Current Events-Francis(False Prophet)

http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/dicaprio-greets-pope-in-italian-discusses-environment/ar-BBoOTyS

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Actor Leonardo DiCaprio greeted Pope Francis at the Vatican Thursday, discussed their shared concern over the environment and gave the pontiff a check from his charitable foundation.

"Your Holiness, thank you for granting me this private audience with you," DiCaprio said in Italian as he arrived in the Apostolic Palace and kissed the pope's ring.

They are all flocking to Francis.

Current Events-

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/most-americans-think-hillary-clinton-is-going-to-be-the-next-president/ar-BBoOuYU

The majority of Americans think Hillary Clinton is going to win the presidential election in November, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll.

If there is an election...this may turn out to be true even if the vast majority of the American electorate/populace is in a complete daze.

Current Events-BO

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/obama%e2%80%99s-not-interested-in-a-supreme-court-appointment-white-house-says/ar-BBoPjwE

President Obama is not interested in sitting on the Supreme Court once he leaves office, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday.

LOL. He is interested in world presidency.

Current Events-Economic Emergencies

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/frances-hollande-sets-out-plan-to-tackle-economic-emergency/ar-BBomyxP?ocid=spartanntp

President Francois Hollande pledged Monday to spend more than 2.0 billion euros ($2.2 billion) on tackling France's "state of economic emergency".

LOL. Following the steps of....VENEZUELA???

Current Events-Oil

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/why-cheap-oil-is-not-an-economic-blessing/ar-BBoqW0M?ocid=spartandhp

Why is cheap oil not an economic blessing?

Current Events-Stock Market

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/20/us-markets.html?__source=msn%7Cmoney%7Cheadline%7Cstory%7C&par=msn
Stock Market volatility continues.

Current Events-Oil

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/19/oil-prices-fall-further-on-glut-worries-us-crude-slumps-below-28.html

U.S. oil prices crashed below $27 dollars a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since 2003, caught in a broad slump across world financial markets with traders also worried that the crude supply glut could last longer.

What does this mean?? I mean, they are calling for oil at less than $16 a barrel.

Current Events-US/World Economy

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/15/a-recession-worse-than-2008-is-coming-commentary.html

The S&P 500 has begun 2016 with its worst performance ever. This has prompted Wall Street apologists to come out in full force and try to explain why the chaos in global currencies and equities will not be a repeat of 2008. Nor do they want investors to believe this environment is commensurate with the dot-com bubble bursting. They claim the current turmoil in China is not even comparable to the 1997 Asian debt crisis. 

Indeed, the unscrupulous individuals that dominate financial institutions and governments seldom predict a down-tick on Wall Street, so don't expect them to warn of the impending global recession and market mayhem.

But a recession has occurred in the U.S. about every five years, on average, since the end of WWII; and it has been seven years since the last one — we are overdue. 

Therefore, expect more stress on multinational corporate earnings as global growth continues to slow. But the debt debacle in China is not the primary catalyst for the next recession in the United States. It is the fact that equity prices and real estate values can no longer be supported by incomes and GDP. And now that the Federal Reserve'squantitative easing and zero interest-rate policy have ended, these asset prices are succumbing to the gravitational forces of deflation.

CNBC is posting this??

Current Events-World Economy(China)

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/whats-really-behind-chinas-dollar1-trillion-money-exodus/ar-BBoLfr0

Last year, it spent a big chunk of the county’s foreign-exchange reserves to prop up the yuan. State-media have warned speculators, including billionaire investor George Soros, to back off and not short-sell the currency.

And yet the yuan keeps falling -- hitting a five-year low earlier this month and taking its drop over the past year to more than 5 percent. The PBOC doesn’t act with complete independence and sometimes bends to the will of the government, where some officials might be tempted to boost the export sector by guiding the currency down further.

China has called for a new reserve currency. And it has enough leverage to make that happen. Will it?

Current Events-Dollar increasing

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-dollar-keeps-rising-for-good-or-evil/ar-BBoJUq2

The dollar’s rise, which started virtually the day Professor Feldstein made his prediction in 2011, shows little sign of abating. It amounts to only the third instance of such consistent appreciation since Richard Nixon took the United States off the gold standard in 1971.

What goes up....must come down.

Policy makers in developing countries can remember the last two times the dollar went through periods of sharp appreciation. There was the first half of the 1980s, when Latin America fell into what is remembered today as the “lost decade,” and the second half of the 1990s, when much of Asia ended up underwater. The memories aren’t pleasant.

I know...I was there.

Words of encouragement

I would like to share the following words of encouragement. And a big thanks to big Nate, the man who composed it...

Stay strong brother.

                                        
                                                              Seasonal Unrest
                                                                 

                                                              By Nate Peavy

Truly, the recent snowfall has been great and anxieties are understandably present

Caught in the windstorms of life too, can cause to be unpleasant..

Seasonal unrest, has made many of us unstable and topsy turvvy
And its a struggle getting recalibrated back on the road of our journey.

The roads are still being plowed, as snow is being removed.
And for those of us receiving this poem, I pray each of us be soothed.

Be wooed by the Presence of God, even in the midst of the storm and travail.
Even when we are confined to our homes, like being in jail

The blizzard of 2016, had a name and its name was called "Jonas"
But we are still here and in time, each of us will triumph over this.

Praying that in this sea-son, we not forget or ignore, but see, the Son
In His seasonal unrest he was not comforted but tasted death for everyone.

And He endured the blizzard of the cross so that we could taste the sunshine of Spring
And eventually this will all come to an End as Jesus reigns as Lord and REIGNS as King

Even so, come Lord Jesus Come, amen.

AND AMEN! COME LORD JESUS!

Current Events-Pestilences

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/27/usa-needs-prepare-zika-virus/79398622/

U.S. public health officials must prepare now for the inevitable arrival of Zika virus, a mosquito-borne infection that has spread to 22 countries and territories in the Americas and poses particular danger to pregnant women, health experts said.

Current Events-Pestilences

http://www.newser.com/story/219514/zika-virus-will-spread-across-much-of-the-americas-who.html

(NEWSER) – The mosquito-borne Zika virus, believed to be causing a dangerous neurological condition in babies born to mothers who were infected with the virus while pregnant, will likely spread to almost every country in the Americas, WHO warns in a new statement. "Aedes mosquitoes—the main vector for Zika transmission—are present in all the region's countries except Canada and continental Chile," the statement reads. It goes on to explain that many people in South, Central, and North America haven't been exposed to the virus before and thus don't have immunity, so the virus is spreading quickly, CNN reports.

Since Brazil reported its first local cases in May, 21 countries and territories in the Americas have seen cases of Zika, and the CDC is recommending that pregnant women avoid traveling to Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Martin, Suriname, Samoa, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico. Three British travelers to Colombia, Suriname, and Guyana have recently been infected with the virus, and a baby born in Hawaii has brain damage related to the virus.

Current Events-Iran

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/01/26/iranian-president-tours-europea-sign-big-trade-deals/79339580/

ROME — Iranian President Hassan Rouhanilaunched a European visit this week to return his country to the international community and sign lucrative business deals now that international sanctions on Iran have been lifted.

Rouhani's first stop is Italy, where he met with Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and signed trade deals worth at least $18 billion. It is the first visit between a pope and an Iranian leader in 16 years.

LOL. Wow, people really are flocking to Francis. He must be a cool guy! 

Current Events-State of Emergency (Pacifica, CA)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/01/26/california-pacifica-homes-evacuation-sea/79337338/

Some cliff side residents in Pacifica, Calif., are being forced to leave their homes as the ground outside their backdoors falls into the sea.

The city declared a state of emergency last week amid concerns that streets and some homes were at risk due to erosion, according to a statement.

“El Nino is hitting the city’s coastline very hard and creating almost daily reports of impacts to both public and private property,” city Manager Lorie Tinfow said in a statement. 

I'll start keeping track of "State of Emergency" articles. 

Current Events-Crazy stuff

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/26/all-adults-screened-for-depression/79347926/

Primary care physicians should screen all adults, including older adults and pregnant women and new mothers, for depression, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended on Tuesday.

Gee...the government is so caring. First, they force you to buy insurance then they want to know if you're depressed. 

Current Events-BO

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/01/25/barack-obama-politico-donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/79289506/

"It will be interesting to watch, during the course of this campaign, whether or not Republican voters steer back towards the center," Obama said.

It will be interesting to watch what kind of event will make these campaigns obsolete and lead you into a third term...