Top Obama Official “Demands To Land” At Russian Military Base and Warns Of War

An absolutely astonishing Ministry of Defense (MoD) “urgent action report” just released in the Kremlin states that less than 24 hours after Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to meet in Zurich, Switzerland on 20 January, a US military “operated” aircraft carrying one of his top subordinates approached Federation airspace “demanding” immediate permission to land at the highly secretive Chkalovsk Naval Airbaselocated in the Kaliningrad Oblast.

According to this report, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland had just left the Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania aboard her US military “managed/controlled” aircraft after her meeting with that nations Foreign Minister, Lazar Comanescu, on a planned flight course for Berlin, Germany, when this “bizarre” incident occurred—and which MoD intelligence analysts are describing as a “Rudolf Hess type moment” due to his being Nazi Germany’s second in command only to Adolph Hitler when on 10 May 1941 he flew to Scotland in an attempt to make peace with Britain and avoid World War II—and which appears to have been this top Obama regime officials “twisted intent”.

Upon Assistant Secretary Nuland’s “Aerospace Forces assisted landing” at Chkalovsk, this report continues, her “further demand” to meet personally with President Putin was denied due to the Foreign Ministry reporting that her “allegiance/devotion” was to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and not the Obama regime itself as she had previously been a top aide to President William Clinton known as “Doughnut Dolly”.

President Putin did, however, this report notes, agree to send his top aide Vladislav Surkov to meet with Assistant Secretary Nuland and also authorized the Foreign Ministry to report: “Nuland has arrived to the Kaliningrad region, and the meeting with Surkov will be held at the presidential residence in the city of Pionersky. It will be a closed meeting.”

Initial reports from Federal Security Service (FSB) Special Forces agents assigned to protecting President Putin and his residences, this report says, describe Assistant Secretary Nuland upon her landing and being escorted to Pionersky as being in a “highly agitated” mental state appearing to be “near/close to a breakdown” and giving expletive filled warnings that “War is coming! War is coming!” and alleging that Russia had “broken its promise” and “now the whole world will pay”.

As to what “promise” Russia had broken this report doesn’t say, but this reports language appears to indicate that Assistant Secretary Nuland doesn’t know either as she continually referred to President Putin as “your fucking tsar” instead of his correct title.

Equally as troubling about Assistant Secretary Nuland’s “rants/sayings” while in the presence of FSB agents, this report continues, was her claiming that President Obama was in the process of “cleaning house to protect himself” and “what happened in Hawaii is just the start and I’m going to be next”.

Though full details are not yet known, this report grimly notes, Assistant Secretary Nuland’s “fears” of Hawaii appear to be related to the reported crash of two US Marine helicopters off Hawaii that occurred shortly after she landed at Chkalovsk—and whose Special Forces troops believed aboard these crashed helicopters provided security for President Obama during his recent holiday vacation spent there.

Critical background information about Assistant Secretary Nuland contained in this report also notes that she was an integral part of the “Hillary Clinton Cabal” that destroyed the nation of Ukraine in an action the top US security firm Stratfor (aka The Shadow CIA) called “the most blatant coup in history”—and who was secretly recorded creating the “new” neo-Nazi government of that nation and pushing aside European concerns of what she was doing by stating: “F**k the EU! Exactly!”

As the more “highly classified” portions of this MoD report are beyond our ability to report on at this time, we will, of course, provide more information about this astonishing turn of events as we learn it.

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In Battle Iran-Saudi for Mideast Dominance, Could Negatively Impact World Economy

“There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.” (Proverbs 21:20)






Mounting tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia could have an impact on the world economy, experts suggest. Various media outlets are reporting on the predicted impact of the growing feud on oil prices worldwide, as well as the global effect such price fluctuations will have.

Last week, Sunni Saudi Arabia executed 47 prisoners, including Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, charged with terrorism. Shiite Iran responded by storming the Saudi embassy in Tehran and demanding its diplomats leave the country within 48 hours.

The two countries, each considered the regional power of rival Muslim factions, have escalated their threats against one another. Each is actively working to undermine the other in an effort to dominate the Middle East and prove, among other things, the superiority of their particular set of Islamic beliefs.

“[The] impact of the conflict on key sectors such as oil, tourism and trade but also on the overall economy could be felt not only by Iran but also by the already fragile MEA [Middle East and Africa] region,” wrote Kinda Chebib, senior research analyst at Euromonitor International, in an analysis reported by Gulf News.

According to Chebib, Iran and Saudi Arabia have strong import-export ties, and the current conflict has affected them. “The situation can have a repercussion on the economy, as trade has also been halted between the two.”

As Saudi Arabia is home to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest Muslim sites to which pilgrimage is obligatory, Iranians travel there frequently. However, 150 flights between the two countries have since been reportedly cancelled.

“This can be detrimental for the tourism industry in the region, as tens of thousands of Iranians travel to [Saudi] each year to complete Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages. This is in addition to the fact that [obtaining] visas is likely to become more difficult for Iranians in general,” Chebib said.

Investors internationally may also shy away from both countries due to increased risk. According to Chebib, “Intensified crisis between the two countries could trouble investors, since most Saudi oil production comes from its Eastern Province, dominated by Shiites.”

Meanwhile, experts are divided on how exactly recent developments will impact oil prices. Oil prices have been dropping for some time now, due to higher supply than demand, and while that seems like good news to consumers, it could cost many jobs in oil-dependent economies around the world, including many US states. Some predict a sharp rise in oil prices due to the Mid-East instability, but others point to other mitigating factors.

“Because of high volume of output by Saudi Arabia and Russia, as well as increased production by the United States, there has been an increase in oil inventory. On the other hand, China’s economic slowdown foretells of stagnant demand. In response to the current dispute, most likely Saudi Arabia will continue its high level of extraction to deny Iran any substantial increase in its oil income following the nuclear agreement. Thus, we should expect short term volatility in oil prices, medium term stability and long term slow increase,” Kamran Dadkhah, a professor of economics at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, told Azernews.

In addition to the direct impact on oil prices, Iranian-Saudi tensions could create conflict in the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Several members, such as Iran and Venezuela, have been calling for an agreement on limiting production to stabilize prices. Alp Eke, senior economist at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), pointed out to Gulf News this is unlikely to happen at this point.

“At the moment, a unified policy by Opec will be almost impossible to achieve. In the recent past, Iran and Venezuela have been asking other members of OPEC to reduce production, but Saudi Arabia, with its vast FX reserves, have been in favour of keeping the same production levels.”

With sanctions being lifted against Iran, Eke said, the Islamic Republic may try to take advantage of the very problem it had previously sought to solve, increasing its oil production and flooding the already full oil market. Saudi Arabia has therefore long opposed the lifting of sanctions against Iran.

Analysts and officials in the US are not worried, however, about the possible impact on the local economy, reported Fox News.

“The geopolitics of energy has changed significantly over the last decade,” Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, said at his annual State of American Energy address on Tuesday, downplaying the impact of Middle East disruptions. “The United States is now the world’s No. 1 producer of oil and natural gas.”

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WalMart To Fire 16,000 As It Closes 269 Stores Globally

The last 12 months have not been kind to WalMart. 

When the world's largest retailer bowed to pressure to raise wages for its lowest-paid employees, the living wage crowd cheered. In short order, it became apparent that the reverberations from the $1.5 billion endeavor would spell trouble for the company.

When a series of ill-fated efforts to squeeze the supply chain failed to plug the gap, the company resorted to store closures (or "plumbing" as WalMart calls it), job cuts in Bentonville, and reduced hours. 

Finally, in October, WalMart threw in the towel and cut guidance. Its shares plunged. 

Now, we learn the retailer is set to close nearly 300 stores, affecting some 16,000 employees worldwide.

• WAL-MART TO CLOSE 269 STORES
• WAL-MART SAYS 10,000 ASSOCIATES AFFECTED IN U.S.
• WAL-MART SEES ABOUT 16,000 ASSOCIATES AFFECTED
• WAL-MART SEES FINAL EFFECT 20C-22C ON EPS CONT OPS
• WAL-MART EXITS WAL-MART EXPRESS PILOT

This time around, "plumbing" was not cited as a factor.

Behold: the effect of an across the board minimum wage hike...

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Full PR

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT: NYSE) today announced plans to close 269 stores in the U.S. and globally.

In October 2015, the company said an active review of the portfolio was underway to ensure assets were aligned with strategy. Today’s action follows a thorough review of Walmart’s nearly 11,600 worldwide stores that took into account a number of factors, including financial performance as well as strategic alignment with long-term plans. In total, the impacted stores represent less than 1 percent of both global square footage and revenue.

“Actively managing our portfolio of assets is essential to maintaining a healthy business,” said Doug McMillon, president and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. “Closing stores is never an easy decision, but it is necessary to keep the company strong and positioned for the future. It’s important to remember that we’ll open well more than 300 stores around the world next year. So we are committed to growing, but we are being disciplined about it.”

Store Closings/Openings

As part of today’s action, the company will close 154 locations in the U.S., including the company’s 102 smallest format stores, Walmart Express, which had been in pilot since 2011. Walmart instead will focus on strengthening Supercenters, optimizing Neighborhood Markets, growing the e-commerce business and expanding Pickup services for customers. Also covered in the closures are 23 Neighborhood Markets, 12 Supercenters, seven stores in Puerto Rico, six discount centers, and four Sam’s Clubs.

Internationally, the company  is following a disciplined strategy of actively managing its portfolio. Consistent with this strategy, the company is closing 115 stores outside the United States. This includes 60 recently-closed, loss-making stores in Brazil, which represents only 5 percent of sales in that market. The company has already been able to relocate many affected associates in Brazil to other stores. The remaining 55 stores are primarily small, loss-making stores in other Latin American markets.  Walmart will disclose more detail about those actions, including the number of stores per market, after completing local associate and community outreach. 

Walmart will continue to invest in its future, with plans to open stores worldwide in the coming fiscal year. Domestically, Walmart intends to open 50 to 60 Supercenters and 85 to 95 Neighborhood Markets in Fiscal 2017, which begins Feb. 1. In the same period, Sam’s Club plans to open in seven to 10 new locations. Internationally, Walmart intends to open between 200 and 240 stores during the coming year.

Financial Impact

The financial impact of these closures is estimated to be approximately $0.20 to $0.22 of diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, with approximately $0.19 to $0.20 expected to impact the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. The remainder of the impact will fall into the first half of fiscal 2017. Approximately 75 percent of the impact relates to U.S. closings and the remaining portion involves Walmart International, with a large majority of the international impact relating to the closures in Brazil. Walmart will report its fiscal 2016 fourth-quarter and full-year results on Feb. 18. The estimated financial impact is not included in the company’s fiscal 2016 fourth quarter and full year earnings guidance.   

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Plane passenger captures mysterious shadowy figure that 'resembles the Iron Giant robot' walking on clouds at 30,000ft

Nick O'Donoghue snapped the image on an EasyJet flight to Cork
Speculation as to what the shadow really is have been circulating online
Some users commented that the figure looks like the robot from Iron Giant

An extraordinary picture captured by a plane passenger at 30,000ft shows what looks like a huge robot walking along the clouds.

Some internet users have commented that the figure looks like the robot from the animated movie The Iron Giant.

Flyer Nick O'Donoghue, 30, a software support team manager from Ireland, was on board an EasyJet flight from Austria to Cork when he noticed the bizarre figure in the sky and grabbed his camera.

An extraordinary picture captured by a plane passenger at 30,000ft shows what looks like a huge robot walking along the clouds


One internet user has commented that the figure looks like the robot from the animated movie The Iron Giant. The picture was taken by EasyJet passenger Nick O'Donoghue en route to Cork from London

First appearing on Joe.ie and later on Reddit, hundreds of online users commented on the picture, with some stating that it resembled The Iron Giant and others comparing the shadow to the cloud men in James And The Giant Peach.

One user wrote '[It] looks like the Iron Giant', which was soon backed up by many others, who stated that they had thought the same thing. A woman replied: 'I was gonna say the same thing! Reminds me of the end of the movie.'

Some online posters said that the figure was in fact two smokestacks from a power plant or factory.


First appearing on Joe.ie and later on Reddit, hundreds of online users commented on the picture


One Reddit user claimed that the figure on the clouds resembled the robot from animated movie The Iron Giant

Mr O'Donoghue however, told MailOnline Travel that he believes the figure resembled the Michelin man.

He said: 'I was flying back from a work ski trip in Austria, I was on the window seat with two work colleges beside me.

'They were talking like crazy and I was gazing out the window, as you do. I could see this figure in the distance in front of us and then as we flew closer this shape appeared.

'I asked the ladies beside me to look at it too in case I was seeing things. They too were amazed! I then took some pictures and then the aircraft slowly passed it.

'It was in view for about two minutes as it was a good bit away in the distance. To me it looked like the Michelin man but to be honest I have no idea what it was.

'Some comments online said it was smoke stacks below and the heat from them pushed up the layer of clouds, but I don't think so as they looked very close together.

'Probably just a funky cloud formation but I'd love for someone who knows about clouds to see it and try and explain.'

In October thousands of people in China claimed they had seen a 'floating city' in the sky.

Residents of Jiangxi and Foshan were stunned when they saw what they thought to be towering sky scrapers appearing from the clouds.

While many believed they had seen parallel universes, weather experts say the phenomenon was down to an optical illusion known as a Fata Morgana.


Is this proof a floating city was spotted above China?





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Emergency! Economic Collapse Is By Design

The Mark of the Beast Is Now Required to Fly and Drive and Soon It Will Be to Buy and Sell

Revelation 13:18

16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead

17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

18 This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.

Inch by Inch, It Is a Cinch

From a Christian perspective, the Anti-Christ is rearing his ugly head. Through the practice of incrementalism, tremendous strides are being made with regard to end times prophecy. The Obama administration is marching this country at a rapid pace towards the inevitable forced acceptance of the Mark of the Beast. ‘

People like this are undoubtedly being admitted to the United States, through the Refugee/Resettlement Program.

How long before this scene is repeated on American soil?

Through numerous articles written and published on The Common Sense Show, it is so clear the federal government, in particular, the Obama administration have made tremendous strides towards the persecution of Christians. As our country freely admits hundreds of thousands Muslim males, yes almost exclusively males, from the Middle East, none of the the admitted immigrants are persecuted Christians. The beheadings of Christians in the Middle East is tolerated by this administration. Persecuted Christians, in the Middle East are left to face their fate without any intervention on the part of the Obama administration. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees, from parts of the world who hate America, are admitted without checking backgrounds for terrorist ties. And the FBI has publicly admitted that 10% of all Muslims are radicalized and should be considered to be dangerous.

Who is Next?

Why aren’t these Christians being admitted to the United States under the Refugee/Resettlement Program?

The American People Are the Enemy of the Obama Administration

As the American people are forced to pay for their own demise through anti-American programs such as the Refugee/Resettlement Program, where Muslim immigrants are not screened and free to move anywhere in the country. Meanwhile, American citizens must, as of January 22, 2016, carry the REAL ID, or they cannot travel on airplanes, or drive their cars.

The REAL ID requirements extend to driving privileges in addition to airline travel. That’s right. If your state driver’s license does not meet REAL ID standards, you will need to carry another acceptable form of identification, and likely will not be able to legally drive. This represents the incremental practice of getting the American public conditioned to the Mark of the Beast.

The REAL ID card does nothing to protect America as we blindly admit thousands of would-be terrorists without screening them. As the citizens of Sweden and Germany how well this process is working for them

Christians and Americans, as a whole, on the endangered species list.

More importantly, we are seeing the unfolding of Biblical prophecy before our very eyes. With the soon-t0-be enforcement of the REAL ID card, where one cannot legally travel without it, ask yourself how long will it be until you will not be able to buy and sell without being marked by the federal government? How long will it be until this administration makes Christians display something like the infamous J Stamp? Yes, I know, you say that it cannot happen here and that is precisely what the Jews said in the 1930’s.

Does anyone have any idea why these facilities were constructed?

Why aren’t the Syrians immigrants being relocated to one of these camps? Is it because the American people would be out of striking distance? Maybe it’s because the honored guests in these facilities are going to be Christians.

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