UK - But what about the darker side of Halloween, Satanism? Satanism is a group of ideological and philosophical beliefs based on Satan, or the Devil. The modern religious practice of Satanism began with the founding of the Church of Satan in 1966. Before this, it is thought Satanism only existed as an accusation by some Christian groups towards those who didn’t follow Christian ideology. This is the main defining factor that separates Satanism from Paganism: it is a Christian concept. The Church of Satan was established at the Black House in San Francisco, California, on April 30, 1966. Interestingly, the church does not believe in the Devil or Satan. High priest Peter Gilmore describes its members as "skeptical atheists,” embracing the Hebrew root of the word "Satan" as "adversary.” The church views Satan as a positive symbol, representing pride, individualism, and enlightenment.

UK - Halloween is the most important day of the year for Devil worshippers, according to the founder of the Church of Satan, and everyone else has been urged to avoid celebrating this “dark” day. People around the globe prepare to don fancy costumes today, October 31, as they gear up for Halloween celebrations. However, the holiday has its roots in evil, and the leader of the Satanic church claimed it is one of the most important days of the year for Devil worshippers. As a result, some Christians are warning people to steer clear of Halloween celebrations. Christian website Charisma News writes: “There will be many people who will read this article and will continue to celebrate Halloween just as they normally do. If that is you, then you need to understand that engaging in dark practices can open up doors to spiritual darkness for yourself and your entire family.”

USA - Will we someday look back on October 2018 as the turning point? As the month began, people were generally feeling pretty good about things, and the US stock market quickly set a new all-time high. But from that point on, the wheels fell off for Wall Street. We just witnessed the worst October for US stocks since the financial crisis of 2008, and at this point more than 8 trillion dollars of global wealth has been completely wiped out. But it isn’t just the stock market that is being shaken.

EUROPE - Merkel has been the face of Europe – good, bad, or indifferent. Germany has been the major economy in Europe with France a distant second. We must understand that the fate of the Euro hinges on this position of Merkel. She has been a staunch supporter of austerity and the Green and AfD are rising BECAUSE of Merkel’s immigration policy. Instead of recognizing she made a major mistake and address it instantly, she has done the typical politician maneuver – blame everyone else and deny it was her policy at fault. I cannot stress enough that the political instability within Europe, is a critical factor behind the capital flows that can push the dollar to unbelievable highs. There is a much higher plane of financial analysis that we must respect and come to grips with because we are all in this together. No politician can even pretend to be in charge of the economy and make promises that are far beyond their control because nobody can go against the global trend. Plain & simple!!!!!!!

USA - New York Times best-selling author and populist conservative columnist Ann Coulter says a caravan of at least 7,000 Central American migrants are headed to the United States for welfare, not to seek asylum. Coulter said: “None of these are asylum cases or they’d stop in the first country they get to. The idea of asylum is something like there’s a holocaust, there’s a potato famine. No this is how these people always live which is why all of different countries want to come to the … biggest welfare state in the world, that is the United States. Dumping poor people on America is not making us better. They are far more likely to be receiving welfare. And that’s just your average illegal immigrant and immigrant.”

CHINA/JAPAN - Beijing and Tokyo sealed a multi-billion dollar currency swap arrangement on Friday, aimed at enhancing financial stability and spurring business activity in both countries. According to the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the arrangement which will last until October 25, 2021, will allow the exchange of local currencies between the two central banks for up to 200 billion yuan or 3.4 trillion yen ($30 billion). The meeting comes as Asia’s two biggest economies look to strengthen relations against a backdrop of trade friction with the United States. China has been actively seeking to boost the use of its currency in mutual trade settlements with partners, bypassing the US dollar. The idea of moving away from the dollar in global trade has become a trend lately among countries like Russia, China, Japan, Iran, Turkey, Venezuela, and others.

USA - As the wealthy continue sucking the country dry, the question now isn’t if the US will cease to provide a decent standard of living for its people. Rather it is how many people will be sacrificed on the way down. In America, the richest nation in the world when measured by raw GDP, children are getting sick from living by open pools of raw sewage.

GERMANY - Angela Merkel quit politics today after it became crystal clear the German nation was turning its back on the mainstream and finding comfort in the parties more usually on the fringes. The two big winners from the collapse of Merkel’s CDU in the Hesse state elections yesterday were laser-focused single issue parties with a crystal clear dog-whistle message.

USA - Recreational marijuana is now legal in Canada, and as my colleague Tony Mecia writes, a Democratic takeover of the House could help facilitate legal pot in more places in the United States. And soon. Legalizing cannabis has a number of upsides. It’s projected to help the farming economy while hurting the smuggling economy, and sparing small-time offenders from outsize sentences — and that’s not to mention its medicinal uses, for chronic pain, PTSD, and chemo patients’ nausea. But beyond these known and anticipated benefits looms one risk proponents ought to know but tend not to: Marijuana increases a user’s likelihood to develop psychotic symptoms. It’s a complex set of mental disorders that covers symptoms like hallucinations, paranoid delusions, all the way to full-blown schizophrenia — which... has no known cure.

USA - First they say have no children, now no pets! According to a study out Monday on global climate change, your dog (or your cat) is probably killing the environment, and if you want to stem the tide of global warming, it's time to say "good-bye" to Fido and Fluffy. Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia claim that those 163 million pets have a detrimental impact on the environment, from the food they consume to the waste they produce. Alternatively, the researchers recommend having your pets go vegetarian, something that's not recommended by veterinarians or animal health and welfare experts who concede that having some type of meat-based protein is best for your four-legged friends — particularly those whose ancestors were carnivorous.

USA - Could it be possible that the US is heading for a major war?  If you ask most Americans that question, they will look at you like you are crazy.  For most people in this country, war with either Russia or China is not something to even be remotely concerned about.  But the Russians and the Chinese both see things very differently. 

EUROPE - For those who do not follow Europe closely, the European Union took the unprecedented step Tuesday (23rd of October) of rejecting Italy’s draft budget as incompatible with the bloc’s rules on fiscal discipline. This has simply validated the position many take in Italy that they are an occupied country. The decision is escalating a battle between Europe’s establishment and Italians and the sooner you exit the Euro, the better Italy will survive.

USA - We continue to see extremely wild swings on Wall Street. On Monday, at one point the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 352 points, and then later it was down 566 points. At the closing bell the Dow had officially lost 245 points, and all of this extreme volatility is making investors very nervous. Investors like markets that are predictable, because it is a whole lot easier to make money when things move in a predictable fashion ...we are starting to see things happen that we have not witnessed since the last financial crisis. Specifically, the S&P 500 just broke the bull market trendline that had not been violated since the market bottomed out in early 2009.

USA - President Donald Trump borrowed a serpent staff from a child at the White House Halloween event on Sunday to wave in the direction of the media as he and first lady Melania Trump distributed chocolate bars and twizzlers to the children of military families before once again attacking the press on Twitter. 'Do you know what I'm doing,' he asked the two little girls, who were dressed in Egyptian style costumes as the first lady chuckled at his antics. He waved the staff up and down and all around, as if he were casting a spell. After the kids were gone, however, the president took to Twitter to attack the media. 'The Fake News is doing everything in their power to blame Republicans, Conservatives and me for the division and hatred that has been going on for so long in our Country. Actually, it is their Fake & Dishonest reporting which is causing problems far greater than they understand,' he wrote on Sunday evening.

EUROPE - A European court has ruled that people can be fined and prosecuted in criminal court for saying things about religious figures. Specifically, saying things about the Muslim prophet Mohammad is verboten, and state punishment is appropriate: The European Court of Human Rights has ruled a woman convicted by an Austrian court of calling the Prophet Mohammed a paedophile did not have her freedom of speech rights infringed.