USA - Society is now celebrating people who say they have mental health issues. Athletes who “come forward” with their confessions are heroes. So let me be clear. “Mental health issues” is a PRODUCT. It’s being sold like SUVs, cereal, beer, skin care lotions. And just to give you an idea of how successful the sales campaign is, here is a staggering quote from NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, about a large survey of college students: “The researchers also found that students are more willing to use university mental health services… By 2015, nearly 20 percent of those surveyed said they used these services… Moreover, nearly 75 percent said they would consider using university mental health services…” These services are a gateway, a funnel into the diagnosis of a mental disorder… and then the prescription of drugs. The drugs are the bottom line, the moneymaker.

NORWAY - The political fiction that humans cause most or all climate change and the claim that the science behind this notion is ‘settled’, has been dealt a savage blow by the publication of a ‘World Climate Declaration (WCD)’ signed by over 1,100 scientists and professionals. There is no climate emergency, say the authors, who are drawn from across the world and led by the Norwegian physics Nobel Prize laureate Professor Ivar Giaever. Climate science is said to have degenerated into a discussion based on beliefs, not on sound self-critical science.

USA - According to climate change crackpots, carbon dioxide is destroying the planet. And while they pretend this is based on scientific consensus, there are many true scientists who object to the notion that attempting to suffocate plant life is somehow beneficial. Lest we forget, plants “inhale” carbon dioxide and “exhale” oxygen. It creates a perfect symbiosis with oxygen-breathing animals that exhale carbon dioxide. When there’s balance, all is good. But the climate change industry wants to tear down what we know to be true and replace it with what they know to be false.

USA - The globalists and the left-wing media will not stop convincing people to eat bugs. “If you’re sick of that post-protein-shake bloat or tired of heavy powders and supplements that leave you feeling overly full and sluggish, try this out instead!” This is the very first line that you come across on TMZ’s website in their advertisement for a protein powder alternative made from crickets. “Cricket protein is high in fiber and prebiotics and is not only easy to digest but research shows it may actually help boost gut-health,” the company said. “Cricket protein is one of the most sustainable and nutritious protein sources on earth. Not only is it a complete protein that is high in B12, iron, and prebiotics but it also requires a fraction of the resources used by traditional animal protein sources,” Human Improvement wrote. A South African entrepreneur is innovating new ways of turning ‘mopane worms’ into flour to be used for protein bars and protein smoothies. Wendy Vesela, the chemical engineer behind the push for people to eat the caterpillars, said the bugs can also be used as pizza toppings.

EUROPE - Drought reveals ‘hunger stones’ in River Elbe historically used to forecast famine. One stone on the bank of the River Elbe, in the Czech Republic town of Decin, has emerged this year. Noticed recently by German journalist Olaf Koens, it bears the inscription: “If you see me, then weep.” Some markings date back to the 15th century, Czech researchers found in 2013, and the Decin stone commemorates at least 12 droughts over 600 years. Europe’s current drought could be the worst on the continent in 500 years and could continue for three months, according to Andrea Toreti, a scientist at the European Drought Observatory.

USA - Bereft of two crucial authority figures – their fathers and the police, youngsters struggle to find their place. A disturbing trend is on the rise in the US, where violent crimes are being perpetrated by some of the youngest members of society. But given the political divisiveness that has fractured the nation, pinning down blame for this phenomenon is no easy task.

CHINA - Chinese planes are firing rods into the sky to bring more rainfall to its crucial Yangtze River, which has dried up in parts, as swaths of the nation fall into drought and grapple with the worst heat wave on record. Several regions on the Yangtze have launched weather modification programs, but with cloud cover too thin, operations in some drought-ravaged parts of the river's basin have remained on standby. The Ministry of Water Resources said in a notice on Wednesday that drought throughout the Yangtze river basin was "adversely affecting drinking water security of rural people and livestock, and the growth of crops." On Wednesday, central China's Hubei province became the latest to announce it would seed clouds, using silver iodide rods to induce rainfall. The silver iodide rods - which are typically the size of cigarettes - are shot into existing clouds to help form ice crystals. The crystals then help the cloud produce more rain, making its moisture content heavier and more likely to be released.

GERMANY - North Rhine-Westphalia’s interior minister has said the energy crisis and rising prices could be exploited by conspiracy theorists. The current energy crisis and inflation could lead to protests in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia, the region’s interior minister has warned. Herbert Reul added that these issues are being exploited by conspiracy theorists, whom he described as a threat to the German state. Appearing on n-tv’s Fruhstart program on Monday, Reul said that “we’re now no longer talking about protesters, but rather almost something like new enemies of the state, who are establishing themselves there.” The official expressed concern that, when things like the “energy crisis, prices, a cold living room” become “really tangible,” conspiracy theorists’ narratives could gain more currency among the population. To make matters worse, Russia has recently cut its gas supplies to Germany. Several top German officials have repeatedly warned their fellow countrymen and women of a hard winter ahead, and urged them to be sparing with energy so the country can fill up its gas reservoirs in time.

NORTH KOREA - Russia and China could be about to 'normalize' North Korea and leave the US with another Asian headache. At the beginning of this week the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin had exchanged letters with Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. The report stated both countries had agreed to “expand their comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations with common efforts”. Matching the anniversary of Korean independence on August 15th, Putin’s outreach comes as Russia seeks new partners away from the West. It also follows reports that North Korean expatriate workers would be assisting in the reconstruction of liberated territories in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, to which it recently granted diplomatic recognition. But it’s also an indication that the world has changed, significantly. Only a few years ago Russia, as well as China, were at least somewhat willing to cooperate with the United States in imposing sanctions on the DPRK in the bid to curb its nuclear and missile development. That situation no longer exists.

GERMANY - Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pulled a humiliating U-turn after Vladimir Putin's gas cuts forced Germany to lodge plans to stop its nuclear shutdown amid fears of winter gas shortages. Germany’s three remaining nuclear plants were scheduled to shutdown by the end of the year as part of a long-planned nuclear phase-out. But after Russia slashed gas deliveries, it sparked panic for Berlin, which is now in the second phase of an emergency plan and one step away from gas rationing. With gas flowing through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany at just 20 percent of its normal capacity, the situation is appearing so dire in Germany that it is even threatening to push the country into a recession. Last week, the German Chancellor said that extending the life of these nuclear plants would “make sense” given the current situation. If Mr Scholz made this move, it would go against his predecessor Angela Merkel’s pledge to shut them down following Japan’s Fukushima disaster in 2011.

UK - The boss of Iceland has said his stores are reporting more instances of shoplifting as the cost of living crisis bites. In an interview, he said that the UK Government had to use all the levers it had "because ultimately, it's the consumer that will pay for it and it'll be jobs that will pay for it as well". Iceland boss Richard Walker, whose company is based in Deeside, told Tom Newton Dunn on Talk TV's The News Desk that he had seen a rise in the number of shoplifters, as people struggle to afford their weekly shop. "Some of it is just more stories that we're hearing from our colleagues, like customers getting to the till and asking the cashier to tell them when it gets to £45 so they can stop and leave the rest in the basket or indeed the rise of shoplifting because people are really struggling out there… I get a serious incidence report every week and it is starting to tick up we are seeing that and that's obviously because people are really struggling."

UNITED NATIONS - The global food crisis, which the UN warned about when Vladimir Putin’s Russia blocked grain export from Ukrainian ports, is still impending despite the deal broken by Ukraine and Russia, a charity chief warns. Three weeks after a deal was signed by both countries – putting an end to Putin’s famine threat – the first shipment of humanitarian food aid set sail from Ukraine with around 23,000 tonnes of wheat making their way to Ethiopia. However, the failure in providing food to the world’s neediest people is compounding issues, making famines in the whole world inevitable. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) raised alarm bells when Vladimir Putin executed his famine threat by blocking grain exports from Ukrainian ports. David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme stated: “When a nation that is the breadbasket of the world becomes a nation with the longest bread line of the world, we know we have a problem.” according to the World Food Programme, 50 million people in 45 countries "are teetering on the edge of famine."

GERMANY - Participation in the steady growth of German central power has already, in the past, been a bone of contention within the EU. The price negotiated for this has constantly led to disputes with the subordinate countries, and this price has been growing ever since the German chancellor made his demand that “in a world of competing great powers, the EU... must become a geopolitical actor;” the EU can “no longer afford” the privilege of “national vetoes, for example, on foreign policy issues” (July 18, 2022). In the state of tension during a war aimed at “ruining Russia,” Scholz even goes beyond “Central Europe,” to set his sights on the world, demanding the formation of the European states, in order to join the so-called great powers under German aegis, or blocking their paths. Berlin’s globally burgeoning central power, seeking to transform the EU into a “geopolitical actor,” would make satellites of Paris, Rome, Madrid; Warsaw or Budapest. Berlin’s demands are out of touch with reality. They fragment Europe, they do not unify.

BOSNIA - Germany has ordered some 50 soldiers to join the EU-led peacekeeping mission in the former Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, after pulling out almost a decade ago. The Bosnian Serbs objected and the Russian embassy warned of NATO power games as the first group of Bundeswehr soldiers deployed outside Sarajevo on Tuesday. According to EUFOR, the Germans will “provide additional capacity” at both the headquarters of Operation Althea and at a network of outposts that provide a link to local governments and communities. “This deployment is a further demonstration of the EU’s commitment to a stable, prosperous and European future for all the citizens” of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the mission said.

USA - Can we please not have a cataclysmic nuclear war which would result in most of the population of the world starving to death? I don’t think that is an unreasonable request. There are nine guys that collectively control virtually all of the nuclear weapons on the planet. If something goes wrong and some of them start firing their weapons, billions of people could end up dead.