COGwriter Europe’s answer to the USA’s Global Positioning System (GPS) hit a major milestone yesterday: First EU Navigation Satellite Payload Shipped RedOrbit – April 26, 2010 The Galileo satellite-navigation system – Europe’s answer to the GPS – took a giant step forward on Monday, as the initial spacecraft’s payload was shipped to Rome from the […]
Month: April 2010
Australia Rice and Other Food Shortages
Rice (Oryza sativa) COGwriter A problem with a rice pestilence is concerning farmers in Australia: Australia Fears Locust Plague Insects Threaten the 2011 Rice Harvest; ‘They Take Anything Green With Them’ Wall Street Journal – April 26, 2010 CANBERRA—A plague of swarming locusts is casting a shadow over Australia’s efforts to revive its rice production. […]
Another Countdown for 2012: What Will, Will Not, and May Happen in 2012?
COGwriter A reader sent me the following in an email titled Another Countdown for 2012: Population overload BBC Focus magazine – May 2010 issue. excerpts… Space, food and fuel are finite and, as the world’s population increases, so will the demand on them. Ian Taylor looks at the outcomes of this growing problem, and how […]
Evidence that Scots Came from Scythia
Approximate extent of Scythia and the Scythian languages (orange) in the 1st century BC COGwriter A new book provides additional evidence that the Scots of Scotland came from Scythia: Book review: The Highland Clans, by Alistair Moffat The Scotsman – April 26, 2010… Not many have noted, as Moffat does, that when teams of geneticists […]
Middle East Peace to Involve EU, Brazil Wants in too
Union for the Mediterranean Blue: Members of the European Union in the Union for the Mediterranean States Green: Other members (primarily from the African Union & Arab League) Striped green: Libya is currently only an observer member in the Union for the Mediterranean COGwriter Several events are pointing to a concerted effort for a “peace […]
Habsburg Family Still Influential in and Near Europe
Crown of the “Holy Roman Empire” COGwriter All the emperors of the old “Holy Roman Empire” were part of what has been known as the Habsburg line. Charlemagne was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor, reputedly with the crown shown above, by Pope Leo III in Rome on Christmas Night, 800 AD. And now, over […]
ICG: Middle East Update, Including Iran
Jerusalem COGwriter Last night, ICG’s Mark Armstrong reported: Israel celebrated the 62nd anniversary as an independent modern nation this week. It was marked by the traditional remembrance of holocaust and national birth pangs along with their victories in wars and those lost in the nation’s preservation. But as reported in the New York Times, there […]
Fungal Pestilence?
Hyphae of Fungus Hyaloperonospora Parasitica Haustoria COGwriter Two readers sent me articles today on a particular fungal problem: Deadly strain of airborne fungus spreading among healthy people and animals in U.S., scientists warn Daily Mail, UK – April 23, 2010 A deadly strain of fungus is quietly spreading among animals and people in the U.S. […]
GCI/WCG’s J. Tkach’s Latest On Voting
TRANSFORMED FROM TRUTH COGwriter Today, GCI (formerly called WCG) sent the following out from its leader, Joseph Tkach: It won’t be long before election campaigning will get under way again for senate seats, governorships, and other elected offices, as well as for new laws and taxes. Viewpoints will vary widely and both sides one any […]
PM Debate in the United Kingdom
Palace of Westminster in London COGwriter The second ever live debate for UK Prime Minister was held last night: Second U.K. Prime Minister Debate Yields Two-Way Draw http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Second-UK-Prime-Minister-Debate-Yields-Two-Way-Draw-3337/ Since ultimately, I expect that the UK will leave the EU and/or overcome by it, whoever becomes the Prime Minister there will help fulfill certain end-time prophecies. […]