From Guestwriters 2016 in review

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2016 in view

The year that David Bowie and Prince passed away, like several very well known figures of the arts world, it looked like some people who made it in their life did not want to stay here any longer. It was also the year of lots of terrorism and political correctness, where those who are different than the mainstream (disabled, transgender, refugees, extreme religious and non religious groups, jihad fighters,) got lots of attention.
In the United States of America Obama Care which at last had become a reality came back under threat. North America saw in Boston in November, the Disability Policy Consortium accepted proposals and held a Disability Intersectionality Summit. Presentations included topics on the intersections of being undocumented, being LGBTQ+, being a person of colour, having mental health disabilities, on #DisabilityTooWhite – the hashtag and movement around the the disability community’s failure to represent racially diverse voices – and more. Lots of things came on the American roller-coaster, having Michigan banned non-emergency restraint and seclusion for disabled students and Georgia’s governor speaking in favour of Employment First policies for disabled people in Georgia.

Route of the attacker from west to east at the Promenade des Anglais, Nice

With the 15th anniversary of 9/11 the jihadi‘s made sure they would not be forgotten; ISIS/ISIL and BokoHaram being the new strongholders. In Europe the fear took so many people that politicians saw the opportunity to fuel the extreme right and come with absurd laws, like banning burkini‘s. All the fearmongering having fueled by the March 22 suicide bombings at Brussel’s Zaventem airport and Maelbeek metro station, leaving around 35 victims dead and 360 seriously injured, ISIS claiming responsibility.
America also got its portion of  ISIS-madness with a gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State opens fire at gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49, injuring 53 – one of the bigger mass shootings in the U.S.A.. September 17 a terror bomb in Chelsea, New York injured 29 people. Lots of Americans got so frightened of Muslim people, looking at them if they all would be terrorist, though they under their own white Christian population had more victims by weapon violence this year than by terrorism. Several times the world could see how racism is still a big problem in the States and how police can not keep themselves in control when arresting black people. (African American Alton Sterling shot by Louisiana police in Baton Rouge and Philando Castile shot by police in St Paul Black on July 6; American Keith Lamont Scott September 20)
The Islamic militants for sure where very active all over the world. Some events called for more attention worldwide, having foreigners also under the victims or by being considered the country’s worse terror attack for the year, like at a cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where a fighter killed 20 hostages and 2 police on July 1. The next day (July 2) a large lorry bomb in Baghdad killing at least 125 people and wounding 150, Islamic State claiming once more responsibility.  On December 11 a bombing at a chapel in Cairo, Egypt, killed 25 and wounded 45. December 19 again a truck was used to kill many people, like in Nice on the 14th of July now the target was a Christmas market in Berlin killing 12, injuring 48.

Aftermath of the 2016 Berlin attack

In the States of America on January 17 the Fourth Democratic presidential candidates debate showed how Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed over healthcare and gun control in Charleston, South Carolina, and gave us an idea that though perhaps the best candidate of all Bernie Sanders would not going to make it to president elect. Two days later Sarah Palin officially endorsed Donald Trump‘s presidential bid at a Trump rally in Ames, Iowa. What nobody thought possible occurred when this man made it to the preselections, then to the selection to finally become what nobody would ever dreamed possible, him becoming president elect. November 8 Republican Donald Trump became elected President of The United States of America, defeating democrat Hillary Clinton despite Clinton winning 2.9 million more votes. Europe fell on its back for the second time, the first one having been the vote for the Brexit (June 23), who nobody had thought would come through. These two unexpected events show clearly how careful we must be when we think it not necessary to spend time on such personalities and situations.

Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

For that reason we should much more react on what is going on on ecological level. The Paris Agreement on climate change signed in New York (on April 22) binding 195 nations to an increase in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C is only the beginning of a long road to run. Global warming is not only blamed the cause of many people having to flee for the rising water-level. On August 1 there was an anthrax outbreak in the Russian district Yamalo-Nenets, Siberia killing one and infecting 8 others, also killing 2,300 reindeer. Indian government declared levels of air pollution in Delhi an emergency situation, closing schools and construction sites on November 6.

Though 2016 seemed to be the year that people where more concerned about the whereabouts and the look of their friends on Facebook and Twitter. Social media being the major interest gainer of the year. Most people more concerned about their outfit, fashion, style and strangely enough books and films again.

Astronaut Scott Kelly

Lots of people running with their heads in the skies did not notice that US astronauts Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to earth, on March the 2nd, after nearly a year (340 days), setting an ISS record. For the earthly matters it became time that the U.S.A. did something positive to restore the relations between them and Cuba. March 20 Barack Obama became the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a 2 day tour.

The ‘Big Joke of the year’ (in April) was to see how many politicians who said something had to be done against fraud and how people had to pay honestly their taxes, their names could be found on the 11.5 million confidential documents from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca , the Panama Papers exposing widespread illegal activities including fraud, kleptocracy, tax evasion and the violation of international sanctions by the world’s elite in the world’s largest ever data leak.

On April 11 UN-backed ceasefire came into effect in Yemen conflict between Iranian-backed Houthis rebels and government forces.

June 7 with a car bomb attack on a police bus in central Istanbul killing 11 was just a beginning of a whole series of bombings in Turkey of which there is no clarity if they are orchestrated by some political forces to have Erdogan in an even stronger dictatorial position. June 28 presented again a suicide bombings and gun attacks, at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport killing 42 and wounding more than 200. We have no idea if the coup d’etat was something set up by Erdogan himself. It gave him way to hold a big clean up and to get rid of all those who stood in his way.

In Colombia more than 50 years of conflict came in its last stadium, the governement and Farc rebels signing a ceasefire agreement on June the  23rd, followed by many talks to have the rebels not being sued.

2016 for this platform

WordPress Administration (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Of the 595,795,035 posts written on WordPress we only presented a mere 358 articles, hoping our humble little site could catch some interest by the many people who are scanning the worldwide internet for something interesting to read. From our tiny country not having any funds, not having serious backing and not able to afford much money on writers, designers or even having our own publishing space, just using the private limited funds of the editor and responsible publisher Mr. Marcus Ampe, we sincerely try to find some interesting literature on the net and present it to our readers and visitors. Because not having much GBites we are limited in re-blogging because pictorial content eats our internet data space, but when a must read is found with lots of photos we still do hope to be able to discuss it or to present it in one of our articles.

Stats on Cross-ideological Blogging (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

We must confess that we did not catch many readers for the many work-hours we invest searching for additional and further reading material. Luckily this was the first year we did not very angry letters of people being onerous that we included their article in the listing. In 2016 for the first time we even got a letter thanking us for having brought 1000 readers to someone’s site. Though we put a lot of work in creating all the links in the articles and in the accompanying list of interesting articles, to our sense or liking not enough people make use of those links and referential titles. For that reason from now on we shall perhaps start putting less url-backgroundlinks to words or tags, but still shall continue to try to offer you a list of noteworthy article by other bloggers.

It is a pity we only could find 7 782 views of only 4 827 visitors coming along.
Officially opened to the public on 2014/03/2 we got 1 847 visitors the first year and 2 764 visitors in 2015, so we may be satisfied it is a line going upwards. Though published from Belgium in the European Union, our ‘home-country’ only delivered 269 views. The United States being at the top with giving us 3745 views, followed by the United Kingdom delivering 852 views and our northern neighbours the Netherlands offering us 532 views may encourage us to continue.

The home page caught 2 118 views, followed by 349 for the About page. Of the articles “Religious celebrations in May 2016” got the most views (only 103) and got only 4 likes.

People naturally have to find us. 1 437 do so by using search machines, whilst 783 use the WordPress facilities. 155 come along by Facebook. But we too are happy to find other WordPress users referring to us and bringing readers to our site. Naturally our own authors or own sites like our ecclesia site (9 views), the Belgian Biblestudents and the Bijbelvorsers (each 8) and Stepping Toes (7), but non connected writers like ridzerdvandijk.wordpress.com with 8 views and sneakytwistedlittlewildheart.wordpress.com (good for 6), entering the promissedland (5), discoveronething (5), eternalhunt (5) and some others bringing us each 4 or less viewers.

U.S. advertisement for the 11th edition from the May 1913 issue of National Geographic Magazine (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The most used search terms were ‘hoopvolle slogans’ and ‘bezinningsteksten zelfkritiek’ with each 3 hits.
We ourselves brought 110 readers to our other site “Our World” and for for other sources Wikipedia got 56 readers from us, whilst the Collins dictionary got 21 and the very good Encyclopaedia Britannica only 18 views. Abortion and crime rates by wordlifeandlight managed to get 6 views from us and Lizaborstlap received also 6 visitors, as far as we can see from our statistics.

This last person who has always been a person with a to-do list is also one of the people who wanted to share some writing on this platform. But there were many days when she became a slave to her lists and she had to face that things don’t always happen as planned and that she would feel like a failure if she wasn’t able to cross out all the tasks that she allocated to a specific day.{a goal should scare you a little and excite you a Lot!}

She may perhaps had to become, like us, more specific and to be realistic in what she can (and can’t) achieve in one day; but we did want to reach so much and sometimes got frustrated not seeing our accomplishment for the day.

We are still looking for authors who would not mind to write about lifestyle, interior design, fashion, cooking, family life, gardening, nature and ecological matters and some persons who would not mind tackling the history and people who would love to write about education and health. There are so many subjects not covered yet by people who can tell more about it than we can.

From the end of 2016 onwards we added two viewpoints, namely two comparators, on one site the Muslim world and on the other site the Judaic world and traditions.

• The Lastige Vragensteller or Troublesome Inquirer – Vragensteller-Inquirer in the short time on this platform got 112 views,
• whilst the Jewish counterpart Immanuel Verbondskind with his two articles got 39 views.
• Success Insprirers’ world with N.Gobesingromanus offered some poems which gave him 3 views
• Also written contributed only one article which in 2016 only caught 4 views
• Liza Borstlap who presented some reblogs of her own site articles in Afrikaans got 40 views
• the Belgian Biblestudents could attract 99 views
• Relating to God drew to himself 120 views
• Bijbelvorser allured 177 views
• the Christadelphians getting 415 views
• Marcus Ampe writing under his personal name receiving 1325 views
• and reviews from us about writings and authors their work we wanted to share with you by the Guestpeaker got 3330 views
• Next, should your name not be here too? Are you not the one who can write about subjects which are not covered yet enough?

English: Monkeys Blogging Español: Simios bloggeando (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

We do know that certain subjects are not tackled here. Marcus Ampe would love to find some one talking about family matters, family life being one of the cornerstones of our society. To his regret he must also establish that in 2016 not enough regard was given to ecological matters. Man having to live in surroundings which are too polluted and which are filled with buildings and cars, but not given the freedom to have enough green to bring enlightenment and fresh air to people. It is really getting time that more people warn others about us, man, to take care of mother earth, before it is too late.

Whilst on WordPress in general 112 million posts were liked, we did not have many likes. 8 billion e-mails were send on WordPress, but in those there are not counted the very many e-mails we got in our own e-mail box, instead of reacting on the blog articles themselves. This is a pity, because other readers can not read the reactions and oh so often we have to reply to very similar questions, which is more time consuming than having a reply which can be read by thousands on the internet.

For 2017 may we hope that if there are even more articles written on the internet than the 595,795,035 posted on WordPress in 2016 and the huge amount of comments, making it up to 457,596,906 comments on WordPress, you shall be able to  find some very interesting articles and comments here too.

Donald Trump enters the Oscar De LA Renta Fashion Show, New York. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In 2016 we saw that it is possible that those with the biggest mouth and do not mind trampling over many can get their cause. 2016 may have been a disastrous year on several issues and lots of important issues where not even mentioned or got not the right attention. For this new year we love to repeat our call to get more people daring to come out for the poor and the maltreated. We also once more want to ask people to wake up the majority of the population who still keeps their eyes closed for what is really going on in this world. There is a need of more people who are willing to stand up to preserve and encourage the progress of humanity while resisting the forces that threaten to turn it backwards.

We have to be very cautious for what certain people try to do with their nation but also with the world. As citizen we should be aware that politicians are nothing without their people and that folks if they really want can be much stronger than those politicians, who dare to look away from the citizen who needs help and encouragement. Those who call themselves Christian should be there to give a hand to all that need help, not forgetting nature, plants and animals who do not have a voice. therefore we do hope to find more blogs tackling their problem, and would love to have an author on ecology writing for us from this year onwards.

Without you reader we are nothing and can do nothing. We thank you for being here with us and for the followers we are grateful and do hope we can please you with a varied menu.

Wishing everyone a great 2017.

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Preceding article

2014 in review

In 2015 finishing our first year: From Guestwriters 2015 in review

Pokémon craziness

2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Children of Men

Max Lucado: I Had a Dream That Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Reached a Truce

Leaders in disguise

Looking at man’s closest friend

Looking at an American nightmare

The twist of politics and expression

Tribes Redux

Darkest just before dawn

Bruxelles Ma Belle

Mountains of information, disinformation and breaking away

Women in France running with naked bosom all right but with covered bosom penalised

An American Embassy to the Eternal Capital of the Jewish people, Jerusalem

Humanity Quote for Pax Populi

When will it stop

Not limiting others but sharing peace with all

Not missing your appointment in 2017

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Additional reading

1. EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) asylum seekers and Eastern neighbours
2. At the closing hours of 2016 #1 Looking down at terror
3. At the closing hours of 2016 #2 Low but also highlights
4. Suffering brothers and sisters in Malawi, Mozambique and surrounding areas
5. Not much interest for English articles
6. From Bibles and other religious writings and those who witness for Jehovah
7. 2016 American Bible survey
8. On April 21 brother Nelson, in the world better known as Prince was lost
9. Social media, sympathy & shocks
10. Foreign workers and immigrants
11. A stain of shame for the European Union
12. Voted against their system
13. A sleeper cell of militants was said directing attackers sent back to France from Islamic State’s de-facto capital in Raqqa, Syria
14. Daesh hits heart of Europe
15. Islamism Rises from Europe’s Secularism
16. March 22 2016, attacks in Brussels at airport and metro
17. A Black day for Belgium – Brussels Airport ravage
18. Knife-trust in democratic sore back
19. For those who call the Brussels Airport attacks a fake or a conspiracy of the government
20. Terrorist attacks in brussels
21. Silence, devotion, Salafists, quietists, weaponry, bombings, books, writers and terrorists
22. US President, Barack Obama Condemns The Outrageous Brussels Attacks
23. What Associated Press released on Wednesday 23 March 2016
24. Mediterranean bloodshed
25. Nice attack, terror everywhere and coup attempt in Turkey
26. Is Europe going to become a dictatorial bastion
27. French showing to the whole world their fear and weakness
28. On French beach French police forces woman to undress in public
29. France and the Burkini
30. Secularism in France becoming dangerous for freedom of religion
31. Christians, secularism, morals and values
32. Listening to the lessons of the Bible and looking for ways to please God
33. Where’s the Outrage Over Nun Beachwear? – The Daily Beast
34. You are what you wear
35. Does Banning Face Veils Help Us Fight Terrorism?
36. Jews the next scapegoat for Donald Trump
37. The American clouds of Anti-Semitism
38. Blinded crying blue murder having being made afraid by a bugaboo
39. The clean sweeper of the whole caboodle
40. Trump has been buffetted by accusations of miscunduct
41. Fearmongering succeeded and got the bugaboo a victory
42. Are United States of America citizens going to show their senses
43. When so desperate to hold onto power
44. Some quotes Americans should remember when going to the ballot office
45. Brexit and British business
46. Brexit No. 2 Blow-up
47. Nigel Farage called Donald Trump’s victory ‘bigger than Brexit’
48. A strong and wise fighter who keeps believing in America
49. Bosphorus bloodshed
50. Belgian aftershock from the Turkish coup d’état

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Why are you afraid?

2001 September 9 was the day the world changed totally, for the Western world. A shock-wave of fear started to go from one nation to the other from the West to the East, bringing horrible terrorist attacks in America, Spain, France, Belgium but also further in the East where Islam and Hinduism are practised more.

In our regions lots of people are caught by the trap of fear and by the persuasion by politicians and terrorists alike.

Those who misuse the name of Allah/God want not only to hit those who do not believe in God. They also want to frighten those who believe in God and want to bring them away form their faith-group giving in to those who show the strongest.

We always should know that we should not fear man, but more fear God and should listen to His commandments.

When taken by fear for what goes on around us let us always remind ourselves what Jeshua thought and find peace in our hearts by giving ourselves to the Only One True God.

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We got to hear a lot of spectacular things that happened in the past, which went beyond man’s power. Today still the majority of people do not believe in those miraculous things that happened in the past. but they also are blind for the miraculous things that still happen every day in this time space.

Strangely enough often people only go looking for God, or start blaming God, when things go wrong. During those bad times that we’re looking for Him we are given the opportunity to get to know god better and to grow in faith.

We all should remember that god is willing to come to those who search Him.

“You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13)

Today’s guest-writer who at the age of 36 was diagnosed with a terminal disease called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or “Lou Gehrig’s Disease” (after the famous New York Yankee’s player that died from it), did not let his illness get him down on his knees forgetting how even he also could help many people. Not being pushed back by his health crisis impacting his emotional as well as his financial life.

He became fully aware how our emotional and spiritual life and our relationships etc.,

“Every part of our lives” are connected to one another like parts of an engine and one part breaking effects the performance of the whole engine.

Regardless of the part of the body first affected by the disease, muscle weakness and atrophy spread to other parts of the body as the disease progresses, knowing that he would be limited in his walk and handling, his trial has taught his family that the only way to experience genuine and consistent hope, peace and joy in the midst of a trial is to view our life and situation through God’s eyes.

He writes

For me, learning this was a long and difficult, but rewarding process; an ongoing process that will continue to the day I go to be with God. {About Bill}

Several people may undergo lots of physical problems, being sick and time after time to recover from this health issue. At such moments it is important to continue your way and to come out of your battle feeling spiritually stronger than you were before your battle with

“that which did not kill me.” {Trials Can Make Us Stronger}

As someone who has relied on caregivers for even longer than Nietzsche had to (ALS, not Syphilis), our guest-writer empathize with the helpless, the suffering and their caregivers. But feels great sympathy for those that do not place their hope and strength in Christ, regardless of the state of their health. He writes

I feel sympathy because, like Nietzsche, the “strength” and “hope” that they derive from physical/temporal pleasures do not provide genuine and lasting joy or peace. As King Solomon concluded, it’s “all vanity.” {Trials Can Make Us Stronger}

On one of his articles Dawn Marie answers:

“If Christ is our hope, the pleasures we enjoy on earth will be so much more enjoyable …”

I thanked God yesterday for: bringing us to a new home where we are within walking distance of a Ice Cream Store, the new grass growing outside that’s beginning to cover up the mud, my new hospice patient who is the biggest Army football fan I’ve ever met, and the strength to console our son who is suffering through a broken, discinigrating marriage. How is it that a God so big can love someone as small as me so much to bring me His hope in ALL which touches me.

In these days were the west seems to be tested a lot, those trials may force us off of the proverbial fence.

Tested faith is enduring and overcoming faith; it’s faith that can empathize with and encourage others who find themselves in the midst of a raging storm – those who are feeling as if Jesus is asleep in the boat.

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Where were you when the world stopped turning?

Nailed to our chairs, never to forget

The Nine Eleven Scar

Taste of Dust

A Prayer for 9-11

When will it stop

Next: Life Goes On

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2. Economic crisis danger for the rise of political extremism
3. A world with or without religion
4. Being Charlie 8
5. For more than Three thousand people fifteen years ago this world came to an end
6. Wrong choices made to get rid of Assad
7. Coming closer to the end of 2015 and the end for Donald Trump as presidential candidate
8. 2015 Human rights
9. 2015 the year of ISIS

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“And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep. And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing!” He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” (Matt 8:24-:26) 

I suppose that even the most faith-filled Christian would experience some level of fear if they found themselves in a situation like the above. But I know that a doctor delivering news of a life-threatening diagnosis, a loss of a job and insensitive debt-collectors calling day-after-day, can instill that same kind of “Save us, Lord; we are perishing” fear.

Unfortunately, we don’t really know if we have genuine faith until that faith is tested. I believe this is the reason that Jesus allowed His disciples, and us, to go through so many of these nail-biting…

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Heavenly Father and Precious Lord, we seek you and your healing mercy.

As fifteen years pass, we remember the pain and suffering of a horrible day. We remember the loss of life, the destruction, and the chaos of that fateful morning. Sorrow remains. Grief returns. Heartache and despair weigh us down.

Almighty God comfort and calm our souls. Turn our hearts into an altar where healing can take place. Transform our spirits into a place of peace. Allow restoration and redemption in our lives. We are a people who need you and your presence.

Give us strength to perform your will. Allow us to move forward as a renewed people. Keep us bold, strong, and true. Just like clay on the potter’s wheel, shape us and mold us into a new creation, one that continues to show your glory.

As conflicts remain and others begin, protect our warriors in harm’s…

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The Nine Eleven Scar

A poet who likes walking in this life, wonders “What if“. In 2015 it is possible he went to the big Apple.

To stay in Manhattan, New York state,

Character, charm, living amongst the local,

Part of the sights, smell, sound and vocal {Scam Proof}

Perhaps not intended to reflect on what happened in New York, bu we would like to quote

A nightmare not ending with daylight and waking,

Can you hear their cries, blown by the wind to you?

If you aren’t listening, then listen now, please do. {Kidnapping Is Not Okay}

For thousand still the cries go on. Many still hear the fire, the cracking of the walls. Others also wonder if nobody could have know known that Al Qaeda was planning terrorists acts on Western soil.

Others doubt the reality of damage by two planes crashing in those buildings and bringing so much damage. They created conspiracy theories. Others want to blame the architects and builders for the deaths, collapsing buildings, the lot.

When putting the question “What if” we also can say  “Would you” and wondering who and when would be to blame. We also could question

Would you still think genuine ….

Would you blame the deaths of the innocent on Israel, the lot?

What if you don’t know, WHAT?

What if you don’t know a whole lot?

What if?

Horror, outraged shock,

That the impenetrable rock,

Was invincible?

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Where were you when the world stopped turning?

Nailed to our chairs, never to forget

What we do

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For more than Three thousand people fifteen years ago this world came to an end

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Further reading

1. Fall of 2001, the year high school began
2. September Eleven Twenty-Oh-One
3. Stories from 9/11
4. The Falling Man
5. Remember (an acrostic poem)
6. September 11th 
7. Voices of the firefighters in the South Tower moments before collapse
8. Firefighter Honors The Fallen On 9/11 By Climbing 110 Flights On The Stair Stepper In Full Gear
9. 9-11
10. 9/11 by Edel Rosso
11. 9/11: Never Forget (Messina)
12. 9/11: The Day We Drank from the Same Fountain
13. 9/11 Never Forget (Poetry Pants blog)
14. Remember That Day In September
15. Remember, Remember, the 11th of September
16. In Memory: Every Life
17. Reflecting on Trauma
18. Few Words As I Reflect On 9/11
19. The Time Given to Us
20. 15 Years Ago… I Remember 
21. 15 Years Later, We Remember
22. Observations on 9/11/16
23. What I Remember on 9/11
24. I remember… 
25. 9/11: I will always remember
26. the need to remember the need to remember
27. The Day the Towers Fell
28. 15 Years
29. 15 years after 9/11, hate and bigotry have gone mainstream
30. Life, gone
31. Father Mychal’s Last Homily
32. Where were you?
33. I Was Five… (Remembering 9/11)
34. Truther Dialogue: The 9/11 Shock Waves Theory
36. Music Conquers All: Remembering 9/11
37. 9/11: Why Adults Get Frustrated When You Say You “Get It”
38. September 11th Remembered: Through the Eyes of my Father and I
39. September 11 Thoughts
40. Proud to be an American
41. Sen. Bob Graham Exposes FBI Abuses and Again Calls for Full Investigation of Saudis at Florida
42. Bulldog Conference
43. 9/11 Memorial Lights
44. Fear and Loathing: Ten for Today
45. 15 years ago America was attacked by terrorist. Sadly, we’re now destroying America ourselves.
46. Mensajes de los famosos con motivo del 15 aniversario del 9/11

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Horror, outraged shock,

That the impenetrable rock,

Was invincible and that,

No matter what colour hat,

Evil could touch the I, you,

With nothing much to do,

At work, in office tower,

Making all tremble, cower,

On land, air, anywhere,

First class, economy fare,

Blind hatred, isms all,

United for crash and fall,

Of foundations of good,

For which America stood,

Fifteen years however far,

In its wake, unhealing scar,

The Evil that day unfurled,

Stole the innocence of the world.

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Where were you when the world stopped turning?

When people are hit with something terrible, or something they cannot grasp, they suddenly seem to look for a Higher Being that they can blame or that should find a solution for the agony they are feeling and the trouble they have to face.

When fifteen years later an adolescent remembers that when he was a seven years old how the country returned to God, there must have been a remarkable shift in the way people around him spoke about God and went to worship services. When we hear that the Americans “As a nation hit their knees, and drew close to God.” We may wonder where their feeling is for that same God. How quickly have they forgotten Him.

At the day itself many could not grasp what was happening an how such a terrible thing could happen. For thousands it was a nightmare which seem to take hundreds of hours. For many it was also something that only the day after could start to really sink in.

“It’s not until after you close your eyes and your body finally succumbs to sleep. You awaken in the morning to the stark reality. It’s true. It really happened. You get to make the realization all over again. Somehow the roots start to take hold. Before maybe it still could have been a dream.” {The Day After}

The United States, Canada and Europe were shaken and got an infuse of nitrogen. The acts of terrorism running through the blood vessels. Every month there was something new to remember them that they had come in a stage which would not end so soon. The sharp knife was cutting through the Western flesh, the poisonous arrow in their soul.

A wife, mother, daughter, friend, and doctor has this unyielding desire to help people fulfil their potential. In her blog she wants to to express what is not discussed by the professionals in the medical field. She always hate it when a movie or story has a dream sequence.

 It’s always during that part of the story that just can’t be real, the most horrifying part, the death, the carnage, the loss.  And then the hero wakes up.  None of it was true.  It was all a dream.  Except in life, that never really happens.  The truth is the truth.  You don’t get to shake it off.  You don’t get to say, oh wow, thank God that was just a dream!  No.  Reality is often much worse than that. {The Day After}

For that doctor

The day after a tragedy is probably one of the longest days on earth.  It feels like walking through thick smoke, breathing in thick dust, feeling the heat of flames licking at your face.  Wandering.  Lost.  Confusion.  Why?  Could I have done something?  Could the tragedy have been stopped?  If only I knew something was wrong. {The Day After}

Lots of people wondered what went wrong and how this could happen at the beginning of the 21st century.

Vipers saw their chance to tell people of all falsehoods. With devious talk they could put people to their will. By now so many have fallen in their trap.

Question now is how shall the next generation look at those events that changed the Western world and how shall the youngsters carry with them what they saw when their eyes were too young to see such horror?

We can only hope they shall be able to analyse it with refreshed eyes and tackle it better than those who then where so much taken by fear, they even when they so called had found God again, did so many things against the Will and against the commandments of that God.

The terror is not gone yet, and it will stay some longer time with us than we would love it to do. It has been a nightmare which has become daily reality. And we have to learn to live with it.

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Jecelyn Ann does not remember what anyone on the news was saying, but for her , like many all over the world, the image of the New York Twin Towers since 1973, falling will be forever burned into her brain.  She is now 21 and lives in Northern CA. She has a lot of interests and dearly loves life, and whatever she does she wants to do it with great passion and intensity. Fifteen years ago she stood in shock as she watched the Apple’s symbol “crumble again and again and again”.

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3. Don’t be Muslim
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5. Before you blame All Muslims for the terrorist attack in Paris
6. For more than Three thousand people fifteen years ago this world came to an end

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Further reading

1. Voices of the firefighters in the South Tower moments before collapse
2. Photo: Firefighter’s Workout Honors 9/11
3. 911
4. New York City: 9/11
5. 9/11
6. Remember 9/11
7. Remembering 9/11
8. Where were you when the world stopped turning?
9. What I Remember on 9/11
10. The Day After – Looking Back
11. 9/11 — Former CIA Boss John McLaughlin: “So, that’s it.”
12. Sept. 11 Legacy: One Endless War Against Many Radical Enemies
13. What Happened on the Planes on September 11, 2001? The 9/11 Commission “Script” Was Fabricated
14. Guest Post – Remembering 9/11 – Laura Bloom
15. 9/11 official story problem
16. 15 Years After 9/11, a Sharp Partisan Divide on Ability of Terrorists to Strike U.S.
17. I Was Five… (Remembering 9/11)
18. September 11th Remembered: Through the Eyes of my Father and I
19. September 12, 12:47 AM.
20. To: Me, From: September 11
21. More about that Tuesday
22. 58 long, dark nights for America: Pneumonia and solemnity
23. in honor and remembrance, we will never forget
24. Yale University to hold 9/11 ceremony mourning the loss of victims
25. Local 9/11 victim remembered at Waikiki banyan tree ceremony
26. DayBreaks for 9/12/16 – Children of 9/12
27. Further and Close
28. #NeverForget
29. 9/11: In Remembrance
30. Truth About 9/11
31. Reflecting
32. 9/11 to heal
33. False Alarm
34. Fighting Fear with Love
35. 15 years ago America was attacked by terrorist. Sadly, we’re now destroying America ourselves.
36. Nineeleven – herinneringen

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Jecelyn Ann

September 11th, 2001. I was seven years old. I was young, but that is a day I will never forget. I remember walking out to the living room and standing in front of the television. I stood in shock as I watched the towers crumble again and again and again. I don’t remember what anyone on the news was saying or what my parents were doing, but the image of the towers falling will be forever burned into my brain. They played it over and over and over. The fire, the smoke, and then straight down they fell. I’m still broken hearted about the lives that were lost that day.

Then everything changed. I remember trick or treating seven weeks later, and parents were being warned about possible anthrax attacks halloween night. There were so many warnings about anthrax in the months following the attack. I remember thinking over what…

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Taste of Dust

Today’s poem comes from “an old Texan punk” who is “trying to make it in this sea of madness” and as an infinitesimal point may sometimes come to a point of explosion. {Singularity} With the knowledge that this universe is a part of him, voice of a pulsar, burning across the empty spaces, he looks at the past, whilst he might feel the mourning sing, vibrations in the dawn, o’er the graying mountains, blue faces have now gone. {Morning of Mourning}

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For more than Three thousand people fifteen years ago this world came to an end

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1. Thoughts on This Day
2. September 11
3. When everything stood still
4. 9/11 – One of the darkest, terrible times for America
5. The Day America Was Attacked/Special Tribute to 9/11 by Budweiser Clydesdale’s
6. 9/11 by Le Mailoa
7. 9/11 by anishabharathsingh
8. 15 Years
9. Survival
10. 9/11 health crisis: death toll from illness nears number killed on day of attacks
11. Of 9/11, Sully, and Hope
12. 9/11 – 15Years Later
13. The 15th Anniversary of 9/11 – We Continue to Remember
14. 9/11: Fifteen Years at War
15. In Rememberance Of
16. Remembering September 11, 2001 – The Jumpers
17. This year, it’s different…
18. Sing ‘N Celebrate, Sept. 11th at 5-6pm
19. A Prayer for 9-11
20. Changed Forever
21. Remember and Never Forget…
22. Where Were You?
23. In Memoriam
24. The day before September 12th
25. The path not chosen after 9/11
26. Facebook’s trending topics algorithm puts hoax story about 9/11 at top
27. The “self-righteous American” Facebook posts have got to stop
28. A Call To Action On Solemn Anniversary Of 9/11
29. 9/11 Blog Hop
30. 9/11: 15 Years Later
31. 15th anniversary of 9/11: How al-Qaeda’s attacks have changed the world
32. 4. i never forget.
33. DPF / Szymborska
34. Somber Tributes Held Nationwide, Locally To Mark 9/11 Anniversary
35. Hillary Clinton Left The 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony Early After Feeling ‘Overheated’
36. Moving 9/11 Tribute Set To The Sounds Of Silence by Disturbed #NeverForget
37. The enduring traumas of September 11
38. Where I was on 9/11
39. It’s 9/11
40. Tuesday Morning
41. Hace 15 años que sucedió el ataque terrorista en Nueva York.
42. The refugee crisis, rising terrorism and seeking reconciliation wisdom

RamJet Poetry

World’s twin bastions

wounded phoenixes

ridden by shadows

plummet on evil wind

casting thunder into cloudless sky

a quaking of steel roots

and iron limbs

downtown sandstorm in the boroughs

the taste of dust

and ashes in my mouth

Pulverulent colossi groaning from

the bloody hands of undead men, 

tainting a loving belief

seek with daggers of speed

to murder those pictures

of an ideal

The hymn of great sorrows

mirrored in every home

victims and heroes all

lay down that eve in burial shroud

the taste of tears and ashes

in our mouthes 

And where

do good men seek

a reason for atrocity bound

innocence claimed for naught

but the taste of dust

and ashes

fires burned at the peaks

broken angels falling to earth

and all who bore witness

could do naught but weep

for what was undone

a kingdom forever changed

by the taste of dust

and…

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When the World Stood Still ..

15 years ago we heard incredible news of a “severe accident”. The news went out that a terrible accident happened in New York which was sent out on television live. We could not believe what happened so rushed to the television to see what was going on.

At 8:46 a.m. local time a Boeing 767 aircraft, which had departed Logan Airport at 7:59 a.m. en route to Los Angeles flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre in New York City. The images went viral all over the world. And while we were watching we saw again a plan flying in the other tower. This unmistakably gave us the idea this could not just be co-incidence but had to be something very well prepared.

The pictures we came to see at at 9:03 a.m. will be crafted in our heads for years. when we heard that 34 minutes later a plane crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia we thought a war had commenced in the United States of America. this time it was a plane that had departed from Washington Dulles International Airport at 8:20 a.m. en route to Los Angeles with a crew of six and 58 ‘passengers’.

Alarming enough, whilst we saw those two New York giant symbols burning, flashes of ‘fighting passengers’ on an other plane reached our European living rooms. Some very brave men and women attempted to subdue the hijackers of the Newark International Airport – San Francisco flight and avoided an other disaster crashing the Boeing 757 into a field in Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 10:03 a.m..

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had already grounded all civilian aircraft within the continental U.S. at At 9:42 a.m., and civilian aircraft already in flight were told to land.immediately. International flights where requested not to enter the American airspace. Those who had left already for the States were redirected to airports in Canada or Mexico, and were banned from landing on United States territory for three days.

Panic started to grow and a lot of diverse messages were spread across the net, bringing a lot of confusing and having wondering millions of people what was going on. the pilots must have had everything under control, but than they were not just American civilians who liked to get their passengers safe to their destination. This time destination was really hell.
It was beyond what came to see the world. This was not normal any more. Unbelievable also how the two towers collapsed.

New York, NY, September 28, 2001 — Debris on surrounding roofs at the site of the World Trade Center. Photo by Andrea Booher/ FEMA News Photo Français : Débris sur les toits entourant le site du World Trade Center. 28 Septembre 2001. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

For sure nobody in the planes could survive, but then we saw the battle for survival, people jumping out of windows stories high, no chance to survive such fall. Since the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 this was to become the most deadliest foreign attack on American soil. This time having victims from more than 90 countries in one day in one nation resulting in the deaths of 2,996 people and more than 6,000 wounded, leaving thousands of families deranged with irreparable emotional pain. It took until March 20, 2015 to have the 1,640th victim being identified, still leaving 1,113 victims unidentified.

You may wonder if we may forget this. I do find not. We always should remember.

But that does not mean we should remember only that horror that took place on that day in September 2001. We should also remember the countless stories of the incredible brave people who came to help those in need. Many firefighters lost their lives (343) not been able to have rescued more souls. Also 72 law enforcement officers, 55 military personnel, and the 19 terrorists died in the attacks.

In Arlington County, Virginia, 125 Pentagon workers lost their lives when Flight 77 crashed into the western side of the building. Of these, 70 were civilians and 55 were military personnel, many of them who worked for the United States Army or the United States Navy. The Army lost 47 civilian employees, six civilian contractors, and 22 soldiers, while the Navy lost six civilian employees, three civilian contractors, and 33 sailors. Seven Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) civilian employees were also among the dead in the attack, as well as an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) contractor.
Lieutenant General Timothy Maude, an Army Deputy Chief of Staff, was the highest-ranking military official killed at the Pentagon. {Free Encyclopedia Wikipedia}

This we should remember, that it is possible that terrorists are capable to work for years at a destroying program. That such vicious people can be patiently enough to take their time and to infiltrate many systems.

But we should be careful not to let ourselves to be carried away becoming of the same flesh as those terrorists. We must all such candidates show that we are made of a much stronger soul and that we let ourselves not being carried away by undermining ideas letting ourselves to become  infected by the hatred that drives a terrorist, by the racism that drove the Nazis and seems to drive many today again.

We must give clear signals to the outer-world, to the people around us, to politicians, to terrorists, that we want to strive for a peaceful world where many religious and non-relgious people can live together with their different cultures not asphyxiating them but enlightening them. Today we should stand strong and show aspirant terrorist and racists that those senseless hatreds are not what we want and which we must blot out forever. Being aware what man can do to himself we must strive to remember what it is to suffer, to remember what terrorism and genocide really look like.

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5. Economic crisis danger for the rise of political extremism
6. Being Charlie 8
7. Wrong choices made to get rid of Assad
8. Coming closer to the end of 2015 and the end for Donald Trump as presidential candidate
9. 2015 the year of ISIS
10. 2015 Human rights
11. 2015 Film
12. A world with or without religion
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Further reading

1. My Twin Towers Memories
2. World Trade Center–South Tower
3. The Twin Towers Before & After September 11th Attacks: Looking Back
4. On the Eve of 9/11
5. WTC 2001
6. 9/11
7. 9/11 by Anastasia Nicole Elisabeth
8. 9/11 by Big T Books
9. 9/11 by Bob Mitchell
10. 9/11 by J Blattblog
11. 9/11 Was  Fifteen Years Ago #9/11 #NewYork #USA #NayabChohan #TemplateNews #DistantEchoes #NayabChohanLive
12. 9/11 -On the 15th Anniversary
13. On 9/11 anniversary, sculptor Schmalz seeks to depict the love that can save even a terrorist
14. 9/11 Remembered . . . 
15. Why would anyone fly a plane into a building?
16. My September 11 Story
17. Watch: September 11, 2001 Live News Coverage as It Happened
18. Watch: 9/11 World Trade Center Attacks [Videos]
19. 9/11 – 15 Year Anniversary
20. We remember 15 years ago …
21. Why You’d Never Get Lost in NYC – 9/11
22. 9/11: perspective of a retired firefighter
23. 9/11 Pentagon Victims: Who Died at the Pentagon on September 11?
24. Israel Did 9/11
25. FBI Agent John O’Neill Warned of Al Qaeda Threat Long Before He Was Killed on 9/11
26. Senator Markey Leads Resolution Honoring Flight Attendants And Pilots On 9/11 Anniversary
27. Flags to be lowered and moment of silence to remember Sept. 11
28. Nation Just Goes Ahead And Decides ‘Freedom Prevails Over Hate’ Is Lesson Of 9/11
29. 15 Years Later: Remembering 9/11
30. Never Forget
31. Where I was on 9/11
32. #NeverForget My 9/11 Story
33. Remember
34. I Remember 9/11.
35. Fifteen
36. “Fifteen Years”
37. 15 Years
38. 15 years ago…
39. 9/11 15 years On
40. 15th Anniversary of 9/11
41. Fifteen 9/11’s
42. 15 Years Later, Obama Extends 9/11 ‘National Emergency’ To Justify A Perpetual War On Terror
43. First Responders From 9/11, San Bernardino Attacks Come Together
44. Remembering 9/11 on the 15th Anniversary
45. My Experiences During 9/11
46. My Family And 9/11
47. Never Forget 9/11
48. History
49. Taste of Dust
50. Waste Places
51. When the World Stood Still ..
52. “Everyone had all these questions:” Local first responders recall where they were on 9/11
53. 9/11 Quotes From Survivors, Bush and Family Members of Victims
54. 9/11 Jumpers: Remembering the Victims of September 11th
55. Photos: 9/11 Newspaper Headlines
56. Blind man tells how his guide dog saved him from World Trade Center during 9/11 attacks
57. Remembering 9/11
58. Remembering 9/11, Obama Set To Slap America In The Face Again
59. The Kindness of Strangers in a World of Pain
60. Modern Courage
61. Fifteen Years Later
62. September 11th: 15 years later
63. September 11 15th Anniversary: 30 Pictures We’ll Never Forget
64. September 11: Bible Verses of Peace on 9/11 15th Anniversary
65. Ep 335 The Annual 9/11 Remembrance
66. I Will Never Forget
67. September 11, 2001 – We Will Never Forget
68. Never Forget: New York, NY 2001 & Bengahzi, Libya 2012
69. Dallas Memorial Stair Climb Remembers 9/11
70. Bucks County Remembers 9/11 Victims
71. Black and White Sunday: Infrared & Rememberance
72. Someone Had My Back…
73. In Those Moments
74. Remembering 9/11 by Sojourners heart song
75. 9/11 is the day I lost my grandmother
76. Seeing It All With Ingeborg Lariby
77. On this day… (by Anne Marie)
78. New York Fire Fighter Blocks Out ‘Christian’ Hate Preacher Outside World Trade Centre #9/11 #NewYork #USA #NayabChohan #TemplateNews #DistantEchoes #NayabChohanLive
79. Why They Remember Witnessing 9/11
80. Robert Milnes Recalls 9/11
81. Remembering 9/11/01 From Our Y108 Studios
82. 9/11 Memorial Service, National Cathedral, 2001
83. A 9/11 tribute album: Ave Maria Mass & Suite For The Americas
84. Haunting and beautiful: Jewish prayer for the dead of 9/11
85. Praise Poems: Jesus walked through flames for us.
86. I am Grateful That God Is…
87. Sunday Matinée
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When will it stop

Liberty, Equality and Fraternity three core values of the democratic country France where remembered on the Day of the Bastille, the 14th of July, the national holiday of France.

Though the French values of liberty, equality and fraternity may be swiftly being trumped by a larger emphasis on laïcité, or the separation of church and state. In the last decade, the government has passed laws banning religious symbols — namely the hijab — in public schools and buildings and as such got some members of the Muslim community against them. It also got France looking at a series of riots in 2005 in the suburbs of Paris where many youngsters of North African origin feel disadvantaged and discriminated. The measure of the government giving in to the employers, making done with lots of received rights for work arrangements, created lots of protests which at times became very violently. Unemployment coupled with growing religious tensions across the country is an ideal seed-bed for anti government actions but also for trying to rib the nation apart and bring fear over it by a growing religious tension in the country.

The South of France has cities, like Marseille, which have different cultures. This can be well seen in Marseille which is more defined by the cultures of its Arab and Italian immigrants than by its French nationality. In the streets of Marseille, you’ll hear French, Arabic and Italian. In many of the city’s most popular restaurants, you’ll find Italian and Arab dishes rather than the French classics like escargot and frog’s legs. In Nice or Niçard Occitan you may the Niçois speaking Occitan or Niçard like the Nizzardo or Italian inhabitants of Nice and those who do are bilingual in French. Nicknamed Nice la Belle (Nissa La Bella in Niçard), which means Nice the Beautiful, in the town you may also find people from North African origin and several Muslims.

French, Belgians, English and lots of people from other countries where having leisure time enjoying the day of work or on holiday. On the morning of 14 July 2016 the French President François Hollande reaffirmed that the state of emergency put in place after the November 2015 Paris attacks would end after the Tour de France finishes on 26 July 2016. he could be pleased nothing had happened at the target European football championship. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, this year strong measurements of security were taken in France as well as in Belgium, this with the knowledge the ISIS Jihadists were aiming this event as an easy target. This year France was beaten by 1–0 at the final in Saint-Denis after extra time. The French got a blow by this, but were already hurt much harder by several terrorist acts the last few months. Several communities had their share of it, but the coastal reasort of posh and glamour with Cannes and Nice, the capital of the Alpes Maritimes département, as attractive poles were blessed with sunshine and good news. Soon the Jazz music would sound in the third busiest airport in France, bringing occasional extra swing.

The driver reportedly zig-zagged his way through the crowds along the promenade Credit: matrixpictures.co.uk

To watch the Bastille Day fireworks large crowds of people had gathered along the foreshore of Nice.
At approximately 22:40 local time (20:40 UTC), a Renault Midlum 19 ton cargo truck was driven at at high speed along the famed Promenade des Anglais towards the crowd of people, who had been watching a Bastille Day firework display; the truck travelled at least 100 m (330 ft) before it hit the crowd and then continued to drive two kilometres (1.25 miles) into the crowd. After being stopped by armed police, who fired bullets into the lorry’s windscreen, the so far unnamed man exchanged fire with officers using a 7.65 pistol, before being shot dead.

Though it was a French-Tunisian criminal well known to the police for armed attacks this man seemed not to be followed up and nobody of the intelligence force was able to foresee he could be doing this horrid killing.

Once again France was hit this year by a “cowardly and barbaric” atrocity making victims along the streets where people would think they could walk freely and peacefully. 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel on his track of evil killed at least 10 children and got 50 children treated in hospital with sever wounds, among the 84 or 86 dead and several fighting between life and death, in the Riviera city. Officials fear the death toll will rise.

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As hundreds remained in hospital – including 18 fighting for their lives in intensive care – anti-terrorist judges opened an investigation into “mass murder” and investigators searched the home of the driver in the Abattoirs area of Nice.

The killer his identity card was found in the truck. He had French and Tunisian nationality. The fact that the killer was known to the authorities will be of grave concern to those trying to prevent terrorist attacks in France.

A recent Paris parliamentary investigation into last year’s attacks identified multiple failings by France’s intelligence agencies.

French President Francois Hollande said in an address to the nation in the early hours of Friday.

“France as a whole is under the threat of Islamist terrorism, and so under these circumstances we have to demonstrate absolute vigilance and show determination that is unfailing.”

“There’s no denying the terrorist nature of this attack of yet again the most extreme form of violence.”

For many heads of state it is clear Europe shall not bow down to those acts of terror, contrary all those attack will ad more oil on the fir and give them reason to continue their attacks on Syria and Iraq.

“Nothing will make us yield in our will to fight terrorism. We will further strengthen our actions in Iraq and in Syria. We will continue striking those who attack us on our own soil,”

Francois Hollande said, in reference to France’s involvement in a coalition of nations carrying out air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group.

It seems clear that the driver wanted to mow down the maximum number of people. Nice Matin journalist Damien Allemand said

“I saw bodies flying like bowling pins along its route. Heard noises, cries that I will never forget.”

Photo Gaillard/Reuters

At the extra news screening last night, at 23.45 h, we already coverage of witness, declaring how they fled from the ‘unknown’ and how the crowd got in panic. Many bodies, blood and body parts could be seen all along the road. After ramming into the crowd with his lorry, the driver started shooting and created what looked like a battlefield. Several messages on social media by people present at the scene, described a sense of helplessness faced with the carnage.

Al Jazeera reporter David Coady was also at the scene.

“I was enjoying the Bastille Day fireworks just like thousands of other people at the promenade in Nice,” he said.

“I was just walking back after the fireworks had finished. I looked towards the truck and I thought it was a bit odd, because the roads were shut down and there were hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people walking along. But then, from the direction of the truck, I started hearing screaming and then people started running. And so I joined all those people in running away from there.”

European Council President Donald Tusk said it was a “tragic paradox” that the victims of the attack in Nice were celebrating “liberty, equality and fraternity” – France’s motto – on the country’s national day.

Last night very soon French people offered a place to stay for those who could not return to their apartment or hotel, and a hashtag soon went viral. Leaders around the world responded to the attack, and Twitter users were using the hashtag #PrayForNice. President Barack Obama, standing in solidarity and partnership with France, also issued a statement offering

“any assistance that they may need to investigate this attack and bring those responsible to justice.”

He also said

“On this Bastille Day, we are reminded of the extraordinary resilience and democratic values that have made France an inspiration to the entire world, and we know that the character of the French Republic will endure long after this devastating and tragic loss of life.”

Tusk tweeted a photograph of himself and other European and Asian leaders standing in tribute to the Nice victims at an Asia-Europe summit in Mongolia.

France has had its share last year with the January 2015 attack on the Paris offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo, linked to al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch, and the multiple attacks in the same city in November claimed by ISIS. People wonder when it is going to stop.

We are afraid we can not offer good news on that part. Followers of the Creator Redeemer God have received His Words of warning where we are told of what is going to happen after the Great War. Most people then thought it would not ever happen again, but only a few years later a second World War brought sorrow over the whole world. Today we can see many things happening which are foretold in the Holy Scriptures. As Brothers in Christ we are not surprised what happened after the start of the war between Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran. The internal conflict (1978–92) between anticommunist Muslim guerrillas and the Afghan communist government (aided in 1979–89 by Soviet troops) was a start for many battles between Muslim extremists and different states.  The September 11 attacks triggered a harsher reaction from Western countries, bringing it into a international conflict in Afghanistan. In 2001 that war got in a first phase toppling the Taliban (the ultraconservative political and religious faction that ruled Afghanistan and provided sanctuary for al-Qaeda, perpetrators of the September 11 attacks). [The joint U.S. and British invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001 was preceded by over two decades of war in Afghanistan.]

From then onwards it only seemed to escalate and certain groups America first helped and provided with ammunition, turned their back on to them and the West. More and more nations got involved and religious groups started getting creating amok between different groups. Religion stood up against religion like it is foretold in the Bible.  Many many signs foretold in the Holy Scriptures have become a reality.

So, for those who ask

“When would it end?”

We can only say that it all shall come to an end when World War III shall come to an end. No matter what people may try to keep or to bring peace we shall have to go to face a terrible war, which shall be even greater or more horrible than the previous two world wars. We do not want to be doom preachers, but lets face it, of all the prophesies in the Bible there are only a few which did not come true. all other prophesies, even told more than 2500 years before have come into being. They happened and the world continued like it was foretold.

Much too often people do forget that the ancient writers provided the world with the torch of civilization and liberty, a guide for life, for the believers but also for non-believers. All sorts of people can make use of the wise words which are provided in the 66 books which make up the Bible. Throughout the ages it influenced people for good. In society it has been recognized by the greatest statesmen to be a book of books that made a big change in their life and often helped them to come to decisions. We also do have to admit that certain holy scriptures have been looked at it through the various glasses of conflicting creeds and sometimes might unintentionally but woefully be misrepresented. Though now we have come in a time where intentionally people want to give false interpretation as the core of their business. different groups made it a sport to falsely interpret the Bible and the Quran.  Today we have certain groups which claim to fight for the cause of justice and to bring a war in the name of Allah/God. Others cannot put them on their place, because they themselves also do not know the true content of those holy books. they too live by many long-revered misconceptions of the truth of those books, received through the traditions of their fathers. Instead of putting the enemies to confusion by disarming them of their weapons, both groups become more agitated and call to the battle.

Man may look at himself and see or speak about an evil world. H should know that this “present evil world” in which man is permitted to try governing himself soon shall come to an end.

After a Jewish Age, or the period following the death of Jacob, during which all of his posterity were treated by God as his special charge — “his people” we can see that often that chosen people forgot Who was with them and Who had liberated them. For centuries the Most High Maker showed special favours, and declared,

“You only have I known (recognized with favour) of all the families of the earth.” (Amos 3:2)

But the stubborn people had to come to see that God was willing to provide an opening for those who are willing to come to Him. Also goyim or non-Jews found a way to God by the send one from God, the Messiah rabbi Jeshua (Jesus Christ).  The promises made to the original People of God were typical of the “better promises” made to us. Having come in the Gospel Age, those who believe in God should know that they have the “better sacrifices,”  which do make atonement for the sins of the whole world. They know that the promised one shall return and not only take up his role or seat in the “royal priesthood,” composed of all those who offer themselves to God “living sacrifices,” holy and acceptable, through Jesus Christ, but to be the King of the coming Kingdom here on earth.

But before it comes so far that Jesus shall become the Chief or “High Priest of our profession.” (Hebrews 3:1) this world shall have to withstand the terrible times which were prophesied long before. Too all who are willing to take Jesus as their master is demanded to go out in the world and to warn it. Not only should they notify the peoples of what shall be coming, so that they can prepared themselves for those horrible times, they should look for the signs God has given mankind, to be alert and prepared. In that time of people warning and bringing Good News of the coming Kingdom, therefore called the Gospel age, we find the realities of which the Jewish age and its services and ordinances were shadows. (Hebrews 10:1)

The Gospel age, is the period during which the body of Christ is called out of the world, and shown by faith the crown of life, and the exceeding great and precious promises whereby (by obedience to the call and its requirements) they may become partakers of the divine nature. (Pet. 1:4) Evil is still permitted to reign over or rule the world, in order that by contact with it these may be tried to see whether they are willing to give up the human nature with its privileges and blessings, a living sacrifice, being made conformable to Jesus’ death, that they may be accounted worthy to be in his likeness in the resurrection. (Psalms 17:15)

Coming closer to the times of more disasters Jews, Christians, Muslims, other believers and non-believers shall have to think how they want to cope with the turbulence and shall have to find solutions to live themselves in a more protected environment. Their choices may not always bring the hoped for reactions, because those against God (the adversary or satan) are going to play more for devil.

Before Christ, with royal title and power, will be present as Jehovah’s representative, taking charge of all the affairs during this day of trouble, taking up his seat in the city of Jerusalem, many shall fight to get the power in Jerusalem and to be able to conquer the people all over the world. This battle for the power has already started. All those terrorist acts are not as such a matter of bringing people to Allah/God but to show the power of which everybody should be afraid and has to submit to.

The world shall have to endure that strive for power of false people. Meantime, as false and imperfect views and systems fall, the standard of the new King will rise, and eventually he shall be recognized and owned by all as King of kings. Thus it is presented by the prophets as Jehovah’s work to set up Christ’s dominion:

“I will give thee the Gentiles for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.” (Psalms 2:8)

“In the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom.” (Daniel 2:44)

The present evil times shall frighten us, but when we do not mind to take up the bible and use it as our indispensable guide we may have the hope in getting stronger, though more than once we shall also have to suffer and be taken by sorrow. But by looking at these times we can see that the “Ancient of days” shall come to sit on his throne. We can look at the bad things which are past, we may see lots of things happening around us and in front of us. All that may have en influence on our life is simply there for preparing us all for that grand family reunion hosted by “our Father,” the “Father of all” (Ephesians 4:6), “of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named” (Ephesians 3:15).

Ephesians 3:14-19 (ESV)
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith-that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

In the mean time we do have to build up patience, and should try to bring others also to see what time we are heading to and get them to unite under Christ.

The Divine Maker of all things is giving the world time. He requests from man that they come to see what man made of this world and how He  is a better “Gardener” for this world. Having received all this time from God we should come to realise that mankind is incapable of solving the world’s problems. This permission of evil has the very purpose of educating and preparing mankind for the promised times of restitution. At that time, they will begin to seek for God’s righteous kingdom under the rule of the great Messiah, who shall come at God’s time. They will be blessed with a full knowledge of God and a full opportunity for attaining everlasting life through their redeemer — the great restorer and life-giver.

Every sincere student of the Bible can see what is coming and should warn others.

In these times when honest-hearted people are losing faith in humanity, and humanity is losing faith in God, faithful lovers of God should reach out their hand to the community.

> Please do find to read: Honest-hearted people are losing faith in humanity and humanity losing faith in God

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References

Families of Paris attacks hit out at government as intelligence

What We Know About the Attack in Nice

19 tonne lorry had zigzagged through crowds massing on the Promenade des Anglais on Thursday night, killing anyone he could

Nice terror attack: Lorry driver who killed 84 including 10 children during Bastille Day rampage was criminal well known to police

“Truck Attack in Nice, France: What We Know, and What We Don’t”.

“At least 74 killed as truck plows into crowd in Nice, France, on Bastille Day”. Jerusalem Post.

Chrisafis, Angelique; Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (15 July 2016). “Truck rams Bastille Day crowd in Nice killing at least 80”. The Guardian. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

Nice attack: At least 84 dead as lorry rams into crowd

Nice lorry attack: Scenes of carnage in French city

Photos: Bastille Day Terrorist Attack in Nice, France

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Preceding articles

Of old and new ideas to sustain power and to feel good by loving to be connected and worship something

Freedom and amendments, firearms and abortions

Before you blame All Muslims for the terrorist attack in Paris

The Meaning of Paris

From Guestwriters 2015 in review

A Secular Mindset

For those Christians who say they are the Victim

Tears for Belgium

A darker and stranger place

Il terrorismo è l’urlo di un bambino al buio

Remain lovingly = No path for softies

You Matter

Commemorating the escape from slavery

How to Find the Meaning of Life and Reach a State of Peace

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Additional reading

1. Human tragedy need to be addressed at source
2. Migration not something to fear
3. Don’t be Muslim
4. Christians at War? Christians using violence?
5. 2014 Religion: with a.o. Global war against Christians
6. Back from gone #1 Aim of ungodly people
7. Blood soaking the water at democracy’s beachhead
8. Funding of ISIS
9. French Muslims under attack
10. Being Charlie 4
11. Being Charlie 8
12. Paris attacks darkening the world
13. Syrian but also Belgian connection to French attacks
14. A sleeper cell of militants was said directing attackers sent back to France from Islamic State’s de-facto capital in Raqqa, Syria
15. Massive police operation in northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis
16. 2015 the year of ISIS
17. ISIL will find no safe haven
18. Al Qaeda regaining foothold in Middle East bubonic plague for American elections
19. For those who call the Brussels Airport attacks a fake or a conspiracy of the government
20. Zion, Flames, Terror, Signs and Games of Peace
21. 70 years later
22. God’s wrath and sanctification
23. People Seeking for God 3 Laws and directions

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Further of interest

1. Egalité and Fraternité are great, but we need to ask ourselves some very difficult questions about Liberté
2. The South of France’s Melting Pot
3. Fear is a weapon of mass destruction
4. Terrifying Video Shows Muslim Leader Admitting the True Purpose of the Muslim Refugees – Eagle Rising
5. Here’s Where ISIS Horrifically Tortures Christians Till They Convert to Islam or Die
6. Muslims and the West – September 18th, 2015
7. Imam tells Muslim migrants to ‘breed children’ with Europeans to ‘conquer their countries’ and vows: ‘We will trample them underfoot, Allah willing’
8. The New Threat from Islamic Militancy by Jason Burke review – important and impressive
9. Imam to Muslim Migrants: Breed With Europeans To ‘Conquer Their Countries’
10. Obama Throws Christian Refugees to Lions by Raymond Ibrahim
11. Video Shows Muslim Leader Admitting the True Purpose of the Muslim Refugees
12. Buhari needs God-fearing, patriotic ministers – Iman
13. Paris Attacks
14. Some thoughts on the Paris attacks
15. Editorial: Belgium Attacks Expose Biased Media Coverage
16. The Brussels Attacks: A Paris Perspective
17. Understanding ISIS’s evolution
18. Terrorism
19. Possible Signs of False Flag in Brussels Now Emerging
20. Should Brussels Attacks Impact Your Travel Plans? Rick Steves Says No.
21. Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Brussels Attacks
22. Brussels, Europe’s jihadist breeding ground, now itself under attack
23. Following terrorist attacks, Antwerp Jews told not to wear Purim masks
24. Speaker Ryan: ‘Our Prayers Are with Brussels, as Is Our Solidarity’
25. Terror attack in Brussels. You still don’t think Europe won’t burn this summer?
26. Misunderstandings of Islam: Violence and Riots Break Out in Molenbeek
27. The Daily Toast: Weaken The Nation State, Breed More Extremism
28. France Makes Major Shift Toward Fascism in Wake of Paris Terror Attacks
29. A Culture Comes Together From Paris Attacks
30. Aftermath of the Paris attacks
31. ‘It’s a criminal gang pretending to be a state’: Discontent grows in ISIS ‘caliphate’ as oil funds dry up
32. The Great ISIS Recession
33. The Long Fight Against ISIS
34. Terror attacks inspired in Syria and made elsewhere in the world
35. ISIS Losing Twitter War
36. Islamic State Gang Forging Passports for Muslim Migrants
37. Sydney: Muslim-convert teen wife of ISIS suspect arrested on terror charges
38. Former Guantanamo detainee among 4 arrested in Spain, Morocco for Islamic State ties
39. Europol: 5,000 Islamic State militants walk free in Europe
40. U.S. eyes ways to toughen fight against domestic extremists
41. 5000 ISIS terrorists sneak into Europe disguised as ‘refugees’
42. Governor of Yemen’s Aden Survives Al-Qaeda Suicide Car Bomb Attack
43. Terror plot accused ordered to stand trial in Sydney
44. Top European Law Enforcement Official Has Dire Warning About
45. Islam and Presidential Politics
46. The New Threat from Islamic Militancy by Jason Burke review – important and impressive
47. Terrifying Video Shows Muslim Leader Admitting the True Purpose of the Muslim Refugees – Eagle Rising
48. Video Shows Muslim Leader Admitting the True Purpose of the Muslim Refugees
49. Huge Numbers of Muslim Males (‘Migrants’) Board Train in Croatia
50. Buhari needs God-fearing, patriotic ministers – Iman
51. Dallas Cair Director: “Muslims Are Above the Law of the Land.”
52. Life as Usual
53. Why the romanticising of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani has to stop
54. Hyderabad ISIS module busts myth that poverty, lack of education cause for terrorism
55. Media supporting terrorists happens only in India: Former R&AW official
56. Malaysia: Playing with Religious Extremism Fire
57. On a Day Like Today
58. Why is it always France?
59. France Attack: More Than 84 Dead As Truck Filled With Bombs Crash Into Crowd.
60. Terror attack in Nice!!!
61. A Celebration ended with terror
62. Hell is empty and all the devils are here
63. This morning I grieve for Nice
64. France reels as Bastille Day attack leaves 84 dead in Nice
65. Tragedy in Nice latest in string of terror attacks in France
66. France again; terrorism plunges world in chaos as 84 die in bus attack
67. SitRep: Horror in Nice as Death Toll Rises to 84
68. Nice Attack
69. Nice Attack: The Story So Far
70. Nice: A Day Of Horror
71. Nice terror- French-Tunisian identific
72. France: 80 dead in Nice terror attack
73. Nice terror French-Tunisian identification papers found
74. Nice Terror- “Keep Eiffel Tower Dark until ISIS conquers France”
75. Move over guns and bombs; enter trucks, knives and rocks
76. Run them over with your cars, ISIS had said in a 2014 video
77. Nice truck attack leaves France and the world in shock
78. The Damn Truck (Crushing People in Nice)
79. Truck Crashes Into Crowd In Nice, France; Killing At Least 77
80. Truck Plows Through Crowd In France, Killing At Least 84: Two Of Them Texans
81. Video shows the chaos in Nice as gunshots rang out between police and a terrorist
82. Harrowing video shows the final moments before the horror in France on Bastille Day
83. Police sources: ID found in truck used in Nice attack
84. Nice terror despite France being under state of emergency: “you asked for it”, says ISIS
85. At least 84, including 2 Americans, dead after truck rams crowd in France
86. Hollande Warns What Obama Won’t: Islamic Terrorism Is Real
87. How You Can Support France Following the Terrorist Attacks
88. #DontPrayForNice
89. Alright, terrorists, you win
90. A father and son from Texas are among the dead after the horrors in Nice, France
91. This is not Nice, but….
92. How to react on Nice attack?
93. It’s time to get serious …
94. Here’s How World Leaders Are Reacting to the Terrorist Attack in Nice, France
95. Vatican Condemns Nice Terrorist Attack
96. 15 July 2016. Vova on Terrorists
97. Explaining Terrorism
98. A few thoughts on Nice
99. For Nice, Orlando, …
100. Could More Pedestrianisation And Better Public Transport Be A Weapon Against Terrorism?
101. I could easily have been there…
102. As Long as There Are People
103. Humans, but No Humanity
104. Whack a Mole
105. How far will we go to protect ourselves?
106. Ignore the news
107. Healing
108. Should I love or should I hate
109. Are All Lives Equal?
110. The consequences of inequality
111. Enough is Enough- The cause of Suffering is not a Mystery
112. Why we should try to understand violence
113. un câlin pour un allié (a hug for an ally)
114. Panel Discusses Human Rights
115. Combating terrorism [EU Legislation in Progress]
116. Daily Takes: Unbridled Fanaticism
117. Terror Is A French Word
118. Who Wins the War on Terror? Love wins.
119. We’ve got to find a way
120. Profit in Peace
121. L’amour c’est tout.
122. Love. Above all.
123. The reality of love
124. Husband Of Jo Cox Issues Plea Asking For People To Unite Against Hatred
125. #prayfor
126. Prayer for Nice, France
127. Pray For The World
128. No Contingencies
129. Our Amazing Brains
130. God’s Guarantee to Adam’s Race
131. A Limited Time?
132. The Best Is Yet to Come
133. God All-Powerful