The Dow fell another 468 points, or 3 percent, Tuesday, providing fresh evidence for investors the sell-off which began in August was no mirage. It is likely to continue in September. Only eight more trading days remain until the dreaded Elul 29, which is the final day of the Shemitah year, known as “wipe out day” on the Hebrew calendar.

Since Elul 29 falls on a Sunday, September 13, when the markets are closed, the rest of this week and the following week could bring the most devastating losses. Another theory is that the period of September 14-28 right after Elul 29 and leading up to a scheduled blood moon (on September 27-28) could be worth watching.

Author Jonathan Cahn points out that the years 1973, 1980, 1987, 2001 and 2008 were all Shemitah years that saw stock markets collapse. The biggest ever single-day stock market crash occurred on September 29, 2008, when the Dow fell 777.7 points and lost $1.2 trillion in value. This day also happened to be Elul 29, the last day of the Jewish year, one day before Rosh Hashana, signaling the end of the Shemitah cycle.

The first blow, it said, was the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center. The English-language video included archival footage from US news channels, including a 2007 clip of Ron Paul sounding the alarm over the vulnerability of the dollar.

Produced by the Islamic State’s Al Hayat Media, the extremist Sunni group positioned itself as leading the fight against fiat currency by minting caliphate gold, silver and bronze coins. It named them after historical Islamic caliphate coins: the gold dinar, the silver dirham and the bronze fals (or the plural fulus).

Its dedication to gold – and opposition to paper notes – was grounded in the Quran, excerpts of which appeared onscreen in the video. The group vowed that in the future, it would sell oil only in exchange for gold, not “fraudulent” paper bills.

Although those fleeing the Syrian crisis have for several years been crossing into Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey in huge numbers, entering other Arab states - especially in the Gulf - is far less straightforward. Officially, Syrians can apply for a tourist visa or work permit in order to enter a Gulf state. This comes as part of wider obstacles facing Syrians, who are required to obtain rarely granted visas to enter almost all Arab countries. Without a visa, Syrians are not currently allowed to enter Arab countries except for Algeria, Mauritania, Sudan and Yemen.

The relative wealth and proximity to Syria of the states has led many - in both social and as well as traditional media - to question whether these states have more of a duty than Europe towards Syrians suffering from over four years of conflict and the emergence of jihadist groups in the country.

The measure has provoked anger because it recalls Nazi Germany's practice of writing numbers on concentration camp prisoners. The controversy came as thousands of desperate migrants staged angry protests outside Budapest’s main international railway station today after Hungarian authorities refused to let them board trains bound for Western Europe.

The measure was used with large groups of refugees to keep record of family members, according to Katerina Rendlova, spokeswoman for a unit of the Czech police dealing with foreigners. 'We also write the code of the train they have arrived on so that we know which country we should return them to within the readmission system.'

Unlike some other EU member states, Czech authorities maintain that migrants who enter the country without first having made an asylum request should be returned to the state from which they arrived, in line with the EU's Dublin Provision.

When economic bubbles are said to burst, it means that buyers in a free market no longer are willing to pay more for the bubble asset than its intrinsic worth, which causes those who own the asset to lose the amount by which they previously overpaid. This drop in value usually happens quickly and often takes the form of panic selling.

It is extremely important to understand this basic phenomenon, because it now is a major factor in our everyday lives and, in my opinion, it will cause great havoc around the world in the near future.

What started me to think about this is that my friends at the Success Council, Max Wright and Jarrod Dennis, have just completed an online briefing on the imminent bursting of, not one, but seven global economic bubbles. They are:

► Government debt

► Stock market

► Real Estate

► Sovereign-bonds

► Derivatives

► Student debt

► Unfunded government liabilities

When bubbles burst, a transfer of wealth always takes place – from the victims to the schemers and from the unprepared to the prepared.

If you are wondering what life could be like when these bubbles burst in Europe and the US, just look at what is happening now in the major stock markets of the world and on the streets of Venezuela. When bubbles burst, the economy crashes, and when the economy crashes, life becomes grim, indeed.

But what is “sustainable development?”

Patrick Wood, an economist and author of “Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation,” says it’s clear the UN and its supporters see sustainable development as more than just the way to a cleaner environment. They see it as the vehicle for creating a long-sought new international economic order, or “New World Order.” Wood’s new book traces the modern technocracy movement to Zbigniew Brzezinski, David Rockefeller and the Trilateral Commission in the early 1970s.

Wood says their goal is the overthrow of capitalism and the free enterprise system on a global scale. He points to Christiana Figueres, the UN’s top climate change official, who admitted as much in a comment earlier this year. “This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history,” Figueres, who heads up the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, told reporters in February.

“This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution,” Figueres said. Francis, as the first Jesuit pope, is well known for his socialist leanings. His statements in his encyclical about the need for global governance to combat “climate change” must be looked at in the context of the pope’s background and announced priorities.

From today, France is banning the use of cash for transactions worth more than €1,000, or slightly more than £700. On one level, that is about combating crime and terrorism. But on another, it is also part of a growing movement among academics and now governments to gradually ban the use of cash completely. It is inefficient, oils the underground economy, and makes it harder for central banks to manage the economy, or so runs the argument.

Much like gold, it is a “barbarous relic”, as some publications loftily dismiss it. The trouble is, cash is also incredibly efficient. And it is a crucial part of a free society. There is no convincing case for abolition.

A world without cash would also make life significantly easier for governments. One idea is for a simple transactions tax to replace VAT, with HMRC taking a slice off every electronic payment. In countries such as Greece, where tax avoidance is rampant, it would make it a lot harder to avoid paying your fair share. On top of that, and perhaps this is where the drive to abolish cash is really coming from, it is starting to limit the ability of central banks to control the economy.

People have used notes and coins for several thousand years. The earliest go all the way back to the Iron Age. If they wither away because people prefer using their phones or their cards, then that is fine. No one wants to stand in the way of technological innovation. But outlawing cash? That is surely a step too far – and we might miss it when it’s gone far more than we realise.

The men were stopped by a border guard, who they attempted to bribe with a “wad of dollars.” However, they were searched and Islamic State propaganda, specific Jihadists prayers and decapitation videos were found on their phones. In a move that suggests how seriously authorities are taking the case, the Bulgarian State Agency for National Security (DANS) has now taken control of the investigation under the supervision of the regional prosecutor’s office in Kyustendil.

The men chose to cross in a wooded area, local media have reported, and took a car from an accomplice who had crossed legally from Macedonia with the vehicle. Bulgaria has recently completed a 15-foot high razor wire clad fence along 50 miles of its south-eastern border with Turkey to control the mass movement of migrants from the Middle East and Asia into Europe via the so-called Balkans route.

Glick said that the police quickly understood that putting up the sign was a mistake. “We encounter harsh decrees once in a while,” he explained. “In the course of the last year they have been allowing in smaller groups and carrying out intrusive inspections. This deters Jews from coming. We contacted elements within the police and drew their attention to the seriousness of the matter. We were glad to learn that the sign was removed.”

Glick had warm words for the new minister of internal security, Gilad Erdan (Likud), who he said has been taking action regarding the Muslim rioting in the Temple Mount. "At the end of the 100 days, it is important to me to note that Minister Erdan – beside his activity in appointing a new police commissioner – has taken upon himself the subject of the Temple Mount, and we feel the great change in the way matters are handled vis-a-vis the Arab elements that are creating trouble on the Temple Mount.”

Glick hinted that Erdan – who is secular, but was raised in a religious home – sees with favor a Jewish presence on the Temple Mount, and not just for religious reasons. "There is an attempt to improve the situation,” he said. “There is a religious and sovereign interest favoring the ascent of Jews to the Mount, and these things are stated in our meetings with Minister Erdan as well. With him, we found an attentive ear and a new spirit can be felt.”