Ghana warns against alarmist New Year prophecies

GHANA - For many Ghanaian Christians, listening to their pastors make predictions during the New Year's services has become an annual ritual. Ghana's police want to stop proclamations that create fear and panic among the public. To prevent the barrage of prophecies across these watch night services, the Ghana Police Service last year launched the "Prophecy Communication Compliance Day”.

Italy urges EU to push back against US

ITALY - PM Giorgia Meloni says the bloc must protect key industries as Washington undermines economic competitiveness. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for the European Union to become more economically independent in the wake of a new US law that puts the bloc’s manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

The World is at a Dangerous Crossroads

USA - Nuclear war threatens the future of humanity. We are no longer dealing with a hypothetical scenario. The threat of World War III is real: While one can conceptualize the loss of life and destruction resulting from present-day wars including Ukraine, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, it is impossible to fully comprehend the devastation which might result from a Third World War, using “new technologies” and advanced weapons, until it occurs and becomes a reality.

World could reach ‘critical mass’ at any moment

POLAND - Aleksander Kwasniewski has said the very fact that World War III is being discussed is terrifying. The world is in chaos and could reach “critical mass” anytime, former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski has warned, citing the turbulence created by the Ukraine crisis. The conflict has put an end to the old world order, the former head of state said in a TV interview on Thursday.

Disney: Going Woke Means Going Broke

USA - For years, we’ve been warning parents to get their children away from Disney. Now, it’s also prudent for investors to get their money away from the woke “entertainment” company as well. The company lost 44% of their market value in 2022 and are showing no signs of changing their corporate direction despite recent changes in management.

End of an Era as US Retail Giant Shutters Doors

USA - Sears is permanently closing the spin-off chain Sears Hometown, signaling a further downturn for what was once one of America’s biggest retailers. Amid its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Sears is shutting down all 115 of its remaining Hometown locations, Footwear News reported. The outlet had shuttered 600 other locations in only a few years in an effort to cut costs. Clearly, it was not enough.

Scotland’s Woke Police Call Paedophiles ‘Minor-Attracted People’

SCOTLAND - The Chief Constable of Police Scotland is under fire for referring to paedophiles by their preferred term “minor-attracted people” (MAPs) in a European Union-linked report. In his Year End Report for 2021/22, Chief Constable Iain Livingstone said his Specialist Crime Division for Public Protection had “engaged in the Horizon Europe Project” and that the project’s “main agenda is to develop understanding and approach to avoid the victimisation of children by engaging Minor-Attracted People (MAPs) and providing them with the necessary support, treatment and guidance to help prevent criminal activities.”

Earthquake: Magnitude 5.4 quake hits Northern California

USA - A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit Humboldt County on New Year’s Day, rattling an area that was hit hard by a deadly temblor just before Christmas. The epicenter of the Sunday morning earthquake was about nine miles from Rio Dell and 26 miles from Eureka. Residents in the area reported strong shaking starting at 10:35 am, according to preliminary information from the US Geological Survey. More aftershocks are expected over the next few days, the US Geological Survey said.

Germany takes the lead for NATO’s high readiness force

GERMANY - On Sunday (1 January 2023), Germany takes the lead of NATO's highest-readiness military force, placing thousands of troops on standby and ready to deploy within days. NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) was created in 2014 at the core of a strengthened NATO Response Force, following Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and crises in the Middle East. Germany takes over from France, which led the force in 2022. In response to Russia’s full-fledged invasion of Ukraine in February this year, NATO deployed elements of the VJTF to Romania on the unit's first ever collective-defence mission.

Protecting Your Privacy Should be a High Priority in 2023

USA - The MIT Technology Review recently published an article about how an iRobot’s Roomba J7 series robot vacuum took pictures of people inside their homes, in one case a woman sitting on a toilet, and those images ended up on the Internet on Facebook. iRobot is the world’s largest vendor of robotic vacuums, and Amazon.com recently bought them for $1.7 billion.

Beware of Substack

USA - I have tried subscribing to a few Substack authors, and when their newsletter is delivered to you via email, all the links in the email are appended with Google tracking codes. So I know, at the very least, that Substack is making data available to Google. One of the biggest dangers to potential online tracking that I have seen develop this past year is in the sheer amount of content providers in the Alternative Media who have moved their content over to the Substack.com platform.

The EPA’s Latest Regulation Could Devastate The Trucking Industry

USA - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule Tuesday that will impose stricter nitrogen dioxide emissions standards on new heavy-duty trucks, a move that will substantially hike operating costs for truckers, experts and industry representatives told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Families' growing mountain of debt

UK - Millions of families are struggling with a growing mountain of personal debt as unsecured borrowing hits record levels. Startling research shows the spiralling cost of living has forced many to borrow simply to pay for essentials such as food and energy. The average household now has £16,200 in unsecured debt such as loans, overdrafts and credit card borrowing – up £1,000 on a year ago. Experts have warned that nearly nine million adults are 'financially fragile'. And many fear things will only get worse – with a poll showing 60 per cent expect the next year to deliver a further hit to their finances.

 
‘Largest Satanic Gathering in History’ to Take Place in Boston

USA - The Satanic Temple is promoting an upcoming convention as the “largest Satanic gathering in history.” The gathering, called SatanCon, will be taking place in Boston from April 28–30th, 2023. The convention will be celebrating the Satanic Temple’s tenth anniversary. The Satanic Temple promises on its website that the convention will be “a weekend of blasphemy and remembrance in Boston.” Though tickets are already on sale, the organization has not announced the location, vendors, or presenters. However, when you click to book a hotel reservation, you are directed to book a room at the Boston Marriott Copley Place.

Türkiye warns Greece against expansion in Aegean Sea

TURKEY - Türkiye will not give Greece a single mile of territorial waters in the Aegean Sea, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday, warning that Ankara will use all means at its disposal to protect its interests. “We will not allow the expansion of [Greek] territorial waters by even one mile in the Aegean, let alone 12,” Cavusoglu was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu Agency.

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