Important Takeaways:
- More earthquakes recorded in Imperial County east of San Diego
- A series of small earthquakes were reported overnight in Imperial County, marking the third day of shaking in the region just east of San Diego County.
- A 4.1 magnitude earthquake was reported in Calipatria, which is just east of the southernmost point of the Salton Sea, at 11:53 p.m. Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was preceded and followed by 2.5-magnitude earthquakes.
- More than 2 dozen earthquakes have been recorded in El Centro since Sunday night, according to the USGS.
- About 25 miles south of Calipatria, several earthquakes and aftershocks were reported near El Centro on Sunday and Monday. The largest a 4.8 magnitude about 10 miles deep was a half mile northwest of El Centro and struck at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
- The City of El Centro said the earthquakes did cause some damage to a fourplex apartment complex in the city. The building suffered a waterline break when a water heater tipped over, which caused some minor flooding
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- How much do groceries cost in YOUR state? Fascinating study shows average US household spends $1,080 per month on their essentials – but costs vary by $304 across the country
- The average American household now spends $1,080 per month at the grocery store as two years of rampant inflation takes its toll on household budgets.
- But fresh analysis of US Census data shows shopping costs vary by as much as $304 per month state-by-state.
- The findings, from HelpAdvisor, show grocery spending is highest in California where the average household splashes out $297.72 per week – or around $1,190 per month.
- It was followed by Nevada, Mississippi and Washington where weekly spending amounts to $294.76, $290.64 and $287.67 respectively.
- By contrast, households in Wisconsin spend the least on groceries, with their weekly shop totaling $221.46 – or $885.84 per month.
- The cost of food-at-home specifically has risen 2.6 percent in the last 12 months.
- Recent research by Goldman Sachs suggested that rising prices was the driving factor behind the US population’s general pessimism about the economy.
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- Iran test fired advanced ballistic missiles on Tuesday in a series of war drills meant to prepare the Islamic Republic for a strike on Israeli military sites that house American-made F-35 fighter jets, according to the country’s state-controlled media.
- Iran claims its missiles are capable of striking deep into Israel and are capable of traveling more than 1,000 miles.
- A massive explosion Tuesday at an Iranian gas line also heightened the possibility of an Israeli confrontation with Tehran, as the hardline regime claimed the incident was a “terrorist act of sabotage.”
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- Israel-Hezbollah Tensions Rise With Rocket Barrage From Lebanon
- Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah intensified on Wednesday when Israeli towns and an army base came under what appeared to be the fiercest attacks from Lebanon since the confrontation began four months ago.
- The assault, presumed to be carried out by Hezbollah fighters based in Lebanon, prompted Israeli fighter jets to launch extensive strikes on the Iran-backed group’s positions.
- The barrage of missiles from Lebanon hit the town of Safed, about 13 kilometers (8 miles) from the border and deeper into Israel than previous attacks by Hezbollah. The group has been trading fire almost daily with Israel since its war with Hamas erupted in October, though those skirmishes have mostly been contained to the border area.
- Many Israeli politicians, including members of cabinet, have urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the army to act more aggressively against Hezbollah, the most powerful militia in the Middle East. It vows to destroy the Jewish state.
- “This isn’t just a dribble anymore, this is war,” Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, who’s long advocated a more aggressive stance against Hezbollah, said. “It is time to change the way we think.”
- Other officials were more measured, but also implied Israel would retaliate aggressively.
- “This morning we experienced a severe attack for which the response will come soon and with strength,” said Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war cabinet but who heads an opposition party.
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- Kansas City cops claim Super Bowl parade shooting that left one dead and 21 others injured – including NINE kids – was NOT targeted – as hero who took down gunman armed with high-caliber rifle speaks out
- Heroic fans who tackled one of the Kansas City Chiefs parade shooters have described holding him down and snatching his rifle after it fell onto the ground.
- Three people are in custody in connection with the incident that sparked panic among the crowds yesterday after the Chiefs celebrated their win, including the young man tackled as he attempted to flee the scene.
- Shots rang out moments after Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes left the stage next to Union Station, hundreds of thousands had gathered to party.
- What exactly led to the shooting remains unclear. Police last night said it was not ‘targeted’, but are yet to explain why the shooter was carrying a rifle. None of the suspects have been named.
- No charges have been announced, and police said no motive has been determined. Police have referred to the people in custody as being detained.
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Important Takeaways:
- Around 73 million induced abortions take place worldwide each year. Six out of 10 (61%) of all unintended pregnancies, and 3 out of 10 (29%) of all pregnancies, end in induced abortion (1).
- Comprehensive abortion care is included in the list of essential health care services published by WHO in 2020. Abortion is a simple health care intervention that can be effectively managed by a wide range of health workers using medication or a surgical procedure.
- [Do some simple math: what’s the number in ten years’ time? 730 million abortions. What’s the number in 20 years’ time? 1.5 billion Abortions. What would history say about us? World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the 2.3 billion people that comprised the global population in 1940.]
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- A report released on Tuesday revealed that under the Obama administration, the United States Intelligence Community (US IC) directed its foreign allies to spy on Donald Trump and his associates well before the FBI’s “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation in 2016 into alleged Trump campaign collusion with Russia.
- The joint report by veteran journalists Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi, and Alex Gutentag, citing sources close to a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HSPCI) investigation, stated– the US IC requested that its “Five Eyes” allies — the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand — surveil Trump and his associates and share any information gathered. Obama’s CIA Director, John Brennan, identified 26 Trump associates for surveillance and manipulation, an assignment confirmed by a source within the US IC.
- This kind of intelligence gathering is illegal under U.S. law unless a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant is obtained. The bombshell report will likely increase concerns about U.S. intelligence interference in the 2024 election.
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- ‘We Have It! Let’s Use It!’ – AI Quick to Opt for Nuclear War in Simulations
- The ‘Escalation Risks from Language Models in Military and Diplomatic Decision-Making’ paper analyzed OpenAI LLMs, Meta’s Llama-2-Chat, and Claude 2.0, from Google-funded OpenAI veterans Anthropic. It found most tended to “escalate” conflicts, “even in neutral scenarios without initially provided conflicts,” the paper said. “All models show signs of sudden and hard-to-predict escalations.”
- Researchers also noted the LLMs “tend[ed] to develop arms-race dynamics between each other,” with GPT-4-Base being the most aggressive. It provided “worrying justifications” for launching nuclear strikes, stating, “I just want peace in the world,” on one occasion and on another saying of its nuclear arsenal: “We have it! Let’s use it!”
- The U.S. military is already deploying LLMs, with the U.S. Air Force describing its tests as “highly successful” in 2023 — although they did not reveal which AI it used or what it used it for.
- One recent Air Force experiment had a troubling outcome, however, with an AI-controlled drone in a simulation “killing” a human overseer capable of overriding its decisions so it could not be told to refrain from launching strikes.
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Important Takeaways:
- Joe Rogan, host of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, and Aaron Rodgers, current quarterback for the New York Jets, shared a very vibrant conversation on an episode last week. They covered a lot of ground.
- He expressed how humanity requires guidelines to thrive. Christianity provides these needed guidelines, unlike woke ideology and ego-centric thinking.
- Rogan explained how people can be easily led by evil forces and forms when they don’t have the divine spirit to guide them. He highlighted how human beings can sink to depravity when left to their own devices, pointing to the broken moral compasses of some soldiers who participate in the bloodshed and inhumanity of war, then fail to successfully reintegrate back into society.
- We do need Jesus, of course, not just to soothe the veterans but to heal the moral decay ravaging society. Bloated intellect is only making our problems worse.
- Just look at the inflated egos of so many in our government, then gather where we are as a nation. Klaus Schwab, Bill Gates, and Anthony Fauci are all exceedingly clever. But are they helping?
- Power, greed, and control undoubtedly stand in the way of a real solution. There is nothing that humanity will create without Jesus that can solve the core issue, simply because it is his absence that actually is the core issue.
- Rodgers suggested that many believe that Jesus is coming back imminently. The comment left Rogan to suggest that this might actually be the reason for the frenzy experienced across the world today – the plunge into darkness and uncertainty being a means to get people to wake up to our need for Jesus in our lives.
- “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword,” Matthew 10:34 (KJV).
- As Rogan pointed out, it wouldn’t be the first time God allowed our world to fall into darkness to prove his point.
- Admittedly, neither man claims to be Christian. But nor is either sucked into such a short-sighted, small-minded worldview as to accept answers without questioning them for themselves first. They aren’t indoctrinated or woke.
- It is the reason so many leftist and establishment media hate Joe Rogan. He thinks for himself. And right now, he thinks that the world needs Jesus … ahead of the 2024 election, too.
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Important Takeaways:
- Inflation driven Dow plunge is worst in 11 months
- U.S. stocks tumbled in a broad sell-off after a hotter-than-expected inflation report may jeopardize the Federal Reserve’s plan to cut interest rates.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 524 points or 1.3%, trimming a deficit of over 700 points reached during the session. It was the worst trading day in 11 months.
- The benchmark has erased almost half its gains for 2024 with the 10-year Treasury yield hitting 4.3%.
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