daniel-p, I have been getting similar things lately and then they turned to Armageddon and how it is the last days.
I finally, just last week, told my Mom she sounded insane. I finally did it. She is still speaking to me and told me she is buying a new HDTV. The irony that is obviously being lost on her.
I had to tell her that the ranting like the e-mail I posted a few days ago, here on JWN, is nuts. I probably won't get any for a few months, but, I know they'll start again. She can't help herself.
The eerie thing is the wording is very similar to the words your Mom is using. Very eerie. They really are brainwashed with this stuff.
As LWT told me, hang in there.