John and Doves,

 

The Olympic games were held in London in 1908, 1948 and 2012.

 

The year gap from the LAST Olympics in 1948 to the present Olympics is 64 years or 8 x 8 years.

 

The shooting in Aurora happened on the 20th July, 7 days before the Opening Ceremony at the London Olympics on the 27th July.

 

The shooting in Oak Creek happened on the 5th August, 7 days before the Closing Ceremony of the London Olympics on the 12th August.

 

Take note of those days, 20th, 27th and 5th and 12th. Now add them together, 20 + 27 + 5 + 12 = 64 or 8 x 8. Bingo!!!

 

We already know that the Olympic torch is littered with the number 8. ie 800grams, 800mm long and has 8,000 perforations and was

carried by 8,000 torchbearers around Great Britain eventually into a stadium holding 80,000 spectators.

 

Now this.

 

But if you want to REALLY know what happened at the opening ceremony and why, then go to The Open Scroll and read the blogs by Bob Schlenker.

 

http://theopenscroll.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/series-links-2012-london-olympics.html

 

I suggest you start at Part 31 and read on. It really is an eye-opener - an astonishing expose.

 

The cauldron was a burning thorn bush. The copper petals the commentators told us about are

actually thorns. Why? Read on!

 

Keep looking up.

 

Phil.