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As tensions and fears over a possible nuclear attack or devastating war rise in Southeast Asia, the Japanese are reportedly taking no chances and preparing for the worst as sales and orders of nuclear shelters and air purifiers capable of blocking radiation have jumped over the last several weeks, Reuters reported Monday.

Oribe Seiki Seisakusho, a small company based in Kobe, Japan, said it had already taken eight orders to build nuclear shelters this month, compared to six such orders for any given year. It has also sold out of 50 Swiss-made air purifiers designed to thwart radiation and poisonous gas and the company is still attempting to find more to fill orders, its director told Reuters.

"It takes time and money to build a shelter. But all we hear these days, in this tense atmosphere, is that they want one now," director Nobuko Oribe said. "They ask us to come right away and give them an estimate."

The cost of such equipment and improved infrastructure does not run cheap. One air purifier to protect six people costs $5,630 and one for as many as 13 people in a single shelter goes for $15,440. Some shelters able to house very large groups can run $227,210 and require four months of construction.

"There is a possibility that North Korea already has a capability to put sarin on warheads to strike the ground," Abe told the Japanese parliament’s diplomacy and defense committee. He did not cite any specific evidence that the North possessed the lethal and illegal chemical agent.The growing concern and boost in business comes after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned earlier this month that North Korea may have the ability to fire off missiles armed with the nerve agent sarin.

Kim Jong Un’s regime launched four missiles toward Japan on March 6, which crashed into the Sea of Japan after traveling some 620 miles. Early reports indicated three of the missiles landed between 186 to 217 miles from Japan’s Oga peninsula.

More recently, North Korea threatened Sunday to destroy a U.S. aircraft carrier with a “single strike,” as the authoritarian nation attempts to stave off demands to stop its nuclear and missile defense programs.

(newsweek)

Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 4/24/2017 11:06:57 AM
	Xi urges restraint on N. Korea in phone call with Trump Associated PressApril 24, 2017 FILE - In this April 7, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after their meetings at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. After decades of failure to stop North Korea’s march toward a nuclear arsenal, some see Trump’s bluster as a shrewd attempt to press China, the North’s most important ally and trading partner, into pressuring North Korea more aggressively over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping called for restraint when dealing with North Korea during a telephone call with President Donald Trump, Chinese state media reported Monday. The official broadcaster CCTV quoted Xi as telling Trump that China strongly opposed North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which are in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, and hoped "all parties will exercise restraint and avoid aggravating the situation" on the Korean Peninsula. The Trump administration has warned that all options, including a military strike, are "on the table" to halt North Korea's ambitions of developing a nuclear-tipped missile that could reach the U.S. mainland. The phone call, which took place Monday morning Beijing time, came amid speculation that Pyongyang could hold a sixth nuclear test this week. North Korea often marks significant dates by displaying military capability, and South Korean officials say there's a chance the country will conduct a nuclear test or a major missile launch around the founding anniversary of its military on Tuesday. Trump has pressed Xi to exert greater pressure against North Korea, given China's status as the country's sole economic lifeline and major ally. Monday's call is the second time that the two leaders have spoken by telephone since meeting in Florida earlier this month. Trump also spoke Monday with and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and they agreed to urge North Korea to refrain from what Abe called provocative actions. (Yahoo News)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 4/24/2017 11:19:46 AM
	Americans are swamped in $1 trillion of credit card debt By Catherine Curan April 16, 2017 Rising credit card interest rates are pushing Americans deeper into a long-term debt trap. Americans now owe $1 trillion in credit card debt, with an average monthly balance of about $9,600 for borrowers who don’t pay their cards in full each month. A year ago, a credit card holder making only minimum payments shelled out about $1,185 in annual interest, on average, said Ben Woolsey ofCreditCards.com. After three quarter-point hikes by the Federal Reserve — a cost that banks pass on almost immediately to card holders — credit card borrowers are now forking over $1,254, or $69 more a year, in interest, on average. Two more rate hikes are on the table for 2017, which would bring the total to $1,301, or $116 a year in interest. One hundred and sixteen dollars — the cost of a dozen roses on Valentine’s Day, or about 20 Cronuts — may not sound like much. But when consumers only make minimum payments, credit card balances balloon. And recent interest rate hikes come as ordinary Americans are already struggling with surging prices for essentials. Income gains aren’t large enough to keep pace. Wages for an ordinary working person — for example, a nurse — have risen 21 percent in the past decade to about $2,412 a month, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. By contrast, medical costs rose 57 percent, food prices spiked 36 percent and housing costs jumped 32 percent since 2003, according to online personal finance Web site NerdWallet. “It’s not surprising that debt continues to increase when it’s becoming harder to make ends meet,” noted NerdWallet’s 2106 Annual Household Debt Survey. Americans have been eking out their monthly minimum credit card payments from deep inside the 21st century debt trap. Defaults remain well below the 6.8 percent high reached during the Great Recession, but have edged up recently to 2.3 percent. Personal finance experts recommend borrowers with a hefty balance shop around for zero-percent-interest balance transfer offers. Look for fees of 3 percent or less, and terms of 18 months or more. Check out credit unions as well as banks, which often require higher credit scores. (New York Post)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 4/24/2017 4:28:40 PM
	World War Kim: North Korea 'catastrophic' strike looms over nuke threat as US fleet arrive NORTH Korea's nuclear weapons quest is the most dangerous crisis facing the world – and it is primed to end in "catastrophe", warns former Brit navy chief. By Henry Holloway / Published 24th April 2017 Kim Jong-un’s campaign to develop a nuclear missile to strike the West Coast of the US is driving the two powers towards an inevitable conflict, warned Admiral Lord West. The former First Sea Lord chillingly predicted there is a "real" risk the US will be left with no choice but to launch a “massive strike” against North Korea. He said it was “inconceivable” any US President – whether it was Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton – would allow “barking mad" Kim to obtain a nuclear ICBM. GETTY NORTH KOREA: Kim Jong-un wants a nuclear weapon to strike the US – and Trump plans to stop him Inside North Korea: The pictures Kim Jong-un doesn't want you to see Tuesday, 13th December 2016 Since 2008, photographer Eric Lafforgue ventured to North Korea six times. Thanks to digital memory cards, he was able to save photos that was forbidden to take inside the segregated state 1 / 62 ERIC LAFFORGUE/EXCLUSIVEPIX MEDI Taking pictures in the DMZ is easy, but if you come too close to the soldiers, they stop you Admiral West told Daily Star Online: “The consequences will be catastrophic and it really worries me. "I don’t believe any American president will allow Kim Jong-un to be in a position to say 'you give me some more food and stop these sanctions, otherwise I am going to destroy San Francisco’.” The Falklands war veteran previously warned the world is at highest risk of nuclear strike in “decades" as conflicts flare in the Pacific, the Middle East and between Russia and the US. He said: "It is inconceivable the American nation would allow Kim Jong-un to develop a ballistic missile which actually has a functional warhead that can carried to strike the western United State." GETTY NUCLEAR WAR: North Korea showed off 'new' missiles at its military parade on the Day of the Sun Pence warns North Korea: 'Do not test Trump's resolve' GETTY KIM JONG-UN: North Korea's leader is determined to build a nuclear ICBM to strike the US Last night, Trump’s “powerful armada” – the USS Carl Vinson strike group – has arrived in the Sea of Japan to begin exercises as the threat of war looms. Trump has been urged to "strike North Korea now" before the rogue state can reach their ultimate nuclear goal, while plans laid down to evacuate 230,000 Americans from the Korean Peninsula in case of conflict. Kim is feared to detonate his sixth ever nuclear bomb on North Korean state holiday Military Foundation Day on April 25. Admiral West said North Korea appears to be “moving towards the capability” of nuclear weapons able to hit the US. Kim Jong-un's CHILLING display of nuclear might Monday, 17th April 2017 Kim Jong-un used the annual "Day of the Sun" parade in Pyongyang to make a chilling display of the country's burgeoning nuclear power and military might 1 / 30 EPA Military vehicles carrying missiles believed to be North Korean KN-08 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles North Korean soldier can't fire a gun in propaganda video The top Brit military mind blasted nuclear-hungry Kim as "barking mad" and emphasised the looming North Korea crisis is a "real worry". He said there is a risk the US may be forced into launching a "massive strike with bombers and cruise missiles" to ensure Pyongyang cannot develop a weapon capable of either striking or holding the western seaboard to ransom”. Admiral Lord said Trump would not risk using nuclear weapons against North Korea as it would be "globally appalling". Nukes have not been used in a conflict since the US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan to end World War 2. GETTY USS CARL VINSON: Donald Trump's 'powerful armada' is now heading for the Sea of Japan Mike Pence: US will show strength against North Korea GETTY DONALD TRUMP: The US President has talked a tough game against North Korea China are also a major factor in the North Korea crisis – sharing the largest land border with the rogue state – and are reported to have placed bombers on alert alongside 150,000 soldiers in case of war with Trump. There are fears of a flood of refugees spilling over the borders from the collapsing state should the US strike, pouring into both China and Russia. Admiral Lord West said: "If I was the Americans and it keeps going on like this. I would say to China we will not station forces in a unified Korea. "The unification of Korea would make the unification of Germany at the end of the Cold War look like chicken feed. "North Korea is so different from the South and so poor in so many ways, it would be a gigantic drain on them." US pushing 'closer to war' warns North Korean ambassador Kim Jong-un's CHILLING display of nuclear might Monday, 17th April 2017 Kim Jong-un used the annual "Day of the Sun" parade in Pyongyang to make a chilling display of the country's burgeoning nuclear power and military might 1 / 30 EPA Military vehicles carrying missiles believed to be North Korean KN-08 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles Russia have flooded tanks and soldiers towards land border with North Korea amid fears of a looming strike by the US on Pyongyang, according to reports. North Korea continue to talk-up war with the US, with Kim's mouthpiece media promising a "super-mighty strike" against Washington. South Korea have called for calm and said they would not allow any US action that was not supported and sanctioned by Seoul. (dailystar.co.uk)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 4/25/2017 12:37:03 AM
	Venezuela On The Verge Of Revolution: A Quick Overview APRIL 24, 2017 By James Holbrooks Venezuela, a country with only $10 billion left in reserves to run on, is in trouble. The people are starving. The government has gone full-on authoritarian, and now desperate human beings are dying in the streets. From an Associated Press report on Friday: Authorities in Venezuela say 12 people were killed overnight following looting and violence in the South American nation’s capital amid a spiraling political crisis. Continuing, the report further highlighted the gravity of the situation: Most of the deaths took place in El Valle, where opposition leaders say 13 people were hit with an electrical current while trying to loot a bakery protected by an electric fence. These are people without options, forced to turn to thievery to stay alive. And they died because of it. On April 6, The Economist reported that over the past year, 74 percent of Venezuelans lost an average of 20 pounds. Venezuela, incidentally, has topped Bloomberg’s Economic Misery Index for the past three years. The country began its slide downward into chaos with the election of President Nicolas Maduro, who immediately began implementing socialist programs and has since taken extreme measures to secure his position. At the end of March, for instance, Maduro effectively shut down Venezuela’s congress — his primary political opposition — and gave those legislative duties to his puppet Supreme Court. The latest news coming out of the South American nation — aside from the deaths of people trying to steal bread to live — is that General Motors, whose Venezuelan production facility was overtaken by local authorities, has now ceased all operations in the country. To put that in perspective, consider that in 2016, only 3,000 vehicles were sold in Venezuela, a country of 30 million people. The U.S. Southern Command has floated the idea of using the United States’ military to contain unrest in Venezuela, though historically American intervention in South America is both widely unpopular in the region and wildly unsuccessful. As we look on at the continuing horrors in the Middle East and what seems, at the moment, to be the makings of World War III in Asia, let’s not lose sight of the fact that right now, the people of Venezuela are in pain. Creative Commons / Anti-Media / Report a typo (activistpost.com)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 4/25/2017 10:29:49 AM
	JAPANESE PREPARE FOR WAR WITH NORTH KOREA WITH NUCLEAR SHELTERS AND AIR PURIFIERS TO THWART RADIATION BY GREG PRICE ON 4/24/17 AT 11:30 AM As tensions and fears over a possible nuclear attack or devastating war rise in Southeast Asia, the Japanese are reportedly taking no chances and preparing for the worst as sales and orders of nuclear shelters and air purifiers capable of blocking radiation have jumped over the last several weeks, Reuters reported Monday. Oribe Seiki Seisakusho, a small company based in Kobe, Japan, said it had already taken eight orders to build nuclear shelters this month, compared to six such orders for any given year. It has also sold out of 50 Swiss-made air purifiers designed to thwart radiation and poisonous gas and the company is still attempting to find more to fill orders, its director told Reuters. "It takes time and money to build a shelter. But all we hear these days, in this tense atmosphere, is that they want one now," director Nobuko Oribe said. "They ask us to come right away and give them an estimate." The cost of such equipment and improved infrastructure does not run cheap. One air purifier to protect six people costs $5,630 and one for as many as 13 people in a single shelter goes for $15,440. Some shelters able to house very large groups can run $227,210 and require four months of construction. "There is a possibility that North Korea already has a capability to put sarin on warheads to strike the ground," Abe told the Japanese parliament’s diplomacy and defense committee. He did not cite any specific evidence that the North possessed the lethal and illegal chemical agent.The growing concern and boost in business comes after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned earlier this month that North Korea may have the ability to fire off missiles armed with the nerve agent sarin. Kim Jong Un’s regime launched four missiles toward Japan on March 6, which crashed into the Sea of Japan after traveling some 620 miles. Early reports indicated three of the missiles landed between 186 to 217 miles from Japan’s Oga peninsula. More recently, North Korea threatened Sunday to destroy a U.S. aircraft carrier with a “single strike,” as the authoritarian nation attempts to stave off demands to stop its nuclear and missile defense programs. (newsweek)
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