Current Events-Sustainable growth

 http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/14/climate-change-deal-reached/20390775/

LIMA, Peru — The latest round of United Nations climate talks ended in the early hours of Sunday morning — nearly 33 hours later than scheduled — with a deal that barely kept hopes for a meaningful global agreement next year.

The conference, which started on Dec. 1., had two main goals: to agree to a series of measures aimed at reducing the greenhouse gases scientists say cause climate change in the near term, and to pave the way for an agreement that will include action from all countries by the end of the next edition of the talks, a year from now in Paris.

ANother round of  "sustainable growth" or "sustainable development"....

Current Events-Babylonian affairs

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/13/garner-brown-nationwide-protests/20353161/

WASHINGTON — A chanting crowd of more than 10,000 protesters marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday to call for an end to racial profiling by police. A few hours later, a larger protest wound through the streets of Manhattan.

Akili Buchanan, a teacher from East Orange, N.J., waves an upside down American flag as he chants along with fellow protesters in New York City on Saturday. Explaining his choice to turn over the flag, Buchanan said, "America is in great disorder and disarray."

Or at least that's what they want everyone to believe...

Current Events-Haiti

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/11/voices-gomez-haiti-tent-cities-remain/20231553/

FINALLY, some news on the place that has a special place in my heart, after its people reacted in the most amazing ways after an earthquake. I still get tears in my eyes today thinking about Haitians singing and thanking God IN SPITE of their difficulty...

Current Events-Internat'l economy

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2014/12/09/stocks-tuesday/20130929/

Stocks are falling Tuesday as Chinese markets plummeted and Greece saw one of its worst trading days in decades.

Im not sure if the Greek market has much of an impact globally anymore...but the Chinese...

Current Events-BO's antics

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/12/08/obama-on-colbert-report/20122713/

Colbert: "You realize you're an emperor now; it has been declared. You are Barackus Maximus I. ... Why did you burn the Constitution and become an emperor?"

Obama: "You know, actually, Stephen, everything that we have done is scrupulously within the law, and has been done by previous Democratic and Republican presidents. ... We can't deport 11 million folks who are here, the vast majority of whom are good people who are just trying to get ahead and trying to make sure their families can get ahead. 

HAHAHAHAHAHAH....barackus maximus! 

Current Events-Babylonian unrest

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/08/berkeley-protests/20116765/

BERKELEY, Calif. — More than 1,000 protesters marched for hours on city streets, shutting down Interstate 80 and stopping a train in the third night of demonstrations Monday over police killings in Missouri and New York.

And the madness continues....little by little...protesters blocked off an interstate now.  What if this happened on I-95 at 9 AM?

Current Events-Babylonian hostility towards Russia

America tuned out as Congress bangs war drum against Russia

America's mainstream news sources fail to report this. 

http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.aspx

H.RES.758 
Latest Title: Strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against neighboring countries aimed at political and economic domination. 

This bill was PASSED. Click on the above link and then on STATUS, then the hyperlink found @ 11:03:33 H. RES 758 

http://www.inquisitr.com/1660619/ukraine-lethal-aid-and-weapons-authorized-by-u-s-house-resolution-758-will-obama-take-on-vladimir-putin/

Lethal aid to Ukraine has been authorized by recently passed United States House Resolution 758, which calls for President Barack Obama to send both lethal and non-lethal aid to the Ukrainian military. If the U.S. Senate passes similar legislation, it’s possible Obama may choose to escalate the confrontation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/groaning-towards-war-against-russia-on-capitol-hill-house-resolution-758/5418583

A line is drawn in the sand of political engagement – Russia, it is claimed, further violated ceasefire agreements of the September Minsk Protocol while also providing “military equipment, training, and other assistance to separatist and paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine.”  This, in turn, is said to breach the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, not to mention breaching that rather worn document, the United Nations Charter.

The resolution is, furthermore, a dossier of blame, a document of accusation. Russia’s paw prints are said to be on everything from the disruption of Ukrainian elections on May 25, 2014 to the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.

It also, for good measure, throws in a reference to Russia’s support for Syria’s Bashar Assad regime, which sadly, in the game of bloody geopolitics, is neither here nor there.  The White House, in its own confused way, happily supplies a motley collection of “moderates” and fundamentalists against Assad, some of whom transform into beheading freedom fighters the moment they relocate from Syria to Iraq.

http://rt.com/op-edge/212263-us-russia-putin-congress/

On December 4, as America was tuned into Thursday night football, or staring into the cold depths of the refrigerator at commercial time, House members brought the nation one step closer to all-out war with Russia.

Current Events-Babylonian demise

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/08/massive-fire-shuts-freeways/20081357/

Hundreds of firefighters were battling a massive blaze in downtown Los Angeles early on Monday which closed down portions of two major freeways.

The cause and extent of the fire are not yet known, Ortiz said. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Probably just an "accidental accident" although the rest of Babylon is also catching fire...

Current Events-Babylonian Affairs

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/05/ferguson-protests-broaden-occupy-wall-street/19917015/

From Washington, D.C. to Portland, Ore., demonstrators are increasingly connecting their outrage over the grand jury decisions in the Brown and Garner cases with calls for government action to eradicate poverty, overhaul the public education system, end corporate welfare and overhaul American consumer culture.

BIGGER government = SOCIALISM!

A revolution is taking place before America's very eyes...yet oblivion abounds.

Current Events-BO and his same ol' moves

http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2014/12/obama-canta-e-danca-com-papai-noel-em-cerimonia-de-natal-nos-eua.html

While the US basically declares war on Russia (according to Ron Paul on this piece  http://www.infowars.com/reckless-congress-declares-war-on-russia/  ) and while the markets are predicted to fall http://www.cnbc.com/id/102239873?trknav=homestack:topnews:11 prior to a total economic collapse http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/are-you-better-off-this-thanksgiving-than-you-were-last-thanksgiving.....and while protests take place throughout the US http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/04/new-york-city-chokehold-eric-garner-protests-grand-jury/19881561/

BO parties with SC...something that rightfully hasn't been reported in the media given all the other more important events. http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2014/12/obama-canta-e-danca-com-papai-noel-em-cerimonia-de-natal-nos-eua.html



I found this in a BRAZILIAN newspaper.

Current Events-Babylonian Debt

http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/u-s-debt-clock-surges-past-18-trillion/

Total U.S. debt has increased by 70 percent under Obama, from $10.625 trillion on January 21, 2009 to $18.005 trillion most recently.”

So? Week 13 of the NFL and and this cool new movie is coming out next week.  

Current Events-Motor City blackout

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/02/detroit-power-outage/19777223/

DETROIT — A massive power outage throughout the city on Tuesday knocked out electricity to most public buildings, trapping many people in elevators and cutting power to police departments, fire stations, schools, jails and traffic lights.

LOL...That's what happens when you don't pay the bills...it's true of everybody. 

A city spokesman said most of municipal grid was down. Some police officers speaking to their dispatcher on police scanners said they were concerned about running out of gasoline because gas pumps were down.

Very concerning because without cops...looting and rioting can take place undeterred...

Current Events-Babylonian fauna

http://www.infowars.com/did-we-just-witness-the-last-great-black-friday-celebration-of-american-materialism/

Americans are going to spend more than 600 billion dollars this Christmas season, and on Friday we got to see our fellow citizens fight each other like rabid animals over foreign-made flat screen televisions and Barbie dolls.

Current Events-Anti-christian commercialism

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/11/real-madrid-remove-christian-cross-from-club-crest-to-cater-to-new-business-partners

As part of a three-year deal that’s going to make both Real Madrid and the National Bank of Abu Dhabi a lot of money, Madrid president Florentino Perez unveiled a new Los Blancos credit card that would double as a membership card for the club.

The card features the club crest, but noticeably missing is the Christian cross, which would normally be seen atop the crown.

The new club cards have no cross, presumably in an attempt to not upset Muslim customers. The National Bank is, after all, the leading bank of the United Arab Emirates.

LOL...what about Madrid's christian customers? Im sure they have just as many christian customers.

Current Events-Babylonian Affairs

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/28/crowd-protests-grand-jury-decision-black-friday-st-louis/19624337/

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/11/ferguson_protests_seattle_poli.html

Arrests across nation as protesters target Black Friday.


And it will get worse as the "revolution" continues,,,taking advantage of every opportunity that arises...so that the public demands ORDER OUT OF CHAOS.

Current Events-Babylonian affairs

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/24/ferguson-protests-michael-brown/70067388/

FERGUSON, Mo. — The streets were quiet but fires continued to burn Tuesday following a night of violence triggered by a grand jury's decision not to indict white police officer Darren Wilson for the August shooting death of unarmed, black teen Michael Brown.

Current Events-Babylonian oblivion

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/11/21/obama-immigration-television-ratings/19363643/

WASHINGTON -- At least 14.6 million people watched President Obama's prime-time Thursday immigration speech live, a figure that put it neck-and-neck with CBS's The Big Bang Theory in the same time slot.

Perhaps BO relishes the role of undetected villain...and makes it hard to feel sorry for brainwashed/distracted babylon/ians. 

Current Events-Powergrid

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/20/politics/nsa-china-power-grid/

Washington (CNN) -- China and "probably one or two other" countries have the capacity to shut down the nation's power grid and other critical infrastructure through a cyber attack, the head of the National Security Agency told a Congressional panel Thursday.

Admiral Michael Rogers, who also serves the dual role as head of U.S. Cyber Command, said the United States has detected malware from China and elsewhere on U.S. computers systems that affect the daily lives of every American.

If I dont pay my light bill...the electricity gets shut off. Why would it be any different for a country?

Current Events-Babylonian Economy

http://americasmarkets.usatoday.com/2014/11/21/dow-flirts-with-18000-for-first-time/

The Dow got a boost today from a surprise interest rate cut from China’s central bank and fresh signs from European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi that more stimulus is in the pipeline for the ailing eurozone economy. The 30-stock Dow notched its 27th record close of 2014 on Thursday, closing at 17,190.27.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interest_rate 

The central banks of countries generally tend to reduce interest rates when they wish to increase investment and consumption in the country's economy. However, a low interest rate as a macro-economic policy can be risky and may lead to the creation of an economic bubble, in which large amounts of investments are poured into the real-estate market and stock market. In developed economies, interest-rate adjustments are thus made to keep inflation within a target range for the health of economic activities or cap the interest rate concurrently with economic growth to safeguard economic momentum.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Current Events-Babylonian affairs

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/21/house-gop-lawsuit-obama/19336165/

WASHINGTON — House Republicans filed suit against the Obama administration Friday, making good on a promise by House Speaker John Boehner to challenge President Obama's use of executive authority to implement the Affordable Care Act.

Congress "sues" Obama? How cheesy does that sound? Is that really what the process is called? Whata circus. 

Current Events-BO's security

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/11/20/obama-secret-service-arrested-rj-kapheim-iowa-man/19312585/

The Secret Service arrested an Iowa man Wednesday after discovering a rifle and ammunition in his car near the White House.

A re-occurring theme for BO...

UPDATE 11/21/14

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/11/20/white-house-fence-arrest/70040300/ 

Secret Service agents arrested a woman with a gun outside the White House Thursday night shortly after President Obama delivered an address to the nation on immigration, officials said.

A re-occurring theme....

Current Events-BO's EO's

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/19/obama-immigration-executive-order-speech-las-vegas/19265869/

Obama will use a Thursday speech to roll out new executive orders that could grant legal status to millions of migrants now in the country illegally, officials said Wednesday.

"What I'm going to be laying out is the things that I can do, with my lawful authority as president, to make the system work better — even as I continue to work with Congress and encourage them to get a bipartisan, comprehensive bill that can solve the entire problem." 

Lawful or unlawful...EO after EO....I expect the urgency of these EO's to pick-up..

Current Events-International Economy

http://www.infowars.com/3-of-the-10-largest-economies-in-the-world-have-already-fallen-into-recession-is-the-u-s-next/

Three of the ten largest economies on the planet have already fallen into recession, and there are very serious warning signs coming from several other global economic powerhouses. 

Japan, Brazil, Italy in a recession.

Current Events-Jerusalem

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/18/jerusalem-synagogue-attack/19207589/

JERUSALEM — At least four worshippers were killed in an attack on a west Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday by two Palestinians wielding a gun, an ax and a meat cleaver, police said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will "respond harshly" to the attack. He said the international community "irresponsibly ignores" Arab attacks on Jews around the world and said "the cruel murder of Jews who came to pray and were caught by dark, murderous hands" would not go unpunished. Netanyahu called an emergency meeting of his Security Cabinet.




And Big Ben usually means what he says....34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’[b]”

Come Lord Jesus.

Current Events-Cyberwar

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/16/hackers-state-department-email-attack/19137163/
The State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified e-mail system in the wake of a suspected hacker attack.

Is it me or are these "assaults" getting bolder and bolder?

The Leader of the New World...

knows his days of glory are soon to come hence the smiles...and because of the koala too...

Current Events-Climate Change

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/14/obama-brisbane-climate-g20/19051779/

BRISBANE, Australia — President Obama's climate change agreement with China, which was announced Wednesday, has changed the agenda for the G20 summit that started Saturday.

The U.S.-China pledge announced in Beijing to reduce carbon emissions caught Australian summit planners off guard. The accord between the world's two biggest polluters had not been expected, and Australia's conservative prime minister Tony Abbott initially resisted putting climate change on the G20 agenda. Australia is the rotating chairman of the G20, formed in 2008 to deal with pressing global economic issues.

Obama will also announce a $3 billion U.S. contribution to the United Nations Green Climate Fund that facilitates poorer countries' investments in clean energy. The George W. Bush administration into 2008 had pledged $2 billion to the World Bank's Climate Investment Funds.
U.S. officials say the contribution will promote sustainable growth while preserving stability and security in some of the world's most fragile regions. The contribution, they say, demonstrates the need to reach across traditional divides to tackle climate change.

The UN loves that term...."sustainable growth" or "sustainable development"....




Is it me or is BO getting things done quicker either through EO's or accords?

Don't worry, he has been permitted to do so...Remember he will change times and laws....

Catholicism

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/13/latin-america-less-religious-study/18946703/

In just one generation, Latin America has seen the number of people who identify themselves as Catholic plummet, with more people becoming Protestant or dropping religion altogether, a new report shows.

Why?

The most common answer was people saying they wanted a more personal connection with God.
Christ's sacrifice did away with the role of an intercessor, the role that priests used to play while guiding Israel towards the incarnation. Christ himself became that interceding lamb/sacrifice and so the need for a middle-party becomes less necessary. Relationship with God is intimate and that is non-existant with someone always in the middle like a priest. No matter how much a person may want to cleanse themselves through an institution, it is not the same when doing so with God and through God. God became man. God is personal. God is Father. "And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven."

“I may not be the man I want to be...."

“I may not be the man I ought to be; I may not be the man I could be but praise God, I’m not the man I once was”

– Martin Luther King Jr.

While reading MLK quotes...

I ran into this one:

“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”


It brings to mind the NDAA. It tells me that the LAW gives people confidence through the authority vested into them. That's why people change laws, because since Law is so absolute, whoever dares change it, and succeeds, can in essence be considered to be above that last law. Even though everything Hitler did was hateful...everything he did was LEGAL. It was more important to comply with the rule of law than to comply with the law of love.


Being "right" does attract authority. But it takes skill to change laws to suit your own "right" agenda.




INTERnational Socialism....the only thing in the way....is the capitalist empire...

 The difference between BO and other past dictators is that the previous ones actually believed their philosophy was good for their nation. Since Obama isn't American, and is against American principles, it is easy for him to destroy something he does not care about or believe in. He believes that by destroying America, he will be doing the world a favor. And when that happens, the world will return the favor.

Maybe one day Americans will sympathize with the following words of the aforementioned MLK:

“The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.”

Current Events-Cybersecurity

http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/11/12/china-weather-satellite-attack/18915137/

China has been hacking into the U.S. weather network and satellite systems, forcing cybersecurity teams to seal off data vital to disaster planning, aviation, shipping and other crucial uses, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

Even weather is being hacked....

Current Events-astronomical speculation

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/12/spacecraft-descent-comet/18900867/

After a daring 7-hour descent, a miniature spacecraft settled safely onto the rugged surface of a comet 300 million miles from Earth this morning, provoking cheers of triumph and relief from scientists and engineers assembled at the mission control room in Germany.


Wow! That is great! The human race is just so....wow....Im without words. Humans have become so knowledgeable! Maybe one day we will travel all the way to heaven! We landed on a comet! And we will be able to talk to aliens! Prevent any sort of unruly space cadet or projectile.



This image puts the size of the "comet" into perspective...and a whole lot of other things as well.

Current Events-Desecration

http://www.newser.com/story/198454/book-claims-jesus-had-2-kids.html

It's quite the press-generating claim, and one that an Oxford University professor says "sounds like the deepest bilge": that Jesus had two kids with wife Mary Magdalene.



Right...and I also owned stocks and had a 401k.  ;)

Current Events-World Economy

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/11/11/banks-foreign-exchange-penalties/18852943/

U.S. and British regulators are expected to announce billions of dollars in civil penalties as early as Wednesday for several major domestic and foreign banks suspected of manipulating the $5.3-trillion-a-day foreign exchange currency-trading market.

U.S. banks JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Citigroup (C), London-based Barclays (BCS)and HSBC (HSBC), Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Swiss banking giant UBS (UBS) are expected to agree to fines totaling as much as 1.5 billion pounds, or nearly $2.4 billion, from Britain's Financial Conduct Authority, several media organizations reported.

WHERE DOES ALL THIS MONEY COME FROM? AND WHERE DOES IT GO TO? WHO CARES??!!! 

Keep things in perspective

[ On Not Loving the World ] Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
1 John 2:15-16 NIV

Current Events-Cyberwar

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/11/10/us-postal-service-post-office-hacked/18795289/

In classified briefings Oct. 22 and Nov. 7, the U.S. Postal Service told members of Congress that it had been hacked.

The Washington Post reported China may have been involved in the cyberattack, citing anonymous sources.

HA....I wouldn't be surprised...

Current Events-BO

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/10/obama-gum-chewing-riles-some-chinese/18801757/

USAToday headline reads : Gum-chewing, limo-eschewing Obama riles some Chinese.

Yet, BO's ride was still way larger than your standard sedan. This link provides a better view about how BO was received in socialist China...like a 21st Century emperor...deemed so by the Chinese themselves. WHY? Because he, like the rest of the world, look forward to the demise of the empire. And it will be he who accomplishes it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqrXxFdSevE

BUAHAHAHHAHA! WHATA BO!

Current Events-UN treaties

http://www.un.org/disarmament/ATT/

On its official website, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (yes, that’s really a thing and yes, it is housed right here in the United States) announced that the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) “will enter into force on 24 December 2014.”

The agreement demands that national governments take “appropriate measures” to enforce the terms of the treaty, including civilian disarmament. If these countries can’t get this done on their own, however, Article 16 provides for UN assistance, specifically including help with the enforcement of “stockpile management, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes.” In fact, a “voluntary trust fund” will be established to assist those countries that need help from UN peacekeepers or other regional forces to disarm their citizens.

Americans might not like ATT...they have an amendment in their Constitution that affords them the "right to bear arms"...

Current Events-Babylonian stock market

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2014/11/05/stocks-wednesday/18526425/

Wall Street investors are driving major market indexes higher Wednesday -- the Dow hitting a new all-time high -- after the Republican party secured control of the U.S. Senate for the first time in eight years on Tuesday.

This could only mean that the economy has recovered fully and we are back at full-strength. Phew, what a relief. 

Current Events-Babylonian elections

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/11/05/gop-republican-future-demographics-compromise-editorials-debates/18480863/

No doubt there is much celebrating among Republicans after having recaptured the Senate majority they lost in 2006, and rightly so. They won by fielding a generally solid and disciplined roster of candidates who were able to capitalize on President Obama's unpopularity and outperformed the expectations set by pre-election polls.

And now everything is set...the people will "re-like" Bo when he comes to the rescue probably after an event with a magnitude greater than 9-11 takes place...

Current Events-Heavenly bodies

http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2014/11/bola-de-fogo-e-vista-cruzando-ceu-do-japao.html

Um bola de fogo foi vista cruzando o céu do Japão na noite desta segunda-feira (2).

Current Events-International Economy

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11200302/Japan-surprises-markets-with-more-quantitative-easing.html

The Bank of Japan has surprised markets by stepping up its stimulus programme in a bid to ward off the threat of deflation.

Members of the bank's policy setting board voted 5-4 to extend its already unprecedented target of expanding the monetary base by 60 to 70 trillion yen (£340bn to £394bn) a year.

http://www.infowars.com/its-currency-war-and-japan-has-fired-the-first-shot/

In a surprise move on Friday, the Bank of Japan dramatically increased the size of the quantitative easing program that it has been conducting.  This sent Japanese stocks soaring and the Japanese yen plunging.  The yen had already fallen by about 11 percent against the dollar over the last year before this announcement, and news of the BOJ’s surprise move caused the yen to collapse to a seven year low.  Essentially what the Bank of Japan has done is declare a currency war...

If you boost your exports by devaluing your currency, you take away business from someone else.  And ultimately other nations start devaluing their currencies in an attempt to stay competitive.  That is why they call it a currency war. 

It's already having an impact in surrounding economies as shares of auto makers Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors fell 5.9% and 5.6%, respectively, on Monday.

UPDATE 11/18/14

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/18/japan-tax-election/19209563/

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday he will postpone a controversial sales tax rise scheduled for next October and call a parliamentary election two years earlier than planned.The announcement was made at an executive meeting of Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and comes as Japan's economy recently slipped back into recession.

On Monday, Japan said its economy contracted at a real annual rate of 1.6% in July-September, a second straight quarterly decline that returned the country to recession.

Ever since the tsunami...Japan has been in a tough situation. 

Current Events-Cybertechnology

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/11/03/nsa-director-internet-security-mike-rogers/18446729/

With regards to internet security...NSA Director Mike Rogers did say the U.S. is struggling to come to "a broad policy and legal consensus on how we deal with some of these issues. Is it going to take a crisis to wake us up?"

Now that HE mentioned it...it's highly possible...

Current Events-Bo's antics

http://www.usatoday.com/media/cinematic/video/18393341/

I kinda feel bad writing so much about AC but I find Bo's demeanor incredibly hilarious in these clips. He is absolutely incredulous over the sheeple thinking these mid-term elections will have any impact on that which has been pre-determined...

"I gave you relief administratively"....???

@:50....lol....he tries so hard not to laugh....

@1:09..."Tom Wolfe, good answer...you're paying attention"...sarcasm....another sign of condescension. I think Bo is truly upset over the fact these people want something other than him. LOL.

Current Events-The stock market

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market_crash

A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth.

Generally speaking, crashes usually occur under the following conditions:^[1] a prolonged period of rising stock prices and excessive economic optimism....STOCKS HAVE BEEN RISING TO NEVER BEFORE LEVELS!

(2)a market where P/E ratios exceed long-term averages, CURRENTLY, ABOVE THE MEAN: http://www.multpl.com/

and (3)extensive use of margin debt and leverage by market participants....AS OF OCTOBER 31ST...IT, TOO, IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH....http://www.hedgopia.com/margin-debt-stays-put-at-elevated-levels-october-may-look-different/

During severe financial crises, sometimes governments close banks. Depositors may be unable to withdraw their money for long periods, as was true in the United States in 1933 under the Emergency Banking Act. Withdrawals may be limited. Bank deposits may be involuntarily converted to government bonds or to a new currency of lesser value in foreign exchange.^[7]

During financial crises and even less severe situations, capital controls are often imposed to restrict or prohibit transferring or personally taking money, securities or other valuables out of a country. To end hyperinflations a new currency is typically issued. The old currency is often not worth exchanging for new.

Current Events-pandemic

http://www.infowars.com/cdc-to-purchase-1-4-million-surgical-gowns-as-ebola-concerns-grow/

“As best we can tell right now, it is quite possible that every major city will see at least a handful of cases,” David Relman, a professor of infectious disease, microbiology and immunology at Stanford University’s medical school, told the Associated Press.  

Current Events-National Economy

http://www.moneynews.com/MKTNewsIntl/stock-market-crash-warren-buffett-indicator/2014/10/03/id/598461/?dkt_nbr=ufos34vz&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral

It is only a matter of time before the stock market plunges by 50% or more, according to several reputable experts.

“We have no right to be surprised by a severe and imminent stock market crash,” explains Mark Spitznagel, a hedge fund manager who is notorious for his hugely profitable billion-dollar bet on the 2008 crisis. “In fact, we must absolutely expect it."

Unfortunately Spitznagel isn’t alone.

“We are in a gigantic financial asset bubble,” warns Swiss adviser and fund manager Marc Faber. “It could burst any day.” 

Faber doesn’t hesitate to put the blame squarely on President Obama’s big-government policies and the Federal Reserve’s risky low-rate policies, which, he says, “penalize the income earners, the savers who save, your parents — why should your parents be forced to speculate in stocks and in real estate and everything under the sun?”

Billion-dollar investor Warren Buffett is rumored to be preparing for a crash as well. The “Warren Buffett Indicator,” also known as the “Total Market Cap to GDP Ratio,” is breaching sell-alert status and a collapse may happen at any moment. 

So with an inevitable crash looming, what are Main Street investors to do? One option is to sell all your stocks and stuff your money under the mattress, and another option is to risk everything and ride out the storm.

Oh yeah. Sound advice.

http://www.infowars.com/most-people-cannot-even-imagine-that-an-economic-collapse-is-coming/

This is an objective analysis of the state of the economy...which is DEBT BASED.

Without debt, very little economic activity happens.  We need mortgages to buy our homes, we need auto loans to buy our vehicles and we need our credit cards to do our shopping during the holiday season.

So where does all of that debt come from?

It comes from the banks.

In particular, the “too big to fail banks” are the heart of this debt-based system.  Without those banks we essentially do not have an economy.

Compared to five years ago, the four largest banks in the country are now almost 40 percent larger.  

Just before the financial crisis hit, Wells Fargo & Co. had $609 billion in assets. Now it has $1.4 trillion. Bank of America Corp. had $1.7 trillion in assets. That’s up to $2.1 trillion.

And the assets of JPMorgan Chase & Co., the nation’s biggest bank, have ballooned to $2.4 trillion from $1.8 trillion.

At the same time that those banks have been getting bigger, 1,400 smaller banks have completely disappeared from the banking industry.

That means that we are now more dependent on these gigantic banks than ever.

At this point, the five largest banks account for 42 percent of all loans in the United States, and the six largest banks account for 67 percentof all assets in our financial system.

If someone came along and zapped those banks out of existence, our economy would totally collapse overnight.

They have transformed Wall Street into the largest casino in the history of the world.  Most of the time, their bets pay off and they make lots of money.

The bets that I am most concerned about are known as “derivatives“. 

Current Events-National economy

http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/25/investing/sp-500-2000/

So much for the stock market rally coming to a screeching halt. TheS&P 500 surpassed the 2,000 level for the first time ever on Monday morning -- but it failed to finish the day above the 2K mark. It closed a hair under 1,998.

This article was written on 8/3/14....as of today, 11/2/14, the S&P is @2018.05

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2676617/Stocks-rise-surveys-stronger-manufacturing.html

The Dow Jones industrial average climbed within two points of 17,000 for the first time after separate surveys showed that manufacturing expanded in China and the U.S., the world's two biggest economies. 

This article was written on 7/1/14...as of today, 11/2/14....it is currently @ 17,390.52

So the market is breaking records...and QE has just been stopped....what happens next remains to be seen...

Current Events-The AC

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/02/obama-2014-senate-campaign-detroit-wayne-state/18368179/

While Obama's Democrats struggle to keep control of the U.S. Senate — a battle with profound implications for his last two years in office — the president has been relatively absent from the campaign trail.

Probably because he knows something we don't...






Body language says it all....LOL...Bo is like...."alright, alright, I'll ENDORSE this fool, make his day, just go along with the flow...."

After all....he has been bypassing congress left and right with his E.O's....why would he care what happens in congress?

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/11/obama-reboot-112432_full.html#.VFefE_nF-Sp

"Then again, just as Bush seemed to be regaining his footing, the economy collapsed."

Which hints at the fact SOMETHING TOO WILL HAPPEN on Bo's watch....perhaps something bigger than an economic collapse....AN ECONOMIC DISASTER! 

"Obama, for so long the man with the bright future, has hated being relegated to a sidelined pariah in the midterms—even if it is the inevitable lot of a second-termer with approval ratings hovering in the low 40s—according to a dozen current and former Obama advisers we spoke with in recent days."

Yea, because he loves attention, but unlikely because he knows his WORLD PRESIDENCY is guaranteed.

"He both resents the narrative that he’s basically irrelevant and doesn’t much relish the fact that many of his longest-serving staffers, the remnant core of his once-buzzing and brash White House, are strapping themselves to ejector seats. More than anything, Obama’s loathing for Washington, an attitude that reads as ennui to outsiders, has hardened into a sullen resignation at being trapped in a broken system he failed to change, advisers told us."

He "loathes" Washington, and the US alright...so much so that he is willing to destroy them...from within. Bo's attitude doesn't surprise me really. He is an anti-american leader who could care less about Congress. He just has to go with the flow so that he doesn't seem too obvious. Imagine a president who did NO CAMPAIGNING during mid-term elections...it woud mean he certainly knew things the rest of us don't....things we could only speculate about....

Yet he continues to pass legislation while bypassing congress...

“I sense a certain fatalism there, and it’s disturbing,” says a former adviser on Obama’s campaign who, like many others we talked with for this story, requested anonymity. “There’s a sense that ‘I’ve tried everything, and look where it got me.’ People misread it as disengagement. It’s frustration. But who cares?"

Maybe he is indifferent...but Im betting it's because he knows what's gonna happen next....

Current Events-Universalism

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/01/pope-francis-catholics-americans-culture/18263293/

Pope Francis agitates conservative U.S. Catholics....

He has to appeal to a larger, more secular audience in order to "unite all as one..."