Current Events-BO

https://sports.yahoo.com/barack-obama-raptors-warriors-nba-finals-attendance-233513097.html

He refuses to "ride off into the sunset"...

And Canada chants "MVP" for him...

LOL....you know he loves it....

Current Events-Enrique bucking

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/india-continue-seek-strong-ties-084706260.html
First it was China. Then, Mexico. Now India.

Current Events-CHINA(UPDATE 3)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-chinese-defense-minister-says-014612387.html

SINGAPORE, June 2 (Reuters) - China's Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that a war with the United States would be a disaster for the world while issuing a warning to Washington not to meddle in security disputes over Taiwan and the South China Sea.

What can China do...

...that can hurt Babylon?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/5-steps-china-could-hurt-110107558.html

Im not sure there is a whole lot that can be done commercially so my bet would be on options 3 and 4 but more weight on option 3 since it has already been manipulating its currency for a while now.

UPDATE 2/21/22

It turned out to be be options 1 & 2 thanks to Trump which makes sense from an economic perspective.

Current Events-The power of AI

https://www.yahoo.com/news/2020-vision-altered-pelosi-videos-show-the-risk-of-deepfakes-in-campaign-165851599.html

Funny how they use BO in the first few examples...

Artificial Intelligence will be used to bring forth the illusion alluded to in 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11...

9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie,10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

Current Events-China/Economics

https://schiffgold.com/key-gold-news/china-sells-most-us-treasuries-in-2-1-2-years-amid-threats-of-nuclear-option

Could China aggressively dump US bonds to punish the US for raising tariffs in the trade war?

Could they? YES. Will they? YES.

Biggest question is WHEN....

Current Events-Babylon(new) & Babylon (old)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/non-emergency-u-employees-told-194624979.html

US employees told to leave Iraq amidst concern that Iran may target them.

Current Events-China

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-xi-meet-defiant-china-hits-u-tariffs-000110547--business.html

LOL, they even got "CHAIRMAN" ZEDONG with the all seeing...

PREDICTION

NOTICEABLE INFLATION TO HIT BABYLON.

UPDATE 2/21/22

The consumer price index climbed 7% in 2021, the largest 12-month gain since June 1982, according to Labor Department data released Wednesday. The widely followed inflation gauge rose 0.5% from November, exceeding forecasts.Jan 12, 2022    

U.S. inflation rate climbs to 7.5% after another sharp increase in consumer prices.Feb 10, 2022

Current Events-Economy

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/morgan-stanley-says-rest-2019-072719044.html
(Bloomberg) -- The beginning of 2019 has been good for U.S. assets. But the back half might not be as favorable, according to Morgan Stanley

Current Events-WAR

https://www.yahoo.com/news/as-trump-escalates-pressure-experts-fear-iran-will-strike-back-133314753.html
The Trump administration’s strategy of ratcheting up diplomatic, financial and military pressure on Iran is increasing the likelihood that Tehran will use its proxy forces to strike U.S. targets abroad, according to several former intelligence officials.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-may-attack-israel-u-standoff-escalates-israeli-090324737.html

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli cabinet minister warned on Sunday of possible direct or proxy Iranian attacks on Israel should the stand-off between Tehran and Washington escalate.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-guards-chief-says-americans-started-psychological-war-084956096.html

GENEVA (Reuters) - A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Sunday the U.S. military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now represents a target, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported.

The U.S. military has sent forces, including an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers, to the Middle East in a move that U.S. officials said was made to counter "clear indications" of threats from Iran to American forces in the region.

The USS Abraham Lincoln is replacing another carrier rotated out of the Gulf last month.

"An aircraft carrier that has at least 40 to 50 planes on it and 6,000 forces gathered within it was a serious threat for us in the past but now it is a target and the threats have switched to opportunities," said Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Guards' aerospace division.

"If (the Americans) make a move, we will hit them in the head," he added, according to ISNA.

U.S. President Donald Trump also has increased economic pressure on Iran, moving to cut off all its oil exports, to try to get Tehran to curb its nuclear and missile programs as well as end support for proxies in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/apos-apos-not-going-happy-191253999.html

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump threatened Iran with a "bad problem" Monday following news that Saudi Arabian oil tankers were sabotaged near the Persian Gulf. 

Current Events-WAR

https://www.yahoo.com/news/saudi-energy-minister-says-two-saudi-oil-tankers-035037322.html

DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Monday that two of its oil tankers were among those attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and described it as an attempt to undermine the security of crude supplies amid tensions between the United States and Iran.

The UAE said on Sunday that four commercial vessels were sabotaged near Fujairah emirate, one of the world's largest bunkering hubs lying just outside the Strait of Hormuz. It did not describe the nature of the attack or say who was behind it.

Current Events-Trade WAR

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/stock-market-news-may-13-2019-121610383.html

On May 10, Trump made good on his promise to raise tariffs by 15% on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. The now 25% tariffs are meant as a punishment to China for the country's refusal to accept the Trump Administration’s latest version of a potential trade deal. Trump also ordered the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), to begin the process of raising tariffs on essentially all remaining imports from China, which are valued at approximately $300 billion.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/p-stock-futures-fall-asian-stocks-u-china-004439114.html

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stock markets tumbled on Monday and the Chinese yuan weakened to its lowest level since December as the trade war between the United States and China escalated.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/washington-and-wall-street-wake-up-to-the-reality-that-beijing-is-happy-to-walk-away-2019-05-13?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo

As Wall Street reels from the shock of a trade war exploding to new heights in the form of tariffs and counter tariffs, there's another reality that is setting in — that China seems happy to walk away from trade talks. “Until a week ago, it looked likely that a far-reaching trade deal would be struck between the U.S. and China within a matter of weeks. Whether Beijing has miscalculated or not, China's policy makers are betting that they can absorb a blow to the nearly $400 billion of exports that the country, on net, sells to the U.S. each year.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/swing-states-are-among-hardest-hit-by-chinas-tariffs-195431567.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/13/these-are-the-biggest-dow-losers-since-the-trade-war-escalated.html?__source=yahoo%7Cfinance%7Cheadline%7Cstory%7C&par=yahoo&yptr=yahoo

The Dow is down about 1,200 points since President Donald Trump announced tariff hikes last week, with heavier losses in companies with business in China. Intel, Apple and Caterpillar have all dropped more than 10% in the six trading days since the president's tweet on May 5. Intel in particular may be vulnerable to a deterioration in U.S.-China trade relations, which about 25% on its sales coming from China, according to FactSet.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/u-goods-affected-china-tariffs-163609599.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-13/trump-warns-china-impasse-to-worsen-if-xi-retaliates-on-tariffs

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ground-zero-u-china-rivalry-213013793.html

https://www.investors.com/etfs-and-funds/etfs/china-stock-funds-dive-further-as-trade-war-heats-up/?src=A00220&yptr=yahoo

https://realmoney.thestreet.com/jim-cramer/jim-cramer-you-better-strap-yourself-in-14957959?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO&yptr=yahoo

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-all-the-stuff-the-us-imports-from-china-thats-causing-a-huge-trade-deficit-2018-03-23?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-impose-tariffs-60-billion-u-goods-123643364--business.html

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/china-says-never-surrender-foreign-pressure-amid-trade-073344753--business.html

Current Events-China

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/u-china-trade-war-heats-092121705.html

What's the saying go like? 

"Do not poke a sleeping bear."

A GIANT PANDA BEAR!

Current Events-Wars and rumors thereof

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/china-still-cautiously-optimistic-u-trade-talks-despite-000637067--sector.html

Trade, cyber, military.

So Babylon worries about Iran, Taiwan and Venezuela. Then China deals an economic blow. What does Big Vlad do?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-raises-stakes-china-hiking-215324180.html

The tariff war between the world's two largest economies continues to grow. Trade talks with China resuming in Washington Friday morning hours after the U.S. doubled tariffs on 200 billion dollars worth of Chinese goods.

Current Events-Wars and rumors thereof

https://www.yahoo.com/news/irans-revolutionary-guards-reject-talks-u-trump-offer-111601330.html

Trump made the offer as he increased economic and military pressure on Iran, moving to cut off all Iranian oil exports this month while beefing up the U.S. Navy and Air Force presence in the Gulf. Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan approved a new deployment of Patriot missiles to the Middle East, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday.

The U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, deployed as a warning to Iran, passed through Egypt's Suez Canal on Thursday and American B-52 bombers have also arrived at a U.S. base in Qatar, U.S. Central Command said.

Iran has dismissed both moves - which the United States said it took after U.S. intelligence signaled possible preparations by Tehran to attack U.S. forces or interests - as "psychological warfare" designed to intimidate it.

"Iran or its proxies could respond by targeting commercial vessels, including oil tankers, or U.S. military vessels in the Red Sea, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, or the Persian Gulf," MARAD said.

"Reporting indicates heightened Iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against U.S. forces and interests."

MARAD said U.S.-flagged ships were encouraged to contact the Fifth Fleet at least two days before sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. The fleet's job is to protect commercial shipping in the area.

The strait of Hormuz is the big one. Something happens there, that = beef.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-us-moving-patriot-missile-battery-mideast-210317435--politics.html

U.S. officials announced Sunday that they would rush an aircraft carrier strike group and bombers to the region. The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and accompanying ships have passed through the Suez Canal and are now in the Red Sea.

If the world hates you...

Reasons Why The World Hates Christians

Most Relevant Verses

Matthew 10:22

"You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

John 15:18

"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

James 4:4

You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a 
friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Matthew 24:9

"Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Psalm 69:4

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being 
wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

Romans 1:29-30

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, 
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

John 15:21

"But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.

John 15:25

"But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, 'THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'

John 3:19

"This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds
were evil.

Amos 5:10

They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks with integrity.

Galatians 4:16

So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Romans 2:2

For "THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written.

Matthew 5:10-12

"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you
 when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. "Rejoice and be glad, for 
your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they 
persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Scientific explanation of...

How the Mark of the Beast Will Rewrite the Human Genome thus corrupting the image of God(man).

https://www.douglashamp.com/how-the-mark-of-the-beast-will-rewrite-the-human-genome-part-three-corrupting-the-image/

Current Events-End Times terminology

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/56f33c94-e4c3-3a52-a20e-4c2317cdfa73/at%26t-is-the-first-5g-carrier.html

5G, Internet of internets, artificial intelligence, transhumanism, cloud computing...all terms used in the 21st century that are associated with the technocracy that is to come.

***UPDATE*** 5/14/20

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/the-brave-new-world-of-bill-gates-and-big-telecom/

A bit of insight...

Current Events-Israel

https://www.yahoo.com/news/major-protests-test-israel-gaza-calm-ahead-elections-022247902.html

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Five rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel, prompting Israeli tanks to respond by firing on Hamas military posts early Sunday, hours after a massive Palestinian protest along the border between Israel and Gaza.

Current Events-More War Games

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-warns-u-navy-sails-083626837.html

(Bloomberg) -- China protested the latest transit through the Taiwan Strait by American warships, warning the U.S. not to undermine relations between the two countries.

“China has been closely monitoring from start to end the passage by the U.S. warships through the Taiwan Strait,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a regular news briefing in Beijing on Monday. “China has lodged stern representations with the U.S.”

Two U.S. vessels entered Taiwanese waters off the island’s southwest coast heading north on Sunday, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said in a statement Monday. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the patrol, identified the vessels as the Navy destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur and the Coast Guard cutter Bertholf.

The patrol comes days before a scheduled visit to Beijing by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, as talks on a trade agreement continue between the world’s two largest economies. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is set to lead a delegation to Washington starting on April 3.

Current Events-War Games

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-calls-russia-deployment-planes-venezuela-reckless-escalation-110130319.html

WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) - The United States on Monday accused Russia of "reckless escalation" of the situation in Venezuela by deploying military planes and personnel to the crisis-stricken South American nation that Washington has hit with crippling sanctions.

Hmm...in the 80's, during the Cold War, Russia used Cuba.

Remember, Big Vlad considers Babylon to be a "parasite".

Current Events-Israel

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-israeli-military-says-begun-155629643.html

JERUSALEM, March 25 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Monday it had begun carrying out strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, hours after a Palestinian rocket hit a house near Tel Aviv

Current Events-Economics

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pound-stabilises-struggles-rally-brexit-delay-deal-032114094--finance.html

The closely watched "yield curve" flashed a warning sign that a recession could be looming while monthly US, French and German manufacturing indices all fell -- rattling investors who were already uneasy after this week's surprisingly weak outlook from the Federal Reserve. 

A series of worse-than-expected economic releases from Europe have sounded the alarm bell not just for the bloc, but also the global economy, by providing further evidence of a worldwide slowdown in economic activity," said XTB analyst David Cheetham.

The so-called yield curve, which tracks the spread between short- and longer-term rates on US Treasury bonds, briefly inverted on Friday, with yields on three month bonds falling below those for 10-year notes -- the first time this had happened since before the global financial crisis in 2007.

The next economic "event" will likely cause the $ to collapse.

Current Events-Enrique meddling in Mideast

https://www.yahoo.com/news/syria-slams-trump-vows-recover-israeli-occupied-golan-063808136.html

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government vowed to recover the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as its allies and enemies alike condemned U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday for moving to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the territory seized in war.

I think he just likes to up the ante since it appears he has a gambling spirit. It seems like he's turning everything upside down. The question is...is it by design or ignorance?

On one hand, chaos is needed for order to be established. On the other, disorder is a result of disorganization.

Current Events-Wars and rumors thereof

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-began-world-war-iii-040000510.html

Lengthy, detailed piece about a scenario implicating China and the US in the disputed South China Sea.

Current Events-Protests in France

https://www.yahoo.com/news/apocalypse-paris-rioters-run-amok-yellow-vest-rallies-191747557.html

Violent protests continue in France.

One revolutionist screams:

IT'S THE APOCALYPSE!

Can anyone possibly deny that the world is in total upheaval?

Violence and destruction on every continent.

And think about this...IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE!

COME LORD JESUS!

INSPIRATIONAL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoUPw08njlQ

Come Lord Jesus!

The last generation

Daniel 12 New International Version (NIV)

The End Times

12 “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. 2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise[a] will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. 4 But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”

5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. 6 One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?”

7 The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time.[b] When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”

8 I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will the outcome of all this be?”

9 He replied, “Go your way, Daniel, because the words are rolled up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.

11 “From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.12 Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

13 “As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.”

As wicked as I be since I am but dust and ash, the Lord is now calling even I to purify myself.  

Thank you my God.

COME LORD JESUS!