Saturday, September 30, 2023

Death of the middle class: Will the peasants survive?

Exclusive: Patrice Lewis warns of what global elites have determined is our future

For the past 33 years, my husband and I have been clinging to a middle-class lifestyle.

In many respects we are blessed beyond measure. After getting married in 1990, we purchased our first starter home on four acres in 1993 for an affordable price. We moved rural, started a home woodcraft business, plunged into intense financial insecurity, then climbed back out again into the middle class. During this process, we learned the art of frugality to the nth degree.

We moved again in 2003 to larger but still affordable home (we had kids by then) on more acreage, built up a homestead, raised and homeschooled our daughters, continued to support ourselves through our woodcraft business and worked very hard to keep our financial heads above water. We were still middle class, but barely. Debt hovered over us. Frugality is what got us by.

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We downsized in 2020 to a smaller home on smaller acreage, paid off all debt, gifted the woodcraft business to our older daughter, and embarked on a life of continued frugality as we earn our income through various freelance means. Thanks to decades of frugality and a grim determination never to be in debt again, we can still count ourselves among the middle class.

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But now the global elites have determined the middle class should die.

The starter home we purchased three decades ago became the collateral to upgrade or downsize over the term of our married life. That's what kept us in the middle class, even on a woodcrafter's income.

But the younger generations, including our kids, don't have that option. Many are locked out of home ownership or other middle-class benchmarks through no fault of their own. Wages are stagnant, home prices and mortgage rates are skyrocketing, starter homes are practically nonexistent, and inflation continues to climb. It is inexorable that the middle class is losing its grip and sliding downward.

It's not just the younger generations either. A good friend who is my age admitted rising costs are hitting her family hard. "We figured that due to increases in everything, we have a shortfall each month of at least $2,000," she said. She says they'll be OK, but it's scary. They're ramping up some side gigs to survive.

Meanwhile, wealth – much of it the wealth of the middle class – is being consolidated into the hands of the few. We are being pushed, whether we like it or not, toward a dystopian future where we'll own nothing and allegedly be happy about it. (Personally, I always thought that globalist "promise" sounded like a threat.)

"With government support, whether right- or left-wing, the new billionaire class freely engages in the transferring of wealth from the lower classes unto themselves," writes columnist Hanne Nabintu Herland. "Since the 1980s, this development has accelerated through the rise of the globalist transnational business model. It is dependent upon weak nation states and open borders in order to access a cheaper labor force, and it refuses to pay taxes to any given country or redistribute wealth when outsourcing jobs to low-cost nations."

It gets worse. "[T]he rules that apply to regular citizens, who are so heavily taxed in many nations that they hardly make ends meet, does not apply to the top elite," continues Herland

"The people are rendered practically voiceless in the billionaire-owned mainstream media. This, by the way, was Vladimir Lenin's communist recipe of how to get rid of the middle class: 

'The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.' … We are sinking into the quagmire of national poverty while the billionaire class takes it all."

Public education, from kindergarten through graduate school, teaches young people the evils of free market capitalism, and the wonders and security of socialism. 

As the middle-class lifestyle moves increasing out of their grasp, those younger people are embracing the very structure that is destroying the world economy and their own prospects.

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Now the chickens are starting to come home to roost. 

As a cohort, the younger generations will never be able to achieve the middle-class lifestyle that was so common among their parents. Without the traditional trappings of adulthood – including home ownership – how will younger generations achieve the usual benchmarks of the middle class? Short answer: Many won't.

Deprived of the wealth-building opportunities that derive from historic capitalism (which is vastly different from crony capitalism) that pulled millions out of poverty, the middle class is systematically being robbed of their wealth by the globalists. My friend is a classic example, and she and her husband may soon drop out of the middle class.

Meanwhile, in an unprecedented development, a tiny class of elites will control most of the world's assets. This has happened before in various regional régimes, of course, but never on a global scale. We're definitely entering unknown territory here.

And honestly, it's no secret what the globalists have in mind, though any speculation is dismissed as a "conspiracy theory" (though as the saying goes, the difference between a conspiracy theory and reality is six months or less).

That's why global crisis after global crisis is being pushed with such aggression. If the COVID scare didn't work, maybe climate change will. If that fails to cow enough people, then expect some other dire global emergency to emerge.

Along these lines, sovereign nations are handing over their sovereignty to global entities with nary a peep. 

The World Health Organization, for example, can declare a pandemic (or even a potential one) based on little more than hearsay. Not only are nations obliged to push the WHO's narrative, but it also means a loss of medical freedom and bodily autonomy for us peasants.

As things become more centralized and oppressive, I believe people will instinctively expand their personal "parallel economy" activities while tightening their circles. Expect a lot more gardens and backyard chickens. Expect a lot more self-employment and entrepreneurship. Expect a lot more interest in alternative medicine. Expect a lot more small-scale manufacturing. Expect a lot more unconventional educational options.

None of this will be done with blowing horns and clanging symbols. It will be done quietly, but with steely determination.

The elites may kill the middle class, but the peasants won't die. We're tougher than they think.

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It's God vs. the globalists: Guess who wins?

Exclusive: Craige McMillan notes, 'Arrogance before one's Creator has only 1 possible outcome'

Many of us are now busy preparing for a globalist takeover of national governments. If we like that idea, we might point to the U.N.'s many successes (you can quote that word or not) in our world, and point out how well governments can work together when they have some central guidance.

If we don't like that idea, we are probably looking for a way to make ourselves small and unnoticed, hoping to slip through the cracks and live the rest of our lives in peace. Given the egos of the globalists, however, I think success in obscurity is unlikely.

The fact is, the globalists don't so much want you under their governing thumb; they want you dead, to make way for their super-race. If that sounds vaguely familiar, check back into Nazi propaganda about the super-race they wanted to build. For the sake of the world, the Jews had to die, so the new master race could take over and save us all.

Odd though, isn't it? The Bible tells us that mankind is made in the image of God, but in both modern efforts, those made in the image and likeness of God have to die so global government can usher in the new master race.

The main problem the globalists have is something they should surely have understood before they started. In this sense they are victims of their own efforts to secularize the world by substituting a big bang for Creation, and evolution from pond scum as humanity's origin. Neither is correct, but both lead to perpetually flawed views of life, the universe and everything.

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Nor do they own the earth. Being the Creator requires more than just planting your flag on a pile of rocks and claiming the planet. The Nazis at least held title to Germany, by virtue of capturing the government during an election. The war this time is larger, and the globalist claim to ownership less convincing than during World War II.

The real problem for the globalists rolling out a new World War, to bring forth their One World Government out of the ashes, is that they are battling the Original Creator of the heavens and the earth for control of His Creation. God has a certain fondness for humanity, since Jesus paid for our Redemption by taking our death upon Himself and overcoming it, thereby redeeming all of us who accept his sacrifice.

The way out for us and the globalists is the same: Repentance and accepting what Jesus did for us at the Cross. If you doubt the outcome of this globalist war against the Creator, go through the Bible and count the number of battles God has lost.

Germany had a much better chance of defeating the entire world than the globalists have of defeating the Creator God. Arrogance before one's Creator has only one possible outcome.

God's destruction of any of His Creation gives Him no pleasure. That is what the globalists have signed up for, whether they know it or not.

God always offers a way out. But in the end, He will protect His Creation, so that we can fulfill our destiny. 

The globalists will not be left in control of anything. The entire Babylonian system that Satan has built for humanity is coming down. 

God's intended system of government will arise from the ashes. The Bride does not labor alone. She has all the resources of her Beloved at her disposal, to make the earth what God always intended it to be. Pray for the Bride's unity, and her ability to work in the strength of her Beloved. What emerges will be beyond even imaging.

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Blue city's fentanyl crisis so bad, officials ask all citizens to carry NARCAN

'Everyone should carry naloxone, get trained to use it and to recognize the signs of overdose'

A Republican Congresswoman is warning America that the fentanyl crisis – exacerbated by President Biden's lax border policies and liberal crime policies – has gotten so bad that New York City is now calling on its citizens to carry NARCAN with them at all times to help save people whose lives are threatened by drug overdose.

"This morning our city put out an advisory that the people of the City of New York should carry around NARCAN with them – that's how bad the fentanyl crisis has gotten," Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., said at a press event with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Wednesday – "recommending the citizens of New York walk around with NARCAN."

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NARCAN is the best-known brand for naloxone. NARCAN's website in its "FAQs" (frequently asked questions) section describes NARCAN this way: "NARCAN Nasal Spray was designed to rapidly reverse the effects of a life-threatening opioid emergency. Is is used to revive someone during an overdose from many prescription pain medications or street drugs such as heroin and is available as an over-the-counter treatment."

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It states: "Naloxone, the active ingredient in NARCAN Nasal Spray, competes with opioids to bind the same receptors in the brain, reversing the effects of an opioid overdose in 2 to 3 minutes. This allows time for emergence medical help to arrive," answering the question, "How does NARCAN Nasal Spray work?"

In a Sept. 25 New York City Health Department press release, Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan said: “This crisis is killing a New Yorker every three hours and is impacting every individual and family in our city and in our nation. No one is spared, even if you think otherwise. If you use drugs, know someone who is using drugs, or might be around drug use, there are simple steps we can take.

"First, everyone should carry naloxone, get trained to use it and to recognize the signs of overdose. 

Second, no one should use or allow anyone else to use drugs alone. Third, if you use drugs, seek care, support and treatment, we have a range of options and harm reduction is the foundation. And lastly, everyone should have a candid, judgement-free conversation at your kitchen table about drugs and their danger. We’re all in this together," Vasan said.

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At the Capitol press event, Malliotakis said, "We had a one-year-old baby die last week at a day care center where there was a drug ring in the basement of that facility. Between the bail law of New York that allows drug traffickers and drug dealers back on to our streets, and the open border, this is the crisis that we're seeing. Unprecedented."

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Conservative journalist Collin Rugg cited the NARCAN advisory to illustrate how far New York City has fallen, and said, "Life didn't have to be this way, NYC."

"JUST IN: New York City is now calling on *all* residents to carry Narcan with them at all times as the city's drug crisis continues to spiral out of control," Rugg wrote in a Wednesday X post.

"Life didn't have to be this way, NYC," he said in the post, which was accompanied by an amateur video of what appears to be a stumbling, drug-addicted man walking aimlessly on a city street. The man shooting the video says the street bum is "high on drugs."

"The NYC Health Department made the announcement as one New Yorker is dying every three hours from an overdose. Narcan is known for reversing overdoses. No one is spared, even if you think otherwise. If you use drugs, know someone who is using drugs, or might be around drug use, there are simple steps we can take. First, everyone should carry naloxone, get trained to use it and to recognize the signs of overdose," said Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, Rugg wrote.

His X post ends: "Sad to see what NYC has become."

IMPORTANT NOTE TO WND READERS: Believe it or not, today's high priests of climate-change apocalypse are correct in predicting that in just a few short years, the earth will become miserable, wretched and almost uninhabitable by human beings. But the grim future they envision won't come about because of "catastrophic climate change," but rather, because of the implementation of their completely insane and truly catastrophic agenda.

As Greenpeace co-founder Dr. Patrick Moore recently admitted, "If they actually achieve Net Zero, at least 50% of the population would die of hunger and disease." Likewise, writes energy expert and author Alex Epstein: "Today's proposed policies to rapidly eliminate fossil fuel use would, if fully implemented, have truly apocalyptic consequences – making the world an impoverished, dangerous, and miserable place for most people."

Question: When the scientific case for global warming apocalypse consists primarily of a 1-degree Celsius rise in temperature over more than 130 years, what explains the obsession with an imminent, climate-caused end of the world?

Although many groups have been drawn into the Climate Change Cult – from the news media (which has warned of climate catastrophe, either global warming or a "new ice age," for over a century!), to innocent school kids indoctrinated by hysterical leftist teachers, to liberal Democrats who claim "climate change" will destroy the earth in a few years – the REAL villains are the national and global elites who KNOW the apocalyptic global warming religion is just a cruel hoax, but promote and exploit it as a means of accomplishing their ultimate goal: Transforming and ruling the world.

The heart and soul of today's bizarre, pagan climate-change religion, and the global elites' strategies for using it to rule all of mankind, is powerfully exposed and illuminated in the September issue of WND's critically acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine, an issue titled "CULT OF THE CLIMATE APOCALYPSE: The elites' breathtaking strategy for ruling the world." WHISTLEBLOWER is available in both the popular print edition and a state-of-the-art digital version, either single issues or discounted annual subscriptions.

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LET'S END THE BORDER CRISIS

 

Hundreds of thousands are flooding across the border — each month! Over 2.7 million illegally crossed the border in 2022, up 1 million from 2021. 

And 2023 will likely be even higher. "These are truly mind-blowing numbers," said Steven Kotpis, president of Princeton Policy Review.

This chaos is killing people through fentanyl overdose, drunk driving, gang violence, and murder of people like 9-year-old Daniel.


Daniel Enrique Laso-Gusman died late at night when his father asked a neighbor to shoot his gun on the other side of his house because their baby was sleeping. 

The neighbor, Francisco Oropesa Perez-Torres, who illegally crossed the border, was drunk. 

The family called 911 five times, but police couldn't get there fast enough, and five people needlessly lost their lives.

None of this should have happened. 

Fransisco had been deported in March 2009, September 2009, January 2012, and again in July 2016.

This was the fifth time Fransisco had come to America — illegally.

Joe Biden has opened commercial airports to fly illegal immigrants to the airport of their choice, maybe even one near you! 

The Biden administration refuses to disclose which airports are a part of this program, but hundreds of thousands of people have taken advantage of this airport loophole to at least 43 airports. 

Upon landing, they are released to go anywhere they wish.

This open border is having a massive impact on crime, overwhelming available resources, and killing people with fentanyl from China. 

DEMAND that Congress secure the border. 

HR 2 will go a long way to securing our border. We must also encourage governors to protect their borders. 

Even blue states are realizing this is unsustainable. Your critical faxes will demand that our key leaders take action! — Mat


Friend,
 

April 30, 2023, was a night of horror. Five people are dead — ages 9, 18, 21, 25, and 31. 

A drunk neighbor was shooting randomly late at night and became enraged when asked to stop.

"We saw him, he was leaving his property and cocked his gun," Daniel's father, Wilson, said. "I told my wife [Sonia] to get inside because he cocked his gun and he might come threaten us. 

So my wife said, ‘You go inside, I don't think he will fire at me because I'm a woman, I'll stay here at the door.'"

That bravery cost her life. 

Francisco shot Daniel's mom first. 

When young Daniel saw his mom's body drop, the 9 year old rushed to protect her. 

He was too late to do anything but drew the attention of this killer who, turning on Daniel, shot and killed him.

The other people in the home tried to scatter. 

A young woman shoved Daniel's father out the window and urged him to run, because his children had just lost their mother. 

They couldn't lose him too! 

This woman heroically returned to where Daniel's two siblings were and used her body as a shield to protect a 2 year old, while laundry was thrown on an infant to hide the infant from the shooter. 

They survived, but the brave woman and two other young adults were murdered.

The children were covered in the blood of people who died to save them. 

The scene was chilling with people shot in the neck, execution style.

Our open border policy caused this trauma and death. 

And these tragic stories are happening every day. 

We can stop it. Congress holds the purse, and they can draw the line on what should be a bipartisan issue. 

Send urgent faxes to key legislators and to our governors to act quickly.

Crimes like what happened to Daniel are becoming a frequent occurrence! 

Organized crime is active and growing in our southern states.

"Non-citizens constitute only about 7 percent of the U.S. population," according to The Heritage Foundation. 

But "non-citizens accounted for nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of all federal arrests in 2018... 

Non-citizens accounted for 24 percent of all federal drug arrests, 25 percent of all federal property arrests, and 28 percent of all federal fraud arrests." 

And under the Biden administration, these numbers are outdated. The situation is much worse.

In San Diego alone, 3,000 illegal immigrants were dropped off in a residential neighborhood by the federal government. 

But that is just a fraction of the 2,388,350 government encounters with illegals in the fiscal year 2023 alone, according to Fox News.

In addition to the crime against American citizens, women and children illegally crossing the border are being sex-trafficked — the world's second-largest criminal enterprise generating an estimated 150 billion dollars annually.

Of the total number in the U.S., about 72% of the victims are illegal immigrants. 

Sex trafficking in America cannot be adequately addressed unless the illegal border crossings are stopped.

Property owners on the southern border are finding "sex trees," which is where the smugglers hang the underwear of the women and children they brutally rape.

ENOUGH! We must stop the invasion of America. 

We haven't even begun to talk about terrorists who are crossing the border. 

Please take a stand and demand Congress secure the border.

Demand Congress secure the border and urge governors to secure their states against this invasion. Send faxes today to make your voice heard — SECURE THE BORDER — STOP THE INVASION!


We must end the lawlessness, and stop violent murderers, drug lords and MS-13 gang members. We cannot do that with open borders.

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P.S. We need to send a clear message to Congress to secure the borders. We have also provided the option to urge governors to do everything in their power to stop the invasion.

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Sources:

"3,000 Migrants Dropped off in Arizona as Street Releases Increase." NewsNation. September 19, 2023. Newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/migrants-dropped-off-in-arizona-as-street-releases-increase/.

Bensman, Todd. "New Records: Biden DHS Has Approved Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants for Secretive Foreign Flights Directly into U.S. Airports." Todd Bensman, September 24, 2023. Toddbensman.com/new-records-biden-dhs-has-approved-hundreds-of-thousands-of-migrants-for-secretive-foreign-flights-directly-into-u-s-airports/.

"I Went through the Airport and Can't Believe What's about to Happen in the US." Youtube. Accessed September 28, 2023. Youtu.be/sHdFcO1W4s4?si=INPy1SLN7gxjjzRi.

Lavandera, Elizabeth Wolfe. "Father Whose Wife and Child Were among 5 Shot and Killed by a Neighbor in Texas Recalls How the Attack Unfolded." CNN, May 1, 2023. Cnn.com/2023/05/01/us/cleveland-texas-neighbor-shooting-monday/index.html.

Reyes, Ronny. "Texas Shooting Victim Daniel Enrique Laso, 9, Died Trying to Protect Mom." New York Post, May 1, 2023. Nypost.com/2023/05/01/texas-shooting-victim-daniel-enrique-laso-9-died-trying-to-protect-mom/.

Von Spakovsky, Hans. "Crimes by Illegal Immigrants Widespread across U.S.--Sanctuaries Shouldn't Shield Them." The Heritage Foundation, 2019. Heritage.org/crime-and-justice/commentary/crimes-illegal-immigrants-widespread-across-us-sanctuaries-shouldnt.

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A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT CHILDREN


by  | Sep 29, 2023 | Living Proof Tent CrusadesMario Murillo Ministries 

A major announcement about children, from Mario Murillo

For those who are coming to our next event in the Tent, we have a major announcement. WE are going to have our very first Children’s crusade in Winston-Salem, NC.

You heard right. Right next to our big top tent there will be another tent. In that tent, the Glory of God will fall on children. This crusade will be for children between 5 and 11 years old.

Starting today, you can register your child who are between the ages of 5 and 11 years old for this program. Use this link to register your child right now.

https://bit.ly/NC-Children

This is also a big announcement for the army of God: 

This is a declaration of war on the enemy’s attempt to steal our children!

The benefits of this children’s crusade cannot be overstated.

-Many parents who want to come and hear the gospel and be healed.  But they are often unable because there is no program for their children. This new ministry will open the floodgates of blessing for many.

-This will be a top-notch program. It will be led by Mike Watson, the director of children’s ministry at Agape Faith Church in Clemmons, NC. He is well know for the excellence he brings to children’s ministry. The parents in the big Tent will have peace of mind. Their children will have a great time, and receiving powerful ministry.

-The priority will be on excellence and safety. This children’s outreach will follow strict protocols to ensure that every child is safe and happy in their tent. We are thrilled to be able to partner with the talented and competent ministry of Mike and his team.

 

HIS REIGNFOREST ADVENTURE FOR CHILDREN WILL HAPPEN EVERY NIGHT OF THE CRUSADE IN WINSTON-SALEM.  https://bit.ly/NC-Children

Here is how you can be a hero to children:

-Volunteer! Use the special link to fill out the volunteer form that is specifically for children’s workers. Assist Mike Watson and his team in this amazing mission.

Think of it! A child won to Jesus today, can offer Him a lifetime of service. And in this day when so much evil is directed at children, you can be a force for good.

-Spread the word that a children’s crusade is happening alongside the Living Proof Crusade. Invite anyone you know who wants to be saved and healed to come to Winstons-Salem, NC, October 22nd through the 25th.

And now you can tell them something more.  Children between the ages of 5 and 11, will have their own wonderful event!

The bottom line: Register your child. Volunteer to work with the children. Invite and bring people to the Living Proof Crusade. And, please, join us in prayer as we come before the Throne in faith, expecting a great moral awakening!

VOLUNTEER TO SERVE AT LIVING PROOF WINSTON-SALEM  https://mariomurillo.org/nc-signup