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Thursday, July 23, 2015
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Making a Deal With the Devil...
Iran deal: The devil is in the details http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/14/politics/iran-nuclear-deal-highlights/index.html
Today's nuclear deal with Iran is going to come back and bite us on the you know what. Although this deal is considered to be a triumphant moment right now will be met with great regret if not in the very near future then in the not so distant future.
Will those who feel great over the Iran deal still feel the same way the moment that members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard bring suitcase nukes into the United States and Israel detonating them in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Las Vegas and Tel Aviv just to name American and Israeli cities?
Will these same people (I question their collective sanity by the way) still consider today to be a great moment in U.S.-Iranian relations the moment missiles from Iran equipped with nuclear warheads hit Israeli and American cities or even where U.S. troops are stationed regardless of whether it is in the Persian Gulf or elsewhere?
Time and time again Iran has proven to a very untrustworthy nation (that may the nicest thing to say about Iran. I am trying to keep this blog family friendly by the way). From their holding 52 Americans hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for 444 days from November 1979 to January 1981 to the June 1985 TWA hijacking where U.S. Navy Diver Robert Stethem was brutally beaten and executed while 39 Americans were held hostage in Beirut for 17 days. From the kidnapping of Westerners ranging from William Buckley to Terry Anderson to the December 1984 and April 1988 hijackings where demands for 17 prisoners in Kuwait were made. Those same demands were made the kidnappers of Terry Anderson and the other Westerners. From the repeated promises that Iran made to curtail their nuclear program that they no intention of keeping regardless of previous years and today's deal which I have no question Iran will not keep.
There seems to be one common denominator here. Iran has hated the United States for many decades. That hasn't changed I can tell everyone that much. Although the Iranian government says that they have changed their stance and the Obama Administration believes Iran, let's just use a lyric from the 1996 The Fugees hit Ready or Not:
"Play your enemies like a game of chess..." Today the Iranian government was very successful at doing just that. Now we wait for the impending tragedy that will engulf both the United States and Israel.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
This just in!!!
I have just finished my latest novel The Dabiq Prophecy. It was formerly titled Bear, Crescent, Dragon, Eagle, Star of David.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Adam Gadahn, Warren Weinstein killed in terror raid, health update...
As I write this latest post to my blog sitting in front of a fireplace in a lounge at Eastview Mall, President Obama is holding a presser about the deaths of two al-Qaeda members including Adam Gadahn and also the deaths of two hostages, one of them Warren Weinsten who is an American who has been held hostage since 2011. The tragedy here is the killing of Warren Weinstein and a second hostage who was from Italy. Those who conducted the raid had no reason to believe that the hostages were present before the go ahead for the raid was made. Now another tragedy in our ongoing War on Terror has taken place. Let's pray for the victims and their families at this time.
On to the next topic. In my last blog I talked about my hospital stay for chest pains and an irregular heartbeat. This is the update on my health. I was diagnosed with a Left Bundle Branch Block on the left side of my heart. It is nothing major according to the doctor, just a distortion of the vessels in my heart that I was born with. The transition to going from a Type A to Type B personality has been going decent. However after a couple of jolting events within a five minute span, my hard work of the past two weeks was now being put to the test. However thanks to learning from my recent experiences as well as reading three books regarding the laws of attraction when it comes to possible thinking, I managed too regroup and forge on with my day. In fact last night I wrote almost 5,400 words foyCamp NaNoWriMo project Bear, Crescent, Dragan, Eagle, Star of David. I finally cracked the 30,000 word barrier with less than 20,000 words to go in the next eight days. Yes I count today as part of the eight days.
Back to the three books that I've been reading. The Magic by Rhonda Byrne, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin and the third title I think is How to Change Your Thinking. I forgot the author's name expect that he is a Christian author who knows his subject matter. The three books are ones that I highly recommend since they have already helped me change my thinking and outlook on life from negativity to positive. I have a ways to go, but am already pleased with the overall direction that my life has gone in the past two weeks. As soon as I remember the title and author of the third book, I will post it.
In speaking of posting, I know that I haven't posted as much as I would like to, but I'm going to work on changing that. I will try to work on doing a daily blog that will be posted between eight and nine pm eastern time starting tomorrow night. Gretchen Rubin was the inspiration for the idea and I say "Thank You." I also say "Thank You" for reading the latest post on my blog.
Happy readings,
Tom
On to the next topic. In my last blog I talked about my hospital stay for chest pains and an irregular heartbeat. This is the update on my health. I was diagnosed with a Left Bundle Branch Block on the left side of my heart. It is nothing major according to the doctor, just a distortion of the vessels in my heart that I was born with. The transition to going from a Type A to Type B personality has been going decent. However after a couple of jolting events within a five minute span, my hard work of the past two weeks was now being put to the test. However thanks to learning from my recent experiences as well as reading three books regarding the laws of attraction when it comes to possible thinking, I managed too regroup and forge on with my day. In fact last night I wrote almost 5,400 words foyCamp NaNoWriMo project Bear, Crescent, Dragan, Eagle, Star of David. I finally cracked the 30,000 word barrier with less than 20,000 words to go in the next eight days. Yes I count today as part of the eight days.
Back to the three books that I've been reading. The Magic by Rhonda Byrne, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin and the third title I think is How to Change Your Thinking. I forgot the author's name expect that he is a Christian author who knows his subject matter. The three books are ones that I highly recommend since they have already helped me change my thinking and outlook on life from negativity to positive. I have a ways to go, but am already pleased with the overall direction that my life has gone in the past two weeks. As soon as I remember the title and author of the third book, I will post it.
In speaking of posting, I know that I haven't posted as much as I would like to, but I'm going to work on changing that. I will try to work on doing a daily blog that will be posted between eight and nine pm eastern time starting tomorrow night. Gretchen Rubin was the inspiration for the idea and I say "Thank You." I also say "Thank You" for reading the latest post on my blog.
Happy readings,
Tom
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Health Scare...
Everyone tonight's post is going to be completely off subject, but it will be a very important post nonetheless. Yesterday afternoon I endured a second round of chest pains which extended to my left arm in the past three days. It was then that I immediately decided to go to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. I was very scared as I drove to Strong since I lost both my parents to heart attacks (my Mom's heart attack was brought on complications from diabetes which she passed away from six days later in January, 2010), as well as my grandfather and great-grandfather on my Dad's side of the family. I was scared that this was a heart attack that was on the brink of occurring. I know you're wondering why I chose to drive instead of calling an ambulance and here's the reason why. When my Dad was found slumped over after his heart attack, my Mom called 911 and their questioning took so long that it could've very well made a difference. I didn't want to go through that spiel as well as the cost of ambulances taking people to the hospital.
Once I arrived at Strong Memeorial, I feared that there was a good chance that I may not make it out alive. My blood pressure reading of 172/102 further heightened that fear for me. I kept thinking about how I would have fallen very short in my life had it all come to an end yesterday. The pain began to subside and I waited until a staff member called me in to get some X-rays. It turns out that the person was a childhood friend of mine Morgan. He noticed that I was wearing a New York Mets shirt and he started to talk about the Mets in an attempt to put me at ease. We are Mets fans and this to me was the turning point yesterday. I began to start to relax and began to believe that I was going to make it out alive.
I was then put on a bed in the emergency department where I was wait and after the results of the EKG I was sent to the Observation area where blood work was done as well as other examinations in which that it was discovered that I had an irregular heartbeat and high cholesterol but not a heart attack. I left Strong Memorial at 2:40 this afternoon and began to make good on a vow that I made while I was there to change a lot of things in my life. These thigs range from eating better, handling stress better to staying in touch with my friends better and to stop beating myself up over the little mistakes and to live more.
I decided to write this post to tell everyone that life is precious and no matter how bad things may get that they will always get better provided you never give up. I was going through a lot of stress recently and the events of the past two days have become a wake up call for me. Never ignore the symptoms of anything, this can be costly. Take your health very seriously (I chose not to live on a good cholestoroal diet which was recommended after my Dad passed away. Too many changes in a short period of time was too much for me to handle. Look where it got me). Change from a type a to type b personality since it will be less stressful in the long term and I mean much less stressful. Know what your limitations are and be realistic about them. The constant on the go lifestyle helped land me at Strong Memorial for a 24 hour period. Don't let the little things rattle you even though they may seem like a big deal at the time. Basically what I am saying is to relax and spend time with your family and friends. Have fun in life, but be responsible at the same time.
Tom
Once I arrived at Strong Memeorial, I feared that there was a good chance that I may not make it out alive. My blood pressure reading of 172/102 further heightened that fear for me. I kept thinking about how I would have fallen very short in my life had it all come to an end yesterday. The pain began to subside and I waited until a staff member called me in to get some X-rays. It turns out that the person was a childhood friend of mine Morgan. He noticed that I was wearing a New York Mets shirt and he started to talk about the Mets in an attempt to put me at ease. We are Mets fans and this to me was the turning point yesterday. I began to start to relax and began to believe that I was going to make it out alive.
I was then put on a bed in the emergency department where I was wait and after the results of the EKG I was sent to the Observation area where blood work was done as well as other examinations in which that it was discovered that I had an irregular heartbeat and high cholesterol but not a heart attack. I left Strong Memorial at 2:40 this afternoon and began to make good on a vow that I made while I was there to change a lot of things in my life. These thigs range from eating better, handling stress better to staying in touch with my friends better and to stop beating myself up over the little mistakes and to live more.
I decided to write this post to tell everyone that life is precious and no matter how bad things may get that they will always get better provided you never give up. I was going through a lot of stress recently and the events of the past two days have become a wake up call for me. Never ignore the symptoms of anything, this can be costly. Take your health very seriously (I chose not to live on a good cholestoroal diet which was recommended after my Dad passed away. Too many changes in a short period of time was too much for me to handle. Look where it got me). Change from a type a to type b personality since it will be less stressful in the long term and I mean much less stressful. Know what your limitations are and be realistic about them. The constant on the go lifestyle helped land me at Strong Memorial for a 24 hour period. Don't let the little things rattle you even though they may seem like a big deal at the time. Basically what I am saying is to relax and spend time with your family and friends. Have fun in life, but be responsible at the same time.
Tom
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Friday, March 27, 2015
Musings of an Author: Finished novels, Bergdahl, China and the like
It looks like March Madness now has a whole new meaning. How many authors can say that they have finished two different novels that they have been working on for quite a while? I guess that I'm now in what is probably an elite group of sorts. Earlier this month I finished writing Times Square and this past Wednesday night I finished writi Red Threat. Both are intriguing possibilities for entrance into the Kindle Scout Contest by Amazon. Now it looks like a third novel could be in the mix by the end of April if not sooner. The novel in question is Bear, Crescent, Dragon, Eagle, Star of David (working title). Translation, Russia, ISIS, China, U.S.A., Israel. This will be my Camp NaNoWriMo entry that will be written during April 2015. I wasn't going to do any more Camp NaNoWriMo events but I decided to try it again. After finishing Cyber Monday for the July 2013 Camp NaNoWriMo, My luck has been bad when it comes to writing during the Camp events since. Essentially Bear, Crescent, Dragon, Eagle, Star of David will be about a Russian President who is on the brink of restoring Soviet glory until he meets considerable opposition from a group of rivals. After reclaiming the Ukraine, Crimea, and the breakaway regions of the Soviet Union, Russian President Viktor Popov is met with opposition which threatens his presidency. With that three of his rivals are killed and the others band together in a plot to take him down. The United States and China are now on high alert over the incidents in Russia. The leader of the Russian opposition is now rumored to have ties to ISIS which makes the stakes even higher as Israel is now put on heightened alert as well. Could ISIS have operatives in high governmental positions in Russia and China? Stay tuned and find out.
A day after finishing Red Heeat, author Keith Thomson released a picture on his Facebook page about an invisibility-capable stealth bomber that the Chinese Ministry of State Security aka China's spy agency uploaded to its Facebook page by accident. To me this indicates that the Chinese military is trying to be state of the art and may very well aspire to become aggressive in a military manner in the future.
A day after finishing Red Heeat, author Keith Thomson released a picture on his Facebook page about an invisibility-capable stealth bomber that the Chinese Ministry of State Security aka China's spy agency uploaded to its Facebook page by accident. To me this indicates that the Chinese military is trying to be state of the art and may very well aspire to become aggressive in a military manner in the future.
Bose Bergdahl will now be charged by the military with desertion. Yes the same Bowe Bergdahl who the U.S. swapped the Taliban Five for his release. What ever happened to never negotiating with terrorists? Opps the Reagan Administration were hypocrites when it came to that. First they refuse to negotiate with terrorists and then they swap arms with Iran for American hostages in Beirut. That in itself was classic grounds for impeachment since it put the United States in harms way. I am not a Democrat or a Republican when I say this, but I am saying this as an American. Now President Obama has put the United States in a similar way by freeing five members of theTaliban who may attack us in retaliation for being detained for an Army deserter. Western Journalism commentator Matt Barber couldn't have put this in a better context when he said "Whether Obama is intentionally trying to overthrow his own government is open for debate. But that he is 'adhering to [America's] Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort,' is without question." This could build a case for impeachment. The release of Abu al-Baghdadi who later became Caliph of ISIS came after al-Baghdadi was help in US custody in 2006. After he was released al-Baghdadi said "I will see you in New York." Now you times al-Baghdadi by five and you have the Taliban Five who were released for Private Bergdahl. Looks like we may be hearing from them in the future.
I will be closing this post in a very unusual manner. I wasn't going to discuss this, but I have decided to after all. Next will be Holy Week for various Christian denominations. The interesting part of Holy Week this year is that Good Friday falls on April 3. The significance of this is that Jesus was crucified on Friday April 3, 33AD. Researchers came to this conclusion after many years of studying this. Passover will begin Friday April 3 at sundown and end on Saturday April 11 at sundown. The Passover in 33AD began on Thursday April 2. In 2015 Passover begins a day later. To add to this discussion the third Blood Moon begins on Saturday April 4. Yes the third of four lunar eclipses from April 2014 to September 2015 will be taking place then. With the recent news events such as ISIS, the United States possibly turning it's back on Israel as well as a book "The Islamic AntiChrist" by Joel Richardson is about how the antiChrist has similar traits in both Christianity and Islam that could make it one and the same shows that things could get very interesting.
I am someone who refuses to force my religious views on others and before people think that I'm being preachy right now, all I'm doing is making observations. If anything drastic occurs, I wouldn't be shocked if it occurs during the period of Friday April 3 and Saturday April 4. There has been a very good chance that others may have made similar observations as well. I feel that we should be on heightened alert just in case some lone wolf or apolocalyptic cult try's to carry out an attack. It is our duty as humans to stop such a thing before it occurs. I hope that I don't have to make a post in the near future regarding a monumental tragedy that took place during the aforementioned period in question.
I will be closing this post in a very unusual manner. I wasn't going to discuss this, but I have decided to after all. Next will be Holy Week for various Christian denominations. The interesting part of Holy Week this year is that Good Friday falls on April 3. The significance of this is that Jesus was crucified on Friday April 3, 33AD. Researchers came to this conclusion after many years of studying this. Passover will begin Friday April 3 at sundown and end on Saturday April 11 at sundown. The Passover in 33AD began on Thursday April 2. In 2015 Passover begins a day later. To add to this discussion the third Blood Moon begins on Saturday April 4. Yes the third of four lunar eclipses from April 2014 to September 2015 will be taking place then. With the recent news events such as ISIS, the United States possibly turning it's back on Israel as well as a book "The Islamic AntiChrist" by Joel Richardson is about how the antiChrist has similar traits in both Christianity and Islam that could make it one and the same shows that things could get very interesting.
I am someone who refuses to force my religious views on others and before people think that I'm being preachy right now, all I'm doing is making observations. If anything drastic occurs, I wouldn't be shocked if it occurs during the period of Friday April 3 and Saturday April 4. There has been a very good chance that others may have made similar observations as well. I feel that we should be on heightened alert just in case some lone wolf or apolocalyptic cult try's to carry out an attack. It is our duty as humans to stop such a thing before it occurs. I hope that I don't have to make a post in the near future regarding a monumental tragedy that took place during the aforementioned period in question.
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