Weekly News-Sept-20-2024
Here are our top 5 stories of the week.
#1 – Israel Declares New Phase of War; Launches Strikes on South Lebanon
by Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge
Israel’s military has just announced that IDF chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi has “approved operational plans as part of the continuation of the war” in Israel’s north against Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Exchanges of fire grew overnight and as of Thursday afternoon heavier airstrikes on southern Lebanon have been reported, as well as more than 40 rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel. Read full article >
#2 – Ukraine Drone Strike on Russia Triggers Massive Explosion
Ukraine used a drone strike overnight to attack Russia, triggering a massive explosion. The media is saying that Kiev targeted a massive Russian weapons stockpile.
“A fire started in Toropets, Tver region, as a result of falling debris from a drone that was repelled by air defense forces,” the Tver regional administration said early Wednesday. The oblast declared a “partial evacuation” due to the large blast and surrounding fires. A social media video showed a huge fireball erupting against the night sky, according to a report by ZeroHedge. Read full article >
#3 – NATO Chief ‘Welcomes’ Allies Approving Attacks On Russia With Long-Range Missiles
By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge
Outgoing NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has addressed the question of the US and UK mulling allowing Ukraine to strike Russian territory with West-supplied long-range weapons. President Putin last week spelled out clearly that if this happened then Moscow and NATO would be in a state of direct war. Read full article >
#4 – Second Cyber-attack Leaves Hezbollah Reeling; Citizens Fear War
by Lyndsey Koh | Mission Network News
Yesterday, a second cyber-attack exploded Hezbollah walkie-talkies and solar equipment, injuring over 300 people and killing nine. This was on the heels of mass explosions Tuesday across Lebanon targeting pagers used by Hezbollah terrorists. Nearly 3,000 were wounded in that attack, and 12 were killed. Read full article >
#5 – 2nd Trump Assassination Attempt: Secret Service Admits Golf Course Perimeter Not Secured
By R. Cort Kirkwood | The New American
Would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh set up to assassinate former President Donald Trump as he played golf because the Secret Service, in the second such failure, did not secure the perimeter around the Trump International Golf Course.
Acting Director Ronald Rowe told reporters in West Palm Beach yesterday that the agency did its job. But he also admitted that the agency did not sweep the perimeter of the course because Trump wasn’t scheduled to play golf. Read full article >
Here are our top 5 most underreported or most bizarre stories of the week.
#1 – The Fed Hits the Panic Button and Slashes the Fed Funds Rate
The Federal Reserve’s FOMC slashed the target federal funds rate at its meeting this month, reducing the target rate by 50 basis points from 5.5 percent to 5.0 percent. This was the largest cut to the target rate since March of 2020 in the midst of the Covid Panic.
This cut comes after fourteen months of the FOMC holding the target rate at 5.5 percent. In late 2022, the FOMC was forced to allow interest rates to rise in response to mounting price inflation which hit a year-over-year growth rate of 8.9 percent in June 2022. Read full article >
#2 – House Passes Bill Mandating Senate Approval for any WHO ‘Pandemic’ Agreement
By Reggie Littlejohn | LifeSite News
On September 11, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1425, the “No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act.” Passed with bipartisan support, “this bill establishes that any convention or agreement on pandemic-related issues reached by the World Health Assembly (WHA) … shall be deemed to be a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate.” Read full article >
#3 – Lawsuit Takes on Federal Campaign to Silence Vaccine Injury Claims
By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net
The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) has taken significant legal action by amending its complaint in the ongoing Dressen, et al. v. Flaherty, et al. case. This action challenges the alleged collusion between various federal entities and social media platforms aimed at stifling the voices of individuals claiming injuries from Covid vaccines. The complaint underscores a pervasive campaign spearheaded by agencies including the White House, the CDC, and the Surgeon General’s Office. Read full article >
#4 – American Pastor Freed After Nearly 20 Years in Chinese Prison
By Lyndsey Koh | Mission Network News
American pastor David Lin is finally home. Now 68, Lin was detained by the Chinese government nearly two decades ago, accused of contract fraud.
Lin had applied for and gained permission from the Chinese government to open a Christian church in Beijing. But in 2006, it all fell apart. Read full article >
#5 – Canada Approves Moderna’s Latest Experimental COVID Shot Starting After 6 Months Old
By Clare Marie Merkowsky | LifeSite News
Health Canada approved Moderna’s new mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for all Canadians over six months of age.
On September 17, Moderna announced that its latest COVID-19 vaccine, targeting the KP.2 variant of SARS-COV-2, was approved by Health Canada, despite overwhelming evidence of the dangers of the shots. Read full article >
