This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog.
2021 was supposed to be the year that life went back to normal. Obviously, that is not happening, and so a lot of prominent voices out there are going to be forced to update their narratives. Global events have really started to accelerate, and so many of the things that the “doom and gloomers” have been warning about are starting to happen right in front of our eyes.
For example, on my websites, I have been talking about Israel a lot in recent months, and now it appears that the region is on the brink of war. So far, more than 700 rockets have been fired into Israel from Gaza, but by the time you read this article, that number will probably be even higher. In response, the IDF has conducted a series of dramatic strikes inside Gaza, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is promising “to attack harder and increase the pace of attacks”…
‘Hamas will be hit in ways that it does not expect,’ Netanyahu said. ‘We have eliminated commanders, hit many important targets and we have decided to attack harder and increase the pace of attacks.’
Joe Biden and other world leaders are begging for peace, but neither side appears to be inclined to back down.
Every time Israel retaliates, Hamas just launches even more rockets at Israeli cities, and they are insisting that this is their “right”…
“We have the right to respond to the Israeli offensive and protect the interests of our people as long as the Israeli occupation continues the escalation,” Hamas said in a statement.
So here we go.
As I discussed yesterday, this situation has the potential to get wildly out of control very rapidly.
On Tuesday, the skies above Tel Aviv looked like something out of a science fiction movie as Israel’s Iron Dome intercepted countless incoming rockets from Gaza. Could you imagine living in fear that a rocket could explode right next to you at any moment?
If that was happening in this country, millions of Americans would be screaming for Biden to nuke somebody.
Meanwhile, the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack has caused massive gasoline shortages up and down the east coast of the United States. On Tuesday evening, the Drudge Report breathlessly declared that more than 1,000 gas stations had run out of gasoline, and Zero Hedge was reporting that some people were waiting in line for up to five hours in a desperate attempt to fill up their vehicles.
Up until recently, just about the only thing that we were missing from the economy of the 1970s was the long gas lines, but now here we are.
North America’s largest petroleum pipeline has been shut down for just a few days, and now much of the southeastern quadrant of the country is absolutely paralyzed.
Do you think that there is a lesson to be learned here?
Of course, there is. Once again we see how incredibly vulnerable we are to any sort of a major disruption. If the unprecedented power grid failure in Texas a few months ago was not enough of a wake-up call for you, this definitely should be.
At this point, we are being told it is uncertain whether or not the Colonial Pipeline will be able to restore operations by this weekend…
If the Colonial Pipeline is not back in business by the weekend, prices could continue to rise at the pump and there will be broader localized fuel shortages across the southeast and mid-Atlantic regions.
Eventually, the flow of gasoline will be restored and everyone along the east coast will be able to fill up their vehicles again.
But the crazy inflation that we are witnessing right is not going to go away.
For years, economic “doom and gloomers” have been warning that if we kept recklessly creating, borrowing, and spending money that really bad things would happen.
How many times have we heard about “the death of the dollar” and the dangers of wildly inflating our currency?
Well, it turns out that the “doom and gloomers” were dead-on accurate. Inflation is one of the biggest stories of 2021 so far, and we just got another confirmation of how bad things are getting out there…
The median price for a single-family home in the U.S. rose the most on record in the first quarter, as buyers fought over a dearth of inventory, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Prices jumped 16.2% from a year earlier to a record high of $319,200. The growth eclipsed the 14.8% rate in the fourth quarter, which was the highest in data going back to 1989, the group said in a report Tuesday.
But at least home prices are not rising as fast as the price of cotton is.
If you can believe it, the price of cotton is up more than 50 percent over the past year.
Of course the price of corn is rising even more rapidly. As I discussed the other day, the price of corn is up about 50 percent just since the turn of the year.
Needless to say, lumber still has everyone else beat. The price of lumber has actually risen more than 200 percent over the past 12 months.
A lot of comparisons have been made to the horrible inflation that the U.S. experienced during the 1970s, but really I think that we need to go all the way back to the 1930s for a more accurate parallel to our current situation.
At this point, we are becoming more like the Weimar Republic with each passing day.
But if you think that things are really bad now, just wait, because you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Everywhere you look, systems are failing, society is crumbling and evil is growing. Even the Secret Service, who are supposed to be the best of the best, are now plagued by endless scandals and widespread incompetence.
This is not a drill. A widespread societal collapse is now underway, and it is going to get progressively worse.
This is the time of our endless nightmare, but nobody is going to ever be allowed to wake up from it.
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The atheists report some weird kind of bliss, when they decide there is no god, to forever hold religious morality over their head, but then confer godlike authority upon their immoral, grifter bosses.
Who should you hold directly responsible, for the state of the world, if not some external authority?
It’s called the great tribulation, and we are very close to it
The world is in turmoil and chaos…but we must ask why…
Read on if you dare…
What we are seeing is the rise and revival of the Roman empire as spoken of in the word of God….its only going to grow worse for the world must have one leader come on the scene….
The Antichrist
Now for those who care to take a deep dive in the spiritual and Divine world of the Lord God Almighty….I would point you to the book below and follow along with the Holy Scriptures in hand for the word of God is absolute truth.
AW Pink – The Antichrist
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/p/pink/antichrist/cache/antichrist.pdf
For those who know the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, let this be a comfort to you knowing our Lord is standing at the door…
For those who do not know Christ as Lord and Savior…know this, He is Lord of all and it is only if you have a saving faith by His blood and have been born again that you will be in glory. Otherwise you will perish and be cast in the lake of fire for eternal punishment.
Proverbs 18:10-12
10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower and the righteous run into it and are safe
11- A rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination.
12- Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, But humility [goes] before honor.
and btw – those atheist who deny God, will be just like stephen hawkings…when the wake in hell and realize their so called wisdom of this world is futile…notice I did not say was…but is, for the spirit will be placed in a new body…and its only what you confess or lack of confess will determine the destination….Confess Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart He was raised from the dead and be saved to eternal life in glory or stiffen the neck and harden the heart and be sent to the lake of fire….for eternal torment.
It looks like we may be on the verge off Christ’s second coming. The Bible indicates there’s a major war against Israel n then the Antichrist comes to power to make peace in the middle East. That only lasts for 7 years, n 3 1/2 years into that time of ‘peace’ he makes it so that Christian’s are no longer able to buy or sell unless they have his ‘ mark’. Very similar to the vaccine passport they’re talking about now.
IDK what it’ll be, scripture doesn’t say. I do think the time of Christ’s second coming is soon upon us. We shall soon see I think.
Blessing upon all as we prepare for the 3 1/2 yr period were we’re unable to buy/sell, then Christ’s triumphant return at the end of the 7 year tribulation period!!!
Inflation is what I have always called the “I -word”. A dirty word with ramifications to follow. Our analysis on inflation and economic preparations for patriots can be found at the http://www.therepublic1776.com
The Truth is coming out and soon they will all burn in hell and be eliminated from this planet Earth …. they have no use here.
this probably sounds silly, but I’ve thought this for long time, that it will happen. I’m surprised that it hasn’t happened sooner.
Ya didn’t mention isreal caused these problems by bombing gaza first and killed oh I forget, over 20 adults and several children.
The rocket mess was retaliation for their citizens being murdered, now isreal is killing more people posed as retaliation.. so much bs.
I hope a higher power comes soon. I’m sick of reading about innocent children suffering and dying because ruthless humans adults want to kill just to get their way.