News and Prophecy Staff

Since 2009, 25% of Greek businesses have ceased operation, “and half of all small businesses in the country say they are unable to meet payroll.”  In addition, “the suicide rate increased by 40 percent in the first half of 2011.”  On a recent visit to Greece, a journalist observed, “It’s not uncommon to see decently dressed Greeks discreetly rummaging through garbage bins for food.  A new book about how the country survived the Nazi occupation—“Starvation Recipes”—has become a surprise hit.”

A major reason the Allied Powers defeated Nazi Germany in WWII was that the U.S. military-industrial complex vastly out-produced Germany.  Allied forces recently defeated the Gadhafi regime in Libya because of U.S. weapon supplies. However, the U.S. is now outsourcing military production and beginning to pay the price.

In an ongoing series of articles, The Financial Times of London has focused on the demise of capitalism—the economic engine behind Western economies.  The articles have noted a “crisis of legitimacy” or a “crisis of confidence” in the long-touted system, due mainly to the financial chaos wreaking havoc on world financial markets.  The current crisis gives rise to the big question, “Will capitalism continue or will it be replaced?”  Bible prophecies provide a glimpse into the future.

Burmese pythons were introduced into the Florida Everglades in the 1980s.  They escaped from captivity and pet owners also dump them when they become too large to keep.  The pythons are prolific and can grow to more than 15 feet long (5 meters) and weigh 150 pounds (75 kg).

A new Davidson College study reveals rapidly declining populations of indigenous Everglade mammals (e.g., raccoons, deer, opossum, and others), by more than 90% since the late 1990s.  Researchers believe the skyrocketing python population is to blame.  

“The portrait of a nation increasingly relaxed about ‘low-level dishonesty’ emerges in a major study” conducted by the University of Essex.  The report “suggests that the ‘integrity problem’ is likely to get worse because young people are more tolerant of dishonest behaviour than the older generation.”