In case you
haven't noticed, the
world has gotten
even crazier in May.
Just when you think
that things can't
get any more
bizarre, events go
to a whole new
level. Sadly,
millions of
Americans seem
almost completely
oblivious to all of
the world-altering
things that are
going on all around
us. I recently got
back from doing a
bit of traveling,
and the reality is
that most people out
there are so busy
living their lives
and trying to
survive from month
to month that they
don't really have
much time to pay
attention to what is
going on in the
world around them.
They are too busy
working their tails
off to make a
living, they are too
busy stocking up on
groceries and
foreign-made goods
at the big box
retail stores and
they are too busy
cheering for Scotty
on American Idol.
Unfortunately, what
little information
about the rest of
the world that most
Americans actually
take in comes from
the mainstream
media. Most of the
time the mainstream
media is very adept
at lulling the
American people to
sleep, but things
are starting to get
so crazy out there
that a growing
minority of
Americans are
starting to sit up
and take notice.
When I was away
on vacation I kept a
bit of an eye on the
news, but I had no
idea just how crazy
things were getting
until I returned
home. These days
more seems to happen
in a single week
than used to happen
in an entire month.
The globe has become
an incredibly
unstable place, and
you never know what
is going to happen
next.
The following are
9 ways that the
world has gotten
even crazier in
May....
#1
What in the world is
going on with the
weather? All of a
sudden
"unprecedented
tornadoes" are
popping up almost
every day now. Did
you see what
happened in Joplin,
Missouri the other
day? There are very
few things that will
put sheer terror
into you like an F5
tornado will. If
you doubt that, just
check out
this video.
The National
Weather Service says
that the Joplin
tornado
was the 8th worst
tornado to ever
hit the United
States. At least
122 people were
killed and at least
750 people were
injured.
Sadly, the Joplin
tornado is part of a
larger trend. Many
are already calling
this a "100 year"
tornado season. It
seems like a major
tornado outbreak
somewhere in the
U.S. is a nightly
occurence now. For
example, just
tonight a huge
tornado near
Oklahoma City
killed a couple of
people.
In April, there
were
approximately 600
tornadoes across
the country. That
is the most
tornadoes that have
ever been recorded
in a single month
inside the United
States. Usually, we
only have
about 1,200
tornadoes for the
entire year.
There is nothing
"normal" about these
tornado outbreaks.
Something really
weird is happening.
In addition, we
have just
experienced the
worst Mississippi
River flood
ever. That flood is
also being called
something that only
happens "once in a
hundred years".
Why are such
horrible natural
disasters striking
the United States
right now?
Can anyone
explain why this is
happening?
#2
The globe continues
to inch ever closer
to World War III.
Just consider a few
of the headlines we
have seen just this
week....
*NATO
Warplanes in New
Bombing Campaign on
Tripoli
*Obama's
hidden war: US
intensifies drone
attacks in Pakistan
*US,
Pakistan Near Open
War; Chinese
Ultimatum Warns
Washington Against
Attack
*Netanyahu's
defiance on deal is
'declaration of war'
Sadly, it appears
that the appetite
for war is growing.
Many had hoped that
Barack Obama would
be a peacemaker, but
that definitely is
not the case.
The United States
has been at war for
so long that the
American people have
learned to accept it
as a normal part of
life. As long as it
is something that
happens "over
there", most
Americans don't
really seem too
concerned about it.
But in the end,
what is unfolding in
the Middle East will
have dramatic
consequences for the
United States.
Unfortunately, most
Americans have
become so "dumbed
down" that they
simply do not
understand what is
happening.
#3
The news from Japan
just continues to
get worse and
worse. Now TEPCO
is finally admitting
that there were at
least partial
meltdowns at three
of the reactors at
Fukushima. Why we
are only finding
this out now is
anyone's guess.
It has been more
than 2 months since
the tsunami and
officials in Japan
still do not have
Fukushima under
control. Every
single day the
complex continues to
release massive
amounts of
radioactive material
into the environment
and the effects of
this disaster will
be felt for decades
to come.
#4
When all of the
crazy new security
measures went into
airports, we were
all assured that
scanners and
"enhanced pat-downs"
would never show up
in subway stations,
bus stations,
sporting events and
public schools.
Well, sadly the
ridiculous security
measures that have
been implemented at
our airports are
spreading. In fact,
if you can believe
it, a "certified
TSA official"
was brought in to
oversee student
searches at the
Santa Fe High School
prom last weekend.
When TSA
officials start
showing up at high
school proms that
should be a major
red flag for all of
us. America is
becoming a much
different place than
it used to be.
Do you enjoy
living in a prison
grid where we are
all being constantly
watched, tracked and
searched? If not,
you better say
something now before
it is too late.
#5
The U.S. Supreme
Court has upheld an
order from a
three-judge panel in
California that
mandates the release
of approximately
40,000 inmates
from California
prisons.
Yes, the prisons
are so overcrowded
that up to 54
prisoners are using
a single toilet, but
you can't just
release thousands
upon thousands of
criminals on to the
streets of
California and
expect that there
will not be major
problems.
California
Governor Jerry Brown
is proposing a
"realignment plan"
which would shift
tens of thousands of
prisoners to county
jails, but the
California
legislature so far
has not authorized
the hundreds of
millions of dollars
that it is going to
take to implement
the plan.
Hopefully
something can be
done, because
releasing more than
one out of every
four California
inmates back on to
the streets sure
does seem like a bad
idea to me.
#6 It is looking
more likely than
ever that the U.S. debt
ceiling may not be
raised and that we
could actually see
the U.S. government
default on some
debt. The Democrats
and the Republicans
are fighting like
cats and dogs again
and there is such a
deadlock right now
that this could
actually happen.
U.S.
Representative
Barney Frank
certainly does not
sound optimistic....
"It may
be that we’re
going to have to
see some failure
to raise the
debt limit and
some temporary
hiatus in our
ability to pay
our bills (for
lawmakers to
act)."
JPMorgan Chase
CEO Jamie Dimon is
using language
that is even more
apocalyptic.
Dimon says that a
U.S. debt default
would "dwarf Lehman
Brothers" and that
in the event of a
default things will
take place "that are
not going to be
pretty".
#7
The U.S. real estate
crash continues to
get even worse. This
week it was
announced that U.S.
commercial real
estate is now down
47 percent from 2007
and has now reached
a post-crash low.
The following is how
an article by
Bloomberg
described the latest
data....
U.S.
commercial
property prices
fell to a
post-recession
low in March as
sales of
financially
distressed
assets weighed
on the market,
according to
Moody’s
Investors
Service.
The
Moody’s/REAL
Commercial
Property Price
Index dropped
4.2 percent from
February and is
now 47 percent
below the peak
of October 2007,
Moody’s said in
a statement
today.
But it is not
just commercial real
estate that is a
giant mess. New
home sales also
continue to struggle
mightily.
In April, the
number of new homes
sold in the United
States
tied the lowest
level ever recorded
for that month.
These latest
statistics just
underscore the
reality that the
U.S. housing crash
if very far from
over. As I have
written about
previously, the
real estate crisis
is absolutely
crippling the
economy and instead
of signs of hope
arising, things seem
to be getting even
worse. For example,
during the first
quarter of 2011,
home values declined
at the fastest rate
since late 2008.
So when in the
world are things
going to finally
start turning
around?
#8
Most Americans don't
realize it, but
Europe is closer to
a financial meltdown
than it ever has
been before. Greece
is either going to
get another bailout
or it is going to
default. If you do
not understand the
kind of chaos this
would set off on
world financial
markets, just read
this editorial.
The
Greek debt crisis
continues to get
worse. At this
point, the yield on
10-year Greek bonds
has now reached
an astounding 16.76%.
But it is not
just Greece that is
in trouble. All
over Europe there
are nations that are
on the verge of
financial collapse.
In Spain, nearly
half of those
between the ages of
18 and 25 are
unemployed and the
economic protests
there
have reached a
frightening level.
Everyone hoped
that a bailout or
two would be enough
to make the European
debt crisis go
away. It has now
become obvious that
is not going to
happen.
A financial
meltdown in Europe
is happening. The
only question is how
it is going to play
out.
#9
Over the past couple
weeks, one of the
most talked about
people in the world
has been Harold
Camping. I have
avoided writing
about him because
there are at least a
billion issues that
are more important
than what Harold
Camping is saying.
But this is what
the mainstream media
loves to do. They
love to find a
Christian with a
crackpot theory and
splash him all over
the front page.
Camping has a
very limited
following and the
vast majority of
Christians think he
is totally and
completely wrong.
However, the
mainstream media
loves to talk about
people like Camping
because it is a
tremendous
opportunity for them
to mock Christians
and Christianity.
Look, anyone that
put any stock in any
of Camping's
predictions is
seriously deceived.
In case you didn't
know, Camping
predicted the date
of the rapture
before. On
September 6th, 1994,
hundreds of
Camping's followers
gathered at an
auditorium in
Alameda, California
waiting for the
rapture.
So now Camping
has been wrong two
times.
Now Camping is
saying that Judgment
Day is going to be
on October 21st and
he says that he has
figured out why he
was wrong about May
21st.
If you believe
that, I have a
bridge to sell you.
If you are a
Christian, then you
know that there are
dozens of prophecies
that still need to
be fulfilled before
"the end of the
world". What
Camping is proposing
is literally
impossible according
to the Bible.
Of course the
mainstream media
knows this, but they
have no problem
turning Camping into
a household name
while ignoring the
thousands upon
thousands of
Christians around
the world that are
doing really great
things.
But this is the
crazy world we live
in. We are all
talking about Harold
Camping because the
big media companies
decided that was the
way it was going to
be.
It is time that
all of us wake up
and start thinking
for ourselves.
Our world is
becoming crazier by
the minute and the
mainstream media is
certainly not
helping things. In
times like these, it
is going to be
absolutely vital for
all of us to engage
our critical
thinking skills and
to not just blindly
accept anything that
someone else is
trying to tell us.
See
The Power Elite behind the New World Order and
A Chronology of the
UN: The Revolutionary Steps to Global Tyranny.
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