‘Bunker Plan’: Germany to Rediscover How Many Bomb Shelters it Still Has in Case War Comes:

Germany is working on a ‘bunker plan’ including a smartphone app to direct citizens to the nearest shelter in case of an emergency, a report claims, after Russian President Putin said he reserved the right to bomb the allies of Ukraine.

The Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe — it really rolls off the tongue — better known as the BKK or the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance has embarked on a project to figure out where the country’s remaining bomb shelters are and how many are still fit for use. As well as now long-neglected facilities designed for the purpose officials will also be looking at the potential to convert subway stations, government buildings, and even private basements, a report in newspaper Bild asserts.

Chillingly, in a message to NATO states which have supplied Ukraine with long range precision strike weapons being used to hit military targets inside Russia itself, Putin said: “We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against the military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities.”

The BKK is now, it is reported, discovering how many of the old shelters still exist in serviceable condition and which could be pressed back into service in a crisis, and how many other new spaces could be converted if need be. The work will doubtless have learnt much from the Ukrainian experience, where many shelters from the relentless Russian air raids that exist now have been established in converted spaces meant for other purposes.

The national survey will assess the structural condition of locations including their doors and ventilation systems. Private and public property including underground garages, subway stations, government buildings, and basements are to be surveyed in what has been called a “major project” that is expected to take a considerable period of time to complete.

Massive Fine for Town for ‘Violating Human Rights’ by NOT Celebrating LGBT ‘Pride Month’!

‘An Orwellian sounding group if there ever was one believes that LGBT people have the human right to a whole month celebrating their sex lives, and if a tiny town doesn’t agree they have to pay a fine to an LGBT rights group and extort their mayor to pay half.’

WATCH: Mass Arrests at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade After It Was Stopped by Anti-Israel Protesters:

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was halted by anti-Israel protesters on Thursday morning.

The protest did not last long, as the NYPD immediately jumped in and began dragging the protesters out of the street and making arrests.

Approximately 20 people were involved in the disruption, which stopped the Ronald McDonald balloon at W. 55th Street and Sixth Avenue.

Loud boos erupted from the crowd as the celebration was halted.

Last year, anti-Israel protesters doused themselves in fake blood and glued their hands to the road.

New York Mayor Eric Adams warned protesters, who he referred to as “Grinches,” against repeating 2023’s antics in a speech on Thanksgiving Eve.

“I really want to take the moment to tell those grinches that believe they are going to disrupt the parade that it is not going to happen,” Adams said. “Just like how we responded last year, we are going to be on top of those who attempt to interrupt the parade in any way possible.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/watch-mass-arrests-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-after/    

Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed in ancient Syrian city:

What appears to be evidence of some of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders excavated from a tomb in Syria by a team of Johns Hopkins University researchers.

The writing, which is dated to around 2400 BCE, precedes other known alphabetic scripts by roughly 500 years, upending what archaeologists know about where alphabets came from, how they are shared across societies, and what that could mean for early urban civilizations, according to the researchers.

"Alphabets revolutionized writing by making it accessible to people beyond royalty and the socially elite. Alphabetic writing changed the way people lived, how they thought, how they communicated," said Glenn Schwartz, a professor of archaeology at Johns Hopkins University who discovered the clay cylinders. "And this new discovery shows that people were experimenting with new communication technologies much earlier and in a different location than we had imagined before now."

A Near Eastern archaeologist, Schwartz studies how early urban areas developed throughout Syria and how smaller cities emerged in the region. With colleagues from the University of Amsterdam, he co-directed a 16-year-long archaeological dig at Tell Umm-el Marra, one of the first medium-size urban centers that popped up in western Syria.

At Umm-el Marra, the archaeologists uncovered tombs dating back to the Early Bronze Age. One of the best-preserved tombs contained six skeletons, gold and silver jewelry, cookware, a spearhead, and intact pottery vessels. Next to the pottery, the researchers found four lightly baked clay cylinders with what seems to be alphabetic writing on them.

"The cylinders were perforated, so I'm imagining a string tethering them to another object to act as a label. Maybe they detail the contents of a vessel, or maybe where the vessel came from, or who it belonged to," Schwartz said. "Without a means to translate the writing, we can only speculate."

Using carbon-14 dating techniques, researchers confirmed the ages of the tombs, the artifacts, and the writing.

"Previously, scholars thought the alphabet was invented in or around Egypt sometime after 1900 BCE," Schwartz said. "But our artifacts are older and from a different area on the map, suggesting the alphabet may have an entirely different origin story than we thought."

https://hub.jhu.edu/2024/11/21/ancient-alphabet-discovered-syria/

Hal Lindsey, author of ‘The Late Great Planet Earth’, dies at 95:

Hal Lindsey, who popularized end times theology by connecting biblical prophecy to current and near-future events, died on November 25 at the age of 95. 

Known for his best-selling book 'The Late Great Planet Earth', Lindsey became a household name in America in the 1970s. His works sparked a fervent interest in prophecy and apocalyptic speculations, making him one of the most influential evangelical writers of the 20th century.

Lindsey’s breakthrough came with 'The Late Great Planet Earth', which he co-authored with journalist Carole C. Carlson. The book, which sold an estimated 35 million copies by the end of the century, linked contemporary events to biblical prophecy, asserting that the Apocalypse, including the Rapture, was imminent. It captivated a generation deeply concerned about the Vietnam War, the nuclear arms race, and social upheaval.

Born Harold Lee Lindsey in 1929 in Houston, Texas, he was not always focused on religious matters. After serving in the US Coast Guard during the Korean War, Lindsey had a near-death experience while working as a tugboat captain on the Mississippi River. This event led him to seek a deeper spiritual life, culminating in a born-again experience in 1955 after meeting with pastor Robert Thieme of Berachah Church in Houston. Thieme ...introduced Lindsey to the idea that biblical prophecy was unfolding in the present day.

He studied this theology at Dallas Theological Seminary....  Afterward, he joined Campus Crusade for Christ.  In 1970, Zondervan published 'The Late Great Planet Earth', initially as a small Christian release. Within a few years, the book sold over 500,000 copies, attracting mainstream attention.... By the end of the 1970s, 'The Late Great Planet Earth' had sold over 10 million copies, becoming the best-selling nonfiction book of the decade.  ...his lasting legacy remains in the way he reshaped the conversation about prophecy, faith, and the end times for millions of Americans.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2512317/hal-lindsey-author-of-the-late-great-planet-earth-dies-at-95