Greek Riots, 2008 COGwriter PCG’s The Trumpet Weekly had the following yesterday: Once again Europe has been hit by a series of workers’ strikes. And once again, France has been hit hard, with strikes beginning on October 12. Refinery workers and even students have joined the protests against the French government’s plan to raise the […]
Month: October 2010
LCG: Nations Moving Away from US Dollar. 2018?
World Currencies COGwriter This past week saw further dropping in the value of the USA dollar compared to many other world currencies. Concerns about rising USA debt, “quantitative easing” by its Federal Reserve, and other USA actions which will ultimately highly devalue the USA dollar has many nations trying to change away from dependence on […]
China Concerned About Unrest
Prohibition To Prohibit = Tree + (Divine) Command COGwriter While the USA is trying to get China to let its renminbi yuan to appreciate in value, Chinese leaders are meeting to put together their next “five-year plan” under growing concerns that civil unrest is a potential problem there: President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao […]
UCG’s President Complains About Sabbath Issue
Ancient Laodicea COGwriter Today, the “United” Church of God (UCG) posted the following from its president: Let me come to the point of this letter: A highly vocal few, particularly in online forums, have raised imaginary issues about the current administration and Council of Elders. These false issues center on recent letters published from Melvin […]
Halloween, Mormons, and Sunday
COGwriter Many will be observing “Halloween” later this month. Some of the members of the “Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) are concerned that it falls on a Sunday: Halloween on Sunday Deseret News, Salt Lake City – Oct 14, 2010 Halloween always causes a dilemma when it falls on a Sunday. […]
Another Large Hadron Collider Success
COGwriter The CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) had major success today according to a press release post by CERN’s Rolf Heuer: News: 14 October 2010 LHC protons 2010: mission accomplished When we started running the LHC at the end of March, we set ourselves the objective of reaching a luminosity of 1032 by the end […]
Guttenberg: The Future of Germany?
Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg COGwriter Many in Germany are looking more and more towards Karl Guttenberg to lead their country: Guttenberg ‘the future’ say young conservatives The head of the Christian Democrats’ youth wing has delivered a stinging blow to the leadership of Angela Merkel, slamming the party’s centrist direction and describing Defence Minister […]
Scientists, Asteroids, and Revelation 8
Comet Lulin COGWriter Scientists are becoming concerned about the ramifications of a medium-size asteroid striking the earth: New Scientist – Oct 13, 2010 If a medium-sized asteroid lands in the ocean, tsunamis won’t be the only worry. A new computer simulation suggests that the water vapour and sea salt thrown up by the impact could […]
Gold Seen as a Currency Hedge as it Hits New Record
The 220 kg Gold brick displayed in Taiwan COGwriter The price of gold rose to over USD$1370 per ounce today. The Wall Street Journal had the following: PRECIOUS METALS: Gold Breaches $1370, Seen As Currency Hedge Wall Street Journal – Matt Whittaker – 1 hour ago NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Gold futures settled above $1370 for […]
CEM’s Ron Dart
COGwriter Dixon Cartwright of The Journal sent me the following which is from the wife of CEM’s Ronald Dart: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 11:57 AM, CDT I am so sorry that some of you have had difficulty getting positive information about Ron’s condition. Most encouraging improvements continue to be made. While you were at the […]