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Watch Ye Therefore, and Pray Always - Luke 21:36
Oct 30th, 2019
Morning MeditationF.B. Meyer
Categories: Commentary;Inspirational;Book Study

Let us never release the girdle from around our loins, nor throw ourselves listlessly upon the bank to drink, whilst the enemy may be stealing up against the wind. It is the art of our great enemy to fill the air with the heavy breath of the poppy; that, like the lotus-eaters of the old legend, we may be indisposed for the perils and toils of our onward journey.

Watch ye in the season of festivity. - When merry voices fill the chamber with mirth, and jokes pass; old stories are retold; quaint anecdotes circulated - remember to look frequently up into the Master's face, to discover if aught has covered it with shame, or filled it with regret. Let not your heart be overcharged with surfeiting drunkenness.

Watch ye in hours of stress and anxiety. These will come between the soul and Christ, oppressing us with anxious care, leading us to think too much of the things which are seen and transient, and filling our hearts with dismay, as though the future would find us orphans and homeless, because the storm had swept away some few gatherings of the earth's perishable stores. When stocks are falling, business declining, competition increasing-Watch! Make supplication! Stand before the Son of Man as those whom He cannot forget or forsake.

Watch ye in seasons of tender lave. - We wear armor abroad, but when we come within the closed door of the home, and our hearts expand beneath the genial warmth of kindred natures, how apt we are to cry, Now, surely, we may unbend, ungird, and let nature have free course. But the Master says, Watch ye at every season; and He reminds us that we never cease to stand before the Son of Man.

Let the Headlines Speak
Oct 30th, 2019
Daily NewsFrom the Internet
Categories: Today's Headlines

Deep-State Opens New Front Against Netanyahu: Confiscates his Staffer’s Cell Phones
A complaint was filed against Prime Minister Netanyahu’s advisers after several people protested outside the home of a state witness named Shlomo Filber, who is due to testify against the Prime Minister. In response, the state prosecutor, who is going after Netanyahu for a slew of what many are calling trumped up charges, has ordered the cell phones of his advisers to be confiscated… He added that the police are “threatening my immediate environment, and thereby stopping me from reacting to the onslaught of criminal leaks against me that has been going on incessantly. Why isn’t this being investigated?”

Deadly M6.6 Earthquake Hits 14km E of Bual, Philippines
A powerful earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.6 hit near Bual, Philippines at 01:04 UTC on Oct 29. The agency is reporting a depth of 15.3 km (9.5 miles). And at two people are known to have died.

Cyclone Kyarr, the Strongest Storm on Earth, Is Breaking All Sorts of Records
Cyclone Kyarr formed on Thursday and quickly spun up in the Indian Ocean into the most powerful storm on the planet. While the storm won’t have a huge impact on land, it’s already making its present felt in the record books in what’s been a weird and bad year in general for tropical cyclones, a classification that includes tropical storms, hurricanes, and typhoons as well. It’s currently packing winds of around 150 mph, …

“Diablo Winds” Are Ferociously Whipping “Out Of Control” Wildfires Across Vast Stretches Of Northern California
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Netanyahu, His Books, and the Biblical Commandment for Kings of Israel
One set of books was a selection of teachings from Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitch Chabad leader who died in 1994. Netanyahu had a personal connection with the rabbi who was the spiritual leader to millions of Orthodox Jews.

Saudi Arabia, U.S. to cooperate on security of global energy supply
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry met in Riyadh on Monday and will work together to ensure the security of global energy supply, Saudi state news agency SPA reported.

Hamas one of largest obstacles to Palestinian peace, U.S. tells UNSC
The US Ambassador to the UN, Kelly Craft, chastised the UN for its biased approach to Israel, noting, that it’s stance was “unfairly negative and one-sided.”

A result of Trump’s pullout: Turkey unmasked
Strategic practical businessman Donald Trump cuts through all the fog of US military-to-Turkish military alliance inertia, and gives Turkey’s Caliph Erdogan all the rope he needs to hang himself, and expose Turkey for what Turkey has become: That is the principal and closest enemy of NATO.

Netanyahu says Iran seeking means to attack Israel from Yemen
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Monday of seeking the means to launch precision-guided missiles at Israel from Yemen, a signal that the war-torn Gulf Arab country could come under pre-emptive Israeli attack.

Hubble Spots a Ghoulish ‘Face’ in the Depths of Space
A ghostly countenance is glaring back at us through 704 million light-years of interstellar space, in what’s actually a galactic collision of epic proportions. With galaxies for eyes and rings of gas and dust for its face, the Arp-Madore system presents a truly haunting visage. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured this striking image back in June,…

America Has Officially Gone Insane
The sanity test was spectacularly failed recently when former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lashed out at her party member Tulsi Gabbard, inferring she was a “Russian asset”. The Hawaii congresswoman, who is vying for a run at the presidency in next year’s elections, was defended by some fellow Democratic politicians. But many Clinton aides and media pundits doubled down on Clinton’s smear campaign, reiterating that Gabbard was “working for the Kremlin”.

Israeli embassies on alert, air defenses adjusted in face of Iran threat
Israel’s Air Force has adjusted its air defenses and several Israeli embassies around the world have raised their alert level in light of increased tensions from Iran. According to reports…a series of adjustments were made to IAF air defense systems in light of the fear that Iran might try to carry out an attack using cruise missiles or suicide drones similar to the October attack against Saudi Arabia.

Netanyahu: Iran turning Yemen into launching pad for missiles attacks on Israel
Iran is deploying precision weapons to Yemen “in order to strike Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday. Netanyahu, speaking alongside visiting US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, said that Iran is seeking to develop precision guided missiles that can strike within 5-10 meters of any target in the Middle East.

Saudi woos back heavyweights despite Khashoggi murder
Saudi Arabia has attracted high-profile business and political figures to its “Davos in the Desert” event, including some who stayed away last year over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The event, under way in Riyadh, features US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who pulled out last time. Others who have changed their minds since then include the bosses of Credit Suisse, Blackstone and BlackRock.

Pope declares Vatican’s Secret Archive not so secret anymore
Pope Francis has declared that the Vatican Secret Archive isn’t so secret after all. Francis on Monday officially changed the name of the Holy See archive to remove what he said were the “negative” connotations of having “secret” in its name. From now on, the vast trove of documents, manuscripts and papyrus of popes past will be officially known as the “Vatican Apostolic Archive.”

1 In 3 Millennials See Communism As Favorable, Survey Finds
A growing number of Millennials show support for communism and socialism, a survey from the Victims of Communism found. The survey…found that 70% of Millennials are likely to vote socialist and that one in three Millennials perceive communism as “favorable.” The survey…polled 2,100 people in the United States who were 16 and older with a margin of error of +/- 2.4%.

New Swedish FM : BDS is not Antisemitic
Newly appointed Swedish foreign minister Ann Linde told the Swedish parliament she does not consider the Boycott Divest Sanctions (BDS) movement Antisemitic. Linde said she does not support boycotts but considers the BDS a legitimate, political, non-violent tool, in the struggle for human rights, freedom of expression and an end to occupation.

Iraq declares curfew amid ongoing mass anti-government protests
Authorities in Iraq have declared a curfew in the capital, Baghdad, where mass anti-government demonstrations continue for a fourth day. The renewed protests came weeks after an earlier wave of rallies broke out as a result of widespread anger at high-level corruption, mass unemployment and poor public services.

Google Has Scrubbed Their Search Engine Of All Opposing Views On Chemtrails, Showing Only Results That Promote Official Gov’t Narrative
I live here in America’s oldest city of Saint Augustine, in the perpetually-sunny state of Florida. Multiple times per week, for the past 9 years, I have watched with amused fascination as airplanes fly in a weaving pattern, criss-crossing each other while their planes emit a dense, white trail. This trail, from here on referred to as a chemtrail, is not the same as the normal contrail that is produced when planes fly. A ‘condensed vapor trail’, or contrail, is thinner and dissipates within seconds after the plane has passed.

Mexico is about to legalize marijuana, with huge implications for the USA
Marijuana use – in all its forms – was banned in the United States and many other countries for decades. Governments resolutely refused to recognize its myriad health benefits, and for many years anyone pushing for the legalization of marijuana was viewed as promoting drug abuse.

Hurricane “Pablo” – the farthest east an Atlantic named storm has first become a hurricane
urricane “Pablo” became the sixth Atlantic hurricane on Sunday morning, October 27, 2019. It strengthened into a hurricane at 15:00 UTC at 42.8°​ north latitude, making it the strongest one to form this far north in the Atlantic and this late in the calendar since 1894. Pablo broke the record previously held by a storm that first reached farther north in 1971. Meteorologist Philip Klotzbach also confirmed that since Pablo formed at 18.3° west – it broke another record of the farthest east hurricane set by Vince in 2005, which was 18.9°​ west.

7 dead, 11 injured as floods sweep through Saudi Arabia
Seven people have been killed while 11 others were injured after heavy rainfall triggered flooding in the northeastern part of Saudi Arabia on October 27, 2019. The rains have been occurring since October 25.

Ex-Bill Clinton Advisor: Hillary Thinks ‘God Put Her on Earth’ to Be President
Former Bill Clinton advisor Dick Morris says he believes Hillary Clinton is preparing to run for president again in 2020, saying the twice-failed presidential candidate thinks “God put her on the Earth” to be POTUS.

“Diablo Winds” Are Ferociously Whipping “Out Of Control” Wildfires Across Vast Stretches Of Northern California
Why does this keep happening to California year after year?  As you read this article, enormous wildfires are ravaging large portions of northern California, and Governor Gavin Newsom has already declared a statewide emergency.  An extreme wind event that began on Saturday evening is pushing the fires along at a staggering rate, and when the winds are howling this ferociously it is exceedingly difficult for firefighters to keep the fires from spreading.

876 abortion clinics lost taxpayer funding – thank you, President Trump
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NYC Exports Homeless Without Telling Receiving Cities
New York City is spreading its homeless crisis across the nation by quietly sending homeless people to other cities in the U.S., all without giving the receiving cities a heads up.

Dearborn Public Schools Spark Protest by Adopting All Halal Meat Policy
The Dearborn Public Schools website states it matter-of-factly: “Dearborn Public Schools ensures all meats served in our schools are certified Halal.”  Now one courageous mother is fighting back, challenging Dearborn public school officials to explain why they have done this and to provide options for students who object to halal food.

Biosludge spread on food crops will soon contain dead human tissue as Washington legalizes “human composting”
The state of Washington is the first in the union to start “composting” dead human bodies as crop “fertilizer,” bringing to real life the fictitious scenario depicted in the famous dystopian film Soylent Green.

CPS Worker Defies Gag Order, Exposes Violent Child Sex Ring in State Foster System
A woman who previously worked for the Arizona DCS has broken her gag order and is speaking out about a horrifying child sex trafficking ring in which children are raped and tortured.

Federal Judge Smacks Univ. of Iowa for 'ludicrous' Anti - Christian Discrimination
Oct 30th, 2019
CommentaryMICHAEL BROWN/ASKDRBROWN.ORG
Categories: Contemporary Issues

In July, 2018, the University of Iowa and its officials restricted from its campus Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (ICF), along with some other religious groups. This was because ICF had the audacity to require that its campus group leaders were Christians.

Last week, "A federal court ruled University of Iowa officials must pay out of their own pockets for discriminating against a prominent Christian student group, calling the university's conduct 'ludicrous' and 'incredibly baffling' during a hearing last week."

Twisting the Meaning of Discrimination

The issue was that the university had no problem allowing secular groups on campus to make specific requirements about who could be in leadership. But when it came to a Christian group, to do so was considered discriminatory.

Thankfully, Judge Stephanie M. Rose of a U.S. district court recognized that it was the university that was being discriminatory, holding the officials personally responsible.

It was the university that was being discriminatory.

And what, exactly, did the university do to ICF? Fox News reports, "The university limited the Christian group's access to campus after being there for over 25 years, froze its bank account, shut down its website and advertised that it was 'defunct' for lack of student interest, according to court documents. This violated the Christian group's free speech and free exercise rights, the court ruled."

Talk about an ugly, totalitarian action. And all because a Christian group required that its leaders be Christians.

Judge Calls University Official's Actions "Incredibly Baffling"

But it was not just the Christian group against which the university discriminated. Quite the contrary.

Instead, after the court warned the university not to discriminate against another Christian group earlier last year, the officials decided to become equal opportunity offenders, kicking out Muslim and Sikh groups as well.

No wonder the judge called their actions "incredibly baffling."

Just think:

A Democratic club can require that its leaders be Democrats.

A Republican club can require that its leaders be Republican.

A Greek club can require that its leaders be Greek.

A Japanese club can require that its leaders be Japanese.

A swimming club can require that its leaders be swimmers.

An animal rights club can require that its leaders be vegans.

An environmental activist club can require that its leaders be global warming adherents.

And the list goes on and on.

How Can You Lead a Group You Don't Agree With?

As an Admissions page on the university website announces, "Choose from nearly 500 organizations, ranging from Aikido to Dance Marathon, or start your own group!"

Perhaps there are even atheists' clubs on campus too? If so, we can be sure that the group leaders are required to be atheists, and there is nothing discriminatory about this. In fact, it is simple, common sense.

Anyone can attend a group's meetings, since they are open to the public. Agreement is not required. But to lead the group -- really, any group -- it is necessary that you share that group's goals. Otherwise, how can you lead it?

But in the twisted, anti-Christian, anti-religious mindset of these university officials, Christians were being discriminatory if they forbade an atheist from being one of their leaders. Can you even imagine this?

It would sound something like this, "Hey, my name is Evan, and I don't believe in God. Personally, I hate the Jesus story and think the Bible is filled with dangerous myths. I also think Christians are idiots.

"And, with that introduction, welcome! I'm here to lead this Christian fellowship meeting today, where followers of Jesus come together to be strengthened and edified."

Right!

Irrational Tyranny Will Backfire

In the same way, the university could have required this same Christian group to have Muslims and Sikhs and Jews on their leadership team, just as they would have required one of these other groups to have Christian leaders on their team.

"Hi, I'm Angela, and I'm a Christian. I don't believe the Quran is God's Word, but I do believe the Bible is. And I'm here to tell you why I believe Jesus is the Son of God. With that introduction, let me welcome all my Muslim friends to this Muslim student gathering."

What?

Perhaps, however, what the University of Iowa did was not just "ludicrous" and "incredibly baffling." Perhaps it was something even worse. Perhaps it was anti-Christian and anti-religious animus that provoked their actions.

Hatred has a way of making people act irrationally, even highly educated people. But their irrational actions will be called out. This type of tyranny will backfire in the end.

So, may the campuses of America take heed. The push back will not stop.

Dangerous Trends: More Than Half of Americans Want Government to Censor Speech
Oct 30th, 2019
CommentaryMAC SLAVO/SHTFPLAN.COM
Categories: Warning

The results of a new survey are truely disturbing.  More than half of Americans want themselves, others, and the media censored by the government. 

Unfortunately, instead of learning from history, people are actually asking for a repeat of Nazi Germany or the gulags of the Soviet Union.

The First Amendment, which guarantees Americans freedom of speech, should be overhauled to reflect current cultural norms, according to 51 percent of the respondents to a survey published by the Campaign for Free Speech. 

The campaign is hoping to call attention to the dire state of Americans' preeminent civil rights with the poll, which breaks down opposition along gender, race, class, and educational lines.

History will continue to repeat until humans learn the lessons of the past.  Censorship is always necessary for tyranny to thrive.

The younger respondents were, the more they supported overhauling the law to restrict speech. 

However, college graduates were the least likely of all educational groupings to support the restrictions, indicating that the increasingly regulated speech environment at American universities may be backfiring in some cases and producing adults who cherish their rights because they know what it's like to be deprived of them.

What was also horrifying, is that over half of millennials believe "hate speech" should be against the law, though no definition of "hate speech" was given (and indeed the definition tends to vary given the time and place but Christians can be guaranteed Biblical views of morality will be considered "hate") during the survey. 

Most of those who want a ban on such speech consider jail time an appropriate penalty, although female respondents were the least supportive of such draconian sentencing.

And it isn't just the free speech of their fellow Americans that some people want to be censored.  They also want what is essentially, state-owned media.  

In fact, 57 % of respondents support government action against "newspapers and TV stations that publish content that is biased, inflammatory, or false," with nearly half of those agreeing such offenses should carry a jail sentence.  

That means the government will get to decide the official narrative, and those who have evidence otherwise or dare to speculate against the government would be kidnapped and forced to spend time in jail.

The media is not particularly well-liked in 2019, with the average American trusting the press less even than lawyers and members of Congress, and people over 65 years-old were the only group in which the majority opposed punitive government regulation. 

But using the government to force the media to parrot the official narrative will only result in absolute brainwashing without any resemblance of the free-thinking that made society great left.  

A majority of Americans want the government to decide what the truth is and then punish those who disagree.  

If that sounds a lot like Communism your right but try telling that to today's youth. 

Another survey recently conducted by the Victims of Communism and polled by the research and data firm YouGov, found that 70% of Millennials are likely to vote socialist and that one in three Millennials perceive communism as "favorable".

This is our future if something doesn't change soon.

90 Years After Black Monday: Three Things You Didn?t Know About Crash of 1929
Oct 30th, 2019
CommentarySIMON BLACK/ACTIVIST POST
Categories: Warning

October 28, 1929 - 90 years ago today -  is known as 'Black Monday' in financial circles.

The US stock market had peaked the previous month, on September 3, 1929, with the Dow Jones stock index reaching a record high of 381.

But throughout September and October, nervous investors began pulling their money out of the market.

And over a three-day period in late October (including Black Monday), the market lost more than 30% of its value.

Ninety years later, I thought it would be prudent to look at three key insights from that historic crash, starting with:

1) Stocks are more overvalued today than they were in 1929

Back in 1929, the price/earnings ratio of the average company trading on the New York Stock Exchange was about 15.

In other words, investors were willing to pay $15 per share for every $1 of the average company's profit.

That's not high at all. In fact, a Price/Earnings ratio of 15 is completely in line with historic averages.

Coca-Cola's Price/Earnings ratio back in 1929 ranged between 15 and 18. Today it's 30... meaning that investors today are willing to pay roughly twice as much for each dollar of Coke's annual profit.

Coca-Cola is actually quite an interesting case study.

If we just go back a few years to 2010, Coca-Cola's annual revenue was $35 billion. By 2018 the company's annual revenue had fallen to less than $32 billion.

In 2010, Coca-Cola generated $5.06 in profit (earnings) per share. In 2018, just $1.50.

And Coca-Cola's total equity, i.e. the 'net worth' of the business, was $31 billion in 2010. By 2018, equity had fallen to $19 billion.

So over the past eight years, Coca-Cola has lost nearly 40% of its equity, sales are down, and per-share earnings have fallen by 70%.

Clearly the company is in far worse shape today than it was eight years ago.

Yet Coke's share price has nearly DOUBLED in that period.

Crazy, right?

It's not just Coca-Cola either; the Price/Earnings ratio of the typical company today is about 50% higher than historic averages.

(This means that the stock market would have to drop by 50% for these ratios to return to historic norms.)

It's clear that investors are simply willing to pay much more for every dollar of a company's earnings and assets than just about ever before, including even right before the crash of 1929.

2) Stocks fell by nearly 90% in 1929... and it took decades to recover.

The 'crash' wasn't isolated to Black Monday.

From the peak in September 1929, stocks ultimately fell nearly 90% over the next three years. The Dow bottomed out in 1932 at just 42 points.

42 is lower than where the Dow was trading in 1885... so the crash wiped out DECADES of growth. And it took until November 1954 for the Dow to finally surpass its high from 1929.

If that were to happen today, it means the Dow would fall to just 2,700... a level it hasn't seen since the early 1990s. And it wouldn't return to today's highs until the mid 2040s.

Most people think this is completely preposterous.

And to be fair, I think the government and central bank will do everything in their power to prevent a severe crash.

The Federal Reserve has already announced that it will print another $60+ billion per month, which should be favorable for the stock market in the short term.

But just because we can't imagine something happening doesn't mean it can't happen. In fact it's happening right now in Japan:

Japan's stock market peaked in late 1989 with its Nikkei index reaching nearly 39,000.

Within a few years the Nikkei had lost half of its value and would ultimately fall by 80%.

Even today, thirty years later, the Nikkei index is still 40% below its all-time high.

There is no law that requires the stock market to go up. It can fall. And it can stay low for years... even decades.

3) Adjusted for inflation, stocks have returned just 1.7% per year since 1929.

It's best to think long term about any investment. Businesses take time to grow and expand, and patient investors who understand this tend to do well.

But when thinking about the long term, it's imperative to consider the extraordinary effects of inflation.

Every single year your money loses around 2% of its value. But over time those small bites of inflation fester into a major chunk of your investment gains.

Consider that, even according to the federal government's monkey math, the US dollar has lost 94% of its value since 1929.

So even though the Dow is more than 70x higher than it was in mid-1929, when you consider the effects of inflation, stocks are only about 5x higher over the past 90 years.

That works out to be an average annualized return of just 1.7%.

Even over the past 20 years- if you go back to late 1999, the stock market has only returned about 2.2% per year when adjusted for inflation.

Think about all the risks and wild market swings that investors have had to deal with over the past 20 years- all for a measly 2.2%.