“Tropical Storm Melissa is threatening the Caribbean Sea islands with dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding, as officials urge residents of flood-prone areas to seek higher ground and shelter. … The slow-moving storm was centred about 335 miles (535km) south-southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and some 295 miles (475km) south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica. The NHC said the storm could strengthen gradually in the coming days and grow into a hurricane by Friday and a major hurricane by the late weekend. Heavy rains in the Dominican Republic have already disrupted traffic and led to the cancellation of sports events. Melissa is the 13th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, and the first named storm to form in the Caribbean this year.” (10/23/25)
“The US childhood vaccination programme is huge, 68 vaccine doses targeting 18 different diseases versus only 17 vaccine doses for 10 diseases in Denmark. It is unknown if the net effect of so many vaccinations is beneficial, and in August 2025, two physicians launched a federal lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for failing to study the cumulative effects of its childhood vaccine schedule. They noted that ‘America administers more vaccines than any nation on earth while producing the sickest children in the developed world.'” (10/22/25)
“In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the U.S. government’s gross national debt surpassed $38 trillion Wednesday, a record number that highlights the accelerating accumulation of debt on America’s balance sheet. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic — the U.S. hit $37 trillion in gross national debt in August this year. The $38 trillion update is found in the latest Treasury Department report, which logs the nation’s daily finances.
Source: Rutherford Institute
by John & Nisha Whitehead
“For a man supposedly intent on winning a Nobel Peace Prize, Donald Trump spends an extraordinary amount of time waging war, threatening to wage war, and fantasizing about waging war. Notwithstanding his dubious claims about having ended ‘seven un-endable wars,’ Trump has continued to squander the American people’s resources and moral standing by feeding the military-industrial complex’s insatiable appetite for war—preemptively bombing nuclear facilities in Iran, blowing up fishing boats in the Caribbean, and flexing military muscle at every opportunity. Even the Trump administration’s version of ‘peace through strength’ is filtered through a prism of violence, intimidation and strongman tactics. It is the gospel of power, not peace — a perversion of both Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and the U.S. Constitution.” (10/22/25)
“The International Court of Justice said on Wednesday that Israel must allow the U.N. aid agency in Gaza, known as UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory. The Hague-based court was asked last year by the U.N. General Assembly to determine Israel’s legal obligations after the country effectively banned the agency, the main provider of aid to Gaza, from operating there. Israel ‘is under the obligation to agree to and facilitate relief schemes provided by the United Nations and its entities, including UNRWA,’ ICJ President Yuji Iwasawa said. … Israel has denied it has violated international law, saying the court’s proceedings are biased, and the country didn’t attend hearings in April. However, Israel provided a 38-page written submission for the court to consider. In a written statement, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the opinion and said Israel ‘fully upholds its obligations under International Law.'” (10/22/25)
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Let’s hypothetically eliminate the Holocaust from Nazi Germany. In fact, let’s go further: Let’s eliminate World War II from the equation. Let’s just consider Nazi Germany under Hitler’s rule from 1933 until the beginning of the war on September 3, 1939, when England declared war on Germany. What then? Would American statists today still have a deep antipathy toward Hitler? I don’t think so. Why do I say that? Several reasons. Let’s consider them.” (10/22/25)
“The US has sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia’s two largest oil companies, as the Trump administration increased pressure on the Kremlin to negotiate an end to its war against Ukraine. The sanctions were the first against Russia since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, and were targeted to cut key revenues from oil sales that finance the Russian war machine. … [Donald] Trump, speaking in the Oval Office with the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, on Wednesday, also confirmed he had cancelled a planned summit with Putin in another sign of a breakdown in negotiations between Washington and Moscow.” (10/22/25)
“Markets are notable institutions because they make the signals and the solutions especially clear. Profits and losses take people’s ideas out of the world of speculation and into the world of verification. A hunch becomes more than a hunch: either it is authenticated as a good idea or rejected as a bad idea. Suppose a particular type of new toaster is profitable. In that case, it means that after we tally up all the ‘votes’ people cast by spending or saving dollars, there are more votes for making the toaster than for using the necessary resources for something else. In a free market, the question, ‘Who decides?’ has a simple answer. We each do, and in so doing, we all do.” (10/22/25)
