July 3, 2011

Current Events from the Last Week,

Flooding from rising rivers are now occurring in several US states, including Montana, North Dakota, and Nebraska.  More than 4,000 homes are under water in North Dakota alone. 

More than 2 dozen US states are coping with rising flood waters.

A fast moving wildfire has broken out in New Mexico, USA.  It has destroyed over 100 homes and is close to being the largest wildfire ever recorded in New Mexico.  It has also forced the officials at Los Alamos Nuclear Lab and storage facility of plutonium waste to fear a nuclear holocaust.  Plutonium waste storage at the facility is most toxic and the most deadly isotope in the world.    

Sixty-four percent of Americans now think the US economy is headed in the wrong direction.  Thirty-nine percent of all Americans now believe the US will never recover from its economic woes, and that it will never be the strong nation it once was.

The US Agricultural Department has now declared the state of Texas a major disaster area due to excessive drought conditions.  

The year of 2010 has now been classified as the warmest year on record all over the world.  Artic region temperatures rose twice as fast as the lower latitude regions.

Jacob’s House Comment,

Euro debt market jitters worsen. The cost of borrowing for debt-laden Portugal, the Irish Republic and Italy hit new highs on Friday.

Analysis: Flat U. S. jobs data signal weakest recovery in decades. WASHINGTON (AP) - The job market is defying history. A dismal June employment report shows that employers are adding nowhere near as many jobs as they normally do this long after a recession has ended. Unemployment has climbed for three straight months and is now at 9.2 percent. There's no precedent, in data going back to 1948, for such a high rate two years into what economists say is a recovery. The economy added just 18,000 jobs in June.

While shark attacks are still rare, they’ve been on the rise, with 79 attacks in 2010- the most dangerous year for shark attacks in a decade.

Small tsunami reaches Japan after major quake. Small tsunami waves reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan Sunday after a major quake hit the region heavily damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The port towns of Soma and Ofunato saw 10-centimetre (four-inch) tsunami waves triggered by the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck off the main island of Honshu the agency said.

National weather service says the flooding in the US that takes place this summer could be the worse in the history of this nation.

A grizzly bear has attacked hikers in Yellow Stone Park. A man was killed and this was the first attack in 25 years.

A gigantic sandstorm in Phoenix, Arizona has stopped traffic and not allowed anyone to see. The storm was 100 miles wide and 1000 feet high.

How the Bubble Destroyed the Middle Class. Sluggish growth is no mystery: No one has any money. A lot of people say they are deeply puzzled by the slow recovery in the U.S. economy. They look at the 9+% unemployment rate and the mediocre growth in national output, and they scratch their heads and wonder: Where is the boom that inevitably follows a deep bust, such as we experienced in 2008 and 2009? But there is no mystery. What other result would you expect from the financial ruin of the once-great American middle class? And make no mistake, the middle class has been ruined: Its wealth has been decimated, its income isn't even keeping pace with inflation, and its faith in the American economy has been shattered. In the past the middle class grew richer each year, grew more comfortable, and enjoyed a higher living standard. It was real progress in material terms. But that progress has been halted and even reversed. In some respects, the middle class has made no progress in a generation, or two.

This isn't just a sad story about a few losers. The prosperity of the middle class has been the chief engine of growth in the economy for a century or more. But now our mass market is no longer growing. How could it? The middle class doesn't have any money. If losing half your meager life savings weren't bad enough, the middle class has also been falling behind in terms of income for decades. Families in the middle make most of their money the old-fashioned way: Working their fingers to the bone for 40 years for wages and a modest pension.

Jacob's House Comment,

The reason middle class Americans and their children are having problems and troubles, is because they have deserted and defected from the Living God in their midst.  They have become accustomed to debt-ridden life-styles that cannot profit them.  They are now also involved in idolatrous gadget driven life-styles of entertainment and lascivious practices that have corrupted them to the point of death.  These people have forgotten God's righteous, profitable, and virtuous ways.  Instead, they have become involved in entertaining themselves at all costs, and in self-gratification. 

Therefore, righteousness and true wisdom cannot be found in them anymore.  Instead, the curse is rampant among them  now, and the devil is controlling their thoughts and their minds with his crafty ways. 

America, and the other nations of this world are now on the precipice of trouble, travail, and complete destruction.  Violence and decay can be seen in every nation today that has forsaken God and His Son, Jesus.  Only the true and devoted children of God and His Son, Jesus, will escape the woe, trouble, and travail, which is still to come.  They will be saved by their Creator when He brings them into His presence at the start of His new day.  

7/17/11

Fourteen U.S. states are now suffering with severe drought.

The heat index all over the US is in extreme conditions from the high temperatures and excessive drought being seen in many states.

New gonorrhea string of infection now being seen in Japan is resistant to all medications because of mutating.

Italy’s debt and bank situation could cause a collapse of the European Union and the Euro currency.

The drought in the US now moving towards the worse ever in history. Water rationing taking place in Oklahoma City because of excessive heat and drought.

About 4,300 turkeys have died in Kansas and more than 50,000 chickens died in North Carolina because of excessive heat and high temperatures.

Standards and Poors now joins Modys in stating the US credit will be lowered from triple A status if budget deficits in the US are not quickly resolved.

Record amounts of violence and deaths are being recorded in Afghanistan for the first six months of 2011.

AIDS is now rampant in Africa with 6 million people trying to get on new preventative drugs while 9 million are trying to obtain this new AIDS drug.

The bacteria that causes Legionaires Disease has now affected four thousand plus people at the Acia Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Jacob’s House Comment,

More diseases are on the way which will affect many people and tribes all over this world in the coming months. These diseases will become harder to control and cure because of the fact God will change and rearrange the structure of their DNA. Therefore, the sins and the wickedness of this world will be judged by God at His judgment seat in the heavens above. This world will go through great havoc and terror upon the people who have denied a Living God in their midst. If they have worshiped other idols and gods, instead of worshiping their true Creator, they will perish in various afflicted and damaging ways for their wickedness and their sins.    

Vegas casino warning after Legionnaire's cases. A top Las Vegas casino resort has issued a health warning to past guests after six people came down with Legionnaire's disease, health authorities said Monday. Citing "an abundance of caution," the Aria Resort & Casino has written to people who stayed there between June 21 and July 4 when tests showed elevated levels of Legionella bacteria in some of its guest rooms. The Southern Nevada Health District said it was working with the resort "to notify guests and to monitor the water system" in response to reports from the US Centers for Disease Control on the six cases.

UN to declare famine in parts of drought-hit Somalia. The United Nations is set to declare a famine in parts of Somalia as it suffers the worst drought in more than half a century. The UN says the humanitarian situation in the country has deteriorated rapidly, despite assistance efforts. An estimated 10m people have been affected in east Africa by the worst drought in more than half a century. Tens of thousands of desperate Somalis have been trying to flee their country to neighbouring Kenya or Ethiopia. Major catastrophe loaming in East Africa because of lack of rain and excessive drought.

Cash crunch for cities, school districts may worsen. MIAMI (Reuters) - Local governments across America are getting spotty relief at best from fiscal pains even as state governments 2011's state fiscal difficulties dwindle. There's a credit risk rotation away from the states, down to local governments. America's nearly 90,000 counties, cities, public school districts and other local governments rely heavily on property taxes and aid from state governments to provide essential services, such as fire protection and education. But the five-year-old U.S. housing downturn is savaging property tax revenues, and state legislators looking to balance their own budgets in a slow national economic recovery are often cutting aid to cities and towns.

6.5 magnitude earthquake jolts northeastern Japan. 

Survivors describe carnage and murder. in Norway.  Dressed as a policeman, the man called for campers to come close, then opened fire. The gunman who killed at least 93 people at an island youth camp and bombing northwest of Oslo used his disguise to lure in his victims, then shot them twice to make sure they were dead, survivors said in the village of Sundvollen, where they were taken after the massacre. Police said the man arrested in the shooting is Norwegian.

Sinkhole opens up in Florida U. S.  The chasm has devoured everything from an oak tree to part of a beauty salon. 

Heat from Midwest to Northeast staying for weekend. NEW YORK (AP) - A heat wave that spread from the Midwest to the Northeast tormented millions of people with blasts of 100-degree temperatures and bog-like humidity as blackouts struck neighborhoods and deaths were blamed on the hot weather. There was little hope that Saturday would bring much relief until the evening, with the National Weather Service warning of excessive heat in several states, including parts of Oklahoma, Indiana, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. It predicted "oppressive heat" with temperatures at least in the 90s. One of the worst heat waves on record now affecting 41 states.

 July 31, 2011

Teen thought he would die in Alaska bear attack. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The teens had been advised to play dead if they encountered a grizzly during their excursion in the Alaska wilderness. But with the massive, snarling bear suddenly looming over them, 17-year-old Sam Gottsegen of Denver and the other participants of a back country survival course did what so many others would have done: They ran. The bear pounced on some of the students, including Gottsegen, who was among four seriously injured.

Giant kangaroo attacks elderly Australian woman. Australian police were forced to pepper-spray a giant kangaroo after it bounded into an elderly woman's garden as she was hanging out the washing and attacked her. The 94-year-old said she thought she was going to die as the red roo, which can grow up to two metres (6ft 7in) tall and jump more than nine metres (30 feet) in one leap, knocked her to the ground and kicked her several times.

11 killed in 2 attacks in troubled NW China. BEIJING (AP) - Police shot dead four people Sunday in China's far northwest, bringing to 11 the death toll in weekend violence in one of the country's most troubled ethnic regions.

A global campaigning organization says that almost 3,000 people have gone missing in Syria since the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad more than four months ago. Estimates are that one person is disappearing off the streets of Syria every hour. It says it has identified 2,918 Syrians arrested by security forces whose whereabouts are now unknown.

Jacob’s House Comment,

The 3,000 missing people in Syria fulfills Bible prophecy where it says one will be taken away and one will be left behind. God is also showing that now He is recompensing the Arabs in this area of the world because of their refusal to honor Israel nearby. This type of genocide going on in Syria today is fascist in nature. It is the same thing that happened to the Jewish people when the Germans in World War II, decided to round them up from their own homes and put them in concentration camps. They were put there because of jealousy and envy, and because of their own Godly beliefs. Now the same thing is happening all over again in the Arab world where Arabs are being rounded up because of their ideas and beliefs that do not fit in with what the rulers in their countries desire. God is also showing that He can reprimand and destroy any country that does not want to honor His chosen people of yesterday and today.

See Matthew 24:37-42.

Neweport saying record heat in the Plain States of US. Temperature of 110 degrees has been reported in Wichita, Kan

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Millions of grasshoppers descend on Texas. Cows are being slaughter in record numbers because of lack of decent crops to eat. The grasshoppers are now eating the dry grass and crops that are left there from the record breaking drought and lack of rain. Tropical storm enters southern Texas only bringing one inch or less of rain to drought stricken areas there.

Record fifteen inches of rain fall in one day in South Korea. Dead people from flooding and record rain there rises to 38.

Mubarak goes on trial, transfixing Arab world. CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was wheeled into a courtroom cage in a hospital bed on Wednesday to face trial for killing protesters -- an image that thrilled those who overthrew him and must have chilled other Arab autocrats facing popular uprisings. If convicted, Mubarak could face the death penalty.

Toxic chemicals found in kids' car seats: study. More than half of children's car seats sold in the United States contain hazardous chemicals, according to a study published Wednesday by a non-profit environmental group. Sixty percent of 150 car seats tested by the Michigan-based Ecology Center were found to contain chemicals that can be harmful to human health such as bromine and chlorine, which points to the presence of polyvinyl chlorate (PVC). Studies in lab animals have found that bromine-containing flame retardants can permanently affect the developing brain, while PVC has been classified by the US Environmental Protection Administration as a known human carcinogen.

Italy, under market attack, seeks EU political support. LUXEMBOURG/ROME (Reuters) - Italy sought European political support on Wednesday as its stocks and bonds gained some respite from a sell off triggered by the euro zone's unresolved debt crisis and fears of a global economic slowdown.

Blood-Red Texas Lake a Sign of the End Times? A man-made lake in Texas has almost entirely dried up but what's catching attention is the deep, blood-like color of the water that is left. A drought has left the OC Fisher Reservoir in San Angelo State Park in West Texas almost entirely dry. The water that is left is stagnant, full of dead fish, and a deep, opaque red. Texas is experiencing major drought this summer, with 75 percent of the state's area in an "exceptional" drought, the highest level, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC). The state had hoped for some relief from Tropical Storm Don last week, but the system fizzled and brought only an inch or two of rain to areas near the coast.

Jacob's House Comment,

This is definitely a sign and wonder from God that the end of this current filthy and sinful earth age is near.  God is showing this world that He can turn water to blood at any time the way He did with Pharaoh and Egypt long ago.  God is showing this world that other plagues from Him are coming down upon this cursed world today, because the people in many nations now worship the beast and give homage to the current pharaoh that God now despises in this world. 

Chinese agency downgrades US credit rating. BEIJING (AP) - A little-known Chinese ratings agency has downgraded the rating of the United States from A+ to A. The move is unlikely to affect U.S. borrowing rates but reflects the pessimism Washington's debt battle has generated worldwide.

Heat stays high across Southeast and Central Plains. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (Reuters) - Cities in more than a dozen states in the Southeast and Central Plains could top their record highs on Thursday, and southeastern Florida may feel the effects of Tropical Hundreds of high temperature records broken in July all over the U. S. Storm Emily this weekend is expected to pass within 100 miles of Florida's easternmost point on Saturday and could intensify, according to AccuWeather.com

US oil giant says China spill worse than thought. A massive oil spill off northeast China may be worse than first thought, the US energy giant behind the leak said, after authorities ordered it to clean up the sea bed by Sunday. ConocoPhillips said it was still estimating the amount of oil that has escaped from the leak, which first came to light a month ago, and had uncovered evidence it may have been larger than it thought. The spill, which has polluted a sea area measuring 1,200 square kilometres, (460 square miles) according to the latest SOA figures, was kept secret by authorities for several weeks before being made public last month. It had previously affected a much larger area of more than 4,000 square kilometres of ocean, according to figures provided by the government agency, which gave no explanation for the apparent contradiction.

Wall Street and global markets tumble on debt fears. Wall Street had its worst day for almost three years as shares tumbled on fears about the eurozone debt crisis and the US economic recovery. The Dow Jones index closed down more than 500 points, or 4.3%, and came after the leading European bourses fell more than 3%. It was the biggest one-day fall for the Dow since October 2008. Earlier, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned that the sovereign debt crisis was spreading. Also in New York, the S&P 500 index fell 4.8% and the tech-rich Nasdaq was more than 5% lower. Meanwhile, Frankfurt's Dax and London's FTSE 100 indexes had their worst day this year, closing almost 3.5% lower as investors fretted that Italy and Spain might become engulfed in the debt crisis.

Salmonella superbug on the rise. A strain of Salmonella resistant to the most powerful antibiotics has been found in the UK, France and Denmark. The outbreak emerged in Africa then spread to Europe, picking up antibiotic resistance along the way, says a team of international researchers. They are calling on health officials to step up monitoring to stop the "superbug" spreading globally. Cases have grown from a handful in 2002 to 500 worldwide in 2008, they report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

U. S. debt downgraded for first time ever.  Standard & Poor's penalizes the world's leading economy for not doing enough with its debt. China blasts U.S. over debt problems, calls for dollar oversight. SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China roundly condemned the United States for its "debt addiction" and "short sighted" political wrangling and said the world needed a new stable global reserve currency. In a harshly-worded commentary by the official Xinhua news agency on Saturday, China gave its first official comments on the United States losing its gilded AAA long-term credit rating from Standard & Poor's.

Fears of more violence after worst London riots in years. LONDON (Reuters) - London braced on Sunday for more violence after some of the worst riots seen in the British capital for years which politicians and police blamed on criminal thugs but residents attributed to local tensions and anger over hardship. Rioters throwing petrol bombs rampaged overnight through an economically deprived district, setting police patrol cars, buildings and a double-decker bus on fire. "There is Twitter conversations that people are being asked to meet again down in Tottenham so we are all concerned but clearly we will be much better prepared this evening," Richard Barnes, London's Deputy Mayor, told BBC TV. Police Commander Adrian Hanstock told Reuters there was "a lot of ill-informed and inaccurate speculation on social media sites" that could inflame the situation.

August 14, 2011

Police calm London, but riots flare across UK. LONDON (AP) – Eleven thousand extra police officers on the streets kept a nervous London quiet Wednesday after three nights of rioting, but looting flared in Manchester and Birmingham, where a murder probe was opened when three men were killed after being hit by a car. An eerie calm prevailed in the capital, where hundreds of shops were shuttered or boarded up as a precaution, but unrest spread across England on a fourth night of violence by brazen crowds of young people.

S&P begins downgrading credit ratings linked to US. WASHINGTON (AP) - Officials at Standard & Poor's are downgrading the credit ratings of mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other agencies linked to long-term U.S. debt.

This is the second-worst drought on record for Texas. LUBBOCK, Texas - Officials say that Texas is now in the midst of its second-worst drought on record. This year's drought has now usurped the one in 1918 as the second driest period in the state. The state saw less than an inch of rain statewide in July, and more than 90 percent of the state is already in the two most extreme stages of drought. Texas has endured its driest consecutive eight, nine and 10 months on record.

Officials: NKorean shell lands in SKorean waters. EOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean marines returned fire Wednesday after North Korea launched artillery shells into waters near the disputed maritime line that separates the two rivals, South Korean defense officials said.

U. S. Stock market down on roller coaster ride. Investors looked decidedly spooked on Monday with Asian and European bourses down sharply and the Dow tumbling 643.76 points, or more than 5%.

World stocks fall back on European bank concerns. LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks and the euro fell back Thursday, prompting a rush to safe-haven government bonds as concerns resurfaced about the euro zone banking system and signs of funding stress.

Jacob’s House Comment,

Poor reasoning power abounds all over this world today. Consumption and confusion are evident in many rulers and prominent governors in many nations now. They are unable to see when they are making grave mistakes for their nations and leading the people in them into captivity. They are unable to know that confusion from the devil of this world abounds, and is leading their nations down into the pit of despair.

Therefore, shall the US and Europe continue to decline for their reluctance to have the Lord God and His Son, Jesus, as the centerpiece of their nations today. They will go into decline with violence, disorder, travail, trouble, and continued polarization, until the second coming of our Lord Jesus, is revealed on this earth.

Concerned about the Consumer? Look at What China Wants. Investors concerned about a potential US “Double Dip” ought to focus where the growth is:  luxury brands with exposure in China.  One of the brightest candidates with great potential is Apple. Luxury good demand in Asia Pacific generally, and China specifically, is driving revenues and profits of some of the world’s splashiest brands. The growth can be expected to continue, if only due to the sheer size of the growing middle class in China.  In 2010, China surpassed the US as the largest car market in the world.  In 2009, the size of the middle class in the US was 338M the size of the middle class in the Asia Pacific was 525M.  By 2020, the US middle class will be roughly the same size while Asia Pacific’s middle class will be the largest with over 3 times the size at 1.740B (54% of global share) with the greatest purchasing power.

August 21, 2011

National child welfare survey examines recession. A national study on child well-being to be published Wednesday found that child poverty increased in 38 states from 2000 to 2009. As a result, 14.7 million children, 20 percent, were poor in 2009. That represents a 2.5 million increase from 2000, when 17 percent of the nation's youth lived in low-income homes. In the foundation's first examination of the impact of the recession on the nation's children, the researchers concluded that low-income children will likely suffer academically, economically and socially long after their parents have recovered.

US Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in China for talks likely to focus on the economy after the downgrading of US debt and ensuing market turmoil. China is the US government's biggest foreign creditor, holding $1tn (£608bn) of debt, and has called on it to do more to reduce its budget deficit.

Franco-German call for 'true euro economic governance'. The French and German leaders have called for "true economic governance" for the eurozone in response to the euro debt banking crisis. The two leaders were meeting in Paris in the wake of last week's turmoil on the financial markets, which came amid fears of a renewed global recession and over the ability of Spain and Italy to repay their debts. Earlier on Tuesday, Germany revealed that its economy grew by just 0.1% in the three months to June, much more weakly than previously thought.

‘Brain-eating amoeba’ claims second U.S. victim this month. Christian Strickland, a 9-year-old from Henrico County in Virginia contracted an infection after visiting a fishing camp in his state. He died of meningitis on August 5. This week, health department officials confirmed that the deadly amoeba--officially known as "Naegleria fowleri"--was to blame. Usually found in warm, stagnant water in freshwater lakes, ponds, and rivers, the parasite "enters the nasal passages ... and migrates to the olfactory nerves, eventually invading the brain," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It almost always causes meningitis. Symptoms include fever, nausea, stiff neck and a frontal headache. Thirty-two infections of the parasite were reported in the U.S. between 2001 and 2010, CDC spokeswoman Christine Pearson told The Lookout, adding that infections are almost always deadly.

Jacob's House Comment,

The reports of this fatal parasite in the fresh water of a lake in the United States is not by chance.  God is showing this world through this new and deadly parasite that the water in this lake and in other lakes in the US are now polluted beyond measure.  They are polluted because of sin and iniquity being poured into them from nearby defiled idolatrous towns.    

Kansas City sets youth curfew after weekend shooting. KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The weekend shooting of three teenagers at a large late-night "flash mob" gathering prompted local authorities to pass an ordinance on Thursday that sets curfews as early as 9 p.m. for people under age 18.

Pacific Russia sees unprecedented shark attacks. MOSCOW (AP) - Russian emergency officials on Friday warned residents to stay out of the water along 1,300 kilometers (840 miles) of the Pacific coast after two unprecedented shark attacks on swimmers this week. Several species of sharks have long been observed in Russia's Pacific waters, but this week's attacks on humans were the first recorded in the area. Both took place in the area of Khasan, near the border with North Korea.

World stocks plunge on growing recession fears. Stock markets continue slide on US recession worries and ongoing European banking and debt crisis

A new survey in the U. S. reveals 18 per cent more children are poorer and going hungry since the year 2000.

August 28, 2011

Washington Monument top cracked by 5.8 earthquake.  Shaking could be felt from Toronto to New York and all the way to North Carolina at close to 2 p.m. EST this afternoon. The quake lasted 45 seconds, and is one of the largest ever to hit the U. S. East Coast.

USA becomes Food Stamp Nation but is it sustainable? Altogether, there are now almost 46 million people in the United States on food stamps, roughly 15 percent of the population. That's an increase of 74 percent since 2007, just before the financial crisis and a deep recession led to mass job losses. At the same time, the cost doubled to reach $68 billion in 2010 - more than a third of the amount the U.S. government received in corporate income tax last year.

London riots: Almost 3,300 offences investigated. Police are investigating almost 3,300 offences following the riots and looting in London. The Metropolitan Police said 1,883 people had been arrested and more than 1,074 charged in connection with the disorder between 6 and 9 August. The most common crimes were burglary (1,101), damage to vehicles (399), theft (310) and arson (162).

Hurricane Irene pummels New York amid fears of flooding. Ferocious winds from Hurricane Irene have begun to hammer New York, bringing torrential rain and the threat of flooding in the financial district. New York City's public transport system has been closed and the mayor said it was now too late for people to leave. Irene has already hit North Carolina and Virginia, causing damage and the deaths of at least eight people. The worst of the storm, packing winds up to 75mph (120km/h), is due to hit New York. Wall Street and the labyrinth of cables and pipes beneath the nerve center of global finance were at risk from cascading seawater. The storm pushed a 3 1/2-foot surge of water into New York Harbor, and forecasters said the peak could be twice as tall later in the morning. Irene barely maintained hurricane strength, delivering winds of 75 mph, just above the dividing line for a tropical storm. But it was massive and powerful, forming a figure six that covered the Northeast. It sped up and was moving at 25 mph, twice as fast as the day before. The hurricane had already unloaded more than a foot of water on North Carolina, spun off tornadoes in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and left 3 million homes and businesses without power. Nine people were killed.

Jacob's House Comment,

The flooding being seen in New York and in the coastal areas of the United States now from this major hurricane are because of God's wrath and fury upon these areas near the coast for their past wickedness and murderous ways.   A lot of innocent blood has been spilled along the coasts of these various states to secure the land for rich developers and evil tyrants to have their way .  Therefore, God is now punishing the East Coast of the United States with floods and judgment to wash it clean of its wickedness and sins.  Tens of thousands of innocent and poor people were killed in these coastal areas in order for the rich to acquire their land by evil and corrupt means.  

Obama's Legacy: A Failed U.S. Recovery & Double-Dip Recession. There will be no significant recovery in the United States of America while Barack Obama is President.  The evidence is overwhelming:  everything Obama has tried to fuel a recovery (with his Democratic allies in Congress) has failed.  Statistics claiming jobs saved by the stimulus package were mostly fiction, and cost American taxpayers about $275,000 each.  Nearly 2-1/2 million fewer Americans have jobs than before the stimulus. Barack Obama has been President for 30 months. He spent the first year obsessed with passing Obamacare, a program that doesn’t create jobs, but might destroy a lot of them.  He “bailed out” GM, but many believe that his interference didn’t save GM; it merely cost taxpayers an extra $15-20 billion, and stole from legitimate investors to buy off the UAW.  His broken campaign promises are too numerous to list.  At some point, his statute of limitations on blaming Bush runs out.  The latest joke is that the White House is that named the location of East Coast earthquake near DC “Bush’s Fault.”

IMF chief Lagarde in warning on economic recovery.  The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the global economy is not growing at a fast enough pace and faces a number of risks to recovery. Christine Lagarde warned a threat of global recession remained and called for coordinated policy action. She said this should include the mandatory recapitalisation of European banks.

Mosquitoes 'disappearing' in some parts of Africa, while researchers say mosquitoes are also disappearing from areas with few controls. Scientists are uncertain if mosquitoes are being eradicated or whether they will return with renewed vigor. Data from countries such as Tanzania, Eritrea, Rwanda, Kenya and Zambia all indicate that the incidence of malaria is dropping fast. One possibility for the reduction in numbers is climate change and extreme rainfall. There may also be a disease among the mosquitoes, a fungi or a virus, or they're may have been some environmental changes in some communities that have resulted in a drop in the number of mosquitoes"

US economy: Output revised down for April to June. The Commerce Department now says the economy expanded at an annualized rate of 1% between April and March, down from its first estimate of 1.3%. Its downward revision will increase pressure on both the US government and the Federal Reserve to do more to boost the economy.

A major cholera pandemic has spread in at least three waves from a single global source: the Bay of Bengal. It is not yet clear why the Bay of Bengal is at the centre of the pandemic, though cholera bacteria exist naturally within some marine ecosystems. The local ecology, climate, and the presence of large river deltas are likely to be key factors in its presence there. The results show several cases of cholera suddenly jumping between continents, suggesting that it was spread by passengers on long-haul flights. "I think that's the only possible explanation. Our data show that this has happened, for example from Angola to South America. "Many people can have cholera with no symptoms, so they transmit it without realizing.

September 4, 2011

Irene, the hurricane that weakened to a tropical storm, thrashed the East Coast, knocking out power to millions of homes and businesses, destroying piers and killing at least 38 people in 11 states. One of the 5 worst catastrophes to ever hit the U. S.

Officials: 29 dead in suicide bomb in Iraq mosque. BAGHDAD (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up inside Baghdad's largest Sunni mosque Sunday night, killing 29 people during prayers, a shocking strike on a place of worship similar to the one that brought Iraq to the brink of civil war five years ago.

After Irene, a US political storm brews over aid. In a prelude to ugly autumn budget fights, the White House and its Republican foes battled Wednesday over whether disaster relief for Hurricane Irene's victims must be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. The feud, the latest in a running US political war over the role of government, flared up even as both sides agreed it was too early to set a price tag on rebuilding in the wake of the powerful storm and a preceding earthquake.

Nigeria floods: Death toll in Ibadan rises. At least 102 people are now thought to have been killed by floods in and around the south-western Nigerian city of Ibadan, the Nigerian Red Cross says. Floodwater, resulting from heavy rains that began on Friday, damaged three bridges and caused a dam to overflow, submerging buildings across the city.

Bird flu fear as mutant strain hits China and Vietnam. Avian flu shows signs of a resurgence, while a mutant strain - able to sidestep vaccines - could be spreading in Asia, the United Nations has warned. The variant appeared in Vietnam and China and its risk to humans cannot be predicted, veterinary officials said. Virus circulation in Vietnam threatens Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia, where eight people have died after becoming infected this year, they warned.

Fires burn dozens of homes in Texas, Oklahoma. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Wildfires fueled by extremely dry conditions and strong winds destroyed dozens of homes in Oklahoma City and North Texas on Tuesday and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate. Officials did not yet know what started the blazes, but a summer heat wave and drought in Oklahoma and Texas have left the ground parched and vegetation dry. "We're in severe drought conditions, so just the tiniest little spark can start a wildfire," Texas Forest Service spokeswoman April Saginor said. Wildfires also now burning out of control in southern California.

Tropical Storm Lee resumes slow march northward. JEAN LAFITTE, La. (AP) - Bands of heavy rain and strong wind gusts from Tropical Storm Lee knocked out power to thousands in Louisiana and Mississippi on Saturday and prompted evacuations in bayou towns like Jean Lafitte, where water was lapping at the front doors of some homes.

Space debris: Time to clean up the sky. The US National Research Council's report on space debris is not the first of its kind. The opinion expressed is always the same: the problem is inescapable and it's getting worse. The tone of concern is being ratcheted up. There is now a wild jungle of debris overhead - everything from old rocket stages that continue to loop around the Earth decades after they were launched, to the flecks of paint that have lifted off once shiny space vehicles and floated off into the distance. It is the legacy of more than half a century of space activity. Today, it is said there are more than 22,000 pieces of debris actively being tracked. These are just the big, easy-to-see items, however. Moving around unseen are an estimated 500,000 particles ranging in size between 1-10cm across, and perhaps tens of millions of other particles smaller than 1cm.

Jacob's House Comment,

God is punishing many nations on this earth today for the debris they are leaving in God's spatial realm above this earth.  The Lord God does not want us polluting His spatial realm in any way.  He does not want us defiling the spatial majesty He covets and adores.  Therefore, God is upset with many nations today for the governors and rulers in them trying to be like gods themselves.  He is punishing their nations with travail, trouble, and economic distress for their continued advancement to seek out the riches and resources they might be able to exploit on other planets God has made.  God is also unhappy with the pollution these people have created in His spatial and heavenly realm.  Therefore, this punishment from God will continue at a rapid pace until these nations are made into desolate heaps.  For they continue to refuse His timely words and instructions from on high in His spiritual realm of today.

Biggest rally in Israel's history presses PM. TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands marched Saturday for lower living costs in the largest such rally in Israel's history, bolstering a social change movement and mounting pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take on economic reform. Protest leaders called it "the moment of truth" for the grassroots movement that has swollen since July from a cluster of student tent-squatters into a countrywide mobilization of Israel's middle class.

Shark bites legs off bodyboarder in Australia. SYDNEY (AP) - A shark bit the legs off a bodyboarder at a popular surfing spot in western Australia on Sunday, killing the man, police said. Authories were reportedly searching for the shark as well as the man's missing limbs. The man in his early 20s was bodyboarding with five friends when the shark attacked, a police spokesman said. He died at the scene in the surfing haven known as The Farm, off Bunker Bay near the western town of Dunsborough. The beach was closed after the attack.

September 11, 2011  Headlines of the Week

More than HALF those sent to U. S. federal prison for committing felony crimes so far this year were Hispanic. More than half of all people sent to federal prison for committing felony crimes so far this year were Hispanic, a major demographic shift swollen by immigration offenses, according to a new government report released today. Hispanics already outnumber all other ethnic groups sentenced to serve time in prison for federal felonies. Hispanics reached a new milestone for the first time this year, making up the majority all federal felony offenders sentenced in the first nine months of fiscal year 2011, according to the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

Bastrop Texas U. S. wildfires destroy 1,400-plus homes.  BASTROP - One of the most devastating wildfire outbreaks in Texas history left more than 1,000 homes in ruins Tuesday. Only now 30 percent contained it is the size of the state of Connecticut and stretched the state's firefighting ranks to the limit, confronting Gov. Rick Perry with a major disaster at home just as the GOP presidential contest heats up. More than 180 fires have erupted in the past week across the rain-starved Lone Star State, and nearly 600 of the homes destroyed since then were lost in one catastrophic blaze in and around Bastrop, near Austin, that raged out of control Tuesday for a third day. Several wildfires also now burning out of control in Oregon.

5 Grocery Food Staples That Are Going Up In Price. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistic's most recent consumer price index report, consumers saw a price increase of 2.8% during the the last yearly period for food bought at grocery stores. This "food at home" component includes grocery staples such as milk, bread, vegetables and meat. World economic growth, rising crude oil prices, shrinking stockpiles, strong commodity demand and severe crop-destroying weather have created a perfect storm of sorts, resulting in rising food costs worldwide. In fact, the global food price index, compiled from price data for sugar, cereals, oils, meat and dairy products, recently reached a new, all-time high. While almost every grocery store aisle is affected by rising prices, a large part of the reason all comes down to two commodities: wheat and corn. Both food staples have been hit hard for the past two years - a combination of climate change, natural disasters and crop disease. Russia has experienced severe drought for the past two years and had stopped exporting wheat altogether to ensure enough of a domestic supply. They have resumed limited exports as of July 2011 but supplies are still short. A disease called wheat rust UG99 has wiped out crops across Africa and is spreading to other wheat-producing countries at a rapid pace.

FEMA: Nearly 700 Vermont U. S. homes damaged or destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene. ROYALTON - Damage from Tropical Storm Irene destroyed or damaged about 700 Vermont homes, officials said Tuesday. The tally was announced by officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is still assessing the damage left behind by the Irene-spawned flooding that ravaged the state Aug. 28.

U.S. Tumbles to 5th in Global Competitiveness Ranking. The Global Competitiveness Index published by the World Economic Forum has pushed the U.S. down the list to a No. 5 spot. Escalating government debts and declining faith of the public in its administration were cited as the critical factors that contributed to the plunge of the country which was No. 1 in 2008 and No. 4 last year. Switzerland retained the top spot for the third consecutive year while Singapore is ranked No. 2, followed by Sweden and Finland.

Jacobs House comment;

The signs are all around for anyone who wants to see it that the U. S. is now suffering under God's curse today.  The latest of these signs reflects the fact that the U. S. is no longer number one but is now ranked fifth in the world in competitiveness.  She can no longer carry the millstones she has placed upon herself for leaving God and his Son, Jesus, many decades ago.  She is also no longer the bread basket of this world either for her refusal to follow Gods instructive words to her in the early years of her enrichment walk with God and His glorious Son.  Instead pain, turmoil, worry, fear, and trouble have come upon her coming from God on many levels for her evil, selfish, and  destructive ways. 

Days of rain turn into fatal East Coast flooding. WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - Days of rainfall from what had been Tropical Storm Lee inundated a wide portion of Pennsylvania and other northeastern states Thursday, pouring into basements and low-lying homes and forcing tens of thousands of people to seek higher ground. At least seven were left dead.

Magnitude-6.4 quake strikes off of Vancouver. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck Friday off the coast of British Columbia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Current Events for the week ending September 25, 2011

India Earthquake: Death Toll Exceeds 50. The death toll has risen to 53 people in Sikkim, India, where a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Sunday night. The quake struck near the India-Nepal border, causing damage in both directions. Shaking could be felt in many Indian cities, including in Delhi, some 900 miles away, as well as Tibet.

Japan Earthquake September 17, 2011: 6.6 Quake Near Honshu. According to the US Geological Survey, the Japan quake was centered 108 kilometers east-southeast of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan at a depth of about 36.3 kilometers.

Typhoon pounds Japan, heads for crippled nuclear plant. (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon struck Japan on Wednesday, pummeling the Tokyo area with heavy rain, disrupting public transportation and leaving four people dead, and it was headed towards the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Typhoon Roke, the second big storm to hit Japan this month, was packing winds of up to 220 km per hour (130 miles per hour) and dumped more than 40 cm (16 inches) of rain in parts of eastern and western Japan over the past 24 hours, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Wildfire Season 2011 (Arizona and Texas Wildfires). 2011 was an exceptional year for wildfires in the United States, with major blazes effecting Arizona and Texas. Summer and early fall are wildfire season in many places, but few areas face as great a threat as the western part of the United States, which has an abundance of burnable brush and trees, in areas that rarely get much rainfall.

Palestinian UN bid prompts rallies, diplomatic scramble. Diplomatic efforts over a Palestinian bid for UN membership are intensifying New York, while thousands have rallied in the West Bank to back the move. The US has vowed to veto the request in the UN Security Council, while backing Israel's view that direct talks offer the only route to peace.

Polio strain spreads to China from Pakistan. Polio has been found in China for the first time since 1999 after spreading from Pakistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed. The WHO warned there was a high risk of the crippling virus spreading further during Muslim pilgrimages to Mecca. Polio (also called poliomyelitis) is highly infectious and affects the nervous system, sometimes resulting in paralysis.

European Economy enters 'dangerous phase'. The sovereign debt crisis continues to unfold in Europe, with every country appearing to get sucked in one by one. Three nations in the eurozone - the 17 nations that use the euro - have been recipients of bailouts as attempts to solve the crisis keep stalling. Italy became the latest to feel the domino effect of the markets when its debt rating was lowered, the latest in a series of downgrades. Greece, Spain, the Irish Republic and even Cyprus have also had their ratings cut this year. The future of the euro is being questioned in a way it never has since 1999.

Europe hastens to build up debt crisis defenses. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European policymakers are quickening their preparations to cope with an escalation of the region's debt crisis as talk of a possible Greek default gained pace on Friday. Finance chiefs from around the world have turned up the heat on Europe to do more to prevent Greece's debt woes from infecting other euro zone countries and the world economy. Concern now appeared to be turning toward safeguarding the banking system more than rescuing Greece, as international lenders were increasingly losing patience with Athens consistently missing fiscal and reform targets.

Jacob's House Comment,

Many of the nations of this world are now suffering with God's curse upon them.  They are suffering with economic problems, troubles, and grief they cannot escape from.  They are also experiencing a time of famine and scarcity in their cities and towns.  This famine and scarcity will not go away until our Lord God visits this earth in His glorious splendor and beauty.  

Headlines for the week ending on October 2, 2011

Bear attacks Idaho bow hunter near Yellowstone park. SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A bear, possibly a grizzly, attacked an Idaho elk hunter armed with a bow and arrows who may have startled the animal near Yellowstone National Park on Saturday, wildlife officials said. The 40-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital suffering from a broken arm and wounds to his hand that required surgery, but his injuries were not life-threatening, said Gregg Losinski, regional conservation educator with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The attack was the latest in an unusual spate of bear attacks in the Yellowstone area this year.

Canadian Arctic nearly loses entire ice shelf. TORONTO (AP) - Two ice shelves that existed before Canada was settled by Europeans diminished significantly this summer, one nearly disappearing altogether, Canadian scientists say in newly published research. The loss is important as a marker of global warming, returning the Canadian Arctic to conditions that date back thousands of years, scientists say. Floating icebergs that have broken free as a result pose a risk to offshore oil facilities and potentially to shipping lanes. The breaking apart of the ice shelves also reduces the environment that supports microbial life and changes the look of Canada's coastline.

Killer cantaloupe, scary sprouts _ what to do? MILWAUKEE (AP) - Avoid foreign produce. Wash and peel your fruit. Keep it refrigerated. None of these common tips would have guaranteed your safety from the deadliest food outbreak in a decade, the one involving cantaloupes from Colorado. Whether it's sprouts or spinach, turkey or hamburger; whether the government doubled, tripled or quadrupled inspections, the truth is that no food will ever be completely free of risk. Listeria Monocytogenes Outbreak Affects 72 Patients in 18 States; Kills 13.

Calif farm recalls lettuce amid listeria concerns. SALINAS, Calif. (AP) - A California farm said Thursday it was voluntarily recalling bags of chopped romaine lettuce because of possible contamination with listeria, though no illnesses have been reported. True Leaf Farms of Salinas announced the recall of 90 cartons that were shipped to an Oregon food service distributor. From the distributor, it might have gone to at least two other states, Washington and Idaho.

Jacob's House Comments,

God told His children of Israel not to mix with the heathens that were all around them of that day.  God also told His children of Israel to avoid getting entangled with these heathens, and in many cases to burn down their villages, to destroy their cattle, their animals, and the warlike devices they used.

We have forgotten these words from God that He gave us in His Bible of old time.  Instead, in many nations today like the US now import much of their vegetables and crops from the other heathen nations that are now under God's curse.  Some of these nations are involved in worshiping devils and demonic spirits.  US farmers also have changed God's DNA on many of their crops, and not given the land they farm the rest it needs every seven years.  This has depleted the nutrients and strength of the soil, and allowed various diseases and insects to overtake the food supply.   

Therefore, because of the sinful ideas being espoused today by many people who do not know their Creator, their food supply is now poisoned, tainted, and unfit to eat.  Trading with these defiled heathens which God has cursed has made the food supply rotten and disfigured beyond measure.   They should have listened to God's words which told them to give their land a rest every seven years and not pollute it with any heathen blood or tears. 

Ohio Family's E. Coli illnesses Led to Tyson Recall. An Ohio family infected with the dangerous E. coli O157:H7 bacteria did not consume all of a multi-pound chub of ground beef that was a possible source of their illnesses, and what was left of the beef was found in.

Asia reels under floods as 2nd typhoon this week hits rain-soaked Philippines. MANILA, Philippines - The second typhoon in a week battered the rain-soaked northern Philippines on Saturday, adding misery to the lives of thousands of people, some of whom were still perched on rooftops from previous flooding. Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes after Typhoon Nalgae slammed ashore south of northeastern Palanan Bay in Isabela province with winds of 100 miles (160 kilometers) per hour and dangerous gusts of 121 mph (195 kph). At least one person was killed in a landslide.

Violence increasing in football games in us in 2011. 5 states have recently seen violent outbursts and fighting among players over rulings made during their games.

Long road from farm to fork worsens food outbreaks. WASHINGTON (AP) - Outbreaks of listeria and other serious illnesses linked to tainted food are becoming more common, partly because much of what we eat takes a long and winding road from farm to fork. A cantaloupe grown on a Colorado field may make four or five stops before it reaches the dinner table. There's the packing house where it's cleaned and packaged, then the distributor. A processor may cut or bag the fruit. The retail distribution center is where the melons are sent out to various stores. Finally it's stacked on display at the grocery store. Imported fruits and vegetables have an even longer journey. The Colorado cantaloupe crop that's linked to 84 illnesses and as many as 17 deaths in 19 states has traveled so far and wide that producer Jensen Farms doesn't even know exactly where their fruit ended up.

Global markets suffer big quarterly falls. Economists say worries over the ability of eurozone countries to pay their debts are sparking concerns of a new banking and credit crisis. "The euro area debt crisis has potential ramifications to euro area banking sectors in particular," said Grant Lewis, head of research at Daiwa capital markets. "You've got concerns that a Greek default going wider into something more serious in terms of an Italian default, for example, that would leave banking sectors under-capitalised as well as having a calamitous effect on the economic outlook." Shares in Germany's Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank both lost more than 30% in value since the end of June. Stocks in French banks fared even worse.

Syria unrest: Heavy clashes erupt in Homs province. Heavy fighting has taken place between the Syrian army and opposition activists in central Homs province, as anti-government protests continue. In Rastan, seven soldiers and police were reportedly killed battling troops who had defected to the opposition. At least 11 protesters died after thousands took to Syrian streets after Friday prayers, activists said.

Headlines for the week ending October 9, 2011

San Diego beaches. By day, a red tide is unsightly and uninviting, with water the color of coffee.  But at night, during this unusual phenomenon caused by a plankton bloom, the waves are a brilliant, almost neon blue. This wonderfully surreal scene has played out almost nightly along San Diego beaches for several weeks, luring spectators with cameras and video recorders

Many vets question Iraq, Afghan wars.  One in three members of the post-9/11 military believes the wars were not worth fighting, a poll finds. A majority think that after 10 years of combat America should be focusing less on foreign affairs and more on its own problems, according to an opinion survey released Wednesday.

U.S. "close to faltering," Fed ready to act: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to help an economy that is "close to faltering," Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday in his bleakest assessment yet of the fragile U.S. recovery. Citing anemic employment, depressed confidence, and financial risks from Europe, Bernanke urged lawmakers not to cut spending too quickly in the short term even as they grapple with trimming the long-run budget deficit.

1 dead, several hurt in Arizona dust storm pileups. A blinding dust storm rolled across the Arizona desert Tuesday, causing three pileups involving dozens of vehicles on a major interstate. A 70-year-old man was killed and at least 15 other people were injured, authorities said.

IAEA team in Japan; Fukushima starts thyroid tests. TOKYO (AP) - Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in the Japanese city of Fukushima on Sunday to observe the massive decontamination effort following the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Local doctors also began a long-term survey of children for thyroid abnormalities, a problem associated with radiation exposure. Officials hope to test some 360,000 people who were under the age of 18 when the nuclear crisis began in March, and then provide follow-ups throughout their lifetimes. The 12-member IAEA group was to visit farms, schools and government offices throughout Fukushima prefecture in northeastern Japan to observe the cleanup process.

Nestle chief warns of new food riots. The head of the world's biggest food company Nestle said on Friday that rising food prices have created conditions "similar" to 2008 when hunger riots took place in many countries. "The situation is similar (to 2008). This has become the new reality," the Swiss giant's chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe told the Salzburger Nachrichten daily in his native Austria in an interview. "We have reached a level of food prices that is substantially higher than before. It will likely settle down at this level."If you live in a developing country and spend 80 percent of your income on food then of course you are going to feel it more than here (in Europe) where it is maybe eight percent." In 2008, the price of cereals reached historic levels, provoking a food crisis and riots in a number of African countries, as well as in Haiti and the Philippines. Food price inflation this year is seen as having contributed to the "Arab Spring" unrest in north Africa and the Middle East and there are fears of fresh unrest elsewhere.

Jacob's House Comment,

What these rulers and leaders do not know or understand is the food shortages they are having in their nations are being caused by their own heathen thinking patterns and their foolish rulings.  Their problems are also being caused by them allowing many mingled heathens and outcasts to come into their nations to defile and strip their once profitable  land.  Therefore, their food stocks of wholesome grains are being destroyed from within.  Now most of their food is full of vomit and worthless to eat because the DNA in it has been changed with disastrous results. 

God is already punishing these nations for their unruly, stiff-necked, idolatrous, and sorcery-filled ways.  He is punishing them with disastrous weather patterns including flooding and burning for the fact they have not taken Him seriously and taken care of His gardens and His wondrous creatures and plants here.  These things will continue from God until our beloved Jesus steps upon this earth for a second time.

Deadly Thai floods close factories, threaten Bangkok. BANGKOK (Reuters) - Nearly 200 factories, including one run by Japanese car maker Honda Motor Co Ltd, closed in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya because of flooding, which could threaten Bangkok this week, officials said on Sunday. About 261 people have died since late July in flood-related incidents, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said. Some 2.3 million people have been affected in the worst flooding to hit parts of Thailand in 50 years, mainly in the center, north and northeast.

Lava builds in Alaska volcano, may threaten planes. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Lava has reached the edge of a crater in a volcano in Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands, indicating the mountain could explode and send up an ash cloud that could threaten aircraft. The observatory says an eruption could send up an ash cloud 20,000 feet or more.

Death toll from Philippine typhoons hits 101. MANILA (Reuters) - The death toll from the two strong typhoons that cut across the north of the Philippines' main island and left behind widespread flooding has risen to 101, the national disaster agency said Sunday. Typhoon Nesat hit the Philippines on September 27 and was followed on October 1 by Typhoon Nalgae. Both crossed agricultural provinces of northern Luzon, with crop damage estimated at about 12 billion pesos ($275 million).

Thousands take Wall Street protest to NYC park. NEW YORK (AP) - Several thousand Occupy Wall Street protesters have marched to New York City's Washington Square Park for a peaceful general assembly. Demonstrators marched Saturday from Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, the group's unofficial headquarters where protesters have been camped out for the last 22 days. The trek was peaceful and orderly. On Wednesday, dozens were arrested when thousands marched on Wall Street in their biggest show of support yet. Last Saturday, 700 people were arrested after they spilled onto the roadway while crossing the Brooklyn Bridge. Protesters are speaking out against corporate greed and the gap between the rich and poor. They say they have no leaders and are making decisions by consensus.

German and French leaders to meet on eurozone crisis. Probable topics on the agenda of the leaders of the eurozone's top economies are Greece, strengthening banks and how to prevent the crisis spreading. They are likely to discuss Franco-Belgian bank Dexia, Europe's first bank to fall victim to the debt crisis.

California allows college aid to illegal immigrants. LOS ANGELES: California governor Jerry Brown signed the California Dream Act into law, making illegal immigrants eligible for state money to attend American universities and colleges, his office said. Under the act, illegal immigrants who have attended high school in the Golden State can receive Cal-Grant aid, which last year gave grants to more than 370,000 illegal immigrant students an average USD 4,500 each.

Current Events for week ending October 16, 2011

U.N. rights boss warns of possible civil war in Syria. GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations top human rights official called on Friday for international action to protect Syria's civilians, saying its "ruthless repression" of anti-government protesters could drive the country into full-blown civil war. The death toll in the pro-democracy demonstrations that began in March against President Bashar al-Assad now exceeds 3,000, including at least 187 children, Navi Pillay said in a statement. At least 100 people had been killed in the last 10 days alone.

8 Tornados damage U. S. cities in several states including Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

US ventures into bloody Africa conflict. WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is venturing into one of Africa's bloodiest conflicts, sending about 100 U.S. troops to central Africa to support a years-long fight against a guerrilla group accused of horrific atrocities. The Obama administration said the troops will advise, not engage in combat, unless forced to defend themselves. In a letter to Congress, President Barack Obama said Friday that the troops will assist local forces in a long-running battle against the Lord's Resistance Army, considered one of Africa's most ruthless rebel groups, and help to hunt down its notorious leader, Joseph Kony.

China U. S. corn purchase one of its largest ever. BEIJING (AP) - China has made one of its biggest-ever purchases of corn on overseas markets, buying 900,000 metric tons of American corn and showing that growing Chinese demand will play an ever larger role in global grain prices. The country was a net exporter of corn until 2009 but is now struggling to keep up with growing demand for the grain, which is mainly used in China as animal feed, as incomes increase and people eat more meat.

Flood barriers will determine Thai capital's fate. RANGSIT, Thailand (AP) - Somjai Tapientong lives on one side of a wall of white sandbags, her apartment perched precariously on the front line of an epic battle to stop the deadliest floods in decades from engulfing Bangkok. On the other side, a foaming brown river gushes through a canal diverting water around the Thai capital, just to the south. Whether floodwaters breach fortified barriers like these this weekend will determine whether Bangkok will be swamped or spared. On Saturday, the giant metropolis of glass-walled condominiums and gilded Buddhist temples was anxiously bracing for an answer to that question. Despite the panic that has engulfed the city of 9 million people for days, though, many believe its defenses just might hold.

Wall Street protesters energized by park decision. NEW YORK (AP) - Anti-Wall Street protesters went into Saturday campaigns emboldened by a change of plans among park property owners and police to usher them out of their lower Manhattan encampment for cleanup and impose restrictions that would have essentially shut down their Occupy Wall Street headquarters. "We are going to piggy-back off the success of today, and it's going to be bigger than we ever imagined," said protester Daniel Zetah after Friday's announcement that protesters could remain in the park.

Hair attacks force Ohio Amish to seek outside help. CARROLLTON, Ohio (AP) - Leaders within Ohio's Amish community faced a soul-searching question after what they say were hair-cutting attacks against several followers of their faith. Should they cooperate with authorities or adhere to their beliefs of forgiving one another and keeping disputes private? In the end, church bishops decided to seek help from the outside. Five men were arrested and accused of cutting the hair of several people, offensive acts to the Amish, who believe the Bible instructs women to let their hair grow long and men to grow beards and stop shaving once they marry. While the attacks in recent weeks might seem bizarre to outsiders, they have struck at the core of the Amish identity and tested their principles. They strongly believe that they must be forgiving in order for God to forgive them.

Russia halts oil supply to China after earthquake: Russian oil transport monopoly Transneft on Friday had to temporarily stop oil deliveries to China after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Russia's Far Eastern Amur region.

Banks closed in Ga, NC, NJ, Ill; 80 failed in '11 so far in U. S.

About 175 arrested overnight in Chicago protest. The protesters were arrested for allegedly violating a city ordinance by being in the park after it closed and ignoring repeated warnings from police to leave, police said. The protest was one of many in a global day of demonstrations on Saturday that started in Asia and Europe and rippled around to the United States and Canada. Demonstrations were held in dozens of cities including Washington, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and Toronto. The Occupy Wall Street movement has been gathering steam for the past month, culminating with the global day of action on Saturday. The protests worldwide were mostly peaceful apart from Rome, where the demonstration sparked riots.

Rome cleans up devastation, asks why it happened. ROME (Reuters) - Workers cleaned up the wreckage from some of Rome's worst riots in years on Sunday and citizens asked why their city was the only one in which global demonstrations turned violent. It was a question many Italians were asking as workmen swept up broken glass, sandblasted graffiti off church walls, repaired broken statues, replaced shattered bank windows and ATM machines and towed away the burned-out shells of cars. Hundreds of hooded, masked protesters rampaged through the capital on Saturday during a larger peaceful protest against elites blamed for an economic crisis. Clashes with police raged for at least six hours. Apart from the material damage, estimated by merchants' groups at more than a million euros.

October 23, 2011

China's Wen says jobs a priority despite economic headwinds. BEIJING (Reuters) - China will make job creation a more urgent priority in the face of slowed economic growth and weakened exports, Premier Wen Jibao said in comments published on Sunday, also warning that efforts to tame housing prices were at a critical point.

Most Baby Boomers Will Have To Work for Their Entire Lives. Many baby boomers will continue to work after retirement. The decision to work during the traditional retirement years may be a choice or beyond our control. We may want to work in order to stay busy or we may need to work to replace savings lost in recent years. Retirement USA recently calculated a very scary number representing the gap between where retirement savings should be and how much Americans actually have. The total deficit was estimated to be $6.6 trillion dollars. In many cases, senior citizens will have no choice but to keep working past traditional retirement age.

1st Mexican truck scheduled to enter US interior. LAREDO, Texas (AP) - Nearly two decades after the North American Free Trade Agreement, a Mexican truck hauling electronics was to become the first to deliver goods deep inside the U.S. as part of a long-delayed provision of NAFTA.

Chinese-Manned Moon Base to Be Massive Lunar Land Grab? There is at least one person who believes that ownership of the moon could go to China once the country's efforts to actualize a moon base are realized (planned for the 2020s) -- even though there exists an international treaty that forbids direct ownership by claim, use, or other means of the moon by any one country or organization. China's economic strength, national direction, and proposed timeline for reaching the moon and constructing a lunar base will place the Asian nation in an optimum position to dictate moon matters and claim important mineral rights.

France seeks to sway German veto on ECB bailout role. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France lobbied on Sunday to overcome German opposition to giving the European Central Bank a central role in bolstering the euro zone's bailout fund, arguing it was the only way to draw a definitive line under the widening debt problems. Setting a Wednesday deadline for a comprehensive deal to resolve the euro crisis, leaders on Sunday were seeking agreement on a means to boost their 440 billion euro ($610 billion) EFSF rescue fund by enough to support the region's undercapitalized banks and stop the crisis sucking in big economies such as Italy and Spain.

Jacob's House Comment,

As we have stated before many times on this website in the past, this world's economic troubles, troubles, and woes will not go away until the second coming of Jesus is realized.  Instead, the troubles and problems will increase for many nations, as polarization between the young and the old, the rich and the poor, and the have and the have-nots, increases and becomes quite deadly in its intent.  The devil will use the problems confronting many mingled people to bring about violence and destruction all over this world.  This violence and destruction will not have a happy ending, or be resolved, until our God resurrects and revives His beloved ones in His eternal and glorious new day and order.

Libya's acting Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril has told the BBC he wished ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi was alive. Meanwhile the commander of the forces that captured Muammar Gaddafi has given details of the Libyan ex-leader's last moments. Omran al-Oweib told the BBC that the colonel was dragged from a drainage pipe where he was hiding, took 10 steps and collapsed amid gunfire between NTC forces and Gaddafi supporters. "I didn't see who killed, which weapon killed Gaddafi."

Earthquake hits southeastern Turkey with 50 reported injured. HAKKARI, Turkey (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit near Van in southeastern Turkey on Sunday, Turkey's Kandilli Observatory and Research Institute said, and state-run media reported some buildings had collapsed and as many as 1000 people have been killed. Major damage to buildings and to infrastructure has been seen there.

A hunt is under way off the coast of Western Australia for a Great White shark which killed a US diver. Fisheries officials have issued a kill order and laid baited hooks in the hope of capturing what is believed to be a 3m (10ft) Great White. This is the third person to be killed by a shark along Australia's west coast in recent weeks.

Thailand's worst flooding in decades is set to last another four to six weeks, the country's prime minister has said. People in Bangkok are being warned to prepare for flooding there, the situation is "extremely serious". Three months of heavy monsoon rain have left swathes of the country flooded and led to the deaths of some 350 people. Northern and central areas were worst hit initially but now the run-off is draining south, threatening Bangkok.

Current Events For Week Ending October 30, 2011

Trucker rethinks next haul after crash with bees. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Truck driver Louis Holst has never been scared of bees, but he's rethinking his next long-haul load a day after being swarmed by 25 million of the stinging insects. Holst and his wife, Tammie, picked up 460 bee hives in South Dakota and were about 36 hours into their drive Sunday night when he hit a sharp bend in a construction zone on Interstate 15 in southern Utah. The twist in the road toppled his trailer and sent the bees into a frenzy. "First responders came and drug me and my wife through the front window," Holst said Monday. "Then we panicked." Swarmed by bees on the highway, Holst said he ripped off his shirt and began swatting the air. His wife ran. "We just started swinging our clothes," he said. "They stung her all up and down her neck."

Rapidly Inflating Volcano Creates Growing Mystery. Uturuncu is a nearly 20,000-foot-high (6,000 meters) volcano in southwest Bolivia. Scientists recently discovered the volcano is inflating  with astonishing speed. Researchers realized about five years ago that the area below and around Uturuncu is steadily rising — blowing up like a giant balloon under a wide disc of land some 43 miles (70 kilometers) across. Satellite data revealed the region was inflating by 1 to 2 centimeters (less than an inch) per year and had been doing so for at least 20 years, when satellite observations began. "It's one of the fastest uplifting volcanic areas on Earth," de Silva told OurAmazingPlanet."What we're trying to do is understand why there is this rapid inflation, and from there we'll try to understand what it's going to lead to." The peak is perched like a party hat at the center of the inflating area. "It's very circular. It's like a big bull's-eye," said Jonathan Perkins, a graduate student at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Scientists figured out from the inflation rate that the pocket of magma beneath the volcano was growing by about 27 cubic feet (1 cubic meter) per second.

Up to 20 million tons of debris from Japan’s tsunami moving toward Hawaii. Some 5 to 20 million tons of debris--furniture, fishing boats, refrigerators--sucked into the Pacific Ocean in the wake of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami are moving rapidly across the Pacific. Researchers from the University of Hawaii tracking the wreckage estimate it could approach the U.S. West Coast in the next three years, the UK Daily Mail reports. "We have a rough estimate of 5 to 20 million tons of debris coming from Japan," University of Hawaii researcher Jan Hafner told the news affiliates.

Jacob's House Comment,

The polluting of God's gardens and vineyards here on this earth by many people today is causing God to release His wrath and fury upon them and upon this world as never before.    God's wrath and fury is causing many nations, and the rulers, governors, and people in them to be exposed to trouble, grief, and travail that they cannot understand or escape from. 

What these governors, rulers, and people in these nations do not understand is the old order here is breaking down by God's words of authority upon it.  Man is losing his preeminence as a dominate force here, and he is giving his power base back to the Creator who made him. 

Therefore, though many rulers, governors, and people in nations today cannot see what is happening to them, or hear what God is saying to them now, God's faithful and adoring children can tell something has decidedly changed for them recently.  They know the power and might of their God, and the dominate heavenly force He can wield in this world today, as He did in times past. 

Some of them even know that as it says in Joel, God's new day of power based glory, clouds of darkness, and judgment is upon them.  They know this new day is being formed by God while He is destroying the old corrupt one that is no longer desired or needed anymore. 

Therefore, a new day and glorious time from God will soon be upon this world when our Creator and His Son, Jesus, become the dominating force here for the next thousand years and beyond.  Soon God will restore His faithful and devoted children to perfection, though the rest of this corrupt and evil world of today, will be doomed to perish and die out in the next few seasons of time.  

This new day from God is fast approaching, and will mean the end of the devil's reign here in the next few years.  For soon all evil, sin, usury, and greed will fade away when God and His Son, Jesus, rule this world forever, with their beloved, saints, witnesses, and servants of the most high.    

Two bodies found in aftermath of Irish floods. Two bodies have been recovered in separate incidents following widespread flooding around Dublin. There is widespread disruption to the public transport service in the Republic's capital.

Assad predicts disaster if West meddles in Syria. AMMAN (Reuters) - Western powers would cause an "earthquake" in the Middle East if they intervened in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published on Sunday, after protesters demanded outside protection from a crackdown that has killed 3,000 people. Syria, as Assad noted in his interview with Britain's Sunday Telegraph, sits at the heart of the volatile Middle East, where it borders Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan. "It is the faultline, and if you play with the ground, you will cause an earthquake," he said. "Do you want to see another Afghanistan, or tens of Afghanistans?" Assad's remarks signal determination to hang onto power against a popular uprising that repression has failed to crush. Mass protests have also failed to dislodge him, creating an unstable stalemate, which could perhaps be upset by the impact of Western sanctions or any surge in army and police defections.

Portugal, Spain urge G20 members to help ease crisis. ASUNCION (Reuters) - Spain and Portugal said on Saturday the euro zone's debt crisis is a global problem, calling on the United States and other G20 powers to help contain the fallout. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero urged the G20 countries least affected by the crisis to provide "urgent stimulus plans" to shield the global economy.

Snow smacks Northeast; power could be out for days. SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) -Millions of people from Maine to Maryland were without power as an unseasonably early storm dumped heavy, wet snow over the weekend on a region more used to gaping at leaves in October than shoveling snow. The snow was due to stop falling in New England late Sunday, but it could be days before many of the 2.7 million without electricity see it restored, officials warned. At least three deaths were blamed on the weather, and states of emergency were declared in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and parts of New York. The storm worsened as it moved north, and communities in western Massachusetts were among the hardest hit. Snowfall totals topped 27 inches in Plainfield, and nearby Windsor had gotten 26 inches by early Sunday.

Current Events For the Week Ending November 6, 2011

Greek parties set for more wrangling, compromise on worrisome debt that threatens to push the debt-laden nation closer to bankruptcy and out of the euro zone.

5.6 magnitude Oklahoma U. S. quake causes some damage. The quake was the strongest in Oklahoma history, topping a tremor of 5.5 magnitude in 1952, according to the USGS. It was the second quake recorded in the state within 24 hours after a tremor of 4.7 magnitude early on Saturday. Both quakes were centered east of Oklahoma City in Lincoln County.

IAEA report on Iran set to stoke Middle East tension. VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog is expected this week to issue its most detailed report yet on research in Iran seen as geared to developing atomic bombs, heightening international suspicions of Iranian intentions and fuelling Middle East tension.

Israel's Peres warns attack on Iran getting 'closer'. Israeli President Shimon Peres warned on Sunday that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely, days before a report by the UN's nuclear watchdog on Iran's nuclear program. "The possibility of a military attack against Iran is now closer to being applied than the application of a diplomatic option," Peres told the Israel Hayom daily.

World Health Organization plans financial reforms. The World Health Organisation plans financial reforms as it seeks to cope with budget shortfalls the global economic crisis, an official said Friday. Proposals include reducing the size of the UN agency's Geneva headquarters by sending some staff to work in less expensive areas.

Quarter mile-wide Asteroid coming close to earth. 

Part of Sun turns into 'benevolent monster'.  After years of quiet, the sun is coming alive with solar storms in a big way.

Biggest jump ever seen in global warming gases. WASHINGTON (AP) - The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated, a sign of how feeble the world's efforts are at slowing man-made global warming. The new figures for 2010 mean that levels of greenhouse gases are higher than the worst case scenario outlined by climate experts just four years ago.

Thailand flooding death toll 'tops 500'. Floodwater is continuing to spread through Thai captial of Bangkok. The number of people killed by months of flooding in northern Thailand has risen to more than 500, officials say. Three months of heavy rain have affected about a third of Thailand's province, destroying farmland and forcing tens of thousands from their homes. Large parts of the capital Bangkok are also flooded and there are fears the city centre could yet be worse hit.

November 13, 2011

Jacob's House will come back in the next few weeks with current events that glorify and honor the power and might of our Lord God and His Son, Jesus.

November 27, 2011

Jacob's House Comment on Current Events now going on.

As the new day of our Lord God approaches we are seeing the end of this earth age accelerating. We are seeing violence, disruptions, and burdensome millstones multiplying upon the defiled people and rulers of many nations today. Many of these nations are in trouble because they have refused to obey the Commandments and statues of the Creator of this world. They are now unable to escape the debts they have acquired in record numbers to keep their corrupt nations afloat.

The heathen people in these corrupt nations today are suffering with famine, disease, violence, and pestilence at an ever increasing rate. These things have all been brought about because of their refusal today to respect God as their Creator and Benefactor.

The rulers and people of these nations today have also refused to acknowledge God’s only Son, Jesus, as their supreme Lord and Savior. Therefore, travail, woe, trouble, and disease is upon them, and their gold and silver will not be able to deliver them in this time of the day of the wrath of our Lord. They shall not be able to satisfy their souls with peace, and they will not be able to supply their needs because of the stumbling block of iniquity God has placed before them today. Their abominations and their detestable images will be their undoing, and they will be a prey to the wicked one of this earth, who will be separating them and coming for them soon.

Only God’s faithful children with cleansed souls, and with His Spirit in them, will escape the wrath and anger from God which is still to come. They will use the ornaments and jewels they have acquired on this earth to come into their Creator’s presence. They will be the new saints and ministers of the coming Thousand Year Beautiful Reign of God and His Son, Jesus.  

December 17, 2011

Jacob's House Comment

Our Creator's presence is being seen everywhere today.  The death of this earth age is being seen by the wise and prudent children of God who have their eyes open and their spirit refreshed.  For earthly kingdoms and nations are being dissolved and destroyed by God and His Son, Jesus.  They are being taken down from the high and lofty idolatrous ways they have followed and pursued in recent years.

Therefore, soon God's new day will be here for His faithful and devoted children.  Nevertheless, hundreds of millions of goats will be led to the slaughter before this blessed event from God and His Son can occur.

Jacob's House will continue current event comments in January 2012.

Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year.