How do we make sense of the world? There is so much going on at any given time, what are the building blocks of geopolitics and how do we make sense of them. In this series of podcasts, we begin with looking at the how to do this.

Making Sense of the World

Bruning

Hard2Swallow - Try

Hard2Swallow - Reallity Slap

Hard2Swallow - One Man's War

Hard2Swallow - Ear Pollution

Hard2Swallow - Burning

The war in Ukraine has just passed its 18-month anniversary. It was on 24 February 2022 when Russian troops crossed into Ukraine beginning Europe's first interstate war since WW2. Since then, the west has provided military and economic support to Ukraine whilst Russia has been trying to conquer territory and grind out a victory.

18 Months of War in Ukraine

Although more often remembered only as a bloody battleground, Belgium -- along with its smaller neighbor, Luxembourg -- was critical to the strategic landscape of Europe, and played a pivotal role in spreading the war in 1914 beyond the European Continent, making it into a true World War.  Both created as independent states in the nineteenth century, Belgium  and Luxembourg were linchpins in the delicate balance of power, as well as crucibles of the new social divides in a secularizing and industrializing Europe.

Image:  Painting of the Citadel of St. Esprit, Luxembourg, by JMW Turner, 1839.

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Origins of the First World War, pt. 7 -- Belgium & Luxembourg

Big Changes happening!  Stay Grounded in Christ!  Amos 9
Michael reminded us of previous statements of "they want a woman president" and a man with big ears.
Presently there is a "no confidence" decision in America's leadership.  The world has situational awareness of the weakness in America and will take advantage of it.  The window is coming for it.
Everyone is moving into position..  
True serpents will begin to rise all over the earth.  Lawsuits are coming.  Financial jumble in the markets...Bitcoin is dropped for the US to purchase low and it will soon rise 3X.
China is above the US...they do not have the restraints with their public that we do and have gain in space.
East and West directions will change.
If the blood of the innocents is found in any place - that place must fall, according to the Lord.
All the idols will be hewn down.
You are the protection of a place...the mercy of the Lord holds for believers.  Learn to understand what the Lord is speaking to you.  Be fully hidden in your Lord.  Before the Lord does something He will put it in us to call it forth...He works thru us.

07 04 2024  Morning Brief - The Seat Of Power Must Change - 4 Days

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Daniel Farber, a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, about Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a Supreme Court case decided earlier this summer that overturned decades of precedent set under a 1984 case that itself led to a legal principle, or doctrine, that people call the Chevron deference. The Chevron deference is a long-standing legal precedent that required courts to defer to the application of laws as interpreted by government agencies if the relevant statute was ambiguous and if the interpretation made by the agency was reasonable. Farber discusses the history of the Chevron deference, the legal arguments that the current Supreme Court justices asserted in the decision that overturned Chevron, and the implications of this decision for future environmental regulation and policymaking.

References and recommendations:

“Après Chevron, Judges Rule” blog post by Alan Krupnick, Joshua Linn, and Nathan Richardson; https://www.resources.org/common-resources/apres-chevron-judges-rule/

“The Regulatory Review” blog; https://www.theregreview.org/

“Legal Planet” blog; https://legal-planet.org/

Implications of the Supreme Court Overturning the Chevron Decision, with Daniel Farber

Things are hotting up in the Middle East with Israel about to imminently launch a strike on Iran due to its missile strikes on Israeli targets. Talk of a major escalation are now reaching fever pitch with WW3 now considered a likely outcome. Iran and Israel have been enemies for decades and now their enmity has spilled out into public view with devastating consequences. Are we really on the brink?

Countdown to War

History lectures by Samuel Biagetti, a historian (and antique dealer) with a Phd in early American history; my dissertation was on Freemasonry in the 1700s. I focus on the historical myths and distortions, from "the Middle Ages" to "Race," that people use to rationalize the world in which we live.   More info at www.historiansplaining.com

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