It is not only European households that have been struggling. The National Energy Assistance Directors Association warned that more than 20 million U.S. households are behind on their utility bills. The organization also estimated that the average cost of home heating during the winter season will rise more than 17 percent, to $1,202, the highest in a decade (pdf).
Category: Progressive Govt. / Socialism / Communism
See why more liberal-leaning women are buying guns – CNN, 9-27-22
This post contains a 6-minute video about women being trained to use firearms. The CNN reporter spoke with a lot of the women in the interview and two different trainers. [Gun sales have surged since the riots of 2020, and it seems that voters are speaking to this matter also – rejecting candidates soft on crime.]
California Crime Wave Fueled by ‘Well-Intentioned but Misguided’ Policies: District Attorney – Epoch Times
Epoch Times interviewed Vern Pierson, district attorney of El Dorado County in Northern California, about the crime wave in CA. Pierson provided lots of specifics. In general, the voters and the politicians are at odds with one another: voters want more accountability and politicians are becoming more lenient. [If you just watch the excerpt, you will wonder how merchants can continue in business with the vast amount of merchandise that is being stolen daily. The police seem to be stuck in the middle, and figuratively hand-cuffed. If you do not want your neighborhood to be like the above video, don’t vote democrat — that is the main point I got from the video.]
FBI Conducts Dawn Raid on Home of Catholic Pro-Life Speaker – Epoch Times
The FBI reportedly arrested Catholic pro-life activist and author Mark Houck in a raid on his rural home early Friday morning. Houck, 48, of Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, is the latest target of a string of Department of Justice-sponsored SWAT raids and arrests, as at least two dozen federal agents swarmed his property in Bucks County with around 15 vehicles at 7:05 a.m. on Sept. 23, reported LifeSite News. “The kids were all just screaming,” Houck’s wife, Ryan-Marie, told the online news portal. “It was all just very scary and traumatic.” …When he opened the door, “they had big, huge rifles pointed at Mark and pointed at me and kind of pointed throughout the house,” Ryan-Marie Houck told LifeSite.
Americans Have Lost $4,200 in Annual Income Under Biden Administration: Report – Epoch Times
Consumer prices have risen 12.7 percent since January 2021, much faster than wages, which Foundation analysts say has lost the average American worker $3,000 in annual purchasing power. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve’s tighter monetary policy to combat inflation has meant that interest rates are rising, resulting in increased borrowing costs on mortgages, vehicle loans, and credit cards. This, Heritage Foundation analysts say, has reduced the average American’s purchasing power by another $1,200 per year. …direct result of a president and Congress addicted to spending our money, combined with a Federal Reserve compliantly enabling this addiction by printing more dollars.
Articles of the Week – Curtis Bowers, September 17-23 AW
This ‘behind the scenes,’ portion of Curtis Bowers’ AW contains a linked 34-minute video and links to the following articles: Grassroot Election Integrity Movement Sweeps Battleground States; The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime; Transhumanism: A Religion for Postmodern Times; and Why Questioning Elections in America Is Free Speech by Joseph Farah.
AGENDA Weekly Brief Week of September 18-24, 2022 – By Curtis Bowers
The following topics are considered by Curtis Bowers regarding how the agenda of the left can be seen via current events: BIDEN MOVES CLOSER TO CREATION OF CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY; POLITICO: BILL GATES CONTROLLED COVID-19 RESPONSE; WEF SAYS COVID LOCKDOWNS WERE TEST RUN FOR CLIMATE LOCKDOWNS; LEFTIST KILLS “REPUBLICAN EXTREMIST” FOLLOWING BIDEN’S STATEMENTS; DOJ TARGETS THOSE WHO QUESTIONED 2020 ELECTION; “SPECIAL MASTER” BETRAYS TRUMP; DEEP STATE STILL TARGETING ELECTIONS; VANDERBILT MUTILATING CHILDREN FOR MONEY; BIDEN SAYS PANDEMIC IS OVER, BUT DOES NOT RESCIND MANDATES; COVID VACCINES ARE DAMAGING REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM; ILLEGALS FOR THEE, BUT NOT FOR ME, and much more behind the scenes information.
Biden Family Worked to Sell American Gas to China, GOP Lawmaker Says Citing Whistleblower – Epoch Times
The Biden family was selling U.S natural gas to China long before Joe Biden became president, who was aware of how his son Hunter Biden was making the sale possible, according to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, citing documents and information provided by a whistleblower. Hunter Biden had a Chinese Communist Party member as his assistant while dealing with the Chinese side for the shipping of American natural gas to China in 2017, and the Biden family was promising business associates that they would reap rewards once Biden became president, said Comer in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen dated Sept. 20.
Venezuela Empties Prisons and Sends Criminals to US Border: House Republicans – Epoch Times
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), who is leading the Republican effort to have Mayorkas answer questions, said in the Sept. 22 letter that the decision by the Nicolas Maduro regime has put the United States “in grave danger.” “We write you with serious concern about a recent U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intelligence report received by Border Patrol that instructs agents to look for violent criminals from Venezuela among the migrant caravans heading towards the U.S.-Mexico border,” …Former President Donald Trump issued such a warning several times in 2021. He did it again last week while speaking to radio show host Hugh Hewitt, when he said America had become a “dumping ground” as other nations were “emptying their prisons into the United States.”
Christians Will Be Tested During These Last Days by James Coates
Pastor James Coates preached on Joshua 1:7 in the 13-minute video excerpt of this post. The following are a few points from the sermon: Biblical courage is the resolve to do what God demands in the face of any and all opposition, regardless of the outcome or cost, and to do it in a Christ-like manner as fruit of the Spirit, otherwise, your courage is fleshly. To be strong and courageous is to be resolute in the discharge of duty. As: 1Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. As: 16:13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. God called Joshua to have such convictions