Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- US cannot ‘take lightly’ threat Russia could use nuclear weapons – CIA chief
- The threat of Russia potentially using tactical or low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine cannot be taken lightly, but the CIA has not seen a lot of practical evidence reinforcing that concern, CIA Director William Burns said
- He spoke at Georgia Tech of the “potential desperation” and setbacks dealt Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose forces have suffered heavy losses and have been forced to retreat from some parts of northern Ukraine after failing to capture Kyiv.
- For those reasons, “none of us can take lightly the threat posed by a potential resort to tactical nuclear weapons or low-yield nuclear weapons,” Burns said.
- That said, despite “rhetorical posturing” by the Kremlin about putting the world’s largest nuclear arsenal on high alert, “We haven’t seen a lot of practical evidence of the kind of deployments or military dispositions that would reinforce that concern.”
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Rev 6:6 NAS And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”
Important Takeaways:
- From Pakistan to Peru, soaring food and fuel prices are tipping countries over the edge
- Now, more than a decade after the Arab Spring, global food prices are soaring again. They had already reached their highest level on record earlier this year as the pandemic, poor weather and the climate crisis upended agriculture and threatened food security for millions of people. Then came Russia’s war in Ukraine, making the situation much worse — while also triggering a spike in the cost of the other daily essential, fuel.
- The combination could generate a wave of political instability, as people who were already frustrated with government leaders are pushed over the edge by rising costs.
- In Sri Lanka, protests have erupted over shortages of gas and other basic goods. Double-digit inflation in Pakistan has eroded support for Prime Minister Imran Khan, forcing him from office. At least six people have died in recent anti-government protests in Peru sparked by rising fuel prices. But political conflict isn’t expected to be limited to these countries.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “ when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- With Threats All Around, Japan Moves to Shed Its Pacifist Constraints
- Late in February, just days after the Russian invasion, Ukraine asked Japan to ship an assortment of military equipment, from antitank weapons and ammunition to electronic radar and bulletproof vests
- Japan, which has forsworn combat since the end of World War II, had not sent military materiel to another country in the midst of fighting a war in more than 75 years.
- This month, Japan’s defense minister, Nobuo Kishi, reiterated calls for drastically expanding military spending. Even the political opposition supports increased outlays.
- Looming even larger is China, which Japan’s defense ministry now ranks as the country’s most serious long-term threat. Along with the United States, Tokyo is increasingly concerned that Beijing might try to use force to take control of Taiwan, a democratically governed island that China claims as its own.
- North Korea, too, remains a source of anxiety. Since the beginning of the year, Pyongyang has tested 12 ballistic missiles, some of which have landed near the country’s territorial waters.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “ when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- U.S. Weighs Shift to Support Hague Court as it Investigates Russian Atrocities
- The Biden team strongly wants to see President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and others in his military chain of command held to account. And many are said to consider the court — which was created by a global treaty two decades ago as a venue for prosecuting war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide — the body most capable of achieving that.
- But laws from 1999 and 2002, enacted by a Congress wary that the court might investigate Americans, limit the government’s ability to provide support.
- But calls for shifting the U.S. position are growing louder.
- Last month, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution by Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, backing any investigation into war crimes committed by Russian forces and proxies. It praised the International Criminal Court and encouraged “member states to petition the I.C.C.” to investigate and prosecute Russian atrocities — as at least 41 nations have done.
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Rev 6:6 NAS And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”
Important Takeaways:
- Joni Ernst warns Russia-Ukraine war will lead to famine
- Republican senators meet with Ukrainian leaders to draw attention to the global food crisis as a result of Russia’s war
- SENATOR JONI ERNST: About 40 to 45 percent of the production in Ukraine will be decreased this year because of the war and the scarcity of supplies that go into the planting season. And we know that Ukraine also supports about 400 million people around the world with its food products. So we do see that we have an impending famine. And I’ve heard from David Beasley at the World Food Bank that he’s now going to have to take from the hungry to feed the starving.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “ when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- ‘EVIL HAS NO LIMITS’ Five kids among 50 dead as Russian missile with ‘for the children’ scrawled on side blitzes Ukraine train station
- AT LEAST 50 people have been killed and more than 100 injured hit train station
- About 4,000 people, most of them elderly, women and children, were at the railway station when it was struck, Mayor Oleksander Honcharenko said
- Pictures showed a huge missile with Russian writing scrawled on the side that translates to ‘the children’.
- Others have speculated that the translation could also be ‘for the children’ and could be referring to widespread Russian propaganda that kids have been killed by Ukrainian forces in Donbas and Luhansk.
- “Two rockets hit Kramatorsk railway station,” Ukrainian Railways said in a statement.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “ when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- First NATO country sends tanks to Ukraine: Czech Republic provides T-72 tanks and armored infantry vehicles following Zelensky’s plea for help
- Czech Republic is the first NATO country to deliver heavy military equipment since war began on February 24
- BVP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, howitzer artillery pieces, and a dozen T-72 tanks were transferred to Ukraine
- The delivery has once again raised concerns that NATO may get dragged into Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine
- It comes as Russian artillery continued to pound the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Kharkiv
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Revelations 6:3-4 “ when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Top US General: Potential for ‘significant international conflict’ is increasing
- Milley said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is “the greatest threat to peace and security of Europe and perhaps the world” in his 42 years serving in the US military, but added it was “heartening” to see the world rally around Ukraine
- “We are now facing two global powers: China and Russia, each with significant military capabilities both who intend to fundamentally change the rules based current global order,” Milley added. “We are entering a world that is becoming more unstable and the potential for significant international conflict is increasing, not decreasing.”
- Mike Rogers of Alabama, the panel’s top Republican, said he would support the US setting up permanent bases in eastern NATO countries like Poland and the Baltics in order to deter Russia
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Revelations 6:3-4 “ when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Zelensky says Russian soldiers ‘cut tongues out of civilians’ in Bucha massacre
- The Ukrainian president made a virtual appearance at the UN Security Council meeting following a visit to Bucha – the site of alleged mass killings where mutilated bodies of civilians have been found lying in the streets or dumped into mass graves.
- He said some victims of the Bucha massacre were ‘shot on the streets’ while others were ‘thrown into the wells..so they die in suffering’.
- ‘Civilians were crushed by tanks while sitting in their cars in the middle of the road just for their pleasure.
- ‘They cut off limbs, slashed their throats. Women were raped and killed in front of their children.
- ‘Their tongues were pulled out only because the aggressors did not want to hear from them.’
- ‘Russia’s leadership feels like colonizers in ancient times, they need our wealth, our people – Russia has already deported hundreds of thousands of our citizens to their country, they abducted more than 2,000 children.’
- Zelensky did not use his address to call for more weapons or sanctions, instead focusing on Russian atrocities and role of the UN Security Council in stopping Putin.
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Rev 6:6 NAS And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”
Important Takeaways:
- BlackRock CEO Warns of ‘Scarcity Inflation:’ ‘Something That We Haven’t Seen’
- Larry Fink, CEO, and chairman of BlackRock – the world’s biggest asset manager – admitted that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is disrupting the world order that had been in place since the end of the Cold War.
- “The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the globalization we have experienced over the last three decades.”
- “It has left many communities and people feeling isolated and looking inward.”
- BlackRock Inc. President Rob Kapito told an audience in Austin, Texas, that an entire younger generation is quickly finding out what it means to suffer from shortages, according to Bloomberg.
- Their real wage gains are negative when factoring in inflation, and their inflation expectations in March soared to a record high.
- Younger generations tend to be renters, own nothing, and have limited savings as they spend well beyond their limits.
- Kapito warned: “I would put on your seat belts because this is something that we haven’t seen.”
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