Protests have been occurring in Chicago this past week, including today:

November 27, 2015

CHICAGO —Protesters disrupted holiday gift shopping in downtown Chicago on Friday, marching up and down the city’s “Magnificent Mile” retail district, in the largest and most 

World News Daily (WND) reported the following:

The Islamic State has recruited thousands of supporters in the United States, far more than previously thought, according to a scathing new report, raising the likelihood that supporters of the terrorist army could be plotting attacks similar to those carried out in Paris.

Matters are escalating in the Middle East:

November 24, 2015

Russia said Tuesday one of its Su-24 fighter jets was shot down along the border between Turkey and Syria, but said “firing from the ground” was responsible for downing the plane.

The Pentagon is pushing for more involvement of Sunni-dominated nations in the region to coalesce and fight the so-called Islamic State:

The European Union has taken steps to tighten its borders because of the issues it is having with predominantly Islamic refugees and terrorists:

The Islamic State has seemingly put up another video, this time targeting New York City.  I heard Wolf Blitzer report this on the radio on CNN today. The Islamic State has threatened New York City in the past as the image at the beginning of this post shows.

The International Monetary Fund has boosted China’s currency internationally:

November 16, 2015

The IMF is already clearing a berth in its basket of reserve currencies for the Chinese yuan. 

France’s President is calling for a union to crush the Islamic State:

Hollande Calls for Union to Crush Islamic State in Syria

What French President Hollande called ‘an act of war’ hit Paris last night:

November 14, 2015

The near-simultaneous attacks in Paris that killed nearly 130 people were an “act of war” organised by the Islamic State (IS) militant group, French President Francois Hollande says.

A newly released study finds that the majority of adults in the USA are overweight and the number who are obese is greater than those who are only overweight: