9 Sept 2024

RISING TEMPEST

“And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest…. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest” (Psalm 55:6, 8).

Iniquity Shall Abound

Georgia: School shooting Apalachee High School. A 14-year-old, now arrested, killed 2 students, 2 teachers, and injured 9 others. The father is also charged with murder for knowingly allowing his son to have a weapon.

Most third-world countries don’t have as much theft and violence as the U.S.

Apostasy and Doctrines of Demons

Yale Divinity students had to read from witch’s “spell” at orientation. Students weren’t told it was from a witch. Under the guise of inclusion, pagan spirituality is blindly normalized in educational spaces.

Islam Invasion, Terrorism, and Leftist Agitators

New York City: Some 7,000 pro-terrorist Muslim and Far Left agitators stormed streets on Labor Day (some waving Hamas, Hezbollah, Syrian, and Iranian flags), lighting flares and setting off smoke bombs.

Masked anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University demonstrate on first day of classes at an entrance, chanting, “Free Palestine!” and holding signs urging the school to “divest from death.”

Spanish MEP: ‘Islamophobia is the invention of the antisemitic Left to intimidate Europeans and force them to accept this invasion’ that endangers the very survival of Western civilization.

France: Paris violence: brutal knife fight among Afghan migrants, reigniting concerns about migrants and open borders. It may have been a territorial dispute, possibly involving various forms of trafficking.

Israel: Multiple terror attacks in Judea and SamariaA string of terror attacks this week involved explosives, which injured Israelis, and the shooting deaths of 3 police officers.

Hatred of Christianity

Tennessee: Pastor Greg Locke’s home shot up by madman; at least 30 bullets. His son was home but wasn’t injured. One bullet went through his daughter’s bed headboard and lodged in her pillow.

Nigeria: Over 16,000 Christians killed in 4 years as violence continues unabated.

Hatred of Jews and Israel

Pro-Palestinian rally permit granted by University of Maryland for Oct. 7, the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attacks in Israel. Update: The university rescinded permission due to public outcry. The University of Maryland, College Park’s SJP chapter is one of the most radical in the country. After Oct. 7, it held a “vigil” for ‘Palestinian’ terrorists, and in its statements, it calls for Israel’s destruction.

Israel’s unhinged left: A deadly delusion. Hamas just murdered 6 more hostages, yet Israel’s radical left is focused on undermining Netanyahu’s government rather than directing their outrage at Hamas.

New film shows UN agency UNRWA teaching kids to kill in Judea and Samaria. The UN Relief and Works Agency shows its true colors. The film “UNRWA at War” focuses on the educational side of the agency’s activities, in which children are taught not just to hate but to kill.

UNRWA-US chief denounced Israel’s ad campaign against UN agency as ‘destructive’ and spreading misinformation. It’s not misinformation. For years, Israel has warned that UNRWA promotes hatred and violence against Israel. Israel’s ad is called “UNRWA Educating Terrorists Since 1949.”

Pervasive Perversion

Skirting the law in Iowa: Bookmobile offers kids as young as 7 books on gender identity, transitioning. Iowa law requires books in schools to be age-appropriate and prohibits instruction on sexuality and gender identity in grades K-6. Yet the bookmobile offers these forbidden books.

Colorado school district knowingly and repeatedly assigned children to bunk together on overnight trips with boys identifying as girls and vice versa. Jefferson County School District’s “Transgender Students” policy was shared with “trans” students and chaperones but not with students or parents.

Snapchat is a “breeding ground” for child predators.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital now promotes LGBT lifestyle, fighting anti-LGBT laws, sponsoring LGBT pride events, promoting homosexuality, and marching with children in LGBT Pride Parades.

Abusive ‘Cult’ Masquerading As Education: Harvard’s New ‘Queer’ Course Sparks Outcry From Experts.
The cult of “queer” is getting stronger. As tens of millions of American children struggle with reading and millions more deal with sex abuse at the hands of “educators,” Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education will teach future teachers how to combat the alleged evils of “heteronormativity” and “cisnormativity” in the classroom. Seriously.

Britain’s first prison wing for ‘transgender’ inmates (biologically male) has a £10,000 games wall, TV screens, and inmates leave cells whenever they like. Downview women’s jail opened the unit after a male identifying as female sexually assaulted two female inmates at HMP New Hall in West Yorkshire.

Last Days Traitors

Moms for Liberty co-founder tells Trump: “They called us domestic terrorists for speaking out at school board meetings.” Under the Biden/Harris regime, these parents are labeled domestic terrorists.

Brilliant Economist Eric Weinstein Warns, “I don’t know if Trump will be allowed to be President.” He said the goal of the World Order is to have two candidates who are both acceptable to them.

Veterans who served with Tim Walz: ‘He’s got absolutely no integrity.’ In today’s Democrat Party, one must be able to lie without shame. Gov. Walz, Kamala’s running mate, publicly characterized himself as a Command Sergeant Major, a rank he never earned.

Ben Shapiro rips apart Kamala’s CNN interview. The interview reveals she doesn’t have much to offer and has some dangerous opinions that are very socialist in nature.

About the list of ‘Republicans’ endorsing Harris. Left-leaning media may claim the list represents a wave of Republicans [RINOs] defecting to Harris. But many former Bush 41, Bush 43, McCain, and Romney staffers who signed the letter were non-political staff who stayed on under Democrats.

”Unfair, unconstitutional, & scary”: Kamala tax policy is so crazy, even legacy media is calling it out. Harris endorsed a 25% tax on money the wealthy have yet to collect and may never collect. An article on the Left-leaning Forbes website said, “Once we start down this path, could we some years from now face a tax like this for someone with $20 million, $10 million, $1 million…? You get the idea.”

As usual, Washington Post gets an election story wrong. It says “critics” of a new rule Georgia’s Election Board approved say it “would empower county election officials to withhold certification of results without justification, potentially thwarting a popular result.” Nothing could be further from the truth.

Tyranny & oppression: aims of WEF’s “Stakeholder.” After propagating a Marxist idea that black and trans people are oppressed, and indoctrinating us to fear climate change, the Stakeholders are mandating their planned political system, which its criminal mastermind, Klaus Schwab, alleges is better for ‘people and planet.’

And Their Deliberate Border Disorder

Goya Foods CEO compared Biden regime’s refusal to secure southern border to being complicit in child trafficking. He also explained how Biden-Harris policies have contributed to inflation, not corporate price gouging as Harris claims. “Instead of being the complicit middleman in child trafficking, human trafficking, and drugs, why don’t they…control our borders?” “That is what the cost [is], not the 1% a grocery store has to make at the end of the day,” he added.

Colorado: Sanctuary city’s policies push violent migrant gang into suburbs: ‘It’s a nationwide problem.’ Denver’s suburbs don’t share its sanctuary city policies, but the migrant influx has spilled outward. The suburbs now face activity from a notorious Venezuelan prison gang. [Don’t believe Kamala’s supposed flip on her policies, including the border issue. It’s a lie to get into office. Also, see It’s Spreading: America’s top oil field terrorized by armed Venezuelan gangs.

Pope Francis: Dangerous advocate for open borders at the cost of Europe’s Christian heritage. His advocacy for what appears to be compassion through open borders is actually a dangerous agenda threatening to dismantle Europe’s Christian heritage and accelerate Islamization.

And Their Depopulation Agenda

West Virginia fights against euthanasia; calls Canada’s MAiD a fancy way of saying they’re killing their citizens. Masses of citizens sign up every year through Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).

And Their Two-State Delusion

Harris running mate Walz says US ‘can’t allow what’s happened in Gaza’ and vowed to ‘push’ two-state solution on Netanyahu.

Orwellian Society

Amazon Alexa gave starkly different answers when asked whether to vote for Trump or Harris. When asked why vote for Trump, Alexa said it couldn’t endorse any political party or its leader. But when asked why vote for Harris, Alexa listed reasons why one should vote for her. After Fox News reached out for comment, an Amazon spokesperson said it’s an “error” (yeah, sure) it has since corrected.

Media giant CMG bragged about eavesdropping on phone, laptop, or ‘smart home’ microphones. A leaked presentation from Cox Media Group appears to detail how its “Active-Listening” software uses artificial intelligence to capture and analyze “real-time intent data” from users’ conversations. It laid out how CMG’s software could listen to everything spoken near a microphone-equipped device.

Telling uncomfortable truths is now considered ‘terrorism’ in Britain. In a further sign of the UK’s increasingly aggressive policing of speech, two British journalists documenting genocide have been arrested under section 12 of the Terrorism Act in the past month.

Former CIA Whistleblowers say there are a million targeted individuals worldwide to test the “Internet of Living Things” on our brains, which they plan to eventually roll out on a mass scale to control us.

Economic and Food Insecurity

US job market in ‘bad shape,’ executive recruiting industry veteran Brian Howard says. Economists largely agree the labor market is “cooling,” but he says this is a significant understatement. The market has been slow to poor for the last 10 to 12 months.

Great Replacement job shock: 1.3 million native-born Americans just lost their jobs, replaced by 635,000 immigrants. “Since Oct. 2019, native-born US workers have lost 1.4 million jobs; over the same period, foreign-born workers have gained 3 million jobs.”

Dollar Store conversations show folks can barely even afford discount retailer food these days. 1000s of ‘Dollar Stores’ clustered in swing states may offer new insights into voter sentiment. Trump has hammered VP Harris for igniting the inflation storm with Biden. Harris offered communist price controls as a solution, but the entire nation was in disbelief. Folks realize they had it good under Trump’s first term and just awful under Biden-Harris.

This is coming; you’d better be prepared. Britt Gillette (video). We’re entering a global depression that looks to be as severe as The Great Depression of the 1930s. Some countries are already in its grip. All the rest will follow sooner rather than later. In today’s video, we discuss what’s happening on the ground, why it signals bad economic times ahead, and the most important thing you need to do to prepare.

UK gov’t secures new offshore wind capacity; it’s going to cost the public dearly. A loophole in Government contracts could cost households up to £180 million a year. Also see Labour’s masterplan to defund pensioners so UK Gov’t can fund offshore wind projects.

Plague, Pestilence, and Plandemics

FDA authorizes new Covid vaccine without clinical trial data. The new vaccine is from Novamax.

RFK Jr. said there has to be “a reckoning” for “immoral, homicidal” Covid criminality.

Infectious disease ‘experts’ are upset that Covid vaccine propaganda is no longer working. Members of the public are no longer listening to their “recommendations.”

Iowa: Mpox (Monkeypox) in Fort Dodge Correctional Facility. It’s unclear how many inmates are affected, but the outbreak marks the first mpox cases in Iowa in 2024. The virus comes in two distinct forms, clade I and II. The detection[s] at the facility are clade II strains, mostly spread through sexual and intimate contact, with men who have sex with men being at the highest risk of infection.

New York City Health Dept spraying pesticides on streets to prevent mosquito-borne West Nile Virus. Residents were warned to stay inside at night during spraying. The Health Dept reported 4 cases and says the virus was detected in mosquito pools in all 5 boroughs.

South Carolina: Enough fentanyl to kill 2.5 million Americans seized in drug investigation.

Oregon Reverses Liberal Drug Law After “Losing a Generation” to Addiction.

Texas: Farmers say chemicals in fertilizer made from sewage are killing their livestock and fish. Johnson County farmers are seeking damages. The past 2 years have been a “nightmare” with dead or deformed cattle, horses, and fish. They blame these “forever chemicals.”

Greece: Emergency declared in port city after massive dead fish crisis. Tons of dead fish along the coast and in rivers. This crisis follows last year’s devastating floods. On Tuesday alone, 57 tons of dead fish were removed from beaches near Volos. The local economy has been hit hard.

Weather Events

Big cold front coming this weekend, across the eastern half of the US, a reminder that planet Earth is not on fire as some leftist media outlets repeat like a broken record for years, if not decades.

Arizona: Phoenix hits at least 100 degrees 100 days in a row, shattering record, over 3 weeks longer than the previous record in 1993. A triple-digit high is typical in summer, but there’s been a lack of monsoon thunderstorms that typically shave several degrees off the heat.

US Southwest & Western Coast: Record-breaking temperatures in the West; heavy rains & flash flooding along Gulf Coast.

Ohio: Disaster declared in 22 counties due to prolonged drought, allowing farmers to seek loans.

California: State of emergency in Rancho Palos Verdes; accelerated ground movement. The city sits atop the Greater Portuguese Landslide Complex, where 4 out of 5 subslides have been active since 1956’s discovery. Since severe storms in 2023-2024, land movement intensified; the ground is sliding at an alarming rate of 9-12 inches per week, significantly faster than several inches per year average.

Niger: Floods from heavy rainfall killed at least 217, displaced 353,000 over past 3 months. Over 3,000 ha (7,413 acres) of crops have been destroyed.

India: Floods and landslides claim 9 lives in Andhra Pradesh amid record rainfall since Aug. 30.

Spain: Severe storm hit Mallorca; one person dead, another missing. The sudden storm caused widespread flooding, trapping hikers and requiring a large-scale rescue operation.

France: Violent storms hit southeast; Marseille endures worst storm in 3 years.

Romania: 6 months’ worth of rain hit its Black Sea coast. Intense flooding Aug. 30-31 caused significant property damage.

Super Typhoon Yagi roars into China’s Hainan on Friday, disrupting lives of millions after more than doubling in strength since killing 16 people in the Philippines. Yagi packed maximum sustained winds of 234 km per hour (145 mph). The typhoon had already shut schools, businesses and transport links in Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province – and Vietnam, which it’s predicted to hit, along with Laos, over the weekend.

Wars and Rumors of Wars

Retired four-star general warns US facing ‘serious’ threat of third world war. Jack Keane’s comments come amid the war between Russia and Ukraine in Europe, the war between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East, and increased threats from China and North Korea.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted partnered raid with Iraqi Security Forces on Aug. 29, resulting in deaths of 15 Islamic State (ISIS) operatives; 7 US military personnel were injured.

Russian missiles kill at least 50, wound 271 in Ukraine City of Poltava. The missiles hit a military institute, the war’s deadliest single attack this year. More people may still be under the rubble.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister warned that the Kremlin is changing its nuclear war policy in response to what it says is Western escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war.

China keeps ramming Philippine ships. Hostilities between China and the Philippines continue to draw global attention, though other Asian countries also stake claims on the resource-rich seas.

Hezbollah attacked Israel’s north 1,300 times in August, most in one month since Oct. 7.

Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets at Upper Galilee on Sept. 1, destroying houses and causing fires. Long-suffering residents of Israel’s northern regions experienced another day under Hezbollah fire. 3 Israelis were wounded, one seriously.

6 hostages ‘brutally murdered’ by Hamas as Israel Defense Forces were closing in to rescue them in tunnels below Gaza’s Rafah on Aug. 31. Continuing its commonly-used tactic of psychological warfare, Hamas released videos of the hostages’ final messages before murdering them.

Hamas says it will kill hostages again if IDF attempts to rescue them.

IDF Destroyed Explosives Lab Hidden Beneath Mosque in Jenin Operation, along with other key terror sites, the Israel Defense Forces reported on Friday.

IDF kills Hamas commander behind Oct 7 invasion of Netiv HaAsara. Ahmad Wadiya and several other terrorists were killed in the precision strike. Footage of Wadiya’s actions is among the most shocking.

Temple Mount Changes

Open Jewish prayer, prostration on Temple Mount now ‘routine,’ conducted out of sight of Muslim worshipers and accompanied by police, who previously didn’t allow it.

In the Skies

”Ring of Fire” Rosh Hashanah eclipse coming in October. Interestingly, solar eclipses keep falling on noteworthy dates. In 2024, 2 of them. The first on April 8th, “Great American Eclipse of 2024,” occurred just after sunset in Israel, which began the first day of the first month on the Hebrew calendar. The second takes place Oct. 2nd. It occurs just after sunset in Israel, which begins Rosh Hashanah.

Concluding Scripture

“The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup” (Psalm 11:5-6).

“Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him” (Psalm 50:3).

Jesus said, “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

“And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled…. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man” (Luke 21:25-32, 36).

 

 

 

2 Sept 2024

COMING APART AT THE SEAMS

Apostasy and Doctrines of Demons

Harris and Walz call them ‘values,’ but they’re ‘doctrines of devils.’ killing unborn babies; cutting up adolescents to alter their sex; open borders followed by giveaways, free stuff, and murders by illegal aliens; giving Afghanistan billions of dollars’ of military hardware paid for by Americans; creating the highest inflation rate in decades; exorbitant cost of food, fuel, and housing; not to mention their lies.

Authorities investigate woman’s death at Burning Man Festival, a yearly drug-infested music and art festival in Nevada. This pagan festival includes an orgy dome.

Hatred of Christianity

Idaho Army National Guard officer removed from his position after voicing his Christian beliefs. Liberty Counsel has filed a complaint, demanding his position be restored.

Insidious Islam

Hamas in the heartland: Indiana mosque’s leadership fuels Islamic terrorism while media and politicians look away. An Imam whose sermon praised Hamas leader Haniyeh as a “martyred mujahid” should send shockwaves across the nation.

Michigan: Army of ‘30,000 Muslims’ march through Dearborn led by radical Imam, revealing unchecked spread of Sharia, alarming alliance between authorities and radical elements, and growing threat of Islamic supremacism, all under guise of a so-called ‘peace’ rally on American soil.

Graphic warning: ISIS Muslims turn Russian prison into jihad zone, killing/torturing guards and inmates’ for the sake of Allah and to establish Islamic law.’ Armed with knives and makeshift explosives, they took several prison staff hostage. The prisoners slashed a guard’s throat, cut another’s stomach open, etc. Slitting throats aligns with Quran verses. Example: Quran 8:12: “…cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike upon the necks…”

ISIS-inspired Syrian commits triple-murder at ‘Festival of Diversity’ in Germany. 8 others were injured. Also see ‘Germany No Longer Safe’: Police Union Chairman Warns’ Greatest Danger Is from Islamists.’ Leftist open-border policies have unleashed a wave of Islamic violence.

Hamas leader calls for suicide attacks in Judea and Samaria.

Taliban government in Afghanistan issues public ban on women’s voices and bare faces. Be covered from head to toe in public, and don’t speak. Sharia Law, anyone?

Pervasive Perversion

Chicago schools’ sex ed teaches elementary kids about gender identity & puberty blockers. As soon as kindergarten: human anatomy; first-grade: “gender identity”; by fifth grade: intro to puberty blockers.

Christian whistleblower nurse fired from Texas Children’s Hospital says it’s a spiritual conflict. She exposed alleged Medicaid fraud related to transgender procedures for minors at the Houston hospital.

Cornell University offers ecological justice course on feminist, queer, & trans perspectives. Other courses are offered from an LGBTQ+ perspective, such as “Queer Classics.”

August 2024’s Fetish Con in St. Petersburg, Florida. Someone from Daily Wire attended to report what goes on after seeing strange sights on the streets and found they were heading to Fetish Con. “Weird” didn’t do it justice. You’ll want to laugh but won’t be able to. You’ll be too busy worrying about your children, schools, our country, the consequences of the internet, and life as we know it. Satanic imagery was scattered throughout the halls, adding an unsettling layer to an already bizarre atmosphere. After seeing more than they could stomach, the Daily Wire attendee and friend made their way to the exits where they were handed a pamphlet promoting a production company with the title, “Have You Accepted Satan As Your Lord and Personal Savior?”

Canada: Pastor convicted of ‘criminal harassment’ after opposing drag queen story hours for children at a city library.

Gillette Intimate ad is extremely inappropriate. The commercial “Respect Your Junk,” “Respect Your Pubic Region,” is entirely too specific and graphic for TV. We’re told that the ad has even aired on a children’s network. Can you imagine what goes through a child’s mind when viewing this ad?

And the Dem Abortion Abomination

At the Democrat Convention, nationwide access to abortion transcended every other issue. This ongoing obsession with destroying human life foreshadows dark and difficult times to come.

Pro-Life pregnancy center vandalized after Democrat Convention.

Iniquity Shall Abound

Sex offender Ronald Syrvud, who threatened to kill Trump at Arizona rally, taken into custody.

3 adults stabbed during Notting Hill carnival as UK records rise in knife attacks. 15 officers were assaulted as the gathering turned violent. 90 arrests were made on various charges. The latest figures show knife-related offenses in England and Wales rose to 49,489 in 2023, up from 46,153 in 2022. In recent attacks, children have been targeted. A few weeks after the Southport stabbing (in which 3 children died), which began mass riots across the nation, an 11-year-old shopping with her mother was grabbed by a Romanian man and stabbed 8 times; she required plastic surgery.

Gunmen killed at least 37 people in 3 separate attacks in Pakistan. Baluchistan has been the scene of a long-running insurgency with an array of separatist groups staging attacks.

Last Days Traitors and Their Treachery

Crazy Nancy Pelosi compares defeating Trump to America going to war against British & Confederacy. She outright alludes to political violence. She said, “We have to defeat a person who was a threat to our democracy of the kind that we have not seen. At the beginning of our country, Thomas Paine said that times have found us, declare war, establish a new nation.” Hateful rhetoric like this already inspired an assassination attempt against Trump. And when Pelosi made these comments, Arizona law enforcement was already engaged in a manhunt for another who made threats to kill Trump.

And Their Pitting of Nation (Ethnic) Against Nation (Ethnic)

UCLA medical school hired students to write curriculum with liberal ideas such as critical race theory.

Deliberate Border Disorder and Its Consequences

Twenty illegal aliens attempted to enter a California school bus as it was picking up students. This is the second time something like this has happened in this school district.

Video: Open borders have turned German women into prey on public transport (warning for America), (video) as open borders policy turn everyday journeys in Berlin into nightmares.

Orwellian Society

Zuckerberg admits Biden admin. pressured Facebook to ‘censor’ Covid and Hunter Biden content. He claimed in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee that he regrets caving to government pressure.

Free speech is in trouble on both sides of the Atlantic. In June, the US Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision that barred the government and its agencies from coordinating with social media to censor/suppress views that don’t follow their narrative. Also see Labour Party decides to create fear. Keir Starmer, in a few months, has managed to divide and destroy the United Kingdom. Hardworking, high-tax-paying citizens fear that anything they might think, do, or say could end in a jail term.

Plague, Pestilence, and Planned-demics

Massachusetts: Voluntary lockdowns to combat deadly mosquito-borne disease after a case occurred. [More fear-mongering]: A human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) occurred, the first since 2019-20. According to the article, there’s no treatment, about half of those infected died, survivors are often permanently disabled, and few recover completely. EEE is a very rare disease. Since first identified in Massachusetts in 1938, less than 100 cases have occurred. Outbreaks usually occur there every 10-20 years, typically lasting 2-3 years. In 2019: 12 cases, 6 fatalities. In 2020: 5 cases, one fatality.

Also see Lockdowns in 4 Massachusetts towns over ‘extremely rare’ virus after single infection. So-called “voluntary” lockdowns after 5-6 pm, at least until winter’s onset. “Voluntary” means if you want to use public land, you must sign a waiver and provide insurance proof to Public Health overseers.

Media Ramps Up Fear For 3 Frightening Diseases. Why suddenly so many news stories about deadly diseases? We’re two months away from November, a perfect time to alarm the public of a coming health crisis, right? But this time, it’s three. When people fear they might die from an extremely deadly outbreak, they’re far more likely to accept measures they’d not usually consider in normal times.

Parents fight back with rising use of religious vaccine exemptions for their children.

Germany: Covid deception induced fear in children for political gain. The Interior Ministry made children fear that unless they complied with regulations, they’d be responsible for grandparents’ deaths.

Economic and Food Insecurity

Socialist uprising: Chicago plans to launch city-run grocery stores as chains such as Aldi, Walmart, and Whole Foods fled due to an increase in theft. HR&A Advisors said the city could establish a 3-store network to fill the food desert for $26.7 million in upfront investment. Government-owned grocery stores. What could possibly go wrong?

Goodwill shutters two Seattle stores amid escalating crime, safety concerns, & rising operational costs. The closures are part of a broader retailers’ exodus from Seattle where rising crime, safety concerns, and high rents have forced many businesses to reconsider their operations. Seattle’s crime rates have contributed to Washington State’s ranking as the most dangerous state to live in for 2024. The city’s police dept continues to face staffing shortages (lowest number of officers since 1950s). As more businesses close, there’s growing concern that Seattle could face a decline similar to San Francisco.

Two-thirds of Americans now believe the American dream is unattainable, a searing indictment of a system coming apart at the seams.

Weather Events

Arizona: Severe flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park; one person killed; extensive damage.

Alaska: Emergency declared in Ketchikan; landslide damages homes; one person killed, 3 injured. The landslide was due to heavy rains. Evacuations were ordered due to fear of a second landslide.

Italy: Two missing after severe flash floods in Talanico. Heavy rains have affected parts of central Italy since Aug. 26.

Sudan: Heavy rains collapsed Dam; dozens killed. 70 villages were affected, 20 of which were destroyed. 50,000 homes and 70 schools were destroyed or damaged; 10,000 livestock are missing.

Guinea: Severe floods in Conakry claimed 2 lives, left 1 missing, and caused substantial damage.

Japan: Typhoon Shanshan turns deadly, brings 30 inches of rain with severe flooding. At least four people have died. The former typhoon is moving slowly, bringing much rain, triggering landslides, and unleashing tornadoes. Flooding rain will continue through Sept. 2 due to the storm’s slow trek.

Cyclonic Storm “Asna” forms in Arabian Sea; Gujarat reports 32 dead, over 32,000 evacuated. The Saurashtra-Kachchh region of Gujarat has been severely impacted by heavy rains since Aug. 25, which intensified into Cyclonic Storm “Asna” on Aug. 30.

Yemen: Floods & landslides killed 33 as of Aug. 29 in Al-Mahwit Province, bringing death toll to 119 since start of the Kharif rainy season.

Brazil: São Paulo wildfires shatter records; 1,886 hotspots in one day. Amazon region: 1,669. Brazil total: 4,928 hotspots. Two firefighters died. 30 cities are on high alert for major fires, with active outbreaks; they’re vulnerable due to low humidity and a heatwave exacerbated by gusty winds.

China: 11 dead, 14 missing as torrential rains strike Liaoning. Floods damaged or destroyed 187 bridges.

Thailand: Large landslide hits Phuket, severely damaging 200 homes, killing at least 13 following heavy rains. Nine villages were declared disaster zones.

Bangladesh: 20 dead, 5 million affected by floods due to relentless monsoon rains & overflowing rivers.

Wars and Rumors of Wars

Russia launched massive air strike on Ukraine’s energy facilities; power/water outages all over.

Israeli soldiers rescue Israeli Muslim Hostage from Gaza. He’d been held alone in a tunnel. An Israeli spokesman said, “Each of our… remaining hostages are dear to us, no matter what their religion…. Our Declaration [of Independence]… makes clear… [we are] always living in peace with the people that live here.” There are still 108 hostages in Gaza, at least half thought to be alive.

Hezbollah ready to launch massive Oct. 7-style attack on Israel following 10 years of planning. The terrorists showed footage of their tunnel network stretching for miles that can be used to launch missiles. The “sheer volume” of weapons in Hezbollah’s arsenal makes it a formidable threat, plus a military force of 50,000 and up to 5,000 elite troops.

Did Israel’s massive pre-emptive strike delay all-out apocalyptic war coming to the Middle East? On Aug. 25, Hezbollah was preparing to fire an enormous number of rockets deep inside Israel (in response to Fuad Shukr’s assassination). Israel found out and launched a massive pre-emptive strike, destroying thousands of rocket launchers in southern Lebanon, including those intended for the main Israeli military intelligence base near Tel Aviv. 210 rockets and 20 drones were launched at Israel by Hezbollah. The largest damage Hezbollah managed to do was to dozens of buildings/homes in Acre and a chicken coop.

Concluding Scripture

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah” (Psalm 46:1-3).