(Aug 27 2009) - Freemasons Control Local Commerce
SO CENTRAL PA : "If you want to borrow any money around here you need to come and see me at the men's club (Freemason's Lodge)." That evening I sat down and reevaluated my predicament. It was plain to see that I was in a no win situation. Nothing, particularly business, was possible in this area without the approval of the Masons. They "ruled the roost" in banking, law and government. Masonic affiliation was required to get a job delivering newspapers and the mere mention of the term "Masons" struck fear into the hearts of the locals. Obviously, it was time to go to plan "B".

(Jul 25 2009) - Freemasonry in Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES : Freemasonry in Buenos Aires was started with the consecration of a "Logia Independencia" in 1795 consisting of young intellectuals mostly with higher European degrees. Some of the most prominent members were Juan Jose Castelli, his cousin Manuel Belgrano, Juan Jose Paso, Feliciano Chiclana, Matias Irigoyen, Nicolas Rodriguez Pena, Hipolito Vieytes, Juan Larrea, Domingo Matheu and Antonio Luis Berutti. Going forward in time and leading up to May 25, in 1808 Don Jose de San Martin joined his first lodge, the "Logia Integridad" in Cadiz, where the Worshipful Master of the lodge was General Francisco Solano, Captain General of Andalucia.

(Jul 19 2009) - EU to hold atheist and freemason summit
BRUSSELS : Brussels is to hold an EU summit with atheists and freemasons in the autumn, inviting them to a political dialogue parallel to the annual summit the bloc holds with Europe's religious leaders. While the EU is a secular body, the three European presidents, of the commission, parliament and EU Council, alongside two commissioners, on Monday met with 24 bishops, chief rabbis, and muftis as well as leaders from the Hindu and Sikh communities. The annual dialogue, which has taken place since 2005, is for the first time this year made legally obligatory under Article 17 of the Lisbon Treaty.

(Jul 03 2009) - Egyptian / Hebrew Origin of Masonic Terms
WORLD : The history of Masonry lies within the fertile borders of Egypt, as I have tried to demonstrate on many occasions, and so the biblical story is infused with Masonic hints, rituals and personalities, and so the true history of the Craft lies at the core of this investigation into Egyptian history, theology and mythology. The signs, grips, knocks and recognition words that form masonic initiations and entrance to Lodge have been largely handed down by rote, and often without any knowledge of their true meanings, and so their original pronunciation may have survived the centuries.

(Jun 09 2009) - Deputy Charged in Jester Sex Trafficking
NEW YORK : Dan Herbeck of the Buffalo News reported today that a former Erie County Sheriff's deputy has been charged with conspiring to violate the Mann Act after allegedly arranging for the transportation of about a dozen prostitutes to a national meeting of the Royal Order of Jesters in Canada. "Michael Lesinski, who retired from police work in November 2008, is the latest person charged in a government probe into human-trafficking activities involving the Royal Order of Jesters ..."

(May 27 2009) - Filipino Freemason Denied Catholic Burial
PHILLIPINES : Unfortunately, the struggle between mainstream Freemasonry and Roman Catholicism goes on. It is based upon a fundamental misunderstanding about what Freemasonry is and is not. But sadly, the fallout sometimes reaches out and slaps unsuspecting family members in the face in their toughest hour of grief. On May 19th, a former governor of Quezon province in the Philippines, Rafael "Raffy" Puchero Nantes, was killed with five others, when the helicopter they were traveling in developed rotor problems and crashed into a neighborhood in Lucena City.

(May 09 2009) - Freemasons and the American Revolution
U.S.A. : Every gun touting American knows the patriotic history of Revolution and the quest for independence. Where their ancestors, tired of old world British monarch and rule, broke free of their shackles and formed the United States of America, Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. It is important not to take away this image. The brave masses truly were fighting for the very freedom this website is fighting for, but the formation of America still has elite paws all over it. Not only were the unelected Freemasons at the helm, but Meyer Rothschild and the royal house of Hesse profited from the conflict, and in hindsight the bloodlines of old world monarchy have held the Presidency ever since.

(Apr 09 2009) - 100's of Violations @ Shriners' Burn Treatment
OHIO : Officials at the FDA and the University of Cincinnati have confirmed investigations into the clinical study for a burn treatment developed at the Shriners Hospital for Children (SHC) in Cincinnati as it appears to be heading to market (1). A 2006 FDA inspection, categorized as �high priority� and �for cause,� led to this 41 page report. It itemizes hundreds of violations found in the Shriners Hospital study of �Burn Wound Repair with Cultured Skin Substitutes� as SHC doctors experimented on badly burned children while trying to get a cultured skin substitute to market for commercial and military applications.

(Apr 06 2009) - FBI Investigating Jesters for Child Sex Tourism
U.S.A. : There are now links to two articles about the FDA warning letter issued to SHC Cincinnati, the same depositions referred to by ABC News so you can read what five Brazilian girls told the federal police and the original Schair v Marsteller defamation complaint that produced the witness list that called for 19 Jesters to testify about sex w/minor prostitutes and drugs as well as depositions from fishing guides who claim to have seen all of this, as proven by the pictures they describe.

(Mar 29 2009) - Illuminati Created the US to Advance NWO
U.S.A. : Most Americans scoff at the mention of conspiracy but their country was created by Freemasonry and they don't have a clue. Freemasons drafted the Constitution and signed the Declaration of Independence. The Indians who dumped the tea in the harbor were Masons. So was Paul Revere and his Minutemen, George Washington and most of his generals. The Marquis de Lafayette was shuned until he joined the Masons. At least 20 of the 42 US Presidents were "Brothers." Freemasonry is the Church of Lucifer masquerading as a fraternal mystical philanthropic order. It fronts for Illuminati (Masonic & Cabalist Jewish) central bankers who started the US as a vehicle to advance their New World Order.

(Feb 17 2009) - Freemasons expand influence in EU
EUROPE : A Freemason lodge believed to have been instrumental in helping Adolf Hitler rise to power is expanding its power base in European Union institutions, according to a report in Belgian's Le Soir. Jean-Michel Quillardet, the former Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France, told the newspaper Le Soir that the Grand Orient lodge had already created a cell to bring together all the lodges in Europe to influence EU policy. In spite of the rhetoric of tolerance and high ideals, the top freemasons are believed to be committed only to the negative idea of freedom, namely that no moral standards apply and that any crime is allowed as long as one can get away with it, including paedophilia and ritual murder, making them the perfect tools for the implementation of the totalitarian NEW WORLD ORDER.

(Jan 18 2009) - The True Story of Jews & Freemasons
U.S.A. : Dan Brown, the creator of The Da Vinci Code literary empire, has made a career out of spinning fictional tales revolving around secretive fraternal organizations. After writing about The Knights� Templar, the Priory of Sion and the Illuminati, Brown turns his attention to the Freemasons in his latest book, The Lost Symbol. Set in Washington, DC, the novel follows Brown�s recurrent character, famed �symbologist� Robert Langdon, as dramatic events propel the Harvard professor into the enigmatic world of Freemason legend and ritual. Freemasons, also known as Masons, have long been subjected to persecution�and linked to the Jews. Most infamously, the 20th-century anti-Semitic Russian forgery, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, claimed that Freemasons were in league with Jews in a quest for world domination.

(Jan 11 2009) - Why Freemasonry Is A Threat ...
WORLD WIDE : Are the Freemasons really a harmless charitable organization that men of all religious faith's can innocently join and fellowship in? Are the Freemasons really a beneficial and non threatening group who pose no danger to our society? Is it biblically sound for a Christian to join the Masonic Lodge? After extensive research and reviewing the testimonies of respectable citizens of great credibility, I have come to the conclusion that Freemasonry poses the greatest threat to our society. I have come to the conclusion that Freemasonry is an anti-Christian organization that is involved in organized crime and possibly terrorism throughout the world, and involves its members in anti-Christian occult rituals that defy the Holy Bible. I have also found strong evidence that Freemasonry puts its members into the government and well placed positions to carry out an agenda upon a nation.

(Dec 19 2009) - The Truth About Masonry
WORLD WIDE : Masonic doctrine is very pliable because it is so loosely knit together and embodies such a tremendous scope of Christian as well as pagan ideas. Furthermore, it is cushioned with allowances for those members who wish to disagree with either or both because the Lodge embraces men of all religions. These allowances also absorb or explain away any accusations brought against Masonic doctrine. It makes no difference whether the accusation is pro-Christian, pro- Mohammedan, pro-Pagan, or pro-any- thing. To be more specific, Masonic philosophy is very inexact, vague in principle and so devious in application that it can mean almost anything to any-one. Its basic teaching method is by subtle suggestion which allows the candidate to warp his former beliefs into the Masonic framework. Masonry can be more revealingly defined as a group of men, banded together in an exclusive lodge to advance, first and foremost, their PERSONAL INTERESTS and second, the interests of certain others of their fellowmen. They set as their guide, morals that are as high as other man-made codes. The fact that they are man-made is not considered a degradation by the brotherhood. They set as the highest and simplest of these morals �brotherly love�- (the brother referred to, however, is a brother Mason). The spirit of Masonry is that of mystery, feigned pomp and ceremony, and intemperate revelry. They search ancient writings, Christian and pagan, in order to find the mysterious secrets of life.

(Dec 09 2009) - Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
WORLD WIDE : Before I begin this article, I want to make it clear that I am referring to high degree Illuminati Masons, not the lower degrees of Free-Masonry. The Illuminati are only 1-2% of the world's population. They are Luciferians and worship Lucifer as their "Light Bearer" or bringer of knowledge. They are also Satanists that seek to appease and control the forces of darkness and destruction. "The thirty-three degrees of the Scottish Rite are conferred by several controlling bodies. The first of these is the Craft Lodge which confers the Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason degrees. Craft lodges operate under the authority of Grand Lodges, not the Scottish Rite. Although most lodges throughout the English-speaking world do not confer the Scottish Rite versions of the first three degrees, there are a handful of lodges in New Orleans and in several other major cities that have traditionally conferred the Scottish Rite version of these degrees." To the Illuminati, Satan and Lucifer are two distinct beings.

(Dec 04 2009) - Freemasonry in Cuba marks 150 Yrs
HAVANA : The Grand Lodge of Cuba is preparing a ceremony to celebrate tomorrow its 150th anniversary and about 250 guests from 25 countries are expected to attend. According to organisers, present at the ceremony will be representatives from Guatemala, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Bermudas, Germany, Russia, Austria, Holand, United Kingdom, Spain, the USA among others. Cuban Freemasons will also pay homage to the National Hero Jose Marti tomorrow at Central Park in Old Havana.

(Nov 18 2009) - OCCULT ORIGINS OF AMERICA
WASH D.C. : In spite of the ready availability of information found online as well as in libraries, like other neglected topics in so-called �history books�, the real origins of the United States are ignored and/or misrepresented. One must have the skills (now rare, no longer taught in the schools) of critical thinking to research, find the facts and separate them from outright lies and misstatements. Many books contain little more than untruths, repeated again and again. The answer can be as complex and arcane as you want, but it�s pretty simple. It�s all about the money!

(Nov 11 2009) - Freemason Presidents in Africa
AFRICA : The grand master of the National Grand Lodge of France (GLNF) installed Ali Bongo as the head of Gabonese Freemasonry, a couple of weeks ago. The title was, until June this year, held by the former President Omar Bongo. About one thousand influential politicians practice freemasonry in Gabon. Just like his father, Ali Bongo is expected to mobilize the Masonic network in order to establish his legitimacy and authority in Gabon and the world. Ali Bongo, the new Gabonese President, Wednesday, November 4, launched the World Conference of Regular Freemasonry in Libreville. His father, Omar Bongo, who kicked the bucket on the 8th of June, 2009, had vehemently fought for the organization of the masonic forum to take place in the central African country and would have naturally jump for joy to welcome his "brethren" from all over the world. Ali Bongo, his heir, not only inherited the opportunity to hold the conference but also mount the vacant Gabonese Freemason throne.

(Nov 06 2009) - Judges no longer have to declare Freemasonry
ENGLAND : Since 1998 those becoming judges or magistrates have been required to say if they are a Mason after the then Home Secretary � Mr Straw � said membership of "secret societies such as freemasonry" could raise suspicions of impartiality and objectivity. But, now Justice Secretary, Mr Straw has abandoned the requirement after the United Grand Lodge of England threatened legal action following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights. In 2007, the court ruled in favour of Italian Masons that making an official declare their membership breached their rights to free association and was discriminatory.

(Nov 05 2009) - UK Masonic Criminal Elite Called "Untouchables"
UNITED KINGDOM : The UK is currently being run by a Masonic group who consider themselves untouchable. These people are often high end criminals who use their Freemasonry links to hide their illegal activities. These untouchables include drug dealers, pimps, murderers, and gangsters. They have Masonic links to UK police and security services. For example, if a dirty job is required,the criminal gangs will happily carry it out allowing it to be completely deniable to security service and the police. In the event that the criminal gangs require a blind eye or even assistance, security services and the police are very happy to become involved.

(Oct 28 2009) - FREEMASONRYS Deal With The Devil
VATICAN : Freemasonry originated with the Knights Templar. They were the Bankers of Europe during the Crusades and used their currency and loans to plunder the Monarchs of Europe, along with the Catholic Church. They also excavated the Temple Mount at Jerusalem and reportedly adapted the ordinances for their own use. The Knights had access to the historical records of the Catholic Church; the records kept by the scholars of Islam; and additional knowledge from their excavations in Jerusalem. I believe their ordinances did in fact originate in Judaism and early Christianity. Following the destruction of their Order, these same ordinances were the basis of Freemasonry.

(Oct 17 2009) - ILLUMINATI and MASONIC NEW WORLD ORDER
WORLD : It has been well documented over the years the Illuminati goals were ... A NEW WORLD ORDER. Once their secret agenda was discovered, they quickly moved into other groups and associations; one of those being -- FREEMASONRY. In this eight part video series you will see and hear for your self this IDEA of a NEW WORLD ORDER has infiltrated many groups and secret societies. Freemasons, is still used today as a primary conduit for this satanic government and until they renounce their membership in the lodge, they will be cast into the lake of fire that burns forever.

(Sept 13 2009) - Terrorism and the Illuminati
IMPORTANT BOOK : Islam does not pose a threat to the West. Rather, Islamic terrorist organizations have been created to serve Western imperialistic objectives. These groups are intertwined with Western power through a network of occult secret societies. This is a relationship that dates back to the birth of the Kabbalah, in Babylon, in the sixth century BC, and a plot to seek world domination through the use of magic and deception. The conspiracy coalesced under Herod the Great, who incepted a series of dynastic relationships, that would cooperate, first, to impose a corrupt version of Christianity upon the Roman Empire, Catholicism, with which they would struggle ever since for supremacy over Western civilization. During the Crusades, these families associated with their counterparts in the East, members of the heretical Ismaili Muslims of Egypt, known as the Assassins. The basis of this relationship became what is known as Scottish Rite Freemasonry. With Napoleon�s conquest of Egypt, these Freemasons reconnected with their brethren in Egypt, sparking a relationship that was pivotal to the development of the Occult Revival of the late nineteenth century. It produced the Salafi reform movement of Islam, since promoted by Saudi Arabia, and the Nazis of Europe. Together, they collaborated to found the Muslim Brotherhood, a collective of Islamic impostors, operated by the CIA, to foment a Clash of Civilizations, towards implementing a New World Order

(Aug 30 2009) - The Knights Templar and Bubonic Plague
UTAH : The Knights Templar were a military and religious order that also accumulated great wealth through their banking and lending practices. They were disbanded and brought under the Inquisition in 1307. They transferred their massive gold and silver holdings to Switzerland and turned their fleet of vessels into Pirates that plundered the vessels of Catholic Europe. The Order was organized after Plato's Republic with the "Philosopher Kings" at its head; the second level was the Knights military leadership and the third was its Merchant and Banking Leadership. The Order was reformed as free-masonry and the top three degrees are reserved for the same three levels of leadership.

(Aug 15 2009) - Former "Masonic" judge gets 18 months in prison
BUFFALO : Retired State Supreme Court Justice Ronald H. Tills was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for transporting prostitutes across state lines. Tills, 74, of Union Street in Hamburg, is the first person to be sentenced to jail time in connection with the ongoing federal probe into illegal activities at weekend outings sponsored by the "MASONIC" Royal Order of Jesters. U.S District Judge William M. Skretny referred several times to victims in the case and mentioned by name a young woman, an undocumented immigrant, who appeared before Tills and was later recruited by him as a prostitute.

(Aug 05 2009) - Masonic Chief of LAPD receives British Title
ENGLAND : Chief Bratton was recently honored by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with the honorary title of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his exceptional contributions in promoting and enhancing operational cooperation between the United States and the United Kingdom police. Altegrity Names Chief of LAPD William Bratton as Leader of New Business Unit. Chief Bratton to Oversee New Criminal Justice-Law Enforcement-Security Solutions Provider

(Aug 01 2009) - Shriner arrested for CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
HAMPTON ROADS : A Shriner - known for his charitable work with children - is now accused of having a thousand graphic images and video of child porn. Ray Highsmith is in federal custody, accused of downloading the illegal files off a website and saving them on a home computer. An ear to ear grin topped with a red-fez. That is how most people at Khedive Shrine Temple would likely remember Ray Highsmith, their potentate, or leader, in 1995 and an active Shriner since. Court documents uncovered by News Channel-3 reveal a different side to the 68-year-old, one that suggests that in his time away from helping burnt children as a Shriner he collected pornographic pictures of children at home.

(Jul 16 2009) - Freemasons jailed in Fiji over sorcery claims
AUCKLAND : A New Zealand man spent a �wretched� night in a Fiji jail after police raided his Freemasons meeting when frightened residents suspected witchcraft, according to the New Zealand Herald. The man, who did not wish to be identified, blamed �dopey village people� for the raid on the island of Denerau in which 14 members of the Freemasons Lodge of Lautoka were herded into police cars and jailed for the night. Police also seized lodge paraphernalia, including wands, compasses and a skull. The man told the Herald that Tuesday night�s meeting was �interrupted by a banging on the door and there were these village people and the police demanding to be let in�.

(Jul 03 2009) - Georgia freemasons at loggerheads over admission of black man to lodge GEORGIA : There is much about Freemasonry that remains shrouded in mystery to the outside world. But a group of members in the US state of Georgia appear to have clarified one thing - the supreme being in which all Masons are required to believe is not likely to be black. Freemasonry lodges in Georgia are at loggerheads over the admission of a "non-white" member to an organisation that was founded on the principles of the Enlightenment but which is apparently still struggling to catch up with the latter part of the 20th century. Now the issue is headed for a Masonic trial and the state courts after some lodges in Georgia sought to revoke the charter of one in Atlanta for admitting Victor Marshall, a 26-year-old African-American army reservist, last autumn.

(Jun 16 2009) - Did Abert Pike Know About WWIII ?
AMERICA : In a letter that he wrote to Italian Freemason Giuseppe Mazzini [2], dated August 15, 1871, Albert Pike [1] the most prominent of American Freemasons at the time and a man still revered as a Masonic `God` outlined plans for three world wars, that he said would be necessary to bring about the One World Order. For a short time, this letter was on display in the British Museum Library in London, and was copied by William Guy Carr, former Intelligence Officer in the Royal Canadian Navy, and author of `Pawns in the Game.` Carr summarizes: "The First World War was to be fought so as to enable the Illuminati to overthrow the powers of the Tzars in Russia and turn that country into the stronghold of Atheistic-Communism. The differences stirred up by the Agentur of the Illuminati between the British and German Empires were to be sued to foment this war. After the war ended, Communism was to be built up and used to destroy other governments and weaken religions.

(Jun 12 2009) - A Primer on the Illuminati
AMERICA : Type �Illuminati� into an Internet search engine and you will wind up with an impossible aggregation too numerous and contradictory to be useful. A search on Ask.com yields 1.4 million entries, while the same at Google produces 12 million entries, and at Yahoo gives 33 million entries! A small percentage of these deal with genuine historical documents and reliable research by reputable scholars, but the vast majority, unfortunately, deal in fanciful fiction (of the sci-fi or mystery-action-adventure variety) or misinformation and deliberate disinformation posing as fact and serious scholarship. One of the most frequent �experts� on the subject to appear in Internet searches is New Age guru David Icke, who posits that the Illuminati are shape-shifting reptilian humanoids from the star system Draco! However, it is possible to separate the absurd and the misleading from that which is true. And in this case it is particularly important to do so.

(May 28 2009) - MI-5 and MI-6 Royal Arch Masons wreak havoc for the British Illuminati ENGLAND : The world's Intelligence agencies are infiltrated and controlled by "Royal Arch" Freemasons who owe their loyalty not to the State but to Illuminati (Masonic) bankers, posing as the "Crown" or "Monarchy." Most agents are tortured, i.e. trauma brainwashed and mind controlled using trigger words from texts like "Alice in Wonderland." MI-5 Chief Manningham-Buller told recruits they serve "the 'real' communism, ...the 'Guardianship' by those who were 'born to rule'. They were the self-elected custodians of British society who could decide what was in their people's best interests. This tarantula-like Masonic organization ...has been strangling the world since the last days of the British Empire. Those within British Intelligence who were not Royal Arch Freemasons, had no real idea of what was going on at all.

(May 22 2009) - Freemasonry and the Latter Day Saint movement
UTAH : The relationship between Freemasonry and the Latter-day Saint movement began early in the history of Mormonism. Joseph Smith, Jr. and several of the church founders were Freemasons, and were founding members of a lodge in Nauvoo, Illinois in March 1842. There are some similarities between Mormon temple worship and symbolism and the stories and symbols of Freemasonry. In modern times, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) holds no position for or against the compatibility of Masonry with LDS Church doctrine. Due to the effects of time and the improved opinions of both organizations towards each other, in 2009 the first Latter-day Saint became a Worshipful Master of a lodge in Hancock County, Illinois since the Latter-day Saints left Nauvoo.

(May 15 2009) - The Cultic Characteristics of Masonry
U.S.A. : What are the cultic characteristics of Masonry? Two which cannot be denied by any Mason are the requirement of secrecy and the taking of oaths. Masonry is a secret organization. Ask any Mason what goes on at his meetings, and he will start evading your questions. He is sworn to secrecy. This is a classic characteristic of cultic groups, and it is an attitude that stands in opposition to Scripture. The Bible says: "Everyone who does evil hates the light and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God" (John 3:20-21).

(May 05 2009) - Did Jack Kemp Pass To The Celestial Lodge Above ?
PORTERVILLE, CA : I've known for sometime now that Jack Kemp was a Freemason and at his passing the liberal-masonic media shared little information about the real Jack Kemp - a 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason, who ran with Senator Bob Dole, another Scotish Rite Freemason, for U.S. President. Be that as it may, we hope and pray that his "Fear of the LORD" was greater that his "Fear of the Lodge". Something tell me otherwise.

(May 05 2009) - Probe of Jesters� carousing goes national
NEW YORK : To hear the leadership of the Royal Order of Jesters tell it, the illegal activities that ensnared three Buffalo-area members in a federal investigation are isolated events not in keeping with Jesters traditions. But sources close to the investigation and former Jesters from other parts of the country tell a different story, one of bizarre activities � including routinely hiring prostitutes for gatherings, sex competitions and degrading initiation rites for new members � at many Jesters outings, with off-duty police hired to keep nonmembers away.

(Apr 25 2009) - Shriners may shut some hospitals; Sacramento likely safe
PORTERVILLE, CA : Isn�t it amazing when those pious protectors of the NWO, who clown-around in those monkey mobiles, cry foul when they�re black-balled by their buddies ? For years the shriner�s have been getting away with gutting the gifts from those who donate to the shriners hospitals. Many assumed, that most - if not all of their donations, would be given to these hospitals. Not the case ! Thanks to the efforts of investigative journalists Sandy Frost and others, the insiders are now outsiders and the mess that these masons left will cause undue hardship on those hospital employees and those who need the services of those hospitals.

(Apr 06 2009) - Knights Templar hid the Shroud of Turin, says Vatican
VATICAN CITY : Medieval knights hid and secretly venerated The Holy Shroud of Turin for more than 100 years after the Crusades, the Vatican said yesterday in an announcement that appeared to solve the mystery of the relic�s missing years. The Knights Templar, an order which was suppressed and disbanded for alleged heresy, took care of the linen cloth, which bears the image of a man with a beard, long hair and the wounds of crucifixion, according to Vatican researchers. The Shroud, which is kept in the royal chapel of Turin Cathedral, has long been revered as the shroud in which Jesus was buried, although the image only appeared clearly in 1898 when a photographer developed a negative.

(Mar 14 2009) - The Shriners and "Management by Mirth"
SANDY FROST NEWSVINE -- U.S.A : Then ... there are those Shriners who've been kicked out, sued into silence and otherwise retaliated against for asking questions like "Why are your tax returns so messed up?" or "Where does all the money go?" These are not those who've been investigated by the Office of Human Research Protection, the FDA, the EEOC or a first ever internal committee organized to investigate allegations that two top Shriner leaders behaved unethically. The FBI and Western New York Human Trafficking Task Force and Alliance are currently investigating the Royal Order of Jesters for sex crimes. These investigations don't quite match the squeaky clean image carefully crafted by Shriner spin doctors because after the curtain is pulled back, we find a dark side, hidden even from their own, until now ...

(Feb 16 2009) - Masonic Auditorium to get major makeover
CALIFORNIA : The august Masonic Auditorium on Nob Hill is in line for new management, a dramatic makeover and new life as a concert venue in the heart of the city. Nationwide concert promoters Live Nation will unveil the company's plans for the 3,300-seat hall before the City Planning Commission sometime next month, a multimillion-dollar face-lift that includes a vastly remodeled main auditorium, some improved facilities downstairs and increased services. Under a long-term management deal with Live Nation and the Masonic Lodge, the new Masonic could open for business as early as September, according to Lee Smith, a veteran of Bill Graham Presents (BGP) and chairman of Live Nation's regional operation for the past five years.

(Feb 15 2009) - Senegalese president admits he �was� a Freemason
AFRICA : Many other leaders in West and Central Africa are reported to be active but �hidden� members. Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade is again caught in the middle of a nationwide controversy, this time regarding his religious beliefs after revelations made by the French weekly l�Express about his membership of a freemason association. In Senegal, a predominantly Muslim country, freemasonry is viewed very suspiciously. It is usually associated with sectarianism, rejection of God, shady and satanic practices and more importantly as a practice incompatible with Islam.

(Feb 06 2009) - BOOK REVIEW : Politics and the Occult
U.S.A : Gary Lachman has written a very useful and sober book on esoteric current in modern political thought � modern meaning here from the Protestant Reformation to the present. A sober book is necessary as the internet is filled with wild speculation about the role of the Illuminati on the political and financial system. The current meltdown of the banks and the stock markets does nothing to diminish the conspiracy theories of Illuminati-Rosicrucian hands pulling strings. The same ideas are found in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion where the controlling hands have been transferred to the Jews. The influence of esoteric thought in the American and French Revolutions is well brought out by Lachman, building on a large body of historical scholarship. Freemasonry is the classic �esoteric movement � � a group reserved for the few which through ceremonies and symbols conveys a body of moral, religious and spiritual traditions.

(Jan 29 2009) - Money, Masonry and Murder ?
CALIFORNIA : In a note discovered by Police on the scene (which had apparently been faxed to a local TV station prior to the killings), the man (yet unidentified) described his wife and himself being terminated from their jobs as medical technicians with Kaiser Permanente ... being told by a supervisor that they should have "blown their brains out", and in true Masonic gesture closes his murder/suicide letter by inquiring "Oh lord, my God, is there no hope for a WIDOW'S SON?" [Emphasis mine] ... as writer Loren Coleman pointed out to me "The Masonic distress code."

(Jan 27 2009) - Findings 2008: Shriners' Corruption, Jesters' Prostitution
SANDY FROST NEWSVINE -- U.S.A : Here is a list of my 2008 articles and associated findings. "Shriners Make SLAPP History? Part: 21" This article provides further coverage of the Shriners� defamation lawsuit filed against two whistleblowers. The lawsuit also named me as a secondary party of interest as the Shriners attempted to circumvent Florida�s Reporter Shield laws. As of Friday, January 4, 2008, the Shriners continued to make history as the largest nonprofit group to use a SLAPP lawsuit to silence their critics, including one of their own.

(Jan 24 2009) - Court has been corrupted by the Freemasons
NEW ZEALAND : A French Polynesian assembly member, Hiro Tefaarere, has launched a public attack on the judiciary after being summoned for questioning for alleged abuse of public funds in his former role to assist the postal administration. Mr Tefaarere, who is also in charge of the territory�s airport company, says the judiciary is now instrumentalised with indisputable political aims. Tahitipresse reports that he launched his attack after an hour�s questioning over travels, meal costs and his acceptance of a watch for his wife. He says the court has been corrupted by the Freemasons, adding that his predecessors at the airport were notorious for Freemasonry but left untouched.

(Jan 24 2009) - Courthouse cornerstone placed by Freemasons
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.VA. : As the cold wind swirled Saturday at the construction site of the new Morgan County Courthouse on Fairfax Street, more than 200 people watched a cornerstone-laying ceremony provided by the local Masonic Delford A.F.&A.M. Lodge 88. On Aug. 8, 2006, the courthouse was destroyed by fire. Soon after, the Masons received permission from the Morgan County Commission to perform the ceremony to commemorate the new building. Wearing aprons, some with gold fringe, about 100 Masons participated in the procession to the site. West Virginia Grand Lodge officers performed the ritual, including Grand Master Jerry E. Lewis, who led the ceremony.

(Jan 15 2009) - Masonic rituals live on in Washington D.C.
WASHington : President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in Tuesday will incorporate several elements out of America's Masonic past. One-third of the signers of the Constitution, many of the Bill of Rights signers and America's first few presidents (except for Thomas Jefferson) were Freemasons, a fraternal organization that became public in early 18th-century England. Although it became fabulously popular in America, at one time encompassing 10 percent of the population, Pope Clement XII condemned Freemasonry in 1738 as heretical. The latest pronouncement was issued in 1983 by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - now Pope Benedict XVI - who called Masonic practices "irreconcilable" with Catholic doctrine.

(Jan 13 2009) - Freemason Police Involvement in DEA Bribery case
PHILIPPINES : Prosecutors are seeing red, and they are after the heads of anti-narcotics agents. Prosecutors at the Department of Justice voiced solidarity yesterday with Chief State Prosecutor Jovencito Zu�o and three other state prosecutors who have been ordered to go on leave by President Arroyo in connection with the controversial �Alabang Boys� drug case. Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, meanwhile, rejected Senior Deputy Minority Leader Roilo Golez�s call for him to resign. �Why should I resign? He is not my boss. My boss is President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,� said Gonzalez. �But if that (resignation) would make him a senator in 2010, why not?� Gonzalez added.

(Jan 10 2009) - Police officer jailed in Shriner license case
SANDY FROST NEWSVINE -- U.S.A : The article reports that assistant prosecutor Bill Anderson proved that police officer Clayton Neel, the illustrious potentate of Shriners' Sinai Temple 59 in Walnut Hills, had returned the license to a fellow Shriner, who was manager at the Grenadier Club, a social club for Shriners. During the trial, King testified Neel returned his license when the two were in the Grenadier Club. Neel blamed one of his fellow officers for making the paperwork on King's arrest disappear.

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