SOME WORLD NEWS

AUSTRALIA  BURNING

WELL  TECHNICALLY  IT  IS   NEW  SOUTH  WALES  IN  AUSTRALIA  THAT  IS  BURNING.

BUSH  FIRES  ARE  NOTHING  NEW  TO  AUSTRALIANS.  BUT  FOR  THIS  TIME  OF  THE  YEAR [NOT  YET  SUMMER]  IT  IS  VERY  UNUSUAL.

80  FIRES  BURNING,  MOST  OUT  OF  CONTROL.  200  HOMES  BURNT  DOWN  SO  FAR  AND  MANY  MORE  DAMAGED.

AGAIN  FREAKY  WEATHER  THAT  IS  POPING  UP  MORE  AND  MORE  IN  DIFFERENT  PARTS  OF  THE  WORLD.

MILLIONAIRES

WHERE  WOULD  YOU  THINK  IS  THE  PLACE  WITH  MORE  MILLIONAIRES
PER  HEAD  THAN  ANYWHERE  ELSE  ON  EARTH.  MAYBE  YOU'D  THINK  IN  ONE  OF  THE  ARAB  OIL  NATIONS;  MAYBE  IN  LOS  ANGELES;  MAYBE  IN  CALGARY [OIL  CAPITAL  OF  CANADA],  WE  SURE  HAVE  LOTS  OF  THEM  HERE  WHERE  I  LIVE.

YOU'D  BE  WRONG!

THERE  ARE  MORE  MILLIONAIRES  PER  HEAD  IN  SINGAPORE  THAN  ANYWHERE  ELSE  IN  THE  WORLD.

UNLESS  YOUR  WATCHING  BBC  WORLD  NEWS  YOU  AIN'T  GOING  TO  EVER  HEAR  MUCH  ABOUT  THIS  WEALTHY  PLACE.

UNITED  ARAB  EMIRATES  [EMERITS]

UNLESS  YOU  ARE  WATCHING  BBC  WORLD  NEWS  YOU  PROBABLY  HAVEN'T  A  CLUE  ABOUT  THIS  PART  OF  THE  WORLD.

THEY  ARE  RICH  AND  PROGRESSIVE  IN  MANY  WAYS.  THEIR  FASHION INDUSTRY  IS  HUGE,  JUST  HUGE.

SYRIA

NOW  WE  HAVE  POCKETS  OF  THE  SO-CALLED  "REBELS"  CUT  OFF  FROM  .... WELL  EVERYTHING;  NO  GOING  IN,  NO  COMING  OUT.  SURROUNDED  BY  GOVERNMENT  ARMY  FORCES.  THEY  ARE  TOLD  TO  SURRENDER  OR  STARVE  TO  DEATH.  HUMANE  ORGANIZATIONS  ARE  TRYING  TO  PLEAD  WITH  "THE  GOVERNMENT"  TO  LET  THEM  TAKE  FOOD  INTO  THOSE  AREAS  FOR  ESPECIALLY  THE  WOMEN  AND  CHILDREN,  WHO  ARE  JUST  STUCK  BETWEEN  A  ROCK  AND  A  HARD  PLACE  AS  WE  SAY.

USA  GOVERNMENT  REACH  DEAL

SO  FOR  NOW  THEY  SQUEAKED  UNDER  THE  LINE  FOR  A  "DEBT  CEILING" ..... UNTIL,  WELL  MAYBE  FEBRUARY,  AND  THEY  VERY  WELL MAY  GO  AT  IT  AGAIN.

LISTENING  TO  CANADA'S  FAMOUS  RADIO  SHOW  "AS  IT  HAPPENS" [BROADCASTED  IN  MANY  WAYS  TO  THE  WESTERN  WORLD]  NIGHTY  6:30  TO  8:00  PM  MONDAY  THROUGH  FRIDAY;  THEY  INTERVIEWED  SOME  BUSINESS  PEOPLE  HIT  BY  THE  PART  SHUT  DOWN  OF  THE  USA GOVERNMENT.

ONE  FACT  SEEMS  TO  BE  CLEAR ..... THEIR  IS  ANGER  FOR  BOTH  SIDES FROM  THE  GENERAL  POPULATION.

AND  I  CAN  UNDERSTAND.  THEY  ACT  AT  TIMES  LIKE  LITTLE  CHILDREN  SQUABBLING  IN  THE  BACK  YARD.  I  CANNOT  THINK  OF  ANY  FREE  NATION  GOVERNMENTS  IN  THE  WEST  THAT  ACT  LIKE  THIS,  OH  WELL  MAYBE  ITALY  IS  ON  PAR  WITH  THE  USA.

IT  SEEMS  TODAY  THE  USA  GOVERNMENT  IS  A  BIG  JOKE  MORE  OFTEN  THAN  NOT.

LOSS  OF  BILLIONS

NOT  SURPRISING  OF  COURSE,  BUT  THE  LOSS  OF  ECONOMIC  MONEY  FOR  THE  UPRISING  ARAB  COUNTRIES  LIKE  EGYPT,  SYRIA,  LYBIA,  AND  WHOEVER  ESLE  IS  GOING  THROUGH  A  "FREEDOM  MARCH,"  IS  IN  THE  BILLIONS  OF  DOLLARS  LOST  FOR  THEIR  ECONOMIES.  IT  MAY  BE YEARS  BEFORE  THEY  EVER  GET  STABLE  ENOUGH  TO  DECIDE  THERE  IS  POWER  IN  UNITY,  AND  SO  FORM  A  UNION,  CALLED  IN  THE  BOOK OF  DANIEL,  "THE  KING  OF  THE  SOUTH."

KEEP  YOUR  EYES  AND  EARS  ON  THEM.
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