with Prime Minister Najib Razak embroiled in a $700 million funding scandal. The country's economic difficulties are bad enough by themselves. The political turmoil makes them all the harder to deal with.

Najib denies accusations that almost $700 million found its way from a state investment fund into his private accounts, and Malaysia's anti-corruption commission has declared that the money representsdonations from anonymous Middle Eastern sources. This explanation failed to satisfy the thousands of protesters who took to the streets of Kuala Lumpur last month to demand Najib's ouster.

Leaders of the ruling United Malays National Organization, which has governed the country since independence in 1957 and has long prized loyalty over accountability, will certainly support Najib when they meet on Wednesday. But they need to ask themselves whether maintaining the political status quo is worth the continuing damage to Malaysia's financial reputation and prospects for growth.

China's slowdown and plunging oil prices -- Malaysia derives 22 percent of its income from oil-related sources -- have hammered the ringgit, which has fallen for 11 weeks running. The currency stands near lows last reached during the 1997 financial crisis. The central bank has spent almost a fifth of its reserves trying to halt the slide. Although a full-scale crisis may not be imminent, the country is among the most vulnerable in Asia to a rise in U.S. interest rates.

The situation requires a government that commands trust. Yet while Swiss authorities have started a criminal investigation into the fund, Najib has stalled a domestic probe by removing the attorney general and reassigning four members of a committee coordinating the inquiry. He's dismissed as unpatriotic the crowds of largely Chinese and Indian protesters calling for him to step down. Such efforts at damage control risk further undermining the credibility of Malaysia's institutions and polarizing its racially mixed society.

Foreign investors are watching. Ratings company Fitch has so far maintained its A- sovereign rating, noting that "weak governance is already factored" into its judgment. The country's anti-corruption commission "lacks genuine independence," according to Transparency International, and the prime minister has too much influence over the appointment of judges. Weak campaign-finance laws leave too much scope for political patronage. Parties can spend freely between elections and don't have to account for contributions. An anonymous $700 million donation wouldn't, in itself, be illegal.

If UMNO now chooses to bolster its support by pandering to its rural Malay base, pro-growth economic policy may be sidelined. Powerful government-linked companies are stifling innovation and crowding out private investment. Reform is needed, but it's politically challenging. Najib once promised to roll back government policiesfavoring Malays. That no longer looks feasible. A brain drain of able minorities is likely to continue.

Indeed, the greatest danger is that growing racial and religious polarization might fracture Malaysia's multiethnic society. Some UMNO leaders have flirted with the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, which favors the imposition of Sharia law. Even normally circumspect neighbors are worried. 

It looks unlikely that Najib will subject himself to a truly independent and transparent investigation. U.S. President Barack Obama, who'sscheduled to visit Malaysia for a regional summit this fall, may be able to exert some quiet pressure. But ultimately, UMNO leaders will have to choose: What kind of Malaysia are they trying to build?

Which Nation destroyed 2 Nuclear Reactors

Israel destroyed 2 Arab Nuclear Reactors

June 1981 Operation Opera

 Israel destroyed Saddam Hussein/Iraq nuclear reactor in Operation Opera. It appeared that France supplied the materials for this nuclear reactor supposedly for peaceful purposes. France needed the oil supplies from Iraq, while Saddam bought French cars and other things including the reactor.

This was during Israeli Prime Minister Begin’s leadership. The American President was Ronald Reagan.

2007 Sept  Operation Orchard

Israel destroyed Bashir Assad / Syrian nuclear reactor supplied by North Korea. This was called by Israel Operation Orchard. The Israeli Prime Minister was Ehud Olmert. The American President was George W Bush.

               What about the Iranian Nuclear Bomb?

Israel has from 2014 onwards the threat of Iran’s nuclear reactor.

What does the Obama - Iranian Nuclear treaty do for the Middle 

East in the years to come ?

Best & Worst Places in the World

Bloomberg Business News Owner

Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American business magnate, politician, and philanthropist. He served as the 108th Mayor of New York City, holding office for three consecutive terms beginning with his first election in 2001.

 With a net worth of $36.5 billion, he is the 10th richest person in the United States and the 13th wealthiest in the world.
He is the founder, CEO and owner of Bloomberg L.P., the global financial data and media company that bears his name and is notable for its Bloomberg Terminal, which is widely used by investment professionals around the world.

Bloomberg began his career at the securities brokerage Salomon Brothers before forming his company in 1981 and spending the next twenty years as its chairman and CEO. He also served as chairman of the board of trustees at his alma mater Johns Hopkins University from 1996 to 2002. A Democrat before seeking elective office, Bloomberg switched his party registration in 2001 to run for mayor as a Republican. He defeated opponent Mark Green in a close election held just weeks after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Bloomberg won a second term in 2005 and left the Republican Party two years later. He campaigned to weaken the city's term limits law and was elected to his third term in 2009 as an independent candidate on the Republican ballot line.


He was frequently mentioned as a possible candidate for the U.S. presidential elections in 2008, 2012, and 2016 and for New York Governor in 2010. He declined to seek either office, instead opting to continue serving as Mayor of New York. On January 1, 2014, Bill de Blasio succeeded Bloomberg as mayor of New York City. On September 3, 2014, after a brief stint as a full-time philanthropist, it was announced that Bloomberg would return to Bloomberg L.P. and re-assume the position of CEO at the end of 2014.