Anna Hazare COGwriter An Indian has been fasting to protest corruption there: 20 August 2011 “New Gandhi” emerging in India? NEW DELHI — An Indian activist on a hunger strike that sparked a popular campaign against corruption said Saturday he was feeling physically weak, but resolved in his demand that the government adopt his version […]
Month: August 2011
Arab States May Soon Exercise More Power
جامعة الدول العربية Jāmaʻat ad-Duwwal al-ʻArabiyya Arab League Flag COGwriter In the latest TW News & Prophecy, the Living Church of God reported: Arab states in key UN positions in September. In a potentially significant sequence of events, “Arab states will be chairing the United Nations Security Council and General Assembly in September as the […]
Stephanie Guttenberg Confirms Temporary Move: Is the King of the North Coming to the USA?
COGwriter As regular readers of this page are aware, I have had my eye on one-time German Defense Minister Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg since late 2009 as one who could possibly fulfill the role of the final King of the North. I have expected that he would likely go abroad for some time, his wife […]
COGWA Board Seemingly Lists Priorities
COGwriter In COGWA’s latest letter (8/19/11), its Board stated the following: Of the three major steps needed to establish a permanent governance and administrative system, two are now complete—we have selected our form of governance, and the Ministerial Board of Directors has now been named. A remaining major step is for the MBOD to name […]
Violence and Corruption in the Philippines
Mount Apo in Mindanao, Philippines COGwriter In today’s TW News & Prophecy, the Living Church of God reported: Violence and corruption in the Philippines. “A car bomb in the southern Philippines killed one person and wounded seven Monday in an attack targeting a governor who took office after many of his relatives were slain in […]
TW: Dutch Army’s Homosexual Support
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah COGwriter In today’s TW News & Prophecy, the Living Church of God reported: Dutch military joins “Gay Pride” parade for first time. Three weeks ago, “A balloon-festooned barge bearing the standards of the service branches sponsored by the Defense Ministry sailed among about 80 other floats, with music blaring […]
Obama Administration Picks Muslim Brotherhood in Syria?
Muslim Brotherhood الإخوان المسلمون Al-Ikhwān Al-Muslimūn COGwriter There are still issues in Syria and a report this week suggests that the Obama Administration is leaning more towards the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria: Syria Said to Fire on Protests in Defiance of Global Rebuke New York Times – 19 August 2011 BEIRUT, Lebanon – Thousands of Syrians […]
Solar Issues WILL be More Destructive
Depiction of solar particles interacting with Earth’s magnetosphere COGwriter Scientists believe that solar activity may have significant ramifications in the future: Sun storms ‘could be more disruptive within decades’ BBC – Aug 18, 2011 Within decades, solar storms are likely to become more disruptive to planes and spacecraft, say researchers at Reading University. The work, […]
Germany’s DAX Dropped 5.82% Today
Berlin Reichstag COGwriter Germany had a major drop in its stock values today: DAX suffers worst dive since November 2008 Published: 18 Aug 11 Germany’s DAX stock index plunged nearly six percent on Thursday, suffering its worst decline since November 2008 amid growing economic concerns on both sides of the Atlantic. The index of Germany’s […]
John Meakin: London Riots: ‘Erosion of Morality’?
COGwriter In his commentary today, John Meakin from the Living Church of God, has the following: Commentary: London Riots: “Erosion of Morality”? Four days of mindless violence and anarchy swept across England in early August, taking five lives and engulfing 121 locations. Why? These were not, as some insinuated, “race riots”—even though the initial spark […]