Russian officials in a report on Thursday speculated that a nuclear war could leave Romania a “smoking ruins” just as Britain said it intercepted several Russian transports that refused to identify themselves as they approached the Baltic States.
In so many ways, the current U.S. administration is responsible for this statement. Its saber rattling and concurrent acts of weakness have encouraged the Russians to make all sorts of threats.
I have many new Romanian friends. I think this statement is just Putin at his “best.” They are only words, yet dangerous ones. Would we protect Romania if Russia did something there? It is hard to say “yes” when we won’t even protect our own military personal on a U.S. destroyer as it was “buzzed” continually by Russian jets. One came within 30 feet of one of our ships. I’m sure the pilot had no intention of getting that close, but mistakes happen. A Russian jet hits a U.S. destroyer and then what? I don’t think Mr. Obama will do anything that would be taken seriously if any of our “allies” are attacked by Russia. Putin has no respect for him. I hope that Mr. Obama will stop his saber rattling. It could cause a war.
I am in contact with Ken Olsen almost on a daily basis. I HAVE POSTED A SPEECH that I have given for Ken’s family. I have told his story to more than one group of people. Here you hear a conversation between Ken, the mother of Ken’s child, Vibeke, and a CPS worker while baby Aria is not in the room.
Four times a year for 1 hour a day!!! It is the wrong people who are being prosecuted (persecuted). Please pray for Ken and Vibeke.
I would like to thank Octavian Curpas for sharing this with me via email.
Valeria’s blog is mostly in Romanian and is mostly about the Bodnariu case. It is an excellent blog where I found this information that I didn’t know of. Oops, this came from Delights blog. Everyone who comes here by now should know of his blog. It appears that America is getting informed! BTW…Here is a link to Valeria’s blog: https://dumezeueincontrol.wordpress.com/ Her recent pictures are wonderful!
The HSLDA went to Norway at the time of the April 16th, 2016 protest to see for themselves the international drama that has painted Norway in the worst possible light. They interviewed Marius and Ruth, Ruth’s sister, and a number of other supporters at the protest in Stryn. The HSDLA is also calling for supporters to contact the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, DC to express their outrage over the confiscation of the Bodnariu children.
While most of us offered support for the Bodnariu family from far away, the HSLDA went to the tiny town in Norway where the Bodnarius live to document for the rest of us that they are a great family and they are not alone in this difficult time.
(Dedicated to Daphnie, a wonderful Christian servant)
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“If you have a good lawyer you can get away with it,” said the student.
The statement caught the teacher off guard.
He looked at the young high school student and said, “Unfortunately, you are correct sometimes.”
The class was a World History class. The students were asked to raise a hand if they had finished their class work for the day. Most of the hands went up. Those finished were nicely asked to find something to do quietly. Most of them followed the directions. It only took about 15 minutes for the rest of the class to complete the assignment. There were still 30 minutes of class time remaining.
“You may talk to one another as long as you don’t get too noisy,” the teacher stated. The class followed these directions.
Not a fan of downtime during class, The teacher requested the class be quiet after about 10 minutes of talking. They obeyed somewhat reluctantly.
The students were told a story about a current place where many people do not receive due process.
They were told of recent events in a modern country and how families there are being destroyed by the Child Protective Services, those who were supposed to defend families. The students seemed very interested.
“This is why truth is so important,” the teacher said. “This is why I’m so hard on students whom I catch lying to me, he added.
“You never really get away with a lie,” the teacher said.
This is when the young lady raised her hand for permission to speak and was acknowledged.
“If you have a good lawyer you can get away with it,” said the student.
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Little Rock is the capital of Arkansas. I rarely get there as it is an hour away. There was a good reason to go there Friday and Saturday. My son’s professors had convinced him to write a paper in an attempt to win a trip to a conference that “showcased” history experts speaking on different subjects. My son won the competition and went reluctantly since he had finals only days away. I’d put in my share of work hours recently, and because the college was paying for a room for two, I asked my son if I could go along. He told me it was OK so I took the day off. My wife agreed this was a good idea.
Much of day Friday was spent in the hotel lobby on the internet as parents were not given an invitation to hear the expert speakers.
Sitting almost alone in the lobby, two men were talking at a nearby table.
“And God allowed the land to rest,” said one of the men.
Curious about this man with the Bible knowledge, I got up and walked the short distance to their table. “Did I hear you mention the Bible?” I questioned. One of them pushed an empty chair back and said, “Have a seat young man.” (As I am 57, they were retired fellows who were meeting together after having grown up as neighbors years ago.)
Having been in the middle of a blog comment, this was much more interesting. The man to my left had been involved in prison ministry and the man on the right owned a portion of the “Field of Dreams” of the movie with the same name. They were full of interesting information. We are all facebook friends now.
You can see the Field of dreams here:
The next morning my son and I packed up and put everything in the car and walked the few blocks to a beautiful old church built in 1940. It was a large church but not easily noticed as we neared because of large trees camouflaging one side.
The plan was for me to return to the hotel and let the shower water pulsate on my back for 10 minutes or so. Don’t have that option at home. Then there would be a good check of the room, checkout, and more lobby time.
As we entered the church, the historical and Biblical stained glass windows were unavoidable. Each one was original and in good shape with a few minor exceptions. After 10 minutes or so, a gentleman began to introduce the first speaker. “You walking back?” I whispered to my son. He shook his head in the affirmative. We agreed that he would call if he needed anything, and I headed off to try and find someone connected with the church to ask about the scaffolding at the front of the church.
Walking towards the back of the large church with the huge wooden beams overhead it was difficult not to notice how few were in attendance. The back 3/4ths of the large building was empty. What would be the harm taking a seat in the back row?
The speaker began to speak about a time when certain Americans were given no due process of law. Aware of this event but not of specifics my curiosity glued me to the old church pew. Many older Americans know of the main story shared on this day. It was the connection to Arkansas, among other particulars, that was of interest.
What would you do if you were informed that a law passed by our government would make you sell your major possessions, or have someone look after them? What would you do if you were told that you would be bused to a concentration camp half way across the country? The law has been passed, you have had no due process in a “free nation,” and you must prepare to move.
One lady is so upset that she destroys her belongings rather than sell them.
This happened to mostly well-behaved and loyal American citizens in the 1940s.
The correct term for the location these people were taken is “concentration camp.” It certainly wasn’t a death camp although 24 people died there over a period of years. Concentration camp is the term used at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, California. (http://www.janm.org/)
The Rohwer Relocation Center was one of the last of ten such camps nationwide to close. The Japanese American population, of which sixty-four percent were American citizens, had been forcibly removed from the west coast of America under the doctrine of “military necessity.” They were incarcerated in ten relocation camps in California and various states west of the Mississippi River. This marked the largest influx of any racial or ethnic group in the history of Arkansas.
The camp was located in a swampy location near the Mississippi River in Arkansas. Over 8,000 people lived there on a little over 10,000 acres. Most of them had been bused there from California.
“The Rohwer Relocation Center in Desha County (Arkansas) was one of two World War II–era incarceration camps built in the state to house Japanese Americans from the West Coast.” 1
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and America’s subsequent entry into the war, many Americans feared an eventual invasion of the West Coast by the empire of Japan. Many people viewed the Japanese American population—eighty-nine percent of which lived in Washington, Oregon, and California—as potential spies and saboteurs. Citing the “doctrine of military necessity,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, giving the secretary of war the power to designate military areas from which “any or all persons may be excluded” and authorizing military commanders to initiate orders they deemed advisable to enforce such action. 2
Accurate population and age statistics were constantly changing due to the forced movement of the Japanese populations. Well over ninety percent of the adult Rohwer population of 8,475 had been involved in agriculture, commercial fishing, or businesses that centered on the distribution of agricultural products. Thirty-five percent of the camp’s population was Issei (a Japanese immigrant to North America), ten percent of whom were over the age of sixty. Sixty-four percent were Nisei (a person born in the US or Canada whose parents were immigrants from Japan), with forty percent of those under the age of nineteen. There were 2,447 school age children in the camp—a full twenty-eight percent of the total population. 3
“While in Rohwer Relocation Center, some internees volunteered to enlist in the U.S. Army. The volunteer soldiers from Rohwer and other relocation centers received assignment to the 100th Infantry Battalion, a unit within the United States Army’s 34th Infantry Division, later activated into the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. This all-Nisei unit received recognition as one of the most highly decorated and respected in the U.S. Army. While the Japanese American men who had enlisted left Rohwer Relocation Center to fight for their country, their families remained behind as internees.” 4
An attempt was made to make it as comfortable as possible. Woodworking and painting classes just a few of the many options available to the Japanese prisoners at Rohwer. I wonder if they ever played a baseball game. Probably not, as the Japanese weren’t as big on baseball then as they are now.
The graves of the 24 who died there during WWII are well maintained.
“A National Park Service grant from the 2011 Japanese Confinement Sites Preservation Program has assisted in efforts to stabilize and restore the Rohwer Relocation Center Cemetery. As part of the grant, the University of Arkansas Landscape Architecture Program volunteered its services to produce an Historic American Landscape Survey report of the cemetery. This effort was aided by the University’s Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) which produced a high-density survey (HDS) of the cemetery and the surrounding site.
In addition, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has worked with the Arkansas State University Heritage Sites program to produce interpretive mapping and establish educational kiosks and audio tours for the Rohwer Relocation Center Memorial Cemetery. The Central Arkansas Library System also preserves creative artwork left behind by the internees, such as paintings adhered to paper.
Today, all that remains of the 500-acre Rohwer Relocation Center is the cemetery and a tall smokestack where the camp’s hospital used to stand. There is a replica small scale guard tower that serves as an informational kiosk and visitors can take a self-guided walking tour along the southern boundary of the original camp. There are also interpretive panels and audio stations featuring the voice of actor George Takei ( Sulu, helmsman of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise), who lived at the Rohwer Relocation Center with his family in 1942, before being moved to Tule Lake Segregation Center in California.”
Back to the title of this article. Will we experience a lack of due process of law like the Japanese Americans did in WWII? Will we experience a lack of due process like many in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and the U.K. are currently experiencing?
It appears we are heading down that road, but I will fight (non-violently) in every way I can to head off the trend. My best weapon in this battle is prayer. Jesus tells us that we are His friends. I will speak to Him, as a friend, each day and ask him to stop the spread of this evil totalitarianism. It may be that He is readying the world for His Second Coming by being himself, which allows men the free will to follow their unseemly evils. In any case, He is ultimately in control. I feel no fear because, as His Word promises, He will never leave me nor forsake me.
Melbourne, Australia had 300 protesters of Norway’s “Child Protective Services” on April 16th, 2016. Thus, Australia had a total of approximately 1,000 people attend in the three cities where people congregated.
I learned a lot this week. Half of the posts had to do with the ongoing “Child Protective Service” problem in so many countries. Sadly, there appears to be an intentional effort by many to break up a most important institution in our world: the family.
Another full week of teaching and blogging. I spent time at three different schools this week, one that I rarely get to. Here was my favorite “Joke of the Day” for this week:
What do you call a salon for sheep? (The student forgot to give me her name)
Ken and I are Facebook friends. We are both truth seekers.
Here is a speech I made to the Watchmen of Garland County last Monday. I told them Ken’s story. It is written in a speech format and should make easy reading. The speech took 20 minutes.
The Ken Olsen Story
Thank you for the opportunity to speak, Pastor Doug.
My brothers,
Having to be at work by 7:30 A.M. has meant missing The Watchmen of Garland County meetings for the past 2 years. I’ve been blessed to meet the wonderful students of Garland county as a public school substitute. I’ve missed you but I’ve taken the day off today for another reason.
If you have any questions about what I have said here today, please talk to me after the meeting or you may call me anytime.
Pastors are fighting on so many fronts today as you well know. What am I going to do? Educate you on a front which you probably know nothing about.
Before you shut me down at the beginning, who remembers what happened to the Stanley family here in Garland County last year? If you don’t remember or didn’t hear the story, their children were taken. Due process eventually took its course and the family was reunited.
If you don’t know about the case “absolutely no evidence of neglect or abuse had been found when 7 children were removed from their home and separated from their parents by the Garland County Sheriff’s Department. (1) And speaking of 7…
The Rule of Seven is an old marketing adage that says a message must be heard at least seven times before someone takes action. (2)
I mention this because I will be reading selected portions of 3 short articles written by the same man on the same subject…his life. Maybe you can remember some of this by hearing it 3 times in 3 different ways.
The next time you hear about this subject will be an email alerting you to the next worldwide demonstration against Norway’s Child Protective Services.
(Show demonstration pics)
You probably don’t know that on the same day that “Derby Day,” was wrapping up the horse racing season there was a protest taking place across the world in over 70 cities and in many countries. There were over 60 thousand at Oaklawn that day. There were 50 people at Arlington Lawn in Hot Springs earlier in the day. The worldwide protest eclipsed the numbers at Oaklawn that day.
What were all of those protesters doing? They were trying to alert the world of something going on in Norway.
According to 2008 statistics:
Norway…
Ranked #1 in the world as “most livable”
Ranked #2 in the world in per capita income
Had a 100% literacy rate…only 1 of 7 countries to hold that distinction.
Why would so many people be holding signs protesting something in Norway.
I have recently found out a few other facts about Norway.
The country found vast oil reserves in the 1960’s and the government owns 2/3rds of the largest oil company.
The State Church is funded by the government.
About half of the members of the State Church in Norway say they are not Christians.
Today, I will tell you the story of one person. The truth is, there are thousands like him in the Nordic countries. What is happening there under the title of “child protection” can only be called evil.
This is a picture of my friend Ken Olsen. These are his words:
Ken, Vibeke, and Baby Aria
“This picture was taken in November last year at a visitation with Aria (AR..eea). It was taken by the psychologist since we won’t let Barnevernet workers take pictures of us. It’s wrong of them to break up a family and then offer to take a family picture.”
The first source I quote is an article Published March 18th, 2016 in the ARMONIA MAGAZINE – USA (I have edited all three articles for easier listening. I have changed no major content. CR)
The title is: “Ken Joar Olsen and his Aria – Norway”
“My story with Barnevernet (that’s the name for Norway’s “Child Protective Services”) starts when I was 8 years old. They started bullying my Mother. I was living alone with her on a small island called Vigra (off of the coast of Norway) After a year of intimidation, my Mother packed some bags and fled to Denmark with me.
Fourteen days later we were staying in a Danish hotel. My Mom was out working when, suddenly, police officers and the Danish Barnevernet come storming in and forcefully removed me. Maybe they thought my Mom was neglecting me. I have never found out the real reason that I was taken.
They placed me in an acute institution. The place was terrible. They beat me for not brushing my teeth well enough. I did not understand what they were saying and I was scared of the dark. They locked me up in a DARK bedroom. I was screaming and crying, so they threatened me. I still remember looking out the key hole all night just to see some light. After a week they moved me to a much bigger institution.
They forced me to start ALONE in a Danish school. It was a BIG school with 500 students. I was still scared and I did not speak or understand the language. I was bullied a lot and started fighting. I got expelled so they moved me to another institution. The place was a real HELL, with a lot of sexual and physical abuse. My mother gave birth to my little sister when I was eleven years old and I told her about some of the abuse during the few visitations we had. I did not mention the sexual abuse, of course, but still SHE CAME to my rescue and got me out of there. It was too late. I felt “ruined” and had become a “problem child.”
My mother could not control me after the abusive institution. I was an angry and damaged 11 year old boy. I really don’t know who’s decision it was when I was moved away from my Mom.
I was relocated to a foster home, which was “ok.” All the while I felt and knew I was only an income for them, me and the three others. This was eventually proven. When the construction of their house was complete and they had a baby of their own, we 3 children under 18 were thrown out. I was moved to a new institution. I lived there until I was 16 years old, then they kicked me out to live in my own apartment.
That ended badly. I wound up in a jail, sentenced to 1 1/2 years. I was then released into a new foster family. This ended quickly when they got divorced. I have been in and out of trouble due to a violent past involving criminal gangs, drugs, more jail time, etc. This type of thing happens to most of us who have grown up under the “Child Protective Services” called Barnevernet.
My dad is a unknown story, and my mother became a heavy drinker when i was taken by the Barnevernet. She fell out a window and died when I was 18.
In 2004, they deported me back to Norway. I STILL had no HELP or anyone to care about my past. I was almost 30 and was being returned to complete a prison sentence.
Fast forward to January of 2015 when we had our princess Aria. She was a beautiful baby so, of course, Barnevernet came to the hospital after 2 days and took her away.
The reason?
My own upbringing under the “care” of Barnevernet. THEY say that children under their care will not have a chance in the future to be able to be caring enough to have a child. This sickens me. THAT’S WHY I have a STRONG HATRED. I KNOW WHAT THEY DO TO OUR CHILDREN. BEEN THERE TRIED THAT.”
Ken now can see his little girl, Aria, six times a year for 2 hours each.
The second source that I’d like to use is one from The Miorita Magazine/A Romanian-American Independent Newspaper. It was Published April 2nd, 2016
Title: Proof of Barnevernet’s criminal activity
“It is stated by the European human rights Court that a placement of a child outside its biological family is an action that can be done only as a temporary measure. And it should be as brief as possible, according to Norwegian courts.
In our case, the Psychologist, a specialist appointed from the court, who spent over 100 hours on the investigation, stated that we should be given a chance as parents. Also our regular doctors for the last 4 years didn’t see any problems with us as caregivers. Moreover, a witness from Nav Lillestrøm didn’t see any problems, and also a woman who “adopted” me and introduced me into her family as her own son didn’t see any problems. However, Barnevernet agents “saw a problem.” Arnfinn Heimstad, the boss of Barnevernet in Lørenskog refused to talk to us.
Two contracted women from Barnevernet, Lene Jargren & Mette Haugen, did see a problem (They talked with us for 3 hours after Aria was taken). Psychologist Britta Strømme from the municipal saw a problem and made a phone call to us about it. The same Psychologist used by Barnevernet as a special witness for them was behind one of the anxious reports sent to the the office in Lørenskog.
Now, 5 months later, even after the court stated that Barnevernet did this in a wrong way, there have been no further investigations on us as the parents of Baby Aria.
There has been no further interest from Barnevernet’s Leader, Arnfinn Heimstad, in investigating the consultants he hired in my case.
NO FURTHER INTEREST in bringing our princess Aria back to her family.
This is A CLEAR VIOLATION of Aria’s Human Rights and our Human Rights.
Arnfinn Heimstad is personally responsible for the crime he continues to commit against our family without being accountable to anybody.
We will not stop our fight for justice. Someone should be thinking of the severity of the crime he committed. Instead, we are shown an extremely bad attitude by Barnevernet. They don’t care about the opinions of other professionals involved.”
About a month after this publication, Ken and I became facebook friends.
He wrote an article and posted it to Facebook on Sunday, April 24th.
The title: SOME SAY THE CPS DOES SO MUCH GOOD, BUT WE, THE SILENT VICTIMS, RECEIVE A LIFE SENTENCE!!!
“Hello. To any who see this, know that I have never asked for much during my 41 years of life.
But now, I ask you for this one thing only. It will mean an incredible amount to me and many others. Could you please take 3 minutes of your time to read this and afterwards, take some time to think about it. We, as former children under “public care” are condemned for the rest of our lives.
CPS ALWAYS argues that the child was very damaged and neglected in his own biological family during childhood BEFORE they (Barnevernet) came into the picture. I have often said that this is not necessarily correct and I will try to explain to you why I believe this.
I was born in Ålesund on a small Island named vigra, a place where everyone knows everyone. My mom was a single mother and we had a HUGE biological family, which never reacted negatively about the care my mother gave me. They have never made any phone calls to the CPS called Barnevernet.
I was like any other young boy. I went to school and in my free time, I enjoyed fishing, shooting with bow and arrows, playing soccer etc.
I spent time with my male role models, my grandfather and uncles.
I don’t claim that my mom was perfect but I remember her as a good and loving caregiver.
Thus, I was not a neglected child. Fourteen days after mom and I moved to Denmark. I was forcefully abducted by Børnevernet. It is the same as the Norwegian Barnevernet.
I was scared for the next 7 years when I lived under “public care.”
Like many other children under CPS’s watchful eye, I was not attending primary school in a conventional manner with a full curriculum.
I ended up with a prison sentence at the age of 16, with a sentence of 18 months.
This is one of many convictions I have received and served.
I’m not saying that it’s not my own stupid choices and I take responsibility for that, but the anger and “tools” that my CPS upbringing gave me didn’t help.
As CPS so nicely says, one cannot expect to be better than the environment one grew up in.
IF they had a reason to take me, they had seven years to correct my “damage.” I struggled like any other lonely child of a single parent before they took me away.
I was probably a bit spoiled and used to getting things by nagging or giving my mother a “hard time.”
BUT in 7 years, CHILD WELFARE achieved nothing. Instead of a victim as they ALLEGEDLY removed me as, I ended up as a perpetrator (assailant / robber /using illegal substances). Therefore, I have been gagged and condemned, since now I have a criminal record. Now, what I say means nothing.
I am by no means the only one.
Three out of ten inmates in Norwegian prisons were in contact with the Barnevernet before the age of 16. (3)
———————————— Ken is now reading the Bible on Bible Gateway one verse at a time. He has told me: ” It is important to read about things other than destruction.”
The corruption in Norway is happening in many other places around the world. Besides our Bibles, the most valuable asset we have is our children. If we don’t share this information with others so that when the opportunity arises for them to act they will, the battle will be lost.
Please watch this video and pray for this man today.
God’s blessings my friends…
Chris Reimers
Evidently, the story posted here is only one of thousands.
Here is another excellent post on Delight in Truth’s blog. I think I would do the same thing this man has if I lived in Norway and had school aged children. I would leave any of the Nordic countries. CR
DESPERATE PARENT – He had his children investigated by #Barnevernet. For the sake of their safety he IMMEDIATELY took them back to Romania before Barnevernet could confiscate them.
When faced with the trouble they caused, a Barnevernet official spoke to nrk.no and said this was a “routine” interview by a nurse and that the Dugeniuc family had nothing to fear. Nevertheless, Andras Dugeniuc fled Norway to ensure his children will not be targeted. This video is available on the nrk.no site below, a Norwegian newspaper.
Translation of Andras Dugeniuc:
“[I did this] because of the interrogation that one of the younger children (age 9) was put through at school. After the interrogation, the kids panicked and knowing about the Bodnariu case from the internet they asked me: what will happen to us? The same as with the Bodnariu family? So, they panicked and said, dad, we will not…
It wasn’t that long ago that Venezuela was one of my favorite countries in South America. Why, you ask? I think it was because I did a report on Venezuela in elementary school and my research showed that it was a wonderful place. So…my “wasn’t that long ago” would be awhile back for young people.
There are many who live in America who think that socialism is our answer. This is evidence that socialism isn’t the answer.
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Wings of the Wind 
Russian Officials Speculate That a Nuclear War Could Leave Romania a “Smoking Ruins”
May 14, 2016Russian officials in a report on Thursday speculated that a nuclear war could leave Romania a “smoking ruins” just as Britain said it intercepted several Russian transports that refused to identify themselves as they approached the Baltic States.
READ MORE HERE.
In so many ways, the current U.S. administration is responsible for this statement. Its saber rattling and concurrent acts of weakness have encouraged the Russians to make all sorts of threats.
I have many new Romanian friends. I think this statement is just Putin at his “best.” They are only words, yet dangerous ones. Would we protect Romania if Russia did something there? It is hard to say “yes” when we won’t even protect our own military personal on a U.S. destroyer as it was “buzzed” continually by Russian jets. One came within 30 feet of one of our ships. I’m sure the pilot had no intention of getting that close, but mistakes happen. A Russian jet hits a U.S. destroyer and then what? I don’t think Mr. Obama will do anything that would be taken seriously if any of our “allies” are attacked by Russia. Putin has no respect for him. I hope that Mr. Obama will stop his saber rattling. It could cause a war.
CR
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