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In this week's episode of the Patreon we discussed Sidney Lumet's heady Cold War thriller Fail Safe, based on a novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, published in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Fail Safe stars Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton and Larry Hagman with cinematography by Gerald Hirschfeld.The story moves between three characters: U.S Air Force General Black who has been having a recurring dream in which a Spanish matador kills a bull before a cheering crowd, Dr. Groeteschele, a hard-line anti-communist and political scientist who believes it is possible to fight a limited nuclear war, and the President of the United States.When a computer error causes a U.S. bomber group to erroneously receive valid orders for a nuclear strike on Moscow — and Soviet countermeasures jam U.S. radio communications, preventing Strategic Air Command from rescinding the command — General Black, the president, the Pentagon and eventually Soviet command scrambles to prevent a full scale nuclear exchange.Working together, they manage to stop some of the bombers, but one fateful aircraft makes it through Soviet defenses to release its weapon. Faced with the unimaginable, the president and General Black decide to make a compensatory sacrifice, in the hopes of avoiding war.The tagline for Fail Safe was “It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!”To listen to the whole episode, subscribe to the Patreon at patreon.com/unclearpod.

(Bonus) Fail Safe is a 1964 Cold War thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. The film follows a crisis caused by a critical error that sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy Moscow, and the ensuing attempts to stop the bomber group before it can deploy a nuclear first strike. The film features performances by actors Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver, Dana Elcar, Dom DeLuise and Sorrell Booke.

Is "Barbie" as bad as the conservatives say? Kathy Barnette delves into the complexities of culture, motherhood, and media influence. Starting off with a seemingly simple decision about taking her daughter to see the Barbie movie, Kathy embarks on a journey that explores societal norms, the pitfalls of social media, and the quest for authenticity. She challenges conservative viewpoints, criticizes manipulative algorithms, and calls for a more honest approach to news reporting. Using examples ranging from the Kardashians to the war in Ukraine, Kathy questions the narratives we're fed and the power dynamics at play. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in dissecting the layers of modern culture and seeking a more authentic life.Kathy4Truth on SubstackTime-coded Highlights[00:00:00]Kathy Barnette kicks off the episode by diving into the essence of culture. She defines it as a blend of attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that shape our world. [00:00:32]Kathy shares a personal dilemma about taking her daughter to see the Barbie movie, influenced by conservative articles she had read. It sets the stage for a deeper exploration of cultural norms. [00:01:58]Kathy's 14-year-old daughter voices her desire to watch the movie, prompting Kathy to reevaluate her initial hesitations and make a decision. [00:02:30]Despite conservative warnings, Kathy decides to take her daughter and her friends to the movie, planning to discuss its themes afterward. [00:03:41]Plot twist! Kathy ends up thoroughly enjoying the Barbie movie and appreciates its nuanced take on humanism. [00:04:50]Kathy dissects the movie's portrayal of a self-absorbed, choreographed life, likening it to the unrealistic lives often showcased on Instagram. [00:07:00]Kathy connects Barbie's journey towards humanity with the broader cultural need for authenticity and realness. [00:08:13]Kathy uses the Kardashians as a lens to discuss the illusion of perfection, emphasizing that life is far more complex and humans are inherently flawed. [00:09:14]She highlights a moment where Barbie acknowledges her own stereotypical beauty, sparking a conversation about societal pressures and expectations. [00:10:03]Kathy shares her emotional response to Barbie's existential crisis, relating it to her own life experiences and challenges as a woman and a mother. [00:11:00]Kathy vents her frustration about feeling manipulated by "clickbait conservatives," leading to a discussion on the power dynamics that influence our choices. [00:12:19]Quoting physicist Eugene Burdick, Kathy discusses the formula for power as fear + division and reflects on its impact on her life and societal perceptions. [00:14:05]Kathy calls out social media algorithms that perpetuate fear and division, questioning the ethical implications. [00:15:04]Kathy opens up about the pressures of motherhood, setting the stage for a more expansive discussion on societal expectations. [00:17:36]Kathy delves into the concept of predictive behavior based on categories like sexual orientation, questioning the ethicality of data manipulation. [00:18:04]Kathy emphasizes the need for critical questioning, especially in the context of the war in Ukraine, and how misinformation can stifle inquiry. [00:19:33]Kathy criticizes the lack of integrity in news reporting, urging audiences to demand truth and transparency. [00:20:39]Kathy concludes by discussing the commercialization of news, arguing that monetization often compromises the quality of information we receive.

Dassler shoes was started by Adolf Dassler in 1924 in Germany, after he came home from World War I. His brother Rudolph joined him. They made athletic shoes and developed spikes to go on the bottom of the shoes. By 1936, they convinced Jesse Owens to wear their shoes on the way to his gold medals. Some of the American troops who liked the shoes during World War II helped spread the word. The brothers had a falling out soon after the war was over. Adolph founded Adidas while Rudolph created a rival shoe company called Puma. This was just in time for the advertising industry to convince people that if they bought athletic shoes that they would instantly be, er, athletic. The two companies became a part of an ad-driven identity that persists to this day. One most who buy the products advertised hardly understand themselves. A national identity involves concentric circles of understanding. The larger a nation, the more concentric circles and the harder it is to nail down exactly who has what identity. Part of this is that people spend less time thinking about who they are and more time being told who they should want to be like. Woven into the message of who a person should be is a bunch of products that a person has to buy to become the ideal. That's called advertising.  James White founded the first modern advertising agency called ‘R. F. White & Son' in Warwick Square, London in 1800. The industry evolved over the next hundred or so years as more plentiful supplies led to competition and so more of a need to advertise goods. Increasingly popular newspapers from better printing presses turned out a great place to advertise. The growth of industrialism meant there were plenty of goods and so competition between those who manufactured or trafficked those goods. The more efficient the machines of industry became, the more the advertising industry helped sell what the world might not yet know it needed. Many of those agencies settled into Madison Avenue in New York as balances of global power shifted and so by the end of World War II, Madison Avenue became a synonym for advertising. Many now-iconic brands were born in this era. Manufacturers and distributors weren't the only ones to use advertising. People put out ads to find loves in personals and by the 1950s advertising even began to find its way into politics. Iconic politicians could be created.  Dwight D Eisenhower served as the United States president from 1953 to 1961. He oversaw the liberation of Northern Africa in World War II, before he took command to plan the invasion of Normandy on D Day. He was almost universally held as a war hero in the United States. He had not held public office but the ad men of Madison Avenue were able to craft messages that put him into the White House. Messages like “I like Ike.” These were the early days of television and the early days of computers. A UNIVAC was able to predict that Eisenhower would defeat Adlai Stevenson in a landslide election in 1952. The country was not “Madly for Adlai” as his slogan went.  ENIAC had first been used in 1945. MIT Whirlwind was created in 1951, and the age of interactive computing was upon us. Not only could a computer predict who might win an election but new options in data processing allowed for more granular ways to analyze data. A young Senator named John F. Kennedy was heralded as a “new candidate for the 1960s.” Just a few years later Stephenson had lambasted Ike for using advertising, but this new generation was willing to let computers help build a platform - just as the advertisers were starting to use computers to help them figure out the best way to market a product. It turns out that words mattered. At the beginning of that 1960 election, many observed they couldn't tell much difference between the two candidates: Richard Nixon and John Kennedy. Kennedy's democrats were still largely factored between those who believed in philosophies dating back to the New Deal and segregationists. Ike presided over the early days of the post-World War II new world order. This new generation, like new generations before and since, was different. They seemed to embrace the new digital era. Someone like JFK wasn't punching cards and feeding them into a computer, writing algorithms, or out surveying people to collect that data. That was done by a company that was founded in 1959 called Simulmatics. Jill Lepore called them the What If men in her book called If/Then - a great read that goes further into the politics of the day. It's a fascinating read. The founder of the company was a Madison Avenue ad man named Ed Greenfield. He surrounded himself with a cast of characters that included people from John Hopkins University, MIT, Yale, and IBM.  Ithiel de Sola Pool had studied Nazi and Soviet propaganda during World War II. He picked up on work from Hungarian Frigyes Karinthy and with students ran Monte Carlo simulations on people's acquaintances to formulate what would later become The Small World Problem or the Six Degrees of Separation, a later inspiration for the social network of the same name and even later, for Facebook. The social sciences had become digital. Political science could then be used to get at the very issues that could separate Kennedy from Nixon. The People Machine as one called it was a computer simulation, thus the name of the company. It would analyze voting behaviors. The previous Democratic candidate Stevenson had long-winded, complex speeches. They analyzed the electorate and found that “I Like Ike” resonated with more people. It had, after all, been developed by the same ad man who came up with “Melts in your mouth, not in your hands” for M&Ms. They called the project Project Microscope. They recruited some of the best liberal minds in political science and computer science. They split the electorate into 480 groups. A big focus was how to win the African-American vote. Turns out Gallup polls didn't study that vote because Southern newspapers had blocked doing so. Civil rights, and race relations in general wasn't unlike a few other issues. There was anti-Catholic, anti-Jew, and anti-a lot. The Republicans were the party of Lincoln and had gotten a lot of votes over the last hundred years for that. But factions within the party had shifted. Loyalties were shifting. Kennedy was a Catholic but many had cautioned he should down-play that issue. The computer predicted civil rights and anti-Catholic bigotry would help him, which became Kennedy's platform. He stood for what was right but were they his positions or just what the nerds thought? He gained votes at the last minute. Turns out the other disenfranchised groups saw the bigotry against one group as akin to bigotry against their own; just like the computers thought they would. Kennedy became an anti-segregationist, as that would help win the Black vote in some large population centers. It was the most aggressive, or liberal, civil-rights plank the Democrats had ever taken up.  Civil rights are human rights. Catholic rights are as well. Kennedy offered the role of Vice President to Lyndon B Johnson, the Senate Majority Leader and was nominated to the Democratic candidate. Project Microscope from Simulmatics was hired in part to shore up Jewish and African-American votes. They said Kennedy should turn the fact that he was a Catholic into a strength. Use the fact he was Catholic to give up a few votes here and there in the South but pick up other votes. He also took the Simulmatics information as it came out of the IBM 704 mainframe to shore up his stance on other issues. That confidence helped him out-perform Nixon in televised debates. They used teletypes and even had the kids rooms converted into temporary data rooms. CBS predicted Nixon would win. Less than an hour later they predicted Kennedy would win. Kennedy won the popular vote by .1 percent of the country even after two recounts. The Black vote hat turned out big for Kennedy. News leaked about the work Simulmatics had done for Kennedy. Some knew that IBM had helped Hitler track Jews as has been written about in the book IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black. Others still had issues with advertising in campaigns and couldn't fathom computers. Despite Stalin's disgust for computers some compared the use of computers to Stalinistic propaganda. Yet it worked - even if in retrospect the findings were all things we could all take for granted. They weren't yet. The Kennedy campaign at first denied the “use of an electronic brain and yet their reports live on in the Kennedy Library. A movement against the use of the computer seemed to die after Kennedy was assassinated.  Books of fiction persisted, like The 480 from Eugene Burdick, which got its title from the number of groups Simulmatics used. The company went on to experiment with every potential market their computer simulation could be used in. The most obvious was the advertising industry. But many of those companies went on to buy their own computers. They already had what many now know is the most important aspect of any data analytics project: the data. Sometimes they had decades of buying data - and could start over on more modern computers. They worked with the Times to analyze election results in 1962, to try and catch newspapers up with television. The project was a failure and newspapers leaned into more commentary and longer-term analysis to remain a relevant supplier of news in a world of real-time television. They applied their brand of statistics to help simulate the economy of Venezuela in a project called Project Camelot, which LBJ later shot down.  Their most profitable venture became working with the defense department to do research in Vietnam. They collected data, analyzed data, punched data into cards, and fed it into computers. Pool was unabashedly pro-US and it's arguable that they saw what they wanted to see. So did the war planners in the pentagon, who followed Robert McNamara. McNamara had been one of the Quiz Kids who turned around the Ford Motor Company with a new brand of data-driven management to analyze trends in the car industry, shore up supply chains, and out-innovate the competition. He became the first president of the company who wasn't a Ford. His family had moved to the US from Ireland to flee the Great Irish Famine. Not many generations later he got an MBA from Harvard before he became a captain in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II primarily as an analyst. Henry Ford the second hired his whole group to help with the company.  As many in politics and the military learn, companies and nations are very different. They did well at first, reducing the emphasis on big nuclear first strike capabilities and developing other military capabilities. One of those was how to deal with guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgencies. That became critical in Vietnam, a war between the communist North Vietnamese and the South Vietnamese. The North was backed by North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union, the South backed by the United States, South Korea, Australia. Others got involved but those were the main parties. We can think of McNamara's use of computers to provide just in time provisioning of armed forces and move spending to where it could be most impactful, which slashed over $10 billion in military spending. As the Vietnam war intensified, statistically the number of troops killed by Americans vs American casualties made it look computationally like the was was being won. In hindsight we know it was not.  Under McNamara, ARPA hired Simulmatics to study the situation on the ground. They would merge computers, information warfare, psychological warfare, and social sciences. The Vietnamese that they interviewed didn't always tell them the truth. After all, maybe they were CIA agents. Many of the studies lacked true scholars as the war was unpopular back home. People who collected data weren't always skilled at the job. They spoke primarily with those they didn't get shot at as much while going to see. In general, the algorithms might have worked or might not have worked - but they had bad data. Yet Simulmatics sent reports that the operations were going well to McNamara. Many in the military would remember this as real capabilities at cyber warfare and information warfare were developed in the following decades. Back home, Simulmatics also became increasingly tied up in things Kennedy might have arguably fought against. There were riots, civil rights protests, and Simulatics took contracts to simulate racial riots. Some felt they could riot or go die in in the jungles of Vietnam. The era of predictive policing had begun as the hope of the early 1960s turned into the apathy of the late 1960s. Martin Luther King Jr spoke out again riot prediction, yet Simulmatics pushed on. Whether their insights were effective in many of the situations, just like in Vietnam - was dubious. They helped usher in the era of Surveillance capitalism, in a way. But the arrival of computers in ad agencies meant that if they hadn't of, someone else would have.  People didn't take kindly to being poked, prodded, and analyzed intellectually. Automation took jobs, which Kennedy had addressed in rhetoric if not in action. The war was deeply unpopular as American soldiers came home from a far off land in caskets. The link between Simulmatics and academia was known. Students protested against them and claimed they were war criminals. The psychological warfare abroad, being on the wrong side of history at home with the race riots, and the disintegrating military-industrial-university complex didn't help. There were technical issues. The technology had changed away from languages like FORTRAN. Further, the number of data points required and how they were processed required what we now call “Big Data” and “machine learning.” Those technologies showed promise early but more mathematics needed to be developed to fully weaponize the surveillance everything. More code and libraries needed to be developed to crunch the large amounts of statistics. More work needed to be done to get better data and process it. The computerization of the social sciences was just beginning and while people like Pool predicted the societal impacts we could expect, people at ARPA doubted the results and the company they created could not be saved as all these factors converged to put them into bankruptcy in 1970.  Their ideas and research lived on. Pool and others published some of their findings. Books opened the minds to the good and bad of what technology could do. The Southern politicians, or Dixiecrats, fell apart. Nixon embraced a new brand of conservatism as he lost the race to be the Governor of California to Pat Brown in 1962. There were charges of voter fraud from the 1960 election. The Mansfeld Amendment restricted military funding of basic research in 1969 and went into effect in 1970. Ike had warned of the growing links between universities as the creators of weapons of war like what Simulmatics signified and the amendment helped pull back funding for such exploits. As Lepore points out in her book, mid-century liberalism was dead. Nixon tapped into the silent majority who countered the counterculture of the 1960s. Crime rose and the conservatives became the party of law and order. He opened up relations with China, spun down the Vietnam war, negotiated with the Soviet leader Brezhnev to warm relations, and rolled back Johnson's attempts at what had been called The Great Society to get inflation back in check. Under him the incarceration rate in the United States exploded. His presidency ended with Watergate and under Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush, the personal computer became prolific and the internet, once an ARPA project began to take shape. They all used computers to find and weigh issues, thaw the Cold War, and build a new digitally-driven world order. The Clinton years saw an acceleration of the Internet and by the early 2000s companies like PayPal were on the rise. One of their founders was Peter Thiel. Peter Thiel founded Palantir in 2003 then invested in companies like Facebook with his PayPal money. Palantir received backing from In-Q-Tel “World-class, cutting-edge technologies for National Security”. In-Q-Tel was founded in 1999 as the global technological evolution began to explode. While the governments of the world had helped build the internet, it wasn't long before they realized it gave an asymmetrical advantage to newcomers. The more widely available the internet, the more far reaching attacks could go, the more subversive economic warfare could be. Governmental agencies like the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) needed more data and the long promised artificial intelligence technologies to comb through that data. Agencies then got together and launched their own venture capital fund, similar to those in the private sector - one called In-Q-Tel. Palantir has worked to develop software for the US Immigration and Customers Enforcement, or ICE, to investigate criminal activities and allegedly used data obtained from Cambridge Analytica along with Facebook data. The initial aim of the company was to take technology developed for PayPal's fraud detection and apply it to other areas like terrorism, with help from intelligence agencies. They help fight fraud for nations and have worked with the CIA, NSA, FBI, CDC, and various branches of the United States military on various software projects. Their Gotham project is the culmination of decades of predictive policing work.  There are dozens of other companies like Palantir. Just as Pool's work on Six Degrees of Separation, social networks made the amount of data that could be harvested all the greater. Companies use that data to sell products. Nations use that data for propaganda. Those who get elected to run nations use that data to find out what they need to say to be allowed to do so. The data is more accurate with every passing year. Few of the ideas are all that new, just better executed. The original sin mostly forgotten, we still have to struggle with the impact and ethical ramifications. Politics has always had a bit of a ruse in a rise to power. Now it's less about personal observation and more about the observations and analyses that can be gleaned from large troves of data. The issues brought up in books like The 480 are as poignant today as they were in the 1950s.

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Something a little different from the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts: a board game review with Jim Williams. A political board game, of course. It'd be great to hear what you think of this game review. Should Jim and I play more games and talk about them in future episodes? Show notes Get your own copy of 1960: The Making of the President. Eugene Burdick. My cunning advantage over Jim. Canadian Check Shirt Guy (aka Rodney Smith) reviews 1960: The Making of the President on YouTube. How Nixon's poor shaving helped lose him the 1960 election. The famous Nixon/Khrushchev photo. Make Votes Matter - campaigning for electoral reform in the UK. If Then: How One Data Company Invented the Future by Jill Lepore: Bookshop (independent bookshops) / Amazon.* Codenames and 13 Days.* Theme tune by Hugo Lee. New to listening to podcasts? Here are some tips on how to listen to podcasts. Enjoy the show? Spread the word Follow the show on Twitter. Like the show on Facebook. Share the show's website, www.NeverMindTheBarCharts.com. * This list includes affiliate links which generate a commission for each sale made.

Emma is joined this week by Dr. Vincent Casaregola of Saint Louis University to cover a film that is considered one of the best of all time: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)! An iconic Kubrick film, Dr. Strangelove takes a dark, comedic look at nuclear tensions and end-of-the-world antics.  Dr. Casaregola helps frame what the mindset was of the American people during the Cold War, the (very real) problems of nuclear mishaps, how Stanley Kubrick became one of the most innovative directors in the motion picture industry, what the best tips are for learning to appreciate classic movies.  Be sure to tune into this explosive episode!  Please Comment, Rate, and Share our episodes and tell us what you like and what you want to hear more of!— Be sure to check us out onOur website: https://the-old-soul-movie-podcast.simplecast.com/FacebookTwitter: @oldsoulpodInstagram: @oldsoulmoviepodcast— Films/Series Mentioned:On the Beach (1959)Fail Safe (1964)Paths of Glory (1957)The Americanization of Emily (1964)The Mouse That Roared (1959)Lolita (1962)Metropolis (1927)The Killing (1956)2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)A Clockwork Orange (1971)Barry Lyndon (1975)The Longest Day (1962)The Wizard of Oz (1939)Dawn's Early Light (Year Unknown)No Highway in the Sky (1951)The High and the Mighty (1954)Strategic Air Command (1955) Bombers B52 (1957)A Gathering of Eagles (1963) – Film featuring Rock Hudson and Rod TaylorHidden Figures (2016)Atomic Café (1982)*Canadian documentary title not foundThe Stand (2020 miniseries)Contagion (2011)Novels/Literary Works Mentioned:On the Beach by Nevil Shute (Published 1957)Red Alert by Peter George (Published 1958)Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler (Published 1962)The Americanization of Emily by William Bradford Huie (Published 1959)Underworld by Don DeLillo (Published 1997)Missile Envy by Helen Caldicott (Published 1984)The Rhetoric of Antinuclear Fiction by Patrick Mannix (Published 1992)The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (Published 1895)The Shape of Things to Come (Published 1933)Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Published 1932)The Stand by Stephen King (Published 1978)

For episode #100, we discuss Red Alert, by Peter George, and Fail-Safe, by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, then talk about the adaptation of the former, Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and the two adaptations of Fail-Safe, the 1964 film and the 2000 live teleplay. Rankings! Colin: … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #100: Yeah…We Watched It (Dr. Strangelove & Fail-Safe) →

For episode #100, we discuss Red Alert, by Peter George, and Fail-Safe, by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, then talk about the adaptation of the former, Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and the two adaptations of Fail-Safe, the 1964 film and the 2000 live teleplay. Rankings! Colin: … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #100: Yeah…We Watched It (Dr. Strangelove & Fail-Safe) →

American photographer Dan Kane has a vivid memory.  He got to Berlin in 1983 and experienced some of the major events like the Nicholson shooting of 1985, the LaBelle bombing in 1986, the Wall coming down in 1989 - and he has some stories to share.Dan was a civilian, fluent in German, and an ex-pat with a variety of jobs in the American sector. He taught English, narrated ads for AFN Berlin (88FM,) and taught photography for the US Army – worth noting that his students were involved in surveillance operations with Detachment A, USMLM, and others.  We postulate about one fairly relentless recruitment approach by the Stasi on a road trip to Rostock, East Germany, and Dan shares the realities of living in the spy capital of Europe in the mid 80s. This conversation was recorded in 2018 in Dan's apartment in NeuKölln, and unfortunately, the audio sounds like listening in on a real Live Drop - with the ashtray bugged on a coffee table.  Dan's made Berlin his home and studio to an extensive body of work. His exhibits, links and publications can be found at:   Dan-Kane.com  Episode image is from Dan's 'Kulisse' collection of photographs (scenery and nudes) from a former Soviet Military Hospital at Beelitz, Heilstätten.The 1962 spy novel Dan read and summarized to his Stasi driver/captor: FAIL-SAFE, by Eugene Burdick and Harvey WheelerComments, suggestions or questions?  thelivedrop@gmail.comEpisode 46If you've enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more, please consider signing up as a contributing patron and join the community for exclusive commentary, and content.  A $10 a month donation will really keep us going ---> https://www.patreon.com/thelivedropAlternatively, if you would like to help make Season Three operational you could offer a one time donation of any amount right here ---> https://www.paypal.me/thelivedropThank you for listening and your support,Mark ValleyCreator/Host Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode Adam and Matt break down the classic Fail Safe, a 1964 Cold War thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. “The Hunt” (streaming rental on all platforms) Highlights  Discussion of Blumhouse Resources Vulture - “How The Hunt Came Back From Cancellation”

This episode focuses on Eugene Burdick and William Lederer's 1958 classic The Ugly American, which was meant to be a wake-up call for the American foreign policy establishment. It played a role in cultivating Kennedy's emphasis on counterinsurgency and its legacy continues to influence policy decisions to this day. Let the Swami from Savannah read your palm and give this episode a listen. Follow Keenan Duffey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/keenanwords Buy Paris Circle: https://www.amazon.com/Paris-Circle-Keenan-Duffey/dp/1970100001

In todays episode I sit down with Ma and she explains what really went down back in the 60s, when Marlon (first name basis oh la la) called her up outta the blue in Kahnawake. She gives us the scoop on her first trip to Hollywood, what Marlons villa looked like, and how she rubbed elbows with stars like Eugene Burdick at a political fundraiser in San Fran!

We know that there are powerful demographic trends taking place in the US.  That the economic divide in America is widening at an almost geometric pace.  That certain groups repeatedly, in spite of powerful evidence to the contrary, vote against their own economic self interest.  We’ve seen and continue to see examples of the ways in which Big Data and the vast amount of individual information available today, make it easier to define the electors.  Back in 1964, journalist Eugene Burdick first took up this issue  in a seminal novel entitled The 480.  A story where computers could slice and dice the electorate to give one candidate an electoral advantage.  Today, that’s no longer fictionTony Fairfax. a demographic consultant and CEO of CensusChannel LLC,  has been looking at these trends for decades and he’s come to some interesting new conclusions in The Presidential Trend.My conversation with Tony Fairfax: 

PODCAST SATELLITE  /  The Voice of IsraelWWW.PODCASTSATELLITE.COMwith Prince Handley 2012 SYNOPSIS OF END TIME ALIGNMENT OF NATIONSPOLITICAL SCIENCE AND PROPHETIC SIGNS You can listen to this message NOW.Click on the LibSyn pod circle at top left. (Allow images to display.)Listen NOW or download for later. After you listen to this message, you can scroll down for all messagespreviously in the Archives (with Show Notes). There are several music beds in this podcast.The podcast is not over just because you hear music. Please email this message to a friend. RSS PODCAST 24/7 release of Prince Handley blogs, teachings, and podcasts >>> STREAM Text:  "follow princehandley"  to 40404 (in USA) Or, Twitter: princehandley ______________________________________________________________ 2012 SYNOPSIS OF END TIME ALIGNMENT OF NATIONSPOLITICAL SCIENCE and PROPHETIC SIGNSBy Prince Handley China and India will be predominant in the demise of the US dollar. Since China holds lots of US Treasury Note investments, they will NOT want the US dollar to careen too precipitously until the time of “perfection” as far as they are concerned. Also, since China exports so much product to the US, they are not so anxious for the US dollar to fail … until situations prevail that would make such a downturn advantageous to them. Military superiority intertwined with economic factors (basic commercialism) make strange but interactive bedfellows. INDIA cut a deal in January, 2012, to buy oil from Iran with gold rather than dollars. It may be that China will follow suit. With both China and India (large oil consumers – and soon to be the largest oil consumers in the world due to increased economic and manufacturing growth along with population) – in bed with Iran on the “gold” finger, the USA will be hung out to dry. See previous surmisings on other US problems – mostly caused by the incest of politics and banking and more recently contaminated by Obama's STD (socialized trade debt) – at: “USA Past and Future.” However, do NOT discount Russia and Brazil as “players” in this decade of decadence. RUSSIA wants the US dollar dead, also. Why? To weaken the US both economically and militarily. And, Brazil is in bed with Russia, India and China through the consortium of BRIC. GERMANY may at some time, and with the proper circumstantial pressure, revert back to anti-Israel policies and attitudes. In a recent research report, anti-semitism was found to be deeply rooted in German society. Also, Germany would like to regain it's base as a “power people” in coming years, especially in the confines of the EU and world commerce. Watch for this as it could precipitate a forcep of inequity for Israel resulting in a worldwide backlash. CHINA has much to gain from the demise of the US … and the US dollar, as opposed to India, who only wants positioning on the NEW Global Currency as part of world economic leadership. However, China has plans in place for the downfall of the USA in international psychology, or game theory – similar to intercorporate group dynamics – and based upon the Nash Equilibrium. Prince Handley believes that China will at some point in the next 5 to 7 years assume an already SECRETLY SCHEDULED strategy – replacing its “seeming” position as regards its “partners of probability” in the Nash Equilibrium scenarios – of The Kuebler-Ross Model of Change, and use SHOCK to their advantage in order to argue for ACCEPTANCE in the 10 region New Global Governance along with Islam … to the rejection of its diplomatic ties with not only its other competitors, but mainly its diplomatic friend: Israel. The key interchange will be the juxtapositioning of New Babylon and Jerusalem: The Harlot versus the Holy. It does not take too much theorizing along with Bible prophecy … if one is a genuine and knowledgeable truth seeker … to see that the imperial history of the Middle East (the world powers and their empires) have aligned over the centuries for a model to circumscribe the fulfillment of prophetic decrees by the Prophets of God. IRAQ is synonymous with a “royal flush” in poker. Why? Because the REAL reason for the war in Iraq plays a decisive hand in the End Times prophetic poker game of power, resulting in the setup for the underpinning of the New Babylon, which will bring about a paradigm shift in economics and geopolitics in the last days. China is smart to position itself as benefactor to the African nations by building infrastructure as a means to be close to resources in Africa. This also lends logistic stability to China's role in the “kings of the east” versus Iran in the conflict over the “strategy in waiting” of Islamization of China. Some of the “kings of the east” will be vicious enemies of each other due to cultural and geopolitical views. To compare the military strength of the nations of the world - excluding nuclear capability - go to: http://www.globalfirepower.com/. You will see that China and India are two out of the four top players in the world. They rank as follows: USAChinaRussiaIndia Most nations want the USA strong as long as it benefits them economically; however, since the writing of the book, The Ugly American in 1958 by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer, and the 1963 film with the same title (starring Marlon Brando), Americans and their country have taken a “less than front seat” in the eyes of many countries and their citizens. The element of jealousy also plays a large part … not only among citizenry, but in political power circles. You are never jealous of anyone unless they have MORE or BETTER than you: even if they help you and are your benefactor. NORTH KOREA is the “wild card” in the deck. (No pun intended.) North Korea is as unpredictable as its new leader, Kim Jong-un, but it is highly probable it will be included in the alignment with the “kings of the east.” The influence of uncertainty plays a psychological factor in the alternate plans of leading nations … even in the Pacific Rim where other smaller nations like Japan, South Korea and the Philippines … are “antsy” with regard to North Korea. One possible scenario, although highly unlikely, is that Kim Jong-un's half brother would take over as leader. That could change the whole picture as far as possible elimination of nuclear-nut cases. But, they could still be dangerous as far as supply of training and materials to rogue nation-states or terrorist groups. IRAN is at the epicenter of imminent military and nuclear concern at this time juncture. The only KEY dampening effect on Iran is Israel. The US, EU, UN, and NATO are NOT to be relied upon to stop Iran because of weakness and lack of resolve in their leadership. Only Israel can and will do the job. For a discussion on Iran and its ties with Russia, and its ultimate defeat, go to: “Israel: Times of the Signs.” However, for a chronological flow of how Iran plays into Middle East conflict before its ultimate destruction, see: “A Message to Israel, Bibi, IDF and Mossad.” Ahmadinejad, Iran's governmental leader, claims that he (Acmadinejad) is to personally prepare the world for the coming Mahdi. In order to save the world, it (the world) must be in a state of chaos and subjugation. Ahmadinejad claims he was “directed by Allah to pave the way for the glorious appearance of the Mahdi”. This apocalyptic directive includes some very scary proclamations. Iran's parters, Syria and Hizballah, along with possibly Iraq will present a triple threat to Israel from … and toward … differerent arenas. See my directive to Israel's leadership in August of 2008, at Podcast Satellite under the section, "Iran, Syria, and Lebanon." The recent lack of Western and Saudi-Arab powers to topple Assad in Syria have strengthend Hizballah and made them more credible in the eyes of other dissidents with the following results: The Tehran-Damascus-Hizballah bloc is strengthened, joined most recently by Iraq. Iran receives recognition for outplaying USA and Saudi led Gulf Arab partners. Hizballah has been strengthened in the eyes of Lebanon, Syria, and Iran … and joined by Iraq. Turkey backed down on help for Syrian independence to stay on good terms with Iran. China and Russia have moved forward to replace USA in Middle East influence. Russia's help in arms slaes and naval support to Syria … and China's military and economic overtures with the Persian Gulf states. ISRAEL is faced with autonomous decision making, unlike past international relationships, both diplomatic and militarily. The only way Israel will defeat Iran is by taking action on its own. Let me be specific. It appears that no other nation is worthy of such posturing. Israel can NOT depend on anyone except G-d at this coordinate of strategic interplay: especially the USA, who is long on words and short on substance because of its leadership (not its people). The US President may take action against Iran as a political gesture in Spring or early Summer posturing in time for the 2012 Presidential elections in the Fall. However, the President's previous stance in his effort to move Israel back to 1967 borders which was manifested right before Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress May 24, 2011, is a bad omen. When Obama saw that Congress and the American people would NOT stand for such betrayal of Israel, he promptly reversed course. I think, also, that it is highly probable the Barack Hussein Obama may one day be Secretary-General of the United Nations, and that could well be a portent of calamitous events prophesied in the Bible. The US set a goal date for deploying a commando platform in the Persian Gulf about May, 2012, indicated preparation for military clashes to blow up with Iran in the late spring or early summer, 2012. However, this is NOT a strategy to help Israel, but only to preserve the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. It has nothing to do with the nuclear threat posed by Iran, nor the defense of the Israeli people. It is a counter-measure against mines which Iran has threatened to plant in the Strait of Hormuz in reprisal for the US-EU oil embargo. The US Navy SEALs will also take on Iran's menacing fleet of military speedboats aimed at striking tankers, coastal oil targets around the Gulf (export terminals) and US ships preyed upon by missiles and suicide under-water missions. Saudi Arabia pledged to increase production of oil to make up for diminishing oil supplies from cancelled oil orders from countries placing sanctions against Iran; however, necessary quantities of oil will not flow from the Saudis until May … and Iran may opt to attack oil tankers, as well as US Navy ships in the Persian Gulf before then. Why would Iran foolishly wait until the US and other of Iran's adversarys have their ducks in order by May?! WHAT TO WATCH FOR IN THE FUTURE In 2012 there will be great model changes – geopolitical, economical and military shifts – couse altering events that will affect the future of Planet Earth … and usher in the End Time Preparation decreed by the Prophets of God in the Holy Bible. After 2012 watch for either of these: A world leader who is fatally wounded in the head AND whose deadly wound is healed. This leader will be the one the New World Order will choose as their leader. He will be the PSEUDO messiah. Or ... a world system which was seemingly dead is revived and becomes a great world power once again. This could be Islam. The Eastern leg of the Old Roman Empire outlived the Western leg for about 1,000 years. In the past, many Bible scholars tried to fit the Old Roman Empire into the 10 nation confederacy that will arise in the last days. However, they failed to take into consideration that the Ottoman Empire and the influence of Byzantium ... and Islam ... was the extension that lasted longer. So, hermeneutically, Islam could be the exact "fit" for a "deadly wound that was healed." This is probably the correct interpretation ... and therefore: WATCH ISLAM (and Turkey). Also, after 2012, watch for: China will surpass Russia and the USA in nuclear proliferation and become part of the military triumvirate of the East. A combination of the EU, the League of Arab States, and Iran forming a complex of TEN Regions of nation-states. New Babylon will become the concourse of world trade and Muslim ideology. Watch … and PRAY! Baruch haba b'Shem Adonai. Your friend,Prince HandleyPresident / RegentUniversity of Excellence WEBSITES:    www.uofe.org    www.podcastsatellite.com    www.princehandley.wordpress.comPODCASTS (INTERNET BROADCASTS):    VOICE OF ISRAEL Podcast: www.podcastsatellite.libsyn.com24/7 PRINCE HANDLEY BLOGS, TEACHING AND PODCASTSwww.twitter.com/princehandley/TWITTER: princehandley  Podcast time: 15 minutes, 27 seconds

PODCAST SATELLITE  /  The Voice of IsraelWWW.PODCASTSATELLITE.COMwith Prince Handley 2012 SYNOPSIS OF END TIME ALIGNMENT OF NATIONSPOLITICAL SCIENCE AND PROPHETIC SIGNS You can listen to this message NOW.Click on the LibSyn pod circle at top left. (Allow images to display.)Listen NOW or download for later. After you listen to this message, you can scroll down for all messagespreviously in the Archives (with Show Notes). There are several music beds in this podcast.The podcast is not over just because you hear music. Please email this message to a friend. RSS PODCAST 24/7 release of Prince Handley blogs, teachings, and podcasts >>> STREAM Text:  "follow princehandley"  to 40404 (in USA) Or, Twitter: princehandley ______________________________________________________________ 2012 SYNOPSIS OF END TIME ALIGNMENT OF NATIONSPOLITICAL SCIENCE and PROPHETIC SIGNSBy Prince Handley China and India will be predominant in the demise of the US dollar. Since China holds lots of US Treasury Note investments, they will NOT want the US dollar to careen too precipitously until the time of “perfection” as far as they are concerned. Also, since China exports so much product to the US, they are not so anxious for the US dollar to fail … until situations prevail that would make such a downturn advantageous to them. Military superiority intertwined with economic factors (basic commercialism) make strange but interactive bedfellows. INDIA cut a deal in January, 2012, to buy oil from Iran with gold rather than dollars. It may be that China will follow suit. With both China and India (large oil consumers – and soon to be the largest oil consumers in the world due to increased economic and manufacturing growth along with population) – in bed with Iran on the “gold” finger, the USA will be hung out to dry. See previous surmisings on other US problems – mostly caused by the incest of politics and banking and more recently contaminated by Obama's STD (socialized trade debt) – at: “USA Past and Future.” However, do NOT discount Russia and Brazil as “players” in this decade of decadence. RUSSIA wants the US dollar dead, also. Why? To weaken the US both economically and militarily. And, Brazil is in bed with Russia, India and China through the consortium of BRIC. GERMANY may at some time, and with the proper circumstantial pressure, revert back to anti-Israel policies and attitudes. In a recent research report, anti-semitism was found to be deeply rooted in German society. Also, Germany would like to regain it's base as a “power people” in coming years, especially in the confines of the EU and world commerce. Watch for this as it could precipitate a forcep of inequity for Israel resulting in a worldwide backlash. CHINA has much to gain from the demise of the US … and the US dollar, as opposed to India, who only wants positioning on the NEW Global Currency as part of world economic leadership. However, China has plans in place for the downfall of the USA in international psychology, or game theory – similar to intercorporate group dynamics – and based upon the Nash Equilibrium. Prince Handley believes that China will at some point in the next 5 to 7 years assume an already SECRETLY SCHEDULED strategy – replacing its “seeming” position as regards its “partners of probability” in the Nash Equilibrium scenarios – of The Kuebler-Ross Model of Change, and use SHOCK to their advantage in order to argue for ACCEPTANCE in the 10 region New Global Governance along with Islam … to the rejection of its diplomatic ties with not only its other competitors, but mainly its diplomatic friend: Israel. The key interchange will be the juxtapositioning of New Babylon and Jerusalem: The Harlot versus the Holy. It does not take too much theorizing along with Bible prophecy … if one is a genuine and knowledgeable truth seeker … to see that the imperial history of the Middle East (the world powers and their empires) have aligned over the centuries for a model to circumscribe the fulfillment of prophetic decrees by the Prophets of God. IRAQ is synonymous with a “royal flush” in poker. Why? Because the REAL reason for the war in Iraq plays a decisive hand in the End Times prophetic poker game of power, resulting in the setup for the underpinning of the New Babylon, which will bring about a paradigm shift in economics and geopolitics in the last days. China is smart to position itself as benefactor to the African nations by building infrastructure as a means to be close to resources in Africa. This also lends logistic stability to China's role in the “kings of the east” versus Iran in the conflict over the “strategy in waiting” of Islamization of China. Some of the “kings of the east” will be vicious enemies of each other due to cultural and geopolitical views. To compare the military strength of the nations of the world - excluding nuclear capability - go to: http://www.globalfirepower.com/. You will see that China and India are two out of the four top players in the world. They rank as follows: USAChinaRussiaIndia Most nations want the USA strong as long as it benefits them economically; however, since the writing of the book, The Ugly American in 1958 by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer, and the 1963 film with the same title (starring Marlon Brando), Americans and their country have taken a “less than front seat” in the eyes of many countries and their citizens. The element of jealousy also plays a large part … not only among citizenry, but in political power circles. You are never jealous of anyone unless they have MORE or BETTER than you: even if they help you and are your benefactor. NORTH KOREA is the “wild card” in the deck. (No pun intended.) North Korea is as unpredictable as its new leader, Kim Jong-un, but it is highly probable it will be included in the alignment with the “kings of the east.” The influence of uncertainty plays a psychological factor in the alternate plans of leading nations … even in the Pacific Rim where other smaller nations like Japan, South Korea and the Philippines … are “antsy” with regard to North Korea. One possible scenario, although highly unlikely, is that Kim Jong-un's half brother would take over as leader. That could change the whole picture as far as possible elimination of nuclear-nut cases. But, they could still be dangerous as far as supply of training and materials to rogue nation-states or terrorist groups. IRAN is at the epicenter of imminent military and nuclear concern at this time juncture. The only KEY dampening effect on Iran is Israel. The US, EU, UN, and NATO are NOT to be relied upon to stop Iran because of weakness and lack of resolve in their leadership. Only Israel can and will do the job. For a discussion on Iran and its ties with Russia, and its ultimate defeat, go to: “Israel: Times of the Signs.” However, for a chronological flow of how Iran plays into Middle East conflict before its ultimate destruction, see: “A Message to Israel, Bibi, IDF and Mossad.” Ahmadinejad, Iran's governmental leader, claims that he (Acmadinejad) is to personally prepare the world for the coming Mahdi. In order to save the world, it (the world) must be in a state of chaos and subjugation. Ahmadinejad claims he was “directed by Allah to pave the way for the glorious appearance of the Mahdi”. This apocalyptic directive includes some very scary proclamations. Iran's parters, Syria and Hizballah, along with possibly Iraq will present a triple threat to Israel from … and toward … differerent arenas. See my directive to Israel's leadership in August of 2008, at Podcast Satellite under the section, "Iran, Syria, and Lebanon." The recent lack of Western and Saudi-Arab powers to topple Assad in Syria have strengthend Hizballah and made them more credible in the eyes of other dissidents with the following results: The Tehran-Damascus-Hizballah bloc is strengthened, joined most recently by Iraq. Iran receives recognition for outplaying USA and Saudi led Gulf Arab partners. Hizballah has been strengthened in the eyes of Lebanon, Syria, and Iran … and joined by Iraq. Turkey backed down on help for Syrian independence to stay on good terms with Iran. China and Russia have moved forward to replace USA in Middle East influence. Russia's help in arms slaes and naval support to Syria … and China's military and economic overtures with the Persian Gulf states. ISRAEL is faced with autonomous decision making, unlike past international relationships, both diplomatic and militarily. The only way Israel will defeat Iran is by taking action on its own. Let me be specific. It appears that no other nation is worthy of such posturing. Israel can NOT depend on anyone except G-d at this coordinate of strategic interplay: especially the USA, who is long on words and short on substance because of its leadership (not its people). The US President may take action against Iran as a political gesture in Spring or early Summer posturing in time for the 2012 Presidential elections in the Fall. However, the President's previous stance in his effort to move Israel back to 1967 borders which was manifested right before Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress May 24, 2011, is a bad omen. When Obama saw that Congress and the American people would NOT stand for such betrayal of Israel, he promptly reversed course. I think, also, that it is highly probable the Barack Hussein Obama may one day be Secretary-General of the United Nations, and that could well be a portent of calamitous events prophesied in the Bible. The US set a goal date for deploying a commando platform in the Persian Gulf about May, 2012, indicated preparation for military clashes to blow up with Iran in the late spring or early summer, 2012. However, this is NOT a strategy to help Israel, but only to preserve the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. It has nothing to do with the nuclear threat posed by Iran, nor the defense of the Israeli people. It is a counter-measure against mines which Iran has threatened to plant in the Strait of Hormuz in reprisal for the US-EU oil embargo. The US Navy SEALs will also take on Iran's menacing fleet of military speedboats aimed at striking tankers, coastal oil targets around the Gulf (export terminals) and US ships preyed upon by missiles and suicide under-water missions. Saudi Arabia pledged to increase production of oil to make up for diminishing oil supplies from cancelled oil orders from countries placing sanctions against Iran; however, necessary quantities of oil will not flow from the Saudis until May … and Iran may opt to attack oil tankers, as well as US Navy ships in the Persian Gulf before then. Why would Iran foolishly wait until the US and other of Iran's adversarys have their ducks in order by May?! WHAT TO WATCH FOR IN THE FUTURE In 2012 there will be great model changes – geopolitical, economical and military shifts – couse altering events that will affect the future of Planet Earth … and usher in the End Time Preparation decreed by the Prophets of God in the Holy Bible. After 2012 watch for either of these: A world leader who is fatally wounded in the head AND whose deadly wound is healed. This leader will be the one the New World Order will choose as their leader. He will be the PSEUDO messiah. Or ... a world system which was seemingly dead is revived and becomes a great world power once again. This could be Islam. The Eastern leg of the Old Roman Empire outlived the Western leg for about 1,000 years. In the past, many Bible scholars tried to fit the Old Roman Empire into the 10 nation confederacy that will arise in the last days. However, they failed to take into consideration that the Ottoman Empire and the influence of Byzantium ... and Islam ... was the extension that lasted longer. So, hermeneutically, Islam could be the exact "fit" for a "deadly wound that was healed." This is probably the correct interpretation ... and therefore: WATCH ISLAM (and Turkey). Also, after 2012, watch for: China will surpass Russia and the USA in nuclear proliferation and become part of the military triumvirate of the East. A combination of the EU, the League of Arab States, and Iran forming a complex of TEN Regions of nation-states. New Babylon will become the concourse of world trade and Muslim ideology. Watch … and PRAY! Baruch haba b'Shem Adonai. Your friend,Prince HandleyPresident / RegentUniversity of Excellence WEBSITES:    www.uofe.org    www.podcastsatellite.com    www.princehandley.wordpress.comPODCASTS (INTERNET BROADCASTS):    VOICE OF ISRAEL Podcast: www.podcastsatellite.libsyn.com24/7 PRINCE HANDLEY BLOGS, TEACHING AND PODCASTSwww.twitter.com/princehandley/TWITTER: princehandley  Podcast time: 15 minutes, 27 seconds

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Since China holds lots of US Treasury Note investments, they will NOT want the US dollar to careen too precipitously until the time of “perfection” as far as they are concerned. Also, since China exports so much product to the US, they are not so anxious for the US dollar to fail … until situations prevail that would make such a downturn advantageous to them. Military superiority intertwined with economic factors (basic commercialism) make strange but interactive bedfellows. INDIA cut a deal in January, 2012, to buy oil from Iran with gold rather than dollars. It may be that China will follow suit. With both China and India (large oil consumers – and soon to be the largest oil consumers in the world due to increased economic and manufacturing growth along with population) – in bed with Iran on the “gold” finger, the USA will be hung out to dry. See previous surmisings on other US problems – mostly caused by the incest of politics and banking and more recently contaminated by Obama's STD (socialized trade debt) – at: “USA Past and Future.” However, do NOT discount Russia and Brazil as “players” in this decade of decadence. RUSSIA wants the US dollar dead, also. Why? To weaken the US both economically and militarily. And, Brazil is in bed with Russia, India and China through the consortium of BRIC. GERMANY may at some time, and with the proper circumstantial pressure, revert back to anti-Israel policies and attitudes. In a recent research report, anti-semitism was found to be deeply rooted in German society. Also, Germany would like to regain it's base as a “power people” in coming years, especially in the confines of the EU and world commerce. Watch for this as it could precipitate a forcep of inequity for Israel resulting in a worldwide backlash. CHINA has much to gain from the demise of the US … and the US dollar, as opposed to India, who only wants positioning on the NEW Global Currency as part of world economic leadership. However, China has plans in place for the downfall of the USA in international psychology, or game theory – similar to intercorporate group dynamics – and based upon the Nash Equilibrium. Prince Handley believes that China will at some point in the next 5 to 7 years assume an already SECRETLY SCHEDULED strategy – replacing its “seeming” position as regards its “partners of probability” in the Nash Equilibrium scenarios – of The Kuebler-Ross Model of Change, and use SHOCK to their advantage in order to argue for ACCEPTANCE in the 10 region New Global Governance along with Islam … to the rejection of its diplomatic ties with not only its other competitors, but mainly its diplomatic friend: Israel. The key interchange will be the juxtapositioning of New Babylon and Jerusalem: The Harlot versus the Holy. It does not take too much theorizing along with Bible prophecy … if one is a genuine and knowledgeable truth seeker … to see that the imperial history of the Middle East (the world powers and their empires) have aligned over the centuries for a model to circumscribe the fulfillment of prophetic decrees by the Prophets of God. IRAQ is synonymous with a “royal flush” in poker. Why? Because the REAL reason for the war in Iraq plays a decisive hand in the End Times prophetic poker game of power, resulting in the setup for the underpinning of the New Babylon, which will bring about a paradigm shift in economics and geopolitics in the last days. China is smart to position itself as benefactor to the African nations by building infrastructure as a means to be close to resources in Africa. This also lends logistic stability to China's role in the “kings of the east” versus Iran in the conflict over the “strategy in waiting” of Islamization of China. Some of the “kings of the east” will be vicious enemies of each other due to cultural and geopolitical views. To compare the military strength of the nations of the world - excluding nuclear capability - go to: http://www.globalfirepower.com/. You will see that China and India are two out of the four top players in the world. They rank as follows: USAChinaRussiaIndia Most nations want the USA strong as long as it benefits them economically; however, since the writing of the book, The Ugly American in 1958 by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer, and the 1963 film with the same title (starring Marlon Brando), Americans and their country have taken a “less than front seat” in the eyes of many countries and their citizens. The element of jealousy also plays a large part … not only among citizenry, but in political power circles. You are never jealous of anyone unless they have MORE or BETTER than you: even if they help you and are your benefactor. NORTH KOREA is the “wild card” in the deck. (No pun intended.) North Korea is as unpredictable as its new leader, Kim Jong-un, but it is highly probable it will be included in the alignment with the “kings of the east.” The influence of uncertainty plays a psychological factor in the alternate plans of leading nations … even in the Pacific Rim where other smaller nations like Japan, South Korea and the Philippines … are “antsy” with regard to North Korea. One possible scenario, although highly unlikely, is that Kim Jong-un's half brother would take over as leader. That could change the whole picture as far as possible elimination of nuclear-nut cases. But, they could still be dangerous as far as supply of training and materials to rogue nation-states or terrorist groups. IRAN is at the epicenter of imminent military and nuclear concern at this time juncture. The only KEY dampening effect on Iran is Israel. The US, EU, UN, and NATO are NOT to be relied upon to stop Iran because of weakness and lack of resolve in their leadership. Only Israel can and will do the job. For a discussion on Iran and its ties with Russia, and its ultimate defeat, go to: “Israel: Times of the Signs.” However, for a chronological flow of how Iran plays into Middle East conflict before its ultimate destruction, see: “A Message to Israel, Bibi, IDF and Mossad.” Ahmadinejad, Iran's governmental leader, claims that he (Acmadinejad) is to personally prepare the world for the coming Mahdi. In order to save the world, it (the world) must be in a state of chaos and subjugation. Ahmadinejad claims he was “directed by Allah to pave the way for the glorious appearance of the Mahdi”. This apocalyptic directive includes some very scary proclamations. ISRAEL is faced with autonomous decision making, unlike past international relationships, both diplomatic and militarily. The only way Israel will defeat Iran is by taking action on its own. Let me be specific. It appears that no other nation is worthy of such posturing. Israel can NOT depend on anyone except G-d at this coordinate of strategic interplay: especially the USA, who is long on words and short on substance because of its leadership (not its people). The US President may take action against Iran as a political gesture in Spring or early Summer posturing in time for the 2012 Presidential elections in the Fall. However, the President's previous stance in his effort to move Israel back to 1967 borders which was manifested right before Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress May 24, 2011, is a bad omen. When Obama saw that Congress and the American people would NOT stand for such betrayal of Israel, he promptly reversed course. I think, also, that it is highly probable the Barack Hussein Obama may one day be Secretary-General of the United Nations, and that could well be a portent of calamitous events prophesied in the Bible. The US set a goal date for deploying a commando platform in the Persian Gulf about May, 2012, indicated preparation for military clashes to blow up with Iran in the late spring or early summer, 2012. However, this is NOT a strategy to help Israel, but only to preserve the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. It has nothing to do with the nuclear threat posed by Iran, nor the defense of the Israeli people. It is a counter-measure against mines which Iran has threatened to plant in the Strait of Hormuz in reprisal for the US-EU oil embargo. The US Navy SEALs will also take on Iran's menacing fleet of military speedboats aimed at striking tankers, coastal oil targets around the Gulf (export terminals) and US ships preyed upon by missiles and suicide under-water missions. Saudi Arabia pledged to increase production of oil to make up for diminishing oil supplies from cancelled oil orders from countries placing sanctions against Iran; however, necessary quantities of oil will not flow from the Saudis until May … and Iran may opt to attack oil tankers, as well as US Navy ships in the Persian Gulf before then. Why would Iran foolishly wait until the US and other of Iran's adversarys have their ducks in order by May?! WHAT TO WATCH FOR IN THE FUTURE In 2012 there will be great model changes – geopolitical, economical and military shifts – couse altering events that will affect the future of Planet Earth … and usher in the End Time Preparation decreed by the Prophets of God in the Holy Bible. After 2012 watch for either of these: A world leader who is fatally wounded in the head AND whose deadly wound is healed. This leader will be the one the New World Order will choose as their leader. He will be the PSEUDO messiah. Or ... a world system which was seemingly dead is revived and becomes a great world power once again. This could be Islam. The Eastern leg of the Old Roman Empire outlived the Western leg for about 1,000 years. In the past, many Bible scholars tried to fit the Old Roman Empire into the 10 nation confederacy that will arise in the last days. However, they failed to take into consideration that the Ottoman Empire and the influence of Byzantium ... and Islam ... was the extension that lasted longer. So, hermeneutically, Islam could be the exact "fit" for a "deadly wound that was healed." This is probably the correct interpretation ... and therefore: WATCH ISLAM (and Turkey). Also, after 2012, watch for: China will surpass Russia and the USA in nuclear proliferation and become part of the military triumvirate of the East. A combination of the EU, the League of Arab States, and Iran forming a complex of TEN Regions of nation-states. 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