July 13
*WND - "Academics: Muslim terrorists simply misunderstood"
Comment from article: "The taxpayer-funded study, conducted by Arizona State University's Center for Strategic Communications, claims that muslim terrorists are 'generally misunderstood and don't want to force their religion on the world and only kill people to protect themselves from victimization by enemies of Islam.'" .... Can you believe this manure?! I've known for some time that American academia is generally on another planet ... but this is ridiculous, and an out-and-out lie! ... And we taxpayers are funding this kind of garbage!! ..... You younger folks? Be very careful as to where you send your kids to school. ... I'm telling from experience, our campuses are full of this kind of poison!
*WND Money - "Sears now adds 'bestiality' to its website
Comment from article: "In the past, Sears in its online store has offered a wide range of nudity from pornographic videos such as 'Curse of the Pink Panther 2' and 'Hot & Exotic,' but now the store that once served as an American icon for families has kicked its offerings up a notch, featuring bestiality in its latest round of promotions." (Bestiality is sexual relations between a person and an animal). ...... I guess I should be shocked, but ................ We must pray for those who are so misled ... and therefore lost.
*CNS News - "Americans will work for almost 7 months to pay cost of government in 2012"
*AP - "Moody's downgrades Italy debt rating 2 notches"
*CNN - "1000+ counties in 26 states deemed disaster areas as drought spreads"
*The Weather Space.com - "Very strong CME blast (sun flare) to hit planet on Saturday - communications to be affected"
*Physics - "Wars and rumors of wars: Number of armed conflicts increased strongly in 2011, says new report"
Comment from article: "The number of conflicts went from 31 in 2010 to 37 in 2011 ... a 20% increase."
July 14
*Ria Novotski - "Russian grain harvest to fall 15% in 2012"
*Sott.net - Global food crisis looms as grain prices soar"
*CNN Money - "Severe U.S. drought slams small business"
*Sott.net - "Ranchers ravaged by fires, drought and scarce alfalfa"
Just looking at these last four posts tells us that the world is in for a tough fall & winter. ..... I feel so sad for the less fortunate as world hunger, already affecting some 1 billion souls, will only increase in the coming months ... and this is just the beginning of sorrows .... (Matthew 24:8)... If we listen closely, we can hear the hoofbeats of the 3rd horseman of the Apocalypse ... who represents famine (Revelation 6:5-6).
*BBC News - "Japan floods: 250,000 people ordered to leave homes"
*CNY Central - "Thousands lose electric power in U.S. northeast as substation goes down in fire"
*Inquisitor - "Newt Gingrich warns of vulnerable U.S. power grid: "We could be without power for months, or even years"
*Novinite - "4.6 magnitude earthquake creates panic in Bulgarian capital"
*Belfast Telegraph - "Civilization unraveling: Belfast explodes in new wave of rioting and violence"
*Indian Express - "Torrential rain kills scores and displaces 3 million in China"
*BBc News - "500 dead penguins wash up on beaches in Brazil"
*Los Angeles Times - "Protesters in LA chant 'Who's streets, our streets' ... riot police sweep through"
............ and this was just Saturday!
July 15
*News Tribune - "Violent storm turns night into day over Washington State - Residents claim the 'most intense' lightning storm ever seen"
*Reuters - "Freak wave of tornadoes carve trail of destruction through Northern Poland"
*Australian - "Stormageddon: 5000 cut off by landslides in Japan - Death toll rises"
July 16
*NBC News - "Global food price increases loom as grain prices soar"
*MSN - "Grocery prices headed higher as drought lingers"
*Google - "China on alert as disease kills 100's in June"
Comment from article: "The disease is 'Hand, foot & mouth disease.' In addition to the deaths, it has affected more than 380,000 people."
*Reuters - "Debt worries hit Euro: Shares fall on weak data, Euro hovers near lows"
Seems as though things have quieted a bit over the past few summer weeks in Europe ... but just wait until fall ... you haven't seen anything yet!
*Examiner.com - "Power solar storm slams earth"
Comment from article: "The storm had a major effect on polar-orbiting satellites as well as most weather satellites."
*Yahoo.News - "Protests multiply and intensify in Spain as austerity measures come into play"
As other nations begin to feel the economic pain kick in, we will see major increases in civil unrest all across the globe ...
July 17
*The Telegraph - "Residents flee Damascus as Syrian capital sees heaviest fighting so far in country's civil war"
Isaiah 17:1 says, "The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap." ... To date, this scripture has not been fulfilled. ... Could this be the time? ....................
*Reuters - "Drought worsens crop damage, raising world food, fuel worry"
*The Telegraph - "World economy heads for another perfect storm"
Comment from article: "The IMF's latest 'world economic outlook' makes for chilling reading. A perfect storm in which all parts of the world economy go down together seems fast to be forming 'somewhere out in the mid-atlantic'"
*Business Insider - "Jim Rogers: The world's agricultural problems are much bigger than the drought in the U.S."
Comment from article: "What are the other problems? Rogers rattles off a list ...... the highest rate of suicide in the UK id among farmers ... the average age of farmers in Japan is 68, and in the U.S., 58 ... In India, hundreds of thousands of farmers have committed suicide in recent years .... and on & on ... (Rogers is a commodities guru).
*Examiner - "Fukushima: West coast celsium slam ahead"
Comment from article: "As hair falls out of a Fukushima victim's head, a new German study reports that North America's west coast will be the area most contaminated by Fukushima's celsium ... more than all other regions ... over the next 10 years."
Isn't this wonderful news?! Since most of my family lives here, it's obviously a major concern.. .......... I know, let's build more nuclear plants right on top of more known earthquake faults ................ what idiots we are!
*Jakarta Post - "Indonesia's Mt Merapi volcano emits a 1 meter ash cloud"
July 18
*Joel Rosenberg - "Fed chief says U.S. on 'unsustainable path' and approaching 'fiscal cliff': Grave risk of implosion growing"
*Reuters - "City of Compton may declare bankruptcy by September: Who's next?"
*The Blaze - "Bystanders walk by dying man as he lays motionless on the sidewalk in Virginia"
This, to me, is a very accurate glimpse as to how our society has evolved. ... Nobody seems to notice or care about too much of anything but themselves ........ but then, the Bible teaches in 2 Timothy, chapter 3 that in the last days, there would be treacherous times and that "men shall be lovers of themselves ..... " .... I guess this is just another of many examples of our quickly increasing selfish ways ....
*USGS - "Magnitude 5.9 quake - Fiji region"
July 19
*Fox Business - "Corn, soybean prices hit new highs as drought sweeps U.S. midwest"
*Herald Tribune - "5.7 magnitude earthquake felt in Northwest Pakistan"
*The Telegraph - "Nearly 36% of Fukushima children diagnosed with abnormal thyroid growths"
More good news! ... I guess this is what we on the west coast of America has to look forward to in the very near future.
*Ft.com - "World braces for new food crisis"
*Reuters - "Huge protests against austerity cuts erupt in Spain"
*CBS Los Angeles - "7 year old boy develops rash, dies while visiting SoCal lake"
*AP - "CDC: Whooping Cough rising at alarming rate in U.S."
*The Extinction Protocol - "Mexico culls 3.8 million chickens as H7N3 virus spreads"
*AP - "Cholera outbreak in West Africa leaves 62 dead in one month"
*Fukushima Diary - "1000 small fish found dead in Kasumi River, Tokyo"
Once again, a weekly news overview shows how crazy and out-of-control this world really is ... and even though the economic stories are less (and we can expect that for another few weeks as the inept world leaders take some time to themselves), there's always other stuff that comes along to fill the gap. ... Besides the great food shortage worry, the two stories that stand out this week, for me at least, are the ones concerning the coming west coast contamination from Fukushima's reactor meltdown and the "mental condition" of America's academia with its conclusion that radical muslims are "simply misunderstood." ... The real tragedy here is that these gurus of higher education are shaping the minds of a very large segment of our young people ... the future leaders of this nation, should the Lord tarry and leaves us here a bit longer. .... I'll say no more on the muslim issue right now but I plan on doing a full commentary concerning the truth about Islam. ... Believe me when I say that this so-called taxpayer-funded study is dead wrong and I will back this claim up with a substantial amount of facts. .... As for the "Fukushima" situation, we will find and post as many stories as we can concerning this disaster, as most of the major news outlets seem to be ignoring this story, which in itself is unbelievable ...
Have a great week, and once again, thanks to all of you who take the time to visit our site. God bless you ...
Until next time,
Red