THE GRAND ILLUSION - STYX
Welcome to the Grand illusion
Come on in and see what's happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star

But don't be fooled by the radio
The TV or the magazines
They show you photographs of how your life should be, But

they're just someone else's fantasy

So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because you never win the game
Just remember that it's a grand illusion
And deep inside we're all the same
We're all the same

WWIII will be manipulated, purely manipulated!

~NightSky

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By Michael Snyder

So much is going on in the world right now that it is truly difficult to keep up with it all. I have a number of things that I wanted to share with you today, and so I decided to throw all of it into one article. Before I get into some of the developments from the other side of the world, let me give you a quick update on what is happening in Chicago. Yesterday, I wrote about how law enforcement authorities were bracing for enormous anti-Israel protests.

"" Protesters broke through a portion of the security fence on West Washington Boulevard. Chicago cops could be seen running to confront the demonstrators. There was a brief standoff between the police and protesters.

Officers donned riot gear as they faced off with the large crowd. At least four protesters were arrested, according to Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling. A woman was seen being led away in handcuffs, while a man was carried away by several officers.""

The good news is that it appears that nobody was seriously hurt.

But this is not what the Democrats wanted.

What they wanted was a nice, calm convention during which they could attempt to convince everyone that the new Kamala Harris is not the same as the old Kamala Harris.

https://youtu.be/sBU4YPayHwk

Now that I have given you a quick update on the DNC, I want to switch gears and discuss what has been taking place over in Israel.

Several days ago, on Tisha B’Av, silver trumpets were blown on the Temple Mount for the very first time in nearly 2,000 years…

On Tisha B’Av, the day commemorating the destruction of the Jewish Temples in Jerusalem, Josh Wander brought his silver trumpets specially made for use in the Temple to the Machkama building. Built about 700 years ago, it is currently used as a Border Police station. The building faces the Western Wall Plaza but juts out over the Temple Mount.
https://youtu.be/BrNyqRlimeE

These silver trumpets were designed to be copies of the silver trumpets that were used in Solomon’s Temple, and Josh Wander had previously blown them at a couple of important events here in the United States…

After exhaustive research and under strict rabbinic supervision, Josh Wander, a resident of the Mount of Olives, has recreated the silver trumpets from Solomon’s Temple. Josh blew these trumpets at the National Religious Broadcasters’ Conference in Tennessee and at CPAC in Washington DC, both attended by Donald Trump. As mandated by the Bible, Josh blew the trumpets for the IDF troops as they went out to war against Hamas in Gaza.

Also on Tisha B’Av, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake greatly shook areas of Syria and Lebanon.

It is being suggested that this may have prevented a large attack on Israel that was planned for that day. The following comes from the Jerusalem Post…

In our collective memory, Tisha B’Av has always been a solemn day, marked by the destruction of the First and Second Temples. This year, however, the day bore witness to what many of us view as a modern-day miracle—a testament to divine intervention that could not have come at a more crucial time.

Reports confirmed a 5.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Syria and Lebanon, profoundly impacting the region. This was not just any seismic event; it may have served as an unanticipated yet divine act that thwarted a grave threat against the Jewish nation. Hezbollah, an established proxy of Iran, had been preparing to launch an attack on Israel—a direct affront planned deliberately for Tisha B’Av. Many of the group’s underground tunnels, teeming with armaments, may have been reduced to rubble by an act of God to protect His children, which could effectively halt Hezbollah’s nefarious plan before it could materialize.

It is hard to perceive it as mere coincidence that the earth shook on the very day Hezbollah had intended to send Israel into mourning once more. With tunnels collapsing and their arsenals buried, what could have been a devastating assault turned into a day of bewildering relief and gratitude.

Could it be possible that there was a connection between the blowing of the silver trumpets and the earthquake that rattled Syria and Lebanon?

I don’t know, but that is definitely a very interesting question.

I do believe that all-out war is coming to the Middle East.

But the time for that all-out war has not arrived just yet.

Elsewhere, Russian President Vladimir Putin just did something that made me chuckle.

He signed a decree that allows those seeking to escape the “destructive neoliberal ideological agenda” that is dominant in so many western countries to apply for temporary residency in Russia…

President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree allowing foreign citizens and stateless individuals to apply for temporary residency in the country if they share “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values,” even in cases when a person does not speak Russian.

The decree states that those who oppose the “destructive neoliberal ideological agenda” in their home country can seek “humanitarian support” from the Russian authorities by applying for a temporary residence permit.

It also tasks the government and Foreign Ministry with creating a list of countries Moscow considers to be “pursuing a destructive neoliberal agenda” within 30 days.

The radical agenda of the liberal elite is most certainly destroying the western world.

But Russia is definitely not a paradise either.

The last thing that I wanted to mention in this article involves the Shroud of Turin.

A team of scientists examined it using “wide-angle X-ray scattering” to determine when the cloth was originally manufactured…

For the new study, scientists at Italy’s Institute of Crystallography of the National Research Council conducted a recent study using wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS).

The technique measures the natural aging of flax cellulose and converts it to time since manufacture.

The team studied eight small samples of fabric from the Shroud of Turin, putting them under an X-ray to uncover tiny details of the linen’s structure and cellulose patterns.

So what did they discover?

Well, they were able to determine that the cloth was consistent with another linen sample that was from the land of Israel in the first century…

‘The data profiles were fully compatible with analogous measurements obtained on a linen sample whose dating, according to historical records, is 55-74 AD, found at Masada, Israel [Herod’s famous fortress built on a limestone bedrock overlooking the Dead Sea],’ reads the study published in the journal Heritage.

In other words, this study strengthens the argument that the cloth on which the image appears is about 2,000 years old.

Needless to say, this will provide even more fuel for debates over the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin.

As you can see, a lot has occurred over the past several days.

And I believe that the pace of events will accelerate even more as we approach the end of 2024, because we have entered a time of great chaos for the entire planet.

Sadly, most people do not understand what is taking place.

Most people just assume that life will eventually “return to normal”, but that simply is not going to happen.