News and Prophecy Staff

The United States and China have drafted strong sanctions against North Korea as a reaction to a recent nuclear test by the North Koreans (CBS News, March 7, 2013). In retaliation, North Korea has threatened a “pre-emptive nuclear strike” against the U.S. Although China is North Korea’s strongest ally in the region, the U.S. is blamed for the resolution.

The world is coming to realize the drug war is failing because of an ever-resilient enemy: the consumer who fuels the drug business.  Where there is a demand, there will be a supply. “In 2010, about 200 million people took illegal drugs… 40,000 tons of marijuana, 800 tons of cocaine, and 500 tons of heroin” (Der Spiegel, February 22, 2013).

A recent sobering headline reads: “Young minds are being conditioned by the violent sex they easily access online. Parents have ignored the peril for too long and must act fast” (The Sunday Times, February 24, 2013). Recent research suggests that the average age of first exposure to pornographic images is now age six! In fact, “…the largest consumers of internet porn are the 12-17 age group” (ibid.).

Last Friday a meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere and broke up, “raining fireballs” over central Russia. About 1,200 people were injured, most by shards of glass from windows shattered by the shockwaves. It created a flash of light described as making the night sky look “as bright as if it were day” (Reuters, February 15, 2013).

Muslim imam Anjem Choudary was secretly filmed in the UK mocking non-Muslims and calling on Muslims to wage a state-funded jihad against the non-believers (Telegraph, February 17, 2013).  He personally receives more than £25,000 ($38,000) in benefits from the UK government—£8,000 more than the average British soldier fighting in Afghanistan (ibid.).