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Queen_Puabi ago

First comment in your second link was pretty interesting, see below

Paris attacks November 13, 2015 – Alice in Wonderland inset – post attack speculation ————————————————————————————————————————-

There has been discussion on the internet about the possible prediction of the Paris attacks in the Alice in Wonderland inset at the bottom right of the Economist cover, but discussion seems scattered and incomplete. After studying the available commentary I would like to consolidate it and add a few speculative comments of my own–admittedly ex post facto and consequently subject to the appropriate level of scepticism.

  1. Arrows: 11.5 11.3 —————————-

If these six digits are to represent a date for a prediction of a 2015 event, then we immediately remove a "1" and a "5" leaving the digits "1 1 1 3". The month must be between 1 and 12 so we immediately get "11". The day has two possibilities "13" and "31" which are valid, but November has only 30 days so the correct order must be "13". In American date terms then we get "11/13/15", British "13/11/15" or ISO [20]15/11/30 all of which can only be read as "November 13, 2015"–the date of the Paris attacks. As commented on in various places on the internet these six numbers can only be rearranged only into this one valid date in 2015.

  1. Background picture "La Belle Ferronierre" ————————————————————–

The painting to Alice's right is generally known today as "La Belle Ferronierre", is attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and presently hangs in the Louvre in Paris. Why choose this particular painting by Leonardo da Vinci instead of the much better known "Mona Lisa" if you simply wish to identify a date with Paris using a picture?

The metal chain with the central jewel on the lady's forehead is called a "ferronniere" and a "ferronnier" is an ironmonger in English (French "fer" == English "iron"). Now iron is often associated with "heavy metal" rock (eg. early groups: "Iron Maiden", "Iron Butterfly" ) and a subset of heavy metal rock is "death metal". The group playing at the Bataclan Theatre on November 13, 2015 was "Eagles of Death Metal". In any event, the Bataclan was apparently a well-known venue for rock groups of this type. A penny for your thoughts…

  1. Pile of earth and cricket ball in front of picture ——————————————————————-

This is clearly speculative but I throw it in for further thought.

The ball seems pretty clearly a cricket ball not a soccer ball. Nevertheless, it does not seem too outrageous to speculate "earth"=="ground" and "ball"=="sport/sporting event" and one of the targets, which attack was more or less aborted, was the Stade de France where a France/Germany soccer game was being played.

Just thinking about the pile of earth alone in front of La Belle Ferronniere, there are two gastronomic expressions used in French: "fruits de la mer" and "fruits de la terre" (English: "fruits of the sea" and "fruits of the earth", American: think "surf n' turf"). There were four Paris restaurants targeted on November 13: Le Carrilon, Le Petit Cambodge, La Casa Nostra, and La Belle Equipe. Food for thought…

http://vigilantcitizen.com/vigilantreport/economist-2015-cover-filled-cryptic-symbols-dire-predictions/