Current Events-World Economy

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/02/11/stocks-dow-thursday/80221858/?cx_js_delay=on&cx_js_delay_src=flex4uphpheromainimage

The 2016 stock market rout intensified Thursday with stocks plunging at the open with the Dow down more than 200 points as investors spooked by plunging bank stocks in Europe, a further slide in oil prices and angst over Federal Reserve interest rate policy dumped stocks and fled to the safety of havens such as U.S. government bonds and gold.

The perfect storm working against markets picked up steam overnight, with bank stocks in Europe getting crushed again after a profit warnings from French bank Societe Generale sparked fresh fears abouth the health of Europe banks, struggling under the weight of weak growth, low interest rates and fears of rising bad debts. Adding to the angst was another swoon in oil prices, with U.S.-produced crude slipping another 3% and below the $27 per barrel mark to $26.64.

DEFINITELY keep an eye on market news. 

Current Events-BO

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/11/after-28-years-secret-service-posts-warning-no-guns-white-house/80078558/?cx_js_delay=on&cx_js_delay_src=flex4uphp2or3

WASHINGTON — The signs appeared at the White House around the time of a winter storm that closed down much of the federal government for three days last month: "WARNING: Weapons Prohibited."

Posted right outside guard shacks with metal detectors, the signs threaten fines and prison time for something that most White House visitors probably consider common sense: Don't bring a gun into the White House.

So why the signs?

Or better yet...why NOW?

Current Events-Global Financial crisis

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/02/09/how-bad-get-banks/80063672/

NEW YORK — There are growing fears that global banks are headed for a meltdown, the likes of which has not been seen since 2008. Only this time, there will be no one there to rescue them.

Amazing how doubters become believers while oblivious to the fact they were doubters.

Just like a new world order was once a conspiracy...now it is openly welcomed. 

Current Events-Pestilences

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/08/obama-asks-emergency-zika-funding/80002570/

WASHINGTON — President Obama will ask Congress for $1.8 billion in emergency funding to combat the Zika virus through mosquito control programs, vaccine research, education and improving health care for low-income pregnant women, the White House said Monday.

Asked how the government would pay for the $1.8 billion plan, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said, "Those are the kinds of things Congress will have to work out."

Tack another 1.8 bil to the bill. At least this is for a good cause.

Current Events-Stock Market

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/02/08/stocks-dow-monday/79996150/

The Dow Jones industrial average was down 350 points, or 2.2%. Unfortunately, these kind of drops are not uncommon for the Dow in what has been a volatile 2016. The Dow is on track for its worst point loss since a nearly 391-point plunge on Jan. 15.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/02/09/stocks-dow-tuesday/80044232/

Stocks dropped at the open on Wall Street Tuesday and were facing a third straight day of losses after a brief oil rally faded and tumult in global stock markets continued overnight with Japanese shares falling more than 5%.

Current Events-National Security

https://www.rt.com/usa/331612-indian-point-radioactive-leak/

In an “unacceptable” groundwater leak at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, three monitoring wells were discovered to contain “alarming levels of radioactivity,” the Governor of New York said, ordering an immediate environmental probe into the issue.

Nowhere to be seen on USAToday.

This following a water crisis in Flint, MI.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis

Current Events-Pestilences

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/puerto-rico-declares-public-health-emergency-over-zika-virus/ar-BBpb8dh

Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla on Friday declared a public health emergency because of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, a government statement said.

Current Events-Earthquakes

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/02/07/taiwan-earthquake/79963390/

TAINAN, Taiwan - With anxious families waiting nearby, rescuers on Sunday painstakingly pulled more survivors from the remains of a high-rise apartment building that collapsed a day earlier in a powerful earthquake that shook southern Taiwan and killed at least 26 people. More than 100 remained buried in the building’s rubble.



Sure...tragedies like this have always happened and will continue to happen, However, HEARING of them the very moment they happen hasn't always happened.

When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”

10 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11 There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.

Current Events-National debt

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/spending-showdown-looms-as-national-debt-hits-dollar19-trillion/ar-BBp7sRg

19 trillion...exactly two years ago...it was 17 trillion. BO spends a trillion dollars per year. But he's not trying to destroy the economy.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Current Events-Babylonian Economy

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

17 million +is the US debt as of today, and counting. You don't need a degree to understand that this trend will lead to an economic collapse that most in the US have no idea is coming because of normalcy bias.

The US dollar is currently the reserve currency of the world and the means by which all oil is traded. Once this status is taken away-as a byproduct of other nations' lack faith in the United States' ability to repay debt-things will take a turn for the worse for Babylon. Indeed, ensuing chaos will lead Americans to beg the United Nations to restore order. The economic destruction of the world's only obstacle to a socialist new order, and its lone superpower, will have been methodically carried out by none other than the mahdi, or the enemy within.

The american populace isn't without fault though. Its worship of idols and black magic have reached levels of hypnosis which are obvious to those who refuse to adhere to babylonian norms.

Current Events-Pestilences

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-governor-declares-emergency-due-to-zika/ar-BBp5rl4

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a health emergency in four counties of the state because of the Zika virus.

At least nine cases of the mosquito-borne illness have been detected in Florida. Health officials believe all of the cases are from people who contracted the disease while traveling to affected countries.

Scott signed the order Wednesday to cover Miami-Dade, Lee, Hillsborough and Santa Rosa counties.

Current Events-Barack O'Mahdi

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/decrying-anti-muslim-bias-obama-pays-1st-visit-to-us-mosque/ar-BBp3S1B

CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to correct what he called a "hugely distorted impression" of Muslim-Americans as he made his first visit to a U.S. mosque. 

For Obama, the visit reflected a willingness to wade into touchy social issues that often eluded him earlier in his presidency. For years, Obama has fought incorrect claims that he's actually a Muslim and was born in Kenya, beliefs that polls suggest remain prevalent among many Republicans. Obama, a Christian, was born in Hawaii.

LOL. Not sure WHERE he was born...but he is at the least just as muslim http://www.infowars.com/obama-hid-jesus-at-catholic-university-but-allows-allah-to-be-widely-displayed-during-islamic-center-speech/ 



as he is jewish. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/27/obama-holocaust-remembrance-anti-semitism/79440396/


http://lastdaysdisciple.blogspot.com/2010/09/eschatology.html

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

ESCHATOLOGY

The 'end of days' is a time period of high importance for the monotheist. It marks the beginning of the end for many, and the beginning of forever for others.
The last days will be a time of chaos in which events will take place in an unprecedented form. Supernatural phenomena will abound, and the inhabitants of the earth will be tested. It is important to point out that islamic eschatology gets much of its endtime prophecy from the Bible. Islamic scholars are always quick to suggest that the Bible has been corrupted but yet they pick texts from this 'corrupt' source to formulate their own endtimes views.

It is simple. Jesus said 'you are the LIGHT of the world'. 'He that is not for us is against us'. Light and darkness have nothing in common. Light discloses EVERYTHING. Darkness CONCEALS everything. It is interesting to read literature that involves islam and substitute the term islam for darkness to see if and how the substance of these messages change.

The differences between the lie and the Truth is essential to the understanding of how climactic and dramatic the endtimes will be. It will truly be a time where faith will manifest itself for there will be such a strong delusion at the time, that no one will be able to FIGURE out what is the Truth and what is the lie. It will simply be a matter of what you believe. This is absolutely genial. Given that God has ordained things from the beginning, it is easy to see how only God could design such a plan with divine power/intelligence. In essence, God removes logic and reason for the purpose of faith revealing. Many times we act in certain ways because we can conclude what the outcome would be. We are calculators. However, in the end of days, trying to FIGURE out things may be what dooms people.


It all begins with the rise of satan's messiah(antichrist). Since satan's existence revolves around God, it is only expected that satan try and duplicate the work of God in an effort to deceive many. Just as God manifested Himself in the flesh, so also satan will do the same. Just as Christ was resurrected, satan too will try and duplicate that.

The plot thickens when it is realized that the seed of Ishmael has an endtimes manifestation in accordance to its scriptures that can also be found in the Bible. Whereas many Christians think that all other texts are worth discarding, one would be wise in examining the scriptures that originate from the seed of Ishmael to see how EXACTLY SIMILAR the two accounts are in terms of personas. Islam like Christianity has a messiah, or the MAHDI. The mahdi is the major sign that indicates endtimes. The mahdi will usher in a socialist revolution that will be backed by all. Socialism/communism removes God from the equation and gives people the false impression that an utopia has been achieved. Anytime you remove God from the equation, you remove Light. God /LIGHT HAS to be removed in order for people to remain unaware that this utopia is really a lie.

The mahdi will run a government for ALL. All for one and one for all. HUMANS are god! he will exclaim and proclaim. Since religion plays a major role in the world, the mahdi's solution to bring unity on that spectrum would be to appear muslim to the muslim, atheist to the atheist, agnostic to the agnostic, hindu to the hindu, buddhist to the buddhist, etc. The reason why I dont mention Christians with that list is because Christians, the LIGHT of the world, can not only see darkness but can also REVEAL or DISPLAY it thus spoiling the selfish party. It is ultimately a matter of self vs God. Wasn't it so with satan and God? PRIDE?

Religious or philosophical utopia would be achieved by means of 'tolerance'. This can be easily achieved because the 'minor' religions have no concrete truth about them in terms of deity. They are simply looking for someone who wants to do 'good' or further the advancement of the human race, for if you have no god or if you have many gods, God isn't God, YOU are god. In fact, it is no major thing to say to a buddhist Jesus is God because there is no god in buddhism. They just look at what you do. This helps us to further solidify that what you 'confess with your mouth and believe in your heart' is just as important if not more important than what you do. ESCHATOLOGY ASIDE, HERE IS AN IMPORTANT UNDERSTANDING:

For the believer, the importance of what I do is only important because of what I believe. If I didn't believe what i believe, then my deeds would testify to nothing thus making deeds pointless. I do what I do because it serves as evidence for what I know to be true. For the unbeliever, their deeds are only important because they lead to glory, since there is no reason that can serve as a precedent. Walking the walk only matters if talking the talk took place. The following illustration can help with cause and effect:

BELIEVER                  BELIEF -------> DEEDS ---------> GLORY---------> GOD
NON BELIEVER                                DEEDS--------->GLORY----------->SELF

The two main differences: The non believer lacks foundation/beginning which ultimately leads to glorification of self.



BACK TO ESCHATOLOGY...

The concept of blasphemy only arises when a deity is assumed. In hinduism, there are MANY gods, so the value ONE god has to them really is irrelevant since they have a choice to pick from. There is no such thing as blasphemy in the 'minor' religions. However, there is 'blasphemy' in islam. So in order for the mahdi to appeal to the muslims, HE HAS to appear muslim enough, even if he appears something else, in order to get darkness to accept darkness. But how does darkness know what it is when it can't see itself? Now, this is where the nature of islam comes into play because islam is a religion of darkness, hence its primary symbol being the moon(the light of the night). Islam advocates for deceit(altaqiya/kithman) when the reason to lie would further the dark cause/agenda. In essence, if you can lie to others, you can lie to anyone, including yourself. When you lie to yourself, depending how far you go with it, you can even think yourself god! Darkness revels in darkness because darkness never reveals anything. All darkness does is go around in circles. It doesn't stand for anything because it can't see itself standing. The only things it does is perpetuate deceit so that MORE deceit can be born. It is a vicious cycle. Now, are muslims the only seeds of darkness? By no means. Anyone who lies is a seed of darkness and anyone who encourages darkness hates the light. The danger in allowing for deceit is that you let yourself pave your own way or manipulate everything in order to reach your goal which you claim is allah's will. In essence, allah can be perceived as self since one is allowed to think that what one is doing, whatever it is, one is doing it for allah. If a person can lie himself to the top, he would do it. He would give allah the glory, but then in reality he would only be giving glory to himself. For if one lies for allah and becomes god, then who is allah? Was allah the tool he simply used to permit himself to do everything he wanted to do in the 1st place?

Since the mahdi can't fool christians and the Truth, he will persecute them because they refuse to dwell in darkness. He will appeal to the rest of the world by suggesting he can identify with everyone. He is whatever an individual wants him to be. He is everything an individual wants him to be.  Obviously, this is only accomplished via deception. However, since deception reigns in these days, deception is accepted.  Here is what I gather from both sets of eschatology...

The muslim mahdi/messiah is the christian antichrist.*

Current Events-The Mark

http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/will-microchips-in-your-hand-replace-passports/ar-BBoSFZl?ocid=spartandhp

Travel technology has come a long way in the past few years. There are digital bag tags from Lufthansa, suitcases with built-in charging portals, and robots to bring you hotel snacks (and park your car). A biometric development, however, may be the most far-out of them all: the ability to travel without a ticket, boarding pass, or passport thanks to a small, rice-sized chip embedded beneath the skin.

Crazy? Maybe. But the technological development has its adherents. Created by a company called Dangerous Things, the near-field communication (NFC) chip allows passengers to load personal information that can be recognized by NFC-compliant devices—think tapping your iPhone at a checkout when using Apple Pay, or scanning digital boarding passes on smartphones at the airport. And while the development isn't necessarily new news (a 2013 Indiegogo campaign raised $30,619), a Dutch tech entrepreneur named Andreas Sjöström recently used the chip in an experiment with Scandinavian Airlines at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport. He sailed through without issue, becoming the first person to use an embedded chip to board a flight.

Wow...now that's convenient. I assume many would jump at the opportunity not realizing this is just part of the conditioning process.

Current Events-Pestilences

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/who-creates-zika-response-unit-to-tackle-global-threat/ar-BBp1zgO

WHO creates Zika response unit to tackle global threat.

Who is WHO? It is the World Health Organization, a branch of the United Nations.

UPDATE 2/13/22

Whatever the UN/WHO was unable to accomplish through "Zika"...

It is now being advanced through COVID.

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...

Current Events-The black flags

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21688778-israel-faces-caliphate-syria-and-sinaiand-possibly-home-islamic

Title of this piece:

The caliphate eyes the Holy Land

And they are bringing the black flags with them!

Pray for Jerusalem.

Current Events-World Economy

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/christine-lagarde--recent-market-turmoil-is-manageable-160408513.html#

Stronger downside risks, including China’s change of growth model, lower commodity prices, and “asynchronous” monetary policy around the world prompted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lower its global growth outlook, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde told Yahoo Finance editor-in-chief Andy Serwer at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The IMF pared its global growth forecast to 3.4% in 2016, a decline of 0.2% from the agency’s prior estimate in October. Lagarde warned of consequences as the world faces weaker growth.

“There will be fewer jobs created around the world, and there will be countries that will struggle, particularly those suffering from the double downside risks, which is the trade relationship with China slowing down a bit and lower commodity prices,” said Lagarde. “This will affect some of the emerging market economies and low income countries that are vastly commodity export dependent.”

A collapse of the world economy wouldn't signal the end of the world. It would just mean that there would be a new world economy. What this new world economy would consist of, is the question...

Current Events-World Economy

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/01/21/davos-2016-highlights/79103472/

Leaders in fields including politics and business have gathered in Europe’s highest town to discuss pressing global issues including this year’s theme “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution.”



This guy. It looks like he just saw the light...

Current Events-US B of A

http://news.yahoo.com/us-pay-iran-1-7-bn-debt-interest-160942074.html

Washington (AFP) - The United States is to repay Iran a $400 million debt and $1.3 billion in interest dating to the Islamic revolution, Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday.

Coincidentally, after Iran released American detainees and after the Iran nuclear accord.

I mean, what is this? The United States is now a bank/court mix? Or is this how you re-distribute wealth? 

A question or questions regarding Ishmael....

What exactly do all these killings (Cop in Philly, Paris attacks, Burkina Faso, San Bernardino) done in the name of Islam mean?

And why is the media defending Islam, the religion, suggesting that these are isolated events done by people who aren't muslim?

Is Islam going to take over the world?

How come everyone is quick to defend the Muslim refugees who assaulted German women on German soil on New Years Eve?

Current Events-World Economy

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/venezuela-president-decrees-economic-emergency-in-showdown/ar-BBofdoA?ocid=spartandhp

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro decreed a two-month state of "economic emergency" Friday, seizing the initiative ahead of a key showdown in his standoff with the opposition in the oil-rich nation.

Decreed an ECONOMIC "EMERGENCY"? Hmm....sounds like something BO may do himself.

Current Events-Stock Markets

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/01/15/gone-stocks-rob-15t-investors-year/78845082/

The stock market rout is starting to get really expensive — destroying $2.3 trillion from the market's top last year and $1.5 trillion in net wealth just this year.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/01/15/chinese-stocks-enter-bear-market/78835704/

And this is just the beginning....

1/15/16

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/dow-closes-down-more-than-350-points-after-volatile-session/ar-CCucq9?ocid=spartandhp

Current Events-World Economy

http://news.yahoo.com/world-could-face-economic-crisis-chinese-diplomat-054453894--finance.html

Beijing (AFP) - China's top diplomat warned on Thursday that a new global financial crisis was possible as markets suffer a painful rout at the start of the year, partly over fears of turmoil in the world's second largest economy.

Current Events-Economy/Oil and Energy crisis

http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/10/investing/oil-prices-bond-defaults/

Energy companies that loaded up on debt during the oil boom are likely to have trouble paying back those loans. Oil prices have collapsed over 65% since the middle of last year to below $37 a barrel this week and there's no recovery in sight.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/sell-everything-ahead-of-stock-market-crash-say-rbs-economists/ar-CCqLYI?ocid=spartandhp

Investors face a “cataclysmic year” where stock markets could fall by up to 20% and oil could slump to $16 a barrel, economists at the Royal Bank of Scotland have warned.

In a note to its clients the bank said: “Sell everything except high quality bonds. This is about return of capital, not return on capital. In a crowded hall, exit doors are small.” It said the current situation was reminiscent of 2008, when the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank led to the global financial crisis. This time China could be the crisis point.

Oil prices have also fallen sharply on fears of lower demand and a supply glut, especially with Iran due to start exporting once more when sanctions are lifted. Tensions between Iran and Saudia Arabia make it less likely that Opec can agree to cut production to halt the slide in prices. Brent crude is down another 1% at $31.18, its lowest level since April 2004.

CLEARLY....THERE IS AN OIL/ENERGY CRISIS WORLDWIDE.

What event....

...or combination of events, will propel BO to a third term or new world order presidency?

Current Events-Wars and rumors of war

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/01/09/video-shows-iranian-rockets-launched-near-us-carrier/78562494/

The U.S. military released a video Saturday showing what it says is an Iranian military vesselfiring several unguided rockets near the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and other warships and commercial craft.

Iran dismissed the U.S. claim as "psychological warfare" against the Islamic Republic.

And this after Saudi Arabia executed an Iranian shiite cleric.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-iran-idUSKCN0UN0KP20160109

A reminder...Saudi Arabia and the United States are close allies.

Current Events-Chinese markets sliding

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/01/06/china-stocks/78390650/

The turmoil rocking global markets in the new year looked likely to continue Thursday, after trading in China was halted today following another huge stock plunge.

The halt was the second this week for China's stock market as worries continued over its economy -- the second biggest behind the U.S. -- and North Korea's reported hydrogen bomb test.

Chinese stock exchanges closed early Thursday after the CSI 300 Index dropped more than 7%. The slide came after China's central bank lowered the yuan's daily reference rate by the most since last summer.The news out of North Korea rattled investors around the globe. The latest geopolitical flare-up in an increasingly volatile world prompted investors to sell stocks and reduce risk.

"We are just three days into the year and already global event risk is dominating the financial market landscape everywhere," David Rosenberg, chief economist and stratetist at Gluskin Sheff said in a research note.

Will 2016 be the year where the world economy collapses? Will we have digital currency by year's end? What about a new reserve currency?

ONLY TIME WILL TELL...

Current Events-Ishmael's ruckus

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/dow-plunges-more-than-400-points-after-china-market-rout/ar-AAgkQZ1?ocid=spartandhp

Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, cut diplomatic ties with Iran on Sunday in response to the storming of its embassy in Tehran. The protest followed Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric.

Current Events-World Economy

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/01/04/dow-tumbles-300-points-pre-market-after-china-rout/78250234/

Will 2016 be the year when the world economy crashes? The markets won't tell the whole story....but this is not a good start.

Current Events-BO

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2015/12/28/obama-donald-trump-gallup-poll-most-admired-man/77967868/

Once again, President Obama tops the annual Gallup Poll for most admired man, although this year an intriguing pair is tied for second.

Donald Trump and Pope Francis both finished with 5% of respondents who named them their most admired man, well behind Obama's 17%.

LOL....BO? The most admired man? 2016 is gonna be an interesting year...to say the least. Will something extraordinary take place that would give him a third term?

Current Events-National Debt

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2015/12/28/debt-distress-level-recession/77882786/

The Federal Reserve this month took interest rates up for the first time in nearly a decade - ending the days of free money. It might take a few years for higher rates to hit companies - as they look to refinance debt. But the troubling part is many companies aren't in great shape to eat the higher costs.

Many are actually putting a date on the beginning of the end for the Dollar...

Current Events-China beef

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/12/19/china-us-pentagon-b-52-flights/77623774/

China called on the United States to end "provocative" military actions Saturday after two B-52 bombers flew near islands in the South China Sea that Beijing claims it owns.

Just a thought....

So If BO is indeed the Mahdi...would he not bring muslims to where hes at?