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The Third Atomic Bomb: Self-replicating RNA vaccines

This article was originally published by Rhoda Wilson at The Daily Exposé.

Dr. Robert Malone recently returned to the USA from Japan. While he was there, a large crowd were protesting the roll-out of the new self-replicating RNA vaccines which the Japanese are referring to as “the third atomic bomb.”

At the end of September, Dr. Robert Malone was speaking at a rally in Washington D.C. when he referred to the self-replicating RNA vaccines, or replicon vaccines, that are being rolled out in Japan.

Related: Self-replicating vaccines due to be rolled out next month in Japan could result in a worldwide disaster and Japan: Replicon “vaccines” could turn people into mobile “vaccine” factories

What started as ‘Defeat The Mandates’, a historic idea to bring together the world’s leading covid-19 dissidents in the early days of the vaccine mandates, and ‘Rage Against The War Machine’ in the wake of the Ukrainian conflict, has now become  ‘Rescue the Republic: Join The Resistance’.

On 29 September, Rescue the Republic gathered in Washington “to defend and celebrate the values and principles that have made America and the West the freest, fairest and most productive society the world has ever known.”

You can find the full 7-hour replay and clips taken from the gathering HERE.  One of the clips features Drs. Mary Holland, Pierre Kory, and Robert W. Malone; each briefly spoke before US Senator Ron Johnson took to the stage.  We have embedded the video below to begin with Dr. Malone’s speech.

Dr. Malone had recently returned from the International Crisis Summit 6 held in Tokyo, Japan, on 25-26 September.

“I just came back from Tokyo where they had a 30,000-person rally because they’re about to deploy self-replicating RNA vaccines. Japan is being used as the guinea pigs for the world for this new technology. The Japanese people are calling this the third atomic bomb,” he told the crowd at the Rescue the Republic rally.

Bret Weinstein: Doctors Mary Holland, Pierre Kory, and Robert W. Malone with Senator Ron Johnson | Rescue the Republic, 29 September 2024, uploaded 30 September 2024 (17 mins)

The replicon vaccine Kostaive is one of the five injections included in the Japanese government’s routine COVID-19 vaccination program, which began on 1 October and runs until the end of March.

Japan was the first country to approve the replicon vaccine which is being dubbed the “next generation” mRNA vaccine.  The European Medicines Agency is currently reviewing a request for the injection’s approval in the European Union.

Earlier this month, Japan Times reported that the new replicon covid “vaccine” has “sparked extreme anxiety among parts of the public, leading some businesses to deny services to those who have received the shot and causing at least one clinic to stop giving the vaccine for fear of being harassed.”

It is not only the Japanese who are extremely concerned about the replicon injections – we all are.  In the following Paul Philips poses 20 questions about replicon “vaccines” we should all be asking.

New Self-Replicating Nanotech Vaccines – 20 Questions We All Should Be Asking

By Paul A. Philips

As explained by Dr. Robert Malone in the video, not so long ago, 30,000 Japanese citizens took to the streets in Tokyo to protest the planned rollout of a new self-replicating nanotechnology covid-19 so-called vaccine. Prominent related healthcare professionals in Japan issued warnings describing this new replicon “vaccine” as the third atomic bomb.

In spite of the mass protests the vaccine industrial complex perpetrators are set to defy these protesters: The Japanese MHLW (Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare) gave approval to the proposed ARCT-154 vaccine rollout.

As stated by Dr. Malone there have even been threats of legal action on the protesters, even jail time, for criticising the vaccine, labelling them as spreaders of “misinformation” in spite of the fact that the drug manufacturer doesn’t seem to be able to provide any data in support of mRNA replication capabilities in the new vaccine when injected into humans.

This new “vaccine” is planned to be rolled out in the United States, sometime in the fall.

In light of this here are 20 questions we all should be asking NOW.

1. Given that, in retrospect, the Japanese have been staunch opposers of the vaccine, for example, their government had issued a public apology over its detrimental effects, doesn’t this country’s 180° turnaround indicate that the deeply dark corrupt medical establishment and associates in their genocidal octopus alliance have shown overwhelming control over Japan and its decision making, and will likewise influence other countries?

2. Isn’t it clear evidence that crimes in the medical-pharmaceutical establishment have been committed when severe illnesses and deaths from their toxic poisons haven’t been addressed? Consider this with regard to the VAERS data and its much underreporting.

3. If it was such a great product then why is it maiming and killing so many?

4.  Aren’t the dangers to life, lack of safety and cover-up of unlisted potentially harmful adjuvants (vaccine ingredients) more than apparently clear by now, due to a lack of scrutiny?

5. Where is the “First Do No harm” or “Hippocratic Oath” (more like hypocritic oath) in all this??

6. Why aren’t the medical-pharmaceutical government agencies, related healthcare workers and academia really looking into these vaccine adverse event injuries with serious challenges, where are their interrogations?

7. Following on from the above, when the corporate media is blatantly in collusion with the medical-pharmaceutical with their misinformation and disinformation, cover-ups and lies, isn’t this stand-down behaviour another clear case of “harm over health” in this profiteering racket?

8. Further, when injected into the body, how does the self-replicating nanotech process switch off?

9. Do the vaccine manufacturers even care whether or not the self-replicating process switches off?

10. La Quinta Columna claims that the related research carried out on the vaccines shows no mRNA present, but its self-replicating aspect is based on graphene oxide nanotech. Is the mRNA claim merely a cover arm for the graphene nanotech?

11. Following on, given that there is no related data available, no human trials indicating what these injectables are doing, aren’t the manufacturer’s pictures and illustrations explaining what is going on, for example, so-called viruses represented as “spikey balls,” merely cartoons based on unproven theory??!

12. Could the lack of data be because we are not privy to knowing what the vaccine is really doing in human bodies?

13. What about the level of the so-called vaccine activity over time with consideration to the long-term and its effects on humans?

14. How exactly is the genetic make-up targeted and how do the genes switch on and off?

15. Can the self-replicating transfer, for example, in pregnant women to their unborn child, where is the evidence to say doesn’t?

16. Considering the interrogatory and the lies in response, what then, are we missing here?

17. Considering the related research with its fake science manipulations does anybody want to be jabbed with unscientific propaganda theory??

18. If we do not push back won’t this self-replicating nano-technology be so far advanced that there will come a time when nothing can be done about it? For instance, consider a scenario where vaccine robot police enforcement detects that you have been un-vaxxed. If you refuse to be vaxxed then they will force-vaccinate you with their vaccine guns.

19. Following on, will it make you an outright enemy of the state “conspiracy theorist” to believe in your body’s natural ability to heal; to have a healthy immune system supported with naturopathic health?

20. While these nut-job globalists isolate themselves in a protective bubble from shedding, could the rest of the world population soon become too sedated to realize what’s happening to them, isn’t the writing on the wall?

The list goes on.

Finally

Things could get ugly when confronted with an agendised fake mass-murdering depopulation bioweapon. However, consistent and persistent pushback is indeed crucial.

So is protection.

If you don’t want your life turned into a debilitating existence or wind up dead consider the protective measures needed, especially the protection needed for the vulnerable, such as the children and elderly.

It has been said that there are a number of protective solutions that will destroy the so-called vaccine nano-bots and their replication capabilities.

Treatment solutions include EDTA/Vitamin C, methylene blue, nicotine patches, hydroxychloroquine, and ivermectin. It’s up to you to do your own research and find solutions.

Then, from what you have learned, spread your words of warning and protection to others; shine some light in these darkest days.

About the Author

Paul Philips graduated in biomedical sciences and worked for many years in healthcare. He is now retired.

How To Build A Clay Pot Candle Heater & Do They Really Work?

Candle HeaterAre clay pot heaters a wise last-resort warmth tool? Or just a silly gimmick?

Over the years, I’ve seen some incredible claims…

They usually center on getting something of high value for practically no cost.

Sound familiar? Sounds like an infomercial to me…

Some folks claim to heat an entire room with nothing but a few tea-light candles.

So let’s uncover the truth and see if a candle heater is as good as the rumors claim:

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Best DIY Clay Pot Candle Heater Designs

To start off, let’s take a minute to watch one of the original videos that started this clay pot heater frenzy:

↓ Candle Powered Air Heater – Flower Pot Heater

So the idea is to use stacked terracotta pots and a couple of candles to generate enough heat to warm a room.

With my engineering background, it’s hard to see how math can work out on a project like this.

A candle flame only puts out so much heat, and it’s small compared to even a modest electric space heater.

After analyzing kerosene vs. propane heaters, I was extremely skeptical, to say the least.

But most projects like this are based on some bit of truth, so it was worth exploring.

It turns out that people have been building versions of a candle-powered heater for years.

And there are lots of videos and plans to build your own DIY version of it at home (which you can find later in this article).

↓ Easy DIY Terra Cotta Heater

↓ How To Heat A Room With Clay Pots Heater

Now, nearly all candle-powered heaters share a few things in common.

You will already know basic clay pot heater design from watching the videos above.

A heater body is formed with nesting clay pots, often separated by and attached to a central steel bolt.

The bolt has additional steel washers in the spaces between pots to form a basic heat exchanger.

This clay pot structure is usually nested at least two levels deep.

This setup creates a series of internal spaces between the pots.

Once constructed, the heater body is flipped over and supported by bricks, pans, or a metal stand.

This allows you to position the center bolt directly above a small candle.

When the candle is lit, the flame heats the steel bolt directly, causing it to heat the clay pots.

The pots also trap the hot air rising from the flame.

This “trap” slows the heat escape into the surrounding cold air and gives it time to heat the clay further.

As the candle burns, the interior chambers can reach relatively high temperatures.

All the candle heat slowly builds in the mass of the clay pots.

After some time, you can begin feeling the heat on the outside surface of the largest pot.

Such a simple idea, but does it really work?

Before I attempt to answer that question, let’s see what others have said about the clay pot heater.

The Clay Pot Candle-Heated Debate

In my research, I found many passionate people who favor clay pot heaters and those against them.

These little heaters have caused quite a stir.

People share videos of them working like a charm to warm a small room, while others debunk such claims.

And the debate is not always civil; I stumbled across a surprising amount of name-calling!

So, let’s review the main arguments for and against the clay pot heater.

Those For

But don’t just take my word for it. Let’s hear from others who claim this clay pot heater does an excellent job of heating a small space.

Here are three videos that “prove” these little candle heaters work:

↓ Clay Pot Heater Test | Does It Actually Work?!

↓ Clay Pot With Tea Lights Room Heating

↓ A DIY Tiny House Heater

Those Against

However, I don’t want to leave out the “against” arguments.

Here’s a video from someone who doesn’t think these clay post heaters are worth the time and effort to make.

↓ Flower Pot Heaters Don’t Freaking Work

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But Can They “Technically” Heat A Room?

How much can you really heat up a room with one of these candle heaters?

“Technically,” it’s the same as you can without one.

The first law of thermodynamics states:

The total energy in a system will remain constant.

Burning the candle releases stored chemical energy, converting it to heat and light.

The amount of energy released is the same whether you have clay pots or not.

Adding a candle heater above the flame doesn’t add heat to the room.

Since each tea candle produces only about 30 Watts, you’ll need dozens to heat even a small room.

Sure, you can buy them in bulk – for example, here are 125 of them for only $12.79 (that’s 10 cents each).

But they’ll only last a few hours before you need to replace them.

So why all the fuss about candle heaters? Why are so many people still building them?

Here’s the exciting part.

While a candle heater doesn’t increase the heat the burning candle releases.

It DOES allow you to convert that heat from one transfer mode to another.

Thus, it makes heat much more useful to humans.

Let me explain…

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3 Types Of Heat Transfer

There are three types of heat transfer: convection, conduction, and radiation.

1. Convection

Convection is when a gas or fluid is heated and circulates within a space.

This is heat transfer via moving particles.

This is how most of the heat leaving the candle is transferred.

The rising column of hot air takes the heat and mixes it with the cooler surrounding air.

This process slowly brings the temperature of the room up.

If the room is large and the air is cold, you can imagine how little the effect will be.

2. Thermal Conduction

Conduction happens when a warmer object comes in contact with a cooler one.

Heat is transferred from the warm object to the cold one directly.

In the case of the candle, touching the hot wax would transfer heat to your finger via conduction – ouch!

3. Thermal Radiation

Finally, radiation is the transfer of heat by infrared radiation.

With our light tea candle, there’s a small amount of radiated heat from the burning wick.

However, it’s not an effective means of heating your hands, let alone a room.

There isn’t enough mass in the candle wick to radiate a large amount of heat.

OK, enough science; back to our candle heater –

Why There Candle Heaters Do Work (sort of)

Again, these clay pot heaters will never generate more heat than a candle without clay pots.

Because, well – science.

So what’s going on here? Why are so many people convinced these heaters do work?

The flowerpot heater does not increase the heat; just its usefulness.

Here’s what’s happening…

The candle under the clay pot heats the air rising via convection into the clay pots.

That superheated air is immediately trapped in the clay pots.

This means the candle heat collects and builds before it can dissipate and mix with the cold air in the room.

The trapped hot air heats the cold clay and steel, which acts as a larger thermal mass (a.k.a. an object that stores heat (or heat battery)).

Once the heater core is warmed up, it radiates heat from the outside surface.

This build-up and radiation make it much easier to “feel” the heat on your skin.

Think of how a campfire puts off radiant heat that warms us.

In addition to radiating heat, the heater surface can reach a nice hand-warming temp.

You can wrap your hands around the outer pot and heat them via conduction.

Imagine putting your hands around a hot mug of coffee – a similar idea.

Note: The more candles you use, the shorter time you can keep your hands on the surface.

Lastly – heat from a candle (without clay pots) will go straight up in a thin column to the ceiling – and stays there.

This ceiling heat provides zero benefits to the room’s occupants.

And it certainly provides no radiant heat.

However, when trapped under an inverted clay pot, the clay absorbs every bit of heat from the candle.

And thus, it allows it to radiate from a lower vertical location in the room (instead of at the ceiling).

So again, it’s a ‘heat battery,’ storing the heat near the floor.

Thus, helping more of it stay in a part of the room where it can be more efficient at heating our bodies.

So the bottom line is:

The thermodynamics laws are still valid (as they always will be).

But these laws can also miss the point.

The laws don’t always do a great job of accounting for real-world variables such as radiant heat vs. convection and floor vs. ceiling location.

These heaters aim to make a human feel warmer closer to the floor.

These candle heaters can do just that.

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Clay Pot Heater Upgrades

In my research, I found people who made worthwhile modifications to the original clay pot heater design.

The Hanging Setup Upgrade

This upgrade is more of an aesthetic upgrade and prevents heat damage to your coffee table (or other support structure).

↓ New Flower Pot Heater – Costs Just 4 Cents An Hour…

The Sterno Can Upgrade

One modification was to upgrade the heat source from a tea candle to a Sterno can.

Of course, using 2 or 3 Sterno cans will create A LOT more BTUs than the same number of candles.

So, if you use larger heat sources and larger clay pots, you’ll get more heat.

Enough heat to indeed raise the temperature of a small room.

However, with more BTUs, the costs of this setup go up quickly.

So maybe it makes sense to have the upgraded Sterno can version as a backup for a winter power outage…

You know – just in case.

But with more heat, you have also increased the possibility of a house fire.

Caution – Use At Your Own Risk

Before you begin using a clay pot heater, you must use caution.

They can be extremely dangerous, especially if you let them burn unattended.

Don’t leave them lit if you’re leaving your home; never do so while sleeping.

The paraffin wax will melt if too many candles are put into a tight space.

This wax can then become lit (not just the wick).

A large fire can begin spilling out of the clay pot setup, and the liquid wax may drip down and out.

Candles are a leading cause of house fires, so you should take the same level of precaution.

Open flames are not something to take for granted.

↓ Danger Of Flower Pot Candle Heaters

 

Final Thoughts

I think we can safely say that a small candle heater won’t be heating your house soon.

However, a candle heater is enough to warm up some icy fingers!

And it makes you feel a bit warmer as well.

If you’re going to burn a candle for light anyway, you may as well have a heater core above it to trap the heat, too.

The flowerpot does not increase the amount of heat, just its usefulness.

But for winter emergency heating, you’ll need to upgrade to using Sterno cans or get yourself a kerosene or propane heater.

You should always have one of these as a backup for each family member.

Because these last resort warmth tools are an effective and inexpensive insurance policy.

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    More Than 24 Million Americans Have Already Voted, And The Numbers Are Telling Us A VERY Interesting Story

    It appears that the outcome of this election is likely to completely shock a lot of the experts.  I have spent quite a bit of time today going through the numbers on the University of Florida’s early voting tracker, and I have noticed some very intriguing trends.  First of all, turnout is off the charts.  In 2020, 49 million Americans voted prior to Election Day.  So far in 2024, a whopping 24,981,629 Americans have already voted, and we still have almost two weeks to go until we reach November 5th.  There is so much energy on both sides, and both sides fully expect to win.  Once it is all over, the losing side is going to experience a flood of negative emotion.

    Before I begin, I want to mention a few things.  Not all states offer early voting, and the states that do offer early voting differ as to what types of data they make available.  So the numbers that we have right now do not give us a full picture of what is going on.

    Also, just because a voter identifies with a particular party, that does not mean that voter will vote a particular way.

    Some Democrats could be voting for Donald Trump, and some Republicans could be voting for Kamala Harris.

    But without a doubt, the numbers that we are getting at this stage do tell us a very interesting story.

    In previous elections, Democrats have voted early at a much higher rate than Republicans have.

    In 2024, that continues to be true

    Democrat 5,355,274 42.8 %
    Republican 4,327,744 34.6 %
    None/Minor 2,839,445 22.7 %

    But the big story is that Republicans have really narrowed the gap compared to the last presidential election.

    Currently there is only an 8.2 percent gap between Democrats and Republicans, but in 2020 there was a 14.3 percent gap

    Democrats 22,250,979 44.8
    Republicans 15,168,587 30.5
    Minor 337,192 0.7
    No Party Affiliation 11,912,722 24.0

    The Trump campaign has really been encouraging people to go out and vote early, and it appears that it is working.

    Another gap that we will want to watch closely is the gap between men and women.

    So far, women are voting early at a much higher rate than men are…

    Female 4,000,732 54.3 %
    Male 3,250,623 44.1 %
    Unknown 121,723 1.7 %

    This is potentially a promising sign for Harris, because she has far more support among women than she does among men.

    But when we start looking at specific swing states, there is a ton of bad news for the Harris campaign.

    For example, Republicans have cast almost 12,000 more votes than Democrats have in Nevada so far…

    Democrat 119,798 36.0 %
    Republican 131,516 39.5 %
    None/Minor 81,354 24.5 %

    As I noted yesterday, the Harris campaign is absolutely counting on Nevada, and so these numbers should be very troubling for them.

    In Arizona, Republicans have built up an even bigger lead

    Democrat 250,467 36.3 %
    Republican 288,726 41.9 %
    None/Minor 150,157 21.8 %

    If Harris wants to have any hope of winning Arizona, she has got to turn those numbers around.

    Colorado also gives us data on party identification, and the numbers from that state are absolutely stunning

    Democrat 196,014 31.6 %
    Republican 173,231 28.0 %
    None/Minor 250,158 40.4 %

    Nobody expects Colorado to be competitive.

    But Republicans are running very close to Democrats in the early voting numbers so far.

    If Colorado were to slip away, that would be catastrophic for the Harris campaign.

    One of the most closely watched swing states is North Carolina.  Normally, Democrats would have a very large early voting lead at this stage, but instead it is a very close race

    Democrat 588,925 34.5 %
    Republican 578,428 33.9 %
    None/Minor 538,333 31.6 %

    In order for Harris to win North Carolina, she needs African-American voters to show up in huge numbers.

    Unfortunately for Harris, at this point African-American turnout is way down all over the state…

    The most striking impact is among Black voters. So far, there are more than 67,000 fewer African American voters than there were in 2020 at this point in the in-person voting period. That’s a huge deficit that Democrats should be scrambling to address. They need to be shifting money and people to connect with Black voters and get them to the polls.

    The problem is widespread. In Durham County, there are 4,500 fewer Black voter this year than four ago. In Mecklenburg, the number is 5,000. In Wake, it’s a little more than 3,000. In Cumberland, the Black vote is down by 5,000. In Guilford, the number is more than 8,500.

    The problem is apparent in rural counties, too. In Wilson County, there are more than 1,000 fewer Black voters so far than the same period in 2020. In Halifax County, Black vote is also down more than 1,000. Same in Nash County.

    More than 20 percent of her African-American voters are missing.

    They could potentially vote later in the process, but there is no guarantee that will happen.

    In addition, survey after survey has shown that Trump is getting far more support among African-Americans than he did in 2020.

    Many Democrats are extremely concerned about the state of the race, because Trump clearly has the momentum at this point.  The following comes from the Wall Street Journal

    Kamala Harris calls herself the underdog against Donald Trump. Making that argument is an old ploy to motivate voters, but with two weeks until Election Day the vice president’s top advisers and allies are worrying it might be true.

    Harris’s struggle to nail down support from key voting blocs in the Democratic coalition has left her team unsettled, according to interviews with aides and advisers. She enjoys strong support with women, but she has a clear problem with men, including both Black men and white working-class men. She also has failed to shore up support among Michigan’s Arab-Americans, who have been frustrated with the Biden administration’s handling of the widening conflict in the Middle East.

    It is likely that we could witness a scenario on the night of the election where the map looks really good for Trump, and if that is the case Trump may declare victory before the night is over.

    Of course Harris insists that she is ready to fight back if Trump tries to do that…

    Vice President Kamala Harris, her campaign team and some of Donald Trump’s own allies say they expect the former president to quickly declare victory on election night — even if the outcome is not yet settled in key swing states.

    Between the time it takes to process mail ballots and deal with provisional ballots in some battleground states, votes will not be fully tabulated on election night. Projections of who won a close presidential race might not come for days, similar to the 2020 election.

    It is hard to imagine a concession speech by Harris on the night of the election no matter how bad things look for her campaign.

    Even if she is losing badly, her campaign will probably insist that it is just a “red mirage” and that things will turn in her favor once all of the early votes and absentee ballots are counted.

    Ultimately, the outcome of the election could end up in the courts and drag out for weeks even if it is obvious that Trump has won.

    And if Trump does eventually emerge victorious, it will likely result in widespread chaos in our streets.

    Have you noticed that they have been calling Trump a “fascist” over and over again this week?

    The stage is being set for massive civil unrest, and that is extremely unfortunate.

    Michael’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

    About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written eight other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”“End Times”“7 Year Apocalypse”“Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”“The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse BlogEnd Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

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    Election Officials In 2 Key States Make Incredibly Shocking Discoveries

    We should be so thankful for vigilant election officials that are trying to do a great job of protecting the integrity of our system.  The incidents that I am about to share with you are deeply disturbing, but it is also encouraging that these crimes are being caught.  We should all be able to agree that the American people should be able to choose who they want in 2024.  No matter which side wins or which side loses, the will of the American people should be respected.  Sadly, there are those that wish to interfere in that process, and those people are committing crimes against all of us.

    In Colorado, some ballots that were “intercepted” before reaching voters were filled out and mailed in.  The following comes from the Colorado Secretary of State’s official website

    The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office is monitoring a developing situation in Mesa County, Colorado regarding intercepted ballots.

    On Tuesday, October 23, the Department of State learned that at least 12 ballots appear to have been intercepted before reaching voters. Those ballots were voted and then returned to the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder via USPS mailboxes. This issue was flagged during Colorado’s secure signature verification process.

    Several of the affected voters contacted the Mesa County Clerk’s office after receiving communication that their ballot required curing due to a discrepant signature. One affected voter notified the Mesa County Clerk after they received notification through BallotTrax that their ballots had been received for processing by the Mesa County Clerk. BallotTrax is Colorado’s statewide tracking and notification system that lets voters who’ve signed up know where their ballot is.

    If 12 of these ballots were caught, how many others slipped through without notice?

    Colorado is a state that could play a significant role in the outcome of this election.  In early voting, Democrats have a lead of less than 3 percent in votes cast so far, and so the state could still go either way.

    On Friday, I shared a story with my core supporters about a crime that is far, far worse than what is being reported in Colorado.

    Pennsylvania is the most important swing state in this election, and the Lancaster Board of Elections has announced that “thousands of suspected fraudulent voter registrations” have been caught in that county alone…

    A criminal investigation has been launched after thousands of suspected fraudulent voter registrations were discovered in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania.

    The Lancaster County Board of Elections announced Friday that staff members identified 2,500 suspected fraudulent voter registration applications, which had been dropped off at the election office.

    Some had false names, suspicious handwriting, questionable signatures, incorrect addresses or other problematic details.

    Whoever is behind this scheme should be put in prison for the rest of their lives.

    Unfortunately, it appears that this isn’t just happening in Lancaster County.

    In fact, it is being reported that “similar applications” have been received by two other counties in Pennsylvania…

    Two other Pennsylvania counties ‘received similar applications’ and were notified to check into them, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said at a news conference. She declined to name the other counties.

    Why aren’t the big news networks making a big deal out of this?

    When you mess with the vote, you are messing with every single American.

    In such a close race, a little monkey business can go a long way.

    At the moment, the early voting results look much different than they did last time around.

    During the early voting period in 2020, the Democrats built up a lead of more than 14 percent in votes cast…

    Democrats 22,250,979 44.8%
    Republicans 15,168,587 30.5%
    Minor 337,192 0.7%
    No Party Affiliation 11,912,722 24.0%

    But here in 2024, the Democrats have a lead of less than 4 percent when mail ballots and in-person early voting are combined…

    Democrat 8,248,007 40.0%
    Republican 7,466,403 36.2%
    None/Minor 4,898,844 23.8%

    This would appear to be really good news for the Trump campaign.

    And things look even better for the Trump campaign when you look at some of the individual swing states.

    For example, Democrats built up a 4 point lead in Nevada during early voting in 2020…

    Democrats 445,351 39.7%
    Republicans 400,248 35.6%
    No Party Affiliation/Minr 277,371 24.7%

    So far in 2024, it is a completely different story in the state, because Republicans have built up a lead of more than 5 percent at this point…

    Democrat 213,331 34.8%
    Republican 244,453 39.9%
    None/Minor 154,700 25.3%

    A similar thing is taking place in Arizona.  In 2020, Democrats narrowly cast more votes than Republicans did during early voting

    Democrats 923,805 37.4%
    Republicans 914,172 37.0%
    Minor/No Party Affiliation 633,600 25.6%

    But this time Republicans have jumped out to a huge lead in Arizona…

    Democrat 443,598 35.1%
    Republican 530,604 42.0%
    None/Minor 289,921 22.9%

    I want to stress that we do not know who any of these people are voting for at this stage.

    But it is clear that Republicans are doing a much better job at getting people to participate in early voting than they did four years ago.

    During the month of October, Donald Trump has been surging in the polls, but to me the early voting numbers are far more important than the poll numbers.

    With each passing day, the early voting numbers have been getting better and better for the Republicans, and I think that many top Democrats are justifiably beginning to panic.

    But we still have more than a week to go until we reach Election Day, and as we have seen in the past, anything can still happen.

    So buckle up and hold on tight, because things could potentially get really crazy this week.

    And no matter who wins, there are going to be tens of millions of Americans that will feel absolutely devastated.

    In fact, a Wall Street Journal poll just found that a whopping 87 percent of all U.S. voters “believe America will suffer permanent damage if their candidate loses”…

    In a Wall Street Journal poll released last week, 87% of voters said they believe America will suffer permanent damage if their candidate loses. Among Harris’s voters, 57% said they would feel “frightened” if Trump is elected, while 47% of Trump voters said they would feel frightened if Harris wins; smaller percentages expected to feel the milder reactions of anger or disappointment. At least half of voters said they think violence is likely if either Trump or Harris wins, and 53% say America’s divisions will keep growing regardless of the election’s outcome.

    For a long time, I have been warning that tremendous chaos would be coming to the streets of America.

    Now we are almost there.

    At this moment, both sides still believe that their candidate will emerge victorious.

    But November 5th is right around the corner, and when the results are finally announced there will be millions upon millions of people that will be deeply upset and deeply angry.

    Michael’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

    About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written eight other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”“End Times”“7 Year Apocalypse”“Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”“The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse BlogEnd Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

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    Halloween Safety: How to Keep Your Kids Safe While Trick-or-Treating

    Halloween is all about fun costumes, yummy treats, and festive excitement. However, it’s also a night that potentially comes with hidden dangers like traffic accidents, costume hazards, and unexpected injuries. Halloween safety should be a key part of planning for this holiday evening. Keep your Halloween nights fun, memorable, and safe for everyone by taking extra precautions.

    Halloween Statistics

    Halloween brings a sharp rise in child injuries. According to Rosenbaum Injury Law Firm, 2.6 child pedestrian deaths occur each day. During Halloween, this number rises to  5.5 deaths. Kids aged 12 to 15, who make up 32% of all total pedestrian deaths, are at a higher risk. Meanwhile, another 23% of these cases happen to kids aged 5 to 8. Notably, most accidents happen between 6 and 7 p.m.

    Additionally, around 3,200 people visit the ER for Halloween-related injuries every year. Among the reasons for injury, pumpkin carving leads the pack at 55%. Next, falls account for another 25% while cuts or allergic reactions comprise 20%. Nearly half of these injuries involve kids under 18.  Furthermore, 23% of pedestrian deaths on Halloween are due to drunk driving.

    Halloween Safety Checklist: Safety Tips for Parents and Kids

    Halloween is all about fun, but safety comes first! This checklist will give you everything you need to keep your kids safe while enjoying the night. Here are some safety tips:

    1. Choose Safe Costumes

    • Wear costumes that fit well and aren’t too long to prevent accidents like tripping. Avoid long capes or any lengthy props that can be caught in doors or fans. 
    • Add reflective tape or glow sticks to your costume to help drivers see you in the dark. When along along dimly-lit streets, carrying a flashlight can help you see better where you’re going.
    • If you’re wearing flowing fabric, avoid standing near open flames. If possible, use flame-resistant costumes, especially when you know you’ll be around jack-o’-lanterns or candles.
    • To prevent allergic reactions, always test makeup on a small patch of skin before applying it fully.

    2. Trick-or-Treat in Groups

    • Always trick-or-treat with a buddy or a group to prevent getting lost or separated.
    • Stick to well-lit neighborhoods where lots of people are celebrating Halloween. This makes trick-or-treating safer and more enjoyable.
    • Set a curfew for kids trick-or-treating without a grownup companion and make them commit to returning home on time.
    • Make sure everyone in the group carries a working cell phone in case of emergencies. Have your kids promise to answer calls or text messages but not while walking or crossing the street. 

    3. Inspect Candy

    • Inspect all candies before eating. Discard anything that looks tampered with, such as opened wrappers. Similarly, check expiration dates if possible to weed out treats that are already unfit for consumption. 
    • Skip homemade snacks from strangers and stick to sealed, pre-packaged treats.
    • If your child has food allergies, check candy labels for allergens to ensure the treats are safe to consume.

    4. Stay Visible While Walking

    • Cross the street at crosswalks and look both ways before stepping off the curb.
    • Keep your phone away while walking to stay alert. This helps you avoid dangerous obstacles like oncoming cars or uneven sidewalks.
    • Wear brightly colored costumes or accessories to enhance visibility in low-light conditions. Don’t assume drivers can see you, especially if you wear a dark costume.
    • Avoid walking in dark alleys or roads as it makes it harder for drivers to see you.

    5. Keep Pets Indoors

    • Halloween can be stressful for pets due to the constant noise and strange costumes. Keep them in a quiet, safe space.
    • Keep candy and chocolate away from pets, as these are toxic to them.
    • Ensure your pets have proper identification in case they get out due to fear or excitement.

    6. Drive Safely

    • Avoid driving in neighborhoods during trick-or-treating peak hours, typically between 5:30 PM and 9:30 PM. During this time, children may suddenly run into the street so be extra cautious.
    • Stay alert for kids running between parked cars, as they often don’t look before crossing.
    • Turn on your headlights early to boost visibility as it gets darker.
    • Avoid distractions like using your phone especially when driving in crowded areas.

    7. Prepare Your Home

    • Clear walkways of hazards like hoses, wet leaves, or decorations to prevent trick-or-treaters from tripping and falling. 
    • Keep your porch well-lit to guide visitors and create a welcoming, festive vibe.
    • Secure all decorations to prevent them from blowing away or causing accidents.
    • Consider offering non-food treats for children with allergies, like small toys or glow sticks.

    Celebrate Halloween Safely

    Halloween should be a night of joy, laughter, and lasting memories. With a little caution, you can ensure the festivities remain fun and exciting without any unexpected mishaps. Plan safe routes, set ground rules for your kids, and make sure everyone knows what to do during an emergency. When Halloween safety is part of the plan, you’ll create moments everyone can cherish without worries!

    Ready for a safe and spooky Halloween? Click here for more Halloween safety tips that will give you peace of mind while your family enjoys the fun!

    Putin Answers Questions On “Secret Meetings” With Trump And North Korean Troops

    This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. 

    Today’s journalists, much like trial lawyers, have a habit of cross-examining their subjects with the intent to find weaknesses rather than find the actual truth of a matter.  They also often ask questions already knowing what kind of answer they’re going to get.  It’s not about getting the answer, it’s about planting seeds.

    For example, every time the media presents a “question” regarding alleged collusion between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin the goal is not to get an honest answer but to repeat the conspiracy theory as often as possible so that the accusation remains embedded in the collective consciousness.

    This was once again the case at the recent BRICS Summit held in Kazan, Russia.  Asking tough questions is one thing – but presenting accusations without any evidence to back them is another.

    

    The far-left media have been debunked at every turn when it comes to the Russiagate narrative.  Both Trump and Putin have denied any relationship and all the “evidence” that supposedly ties Trump to Putin has been exposed as fabricated.  After nearly a decade of intense scrutiny if there was any legitimate collusion between Trump and Russia it would have been found by now.

    Putin quickly pointed out that inquiries by US officials have found no collusion involving Trump and that the claims are nonsense.  That should be the end of it, but again, the Western media is not interested in facts, they’re interested in narratives.

    The establishment has also aimed its crosshairs at Elon Musk this week, with the Associated Press claiming an “anonymous source” confirmed to them that Musk has had regular phone calls with Vladimir Putin since 2022.  Again, none of this is supported by concrete evidence and the goal of the media is simply to plant the idea out there in the minds of the public as if it means something nefarious is afoot.

    Musk is a private citizen, not a government official, and he has the right to talk to whoever he pleases.  It’s not surprising for an international businessman to have contact with world leaders for any number of reasons.  Not to mention, the US is not at war with Russia (officially), but the media is acting as if this is the case.

    Putin talked extensively about the reasons for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, arguing that it was NATO involvement in sparking the Maidan Revolution in 2014 that led to Russia’s decision to go to war.  He also asserted that foreign military elements from NATO countries are heavily involved in Ukraine’s defensive efforts on the ground, stating that “we are aware” of what’s really going on.

    The Russian leader seems to be suggesting here that if Ukraine can invite foreign assets into the war, then so can Russia.

    As for the presence of North Korean troops in Russia, Putin doesn’t deny it.  Satellite images and some leaked videos seem to show North Korean soldiers in training areas near the eastern coast of Russia, but this is thousands of miles away from the Ukrainian front.  There is no evidence that North Koreans are currently fighting in Ukraine.  If this ends up being the intent, then yes, it would be considered an escalation by NATO, but not necessarily a rationale for NATO troops to enter the war.

    Such a move would immediately trigger a world war; an outcome which the Ukrainians are certainly desperate for as their defensive lines collapse, but not an outcome that the majority of Americans and Europeans are willing to accept.

    Putin Answers Questions On “Secret Meetings” With Trump And North Korean Troops

    This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. 

    Today’s journalists, much like trial lawyers, have a habit of cross-examining their subjects with the intent to find weaknesses rather than find the actual truth of a matter.  They also often ask questions already knowing what kind of answer they’re going to get.  It’s not about getting the answer, it’s about planting seeds.

    For example, every time the media presents a “question” regarding alleged collusion between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin the goal is not to get an honest answer but to repeat the conspiracy theory as often as possible so that the accusation remains embedded in the collective consciousness.

    This was once again the case at the recent BRICS Summit held in Kazan, Russia.  Asking tough questions is one thing – but presenting accusations without any evidence to back them is another.

    

    The far-left media have been debunked at every turn when it comes to the Russiagate narrative.  Both Trump and Putin have denied any relationship and all the “evidence” that supposedly ties Trump to Putin has been exposed as fabricated.  After nearly a decade of intense scrutiny if there was any legitimate collusion between Trump and Russia it would have been found by now.

    Putin quickly pointed out that inquiries by US officials have found no collusion involving Trump and that the claims are nonsense.  That should be the end of it, but again, the Western media is not interested in facts, they’re interested in narratives.

    The establishment has also aimed its crosshairs at Elon Musk this week, with the Associated Press claiming an “anonymous source” confirmed to them that Musk has had regular phone calls with Vladimir Putin since 2022.  Again, none of this is supported by concrete evidence and the goal of the media is simply to plant the idea out there in the minds of the public as if it means something nefarious is afoot.

    Musk is a private citizen, not a government official, and he has the right to talk to whoever he pleases.  It’s not surprising for an international businessman to have contact with world leaders for any number of reasons.  Not to mention, the US is not at war with Russia (officially), but the media is acting as if this is the case.

    Putin talked extensively about the reasons for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, arguing that it was NATO involvement in sparking the Maidan Revolution in 2014 that led to Russia’s decision to go to war.  He also asserted that foreign military elements from NATO countries are heavily involved in Ukraine’s defensive efforts on the ground, stating that “we are aware” of what’s really going on.

    The Russian leader seems to be suggesting here that if Ukraine can invite foreign assets into the war, then so can Russia.

    As for the presence of North Korean troops in Russia, Putin doesn’t deny it.  Satellite images and some leaked videos seem to show North Korean soldiers in training areas near the eastern coast of Russia, but this is thousands of miles away from the Ukrainian front.  There is no evidence that North Koreans are currently fighting in Ukraine.  If this ends up being the intent, then yes, it would be considered an escalation by NATO, but not necessarily a rationale for NATO troops to enter the war.

    Such a move would immediately trigger a world war; an outcome which the Ukrainians are certainly desperate for as their defensive lines collapse, but not an outcome that the majority of Americans and Europeans are willing to accept.

    EU President Likens Free Speech To Infectious Disease

    This article was originally published by John Leake via the “Courageous Discourse” substack

    Ursula von der Leyen advocates “pre-bunking” in the public forum to “vaccinate” people against “disinformation”…

    EU President Ursula von der Leyen just joined the ranks of former Senator John Kerry and other globalist ghouls in declaring war on free speech by perversely proclaiming that the EU citizenry needs to be “vaccinated against disinformation.”

    Like every censor in history, she characterizes her censorship program as a means of expunging erroneous information and ideas from public discourse. By using the word “disinformation,” she implies that she and her clique are already the sole possessors of the truth about everything and that everyone who has and shares heterodox ideas is necessarily in error.

    Her entire premise is FALSE for the following reasons:

    1). Knowledge about the world is constantly evolving through constant inquiry, discussion, and dissemination. Knowledge is NOT a static thing. This is why countries with stifling censorship regimes have experienced intellectual, scientific, and artistic stagnation. Their rulers try to freeze the human mind in its state at their moment in history.

    2). NO state, university, or ecclesiastical committee has ever been in possession of the full truth of any matter. Official orthodoxies have always been challenged by heterodox thinkers. Indeed, virtually every major advance in human insight has been performed by heterodox thinkers.

    3). As John Milton observed in his 1644 pamphlet, Areopagitica, contending with error is an intrinsic part of learning and discovery. We literally learn by making mistakes and correcting them. If free speech is suppressed for the objective of preventing the propagation of erroneous thought—or “vaccinating against it”—it will become extremely difficult if not impossible for people to learn and discover.

    4). Without a single exception in history, the people who hold power always advocate the orthodoxy that sustains and extends their power and that of their friends and supporters.

    Ursula von der Leyen is the quintessence of this principle.

    As president of the EU, she conducted secret negotiations with Pfizer CEO to purchase a 20 billion Euros of Pfizer’s fraudulent and dangerous vaccine so that it could be inflicted on all the citizens of the European Union.

    She is currently under criminal investigation for her conduct in this affair that has come to be known as Pfizergate.

    It takes a special kind of chutzpah for a powerful state official who is probably guilty of committing a major crime – a crime that has been systematically and ruthlessly concealed – to lecture the public about the need for censorship.

    The time has come for the citizens of Europe to rid themselves of Ursula von der Leyen and her clique of corrupt tyrants.

    To be sure, there is increasing evidence that the Biden Administration has been exerting pressure on Germany – which remains an American vassal state – and the EU to step up its censorship regime. I will cover this strange development in a subsequent post.

     

    On The Wrong Track: This Is What An Imploding Economy Looks Like

    One of the main reasons why Americans are in such a foul mood right now is because the economy is in really bad shape and it just keeps getting worse.  This is very good news for the Trump campaign, because most Americans don’t want things to remain the same.  A desire for change is in the air, but our economy is unraveling so rapidly that it won’t be easy for anyone to turn things around.  We have built up a tremendous amount of momentum in the wrong direction, and it appears that the months ahead are not going to be pleasant.

    Just look at what is happening to home sales.

    Last month, sales of previously existing homes fell to the lowest level that we have seen since October 2010.

    Of course in October 2010 we were dealing with the aftermath of a global financial crisis.

    Overall, we are on pace “for the worst year since 1995” for sales of previously existing homes…

    Sales of existing homes in the U.S. are on track for the worst year since 1995—for the second year in a row.

    Persistently high home prices and elevated mortgage rates are keeping potential home buyers on the sidelines. Sales of previously owned homes in the first nine months of the year were lower than the same period last year, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday.

    Existing-home sales in September fell 1% from the prior month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.84 million, NAR said, the lowest monthly rate since October 2010.

    Let those numbers sink in for a moment.

    We haven’t seen anything like this for a long time, and nobody can deny that the market for residential real estate is in a depressed state right now.

    And it appears that this month could be even worse than last month, because the number of mortgage applications being submitted is absolutely plummeting

    Mortgage applications decreased 17% from one week earlier as mortgage rates surged, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly application survey for the week ending October 11, 2024.

    The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 17% on both a seasonally adjusted and an unadjusted basis from one week earlier.

    Meanwhile, our nationwide commercial real estate crisis just continues to intensify.

    If you can believe it, an office building in Manhattan that sold for 332 million dollars in 2006 just sold for 8.5 million dollars

    The sale of a nearly 1 million-square-foot Manhattan office building listed on the online auction site Ten-X was completed Tuesday for only $8.5 million.

    That’s 97 percent less than the $332.5 million that the seller, Swiss bank UBS, paid for the Midtown property in 2006. The loss on the building at 135 West 50th Street was minimally offset by a $6 million gain UBS realized by buying and selling the ground beneath it in the interim.

    UBS and its brokers at JLL listed the 920,000-square-foot building for sale on the online platform. The two-day auction kicked off July 30 with a starting bid of $7.5 million. The sale ended the next day after Ten-X lowered the reserve price. The winning bidder, whose identity has yet to hit property records, closed about 70 days later.

    That is insane!

    Commercial real estate prices have been crashing all over America, and this crisis is not getting the attention that it deserves from the media.

    The banking industry is headed for big trouble as well.  In fact, the government shut down another bank on Friday

    Friday, The First National Bank of Lindsay was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) appointed as receiver. The OCC acted after identifying false and deceptive bank records and other information suggesting fraud that revealed depletion of the bank’s capital. The OCC also found that the bank was in an unsafe or unsound condition to transact business and that the bank’s assets were less than its obligations to its creditors and others.

    The OCC is referring the matter to the United States Department of Justice, which has a wide variety of tools to hold individuals accountable for criminal acts and focuses on victims in all of its matters.

    Some experts are projecting that hundreds of more banks will soon fail.

    If that actually happens, it will be a complete and utter nightmare.

    The “restaurant apocalypse” that I have written about so much also continues to roll on.

    Sadly, we just learned that Denny’s has decided to shut down 150 locations

    Denny’s is closing 150 restaurants over the next year, and the 71-year-old diner chain is mulling a major change to its 24/7 operating hours.

    Fifty locations are set to close by the end of 2024, while the remaining 100 will shutter in 2025, Denny’s announced in an earnings call Tuesday. That amounts to a tenth of its restaurants, leaving 1,375 locations once completed. A specific list of closing restaurants weren’t immediately announced.

    Needless to say, lots of other chains are slimming down as well.

    Right now, thousands upon thousands of restaurants are being permanently closed from coast to coast.

    If the economy was heading in the right direction, this would not be happening.

    Speaking of closures, another major retailer has announced that it will be closing all stores

    Buybuy Baby is shuttering all of its stores roughly a year after new owners tried to revive the brand.

    The company announced on its website that it is transitioning to an online-only model after recognizing the need for a “a strategic reset.”

    “With this shift, we’ve come to the difficult decision of closing our physical stores by the end of this year,” the company wrote. “We understand this may be disappointing news, and we want all our customers to know this wasn’t a choice we took lightly.”

    Most retailers that are experiencing difficulties will try to hang on until at least the end of December.

    But once we get into 2025, expect a huge wave of new store closures.

    As I discussed the other day, U.S. consumers are really hurting at the moment.

    You can’t get blood out of a stone, and a staggering percentage of U.S. cardholders have already maxed out at least one credit card

    Nearly 2 in 5 cardholders (37%) have maxed out a credit card or come close since the Fed started raising interest rates, Bankrate’s Credit Utilization Survey found. That includes 20% who have maxed out a credit card and 17% who have come close to maxing one out.

    This is what an imploding economy looks like.

    Bubbles are bursting all around us, and the outlook for 2025 and beyond is absolutely horrible.

    Our leaders kept the game going for a long time by injecting trillions of dollars into the system and by going into unprecedented amounts of debt.

    But despite all of their efforts, the economy is coming apart at the seams anyway, and so I hope that you are prepared for a very hard landing.

    Michael’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

    About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written eight other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”“End Times”“7 Year Apocalypse”“Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”“The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse BlogEnd Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

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    Hurricane Milton’s Wrath: “Take A Pen And Write Your Name And Social Security Number On Your Leg So That We Have A Contact If We Find You”

    It is probably going to take months for authorities to identify all of the dead bodies from Hurricane Helene, and now Hurricane Milton could produce an even higher death toll.  More than 7 million people live in the 15 Florida counties where mandatory evacuation orders have been issued.  Many of those people evacuated in time, but many of them did not.  As you will see below, those that did not evacuate are being told to write their names and Social Security numbers on their legs so that they can be identified when their dead bodies are recovered.

    It would be very difficult for me to overstate the power of this storm.

    The size of Hurricane Milton’s wind field has more than doubled since Tuesday afternoon, and it is being reported that this storm could “forever change the Sunshine State’s coastline”

    Hurricane Milton is expected to be so ferocious, it will cover nearly every beach on Florida’s west coast — and forever change the Sunshine State’s coastline, experts have warned.

    At least 95% of Florida’s west coast beaches are forecast to be inundated — or continuously covered by ocean water — when the hurricane, predicted to be one of the strongest ever, is expected to make landfall Wednesday as many still recover from Helene, the US Geological Survey.

    “This is the most severe level of coastal change,” the federal agency warned — while saying that “Milton’s waves and surge” could cause “erosion and overwash” to 100% of the state’s beaches.

    In some areas, the water will be twice as high as the average person.

    Sarasota Mayor Liz Alpert is warning residents in her city that what is coming is “not survivable”

    In response to the impending storm, officials have closed the bridges to the barrier islands, and Sarasota Mayor Liz Alpert is urgently pleading with holdouts to evacuate. “You do not want to try and survive a 15-20 foot storm surge. It’s not survivable. It will be dangerous, there could be electrical wires in there,” Mayor Alpert warned.

    Those that are wise evacuated way ahead of time.

    Sadly, many of those that waited until the last minute to evacuate experienced tremendous difficulties.

    On Wednesday morning, most of the gas stations in the Tampa Bay area were already completely out of gasoline

    As of Wednesday morning, three out of every five gas stations in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area is dry, according to data from Gas Buddy, a gas station location and savings app.

    In other areas, the gasoline shortages were even worse.

    Of course there are large numbers of local residents that never intended to evacuate at all.  The following comes from CNN

    Nearly 7.3 million Floridians live in 15 counties with mandatory evacuation orders. But even as officials kept begging people to leave coastal areas – “You need to help us by evacuating,” Tampa Fire Rescue’s chief pleaded Wednesday morning, adding, “I’ve never seen anything of this magnitude” – a subset of residents across Florida’s western edge were staying put.

    I don’t understand why anyone would try to ride this storm out.

    Shockingly, even some parents with very young children are staying behind.

    A registered nurse named Ashley Khrais says that she will be riding out this storm with her 10-month-old son and her mother

    Khrais, a registered nurse, said that despite the severity of the coming storm, she’s eager to help other residents even worse off.

    From what she’s seen and heard, there are likely to be many.

    “It seems very, very scary, but there’s no way to leave,” Khrais said around midday Tuesday.

    Faced with daunting traffic and seemingly no gas, she said she realized she was going to have to “hunker down” and try to ride out the storm with her 10-month-old son and mother.

    I hope that they are not located near the coast.

    The closer you are to the water, the more likely it is that you will die.

    One Instagram influencer that lives right along the water in Sarasota tried to explain to her followers why she has purposely chosen to stay behind

    ‘So if you’ve been following Hurricane Milton, um, I’m going to die! It’s supposed to make landfall in the Sarasota-Bradenton area. I’m in Sarasota, I live on the water, it’s zone A, mandatory evacuation,’ she said.

    Calloway then attempted to explain why she didn’t get out of her home in time for the storm.

    ‘I can’t drive, first of all. Second of all, the airport is close. Third of all, the last time I evacuated for a hurricane, I went to my mom’s house in Northport for Hurricane Ian,’ she said.

    She went on to explain that she didn’t want to go to her mother’s house this time around because she had such a horrible experience during Hurricane Ian.

    Hopefully being extremely stubborn does not get her killed.

    Another woman that has chosen to ride this storm out says that she feels safe because she lives on the fourth floor of her building

    “All my friends are mad at me from Ohio,” added Speckhart, a Cincinnati native. “They keep calling me, saying, ‘You’re gonna die.’ And then you got (Tampa Mayor) Jane Castor saying, ‘If you don’t get out, you’re gonna die.’

    “But … if Tampa would get it, I mean, you figure, what are they gonna be, 12 to 15 feet? I mean, that could be two stories,” the fourth-floor-dweller said of the potential surge. Their building’s top floors are much higher than that, she went on, and some units have hurricane shutters and windows.

    “My biggest thing is: I don’t want to leave,” Speckhart concluded. “I just see what happens in a week. You know, you got mold, you got damage. I figure I can be here.”

    She is literally gambling with her life.

    In the end, there will be a lot of dead bodies.

    During an interview with CNN, Holmes Beach police chief William Tokajer made quite an ominous statement

    Holmes Beach police chief William Tokajer has warned stubborn residents who have refused to evacuate that ‘this is not going to end well’.

    ‘If you don’t leave, you’re on your own,’ he said in an interview with CNN. ‘Take a pen and write your name and social security number on your leg so that we have a contact if we find you.’

    His remark echos that of Tampa Mayor Jane Castor who compares locals’ homes to their ‘coffin’.

    What a thing to say.

    But I can’t blame him for saying it.

    In the aftermath of this storm, authorities will be trying to identify large numbers of victims very rapidly.

    Many animals that have been left behind will also die in this storm.

    In one case, a small dog was actually tied to a pole and left to die on the side of a major highway.

    Thankfully, the small dog was rescued in time by a Florida police officer…

    A Florida trooper rescued a small dog who was tied to a pole off a major highway in a pool of floodwater as Hurricane Milton begins to overwhelm the state.

    An unidentified Florida Highway Patrolman was seen walking through a grassy area on the side of I-75 near Bruce B Downs Boulevard near Tampa to rescue the small white pup.

    ‘It’s OK, buddy, it’s OK,’ the officer could be heard saying as the dog tried to back away. ‘It’s OK, it’s OK!’

    You have to be extremely evil to tie a dog to a pole and abandon it when a hurricane is about to hit.

    As I discuss in my brand new book entitled “Why”, our world has literally been saturated with evil at this point.

    The reason why so many people are doing such horrible things is because they have willingly chosen to embrace the darkness.

    But no matter how hard they may try, they will never be able to outrun the consequences of their actions.

    As for Hurricane Milton, those that made a choice to evacuate will live.

    Sadly, many of those that made a choice to stay will not.

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