9 Interesting Events that Occurred in the Month of May
A few interesting things you may want to ponder on...and May isn't even over yet................................................................................................................................... 2011 alone has been quite an interesting year..................................................................................................................... wouldn't you agree???
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....
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NATO Warplanes in New Bombing Campaign on Tripoli
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Obama's hidden war: US intensifies drone attacks in Pakistan
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US, Pakistan Near Open War; Chinese Ultimatum Warns Washington Against Attack
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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.
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