COGwriter In COGWA’s latest letter (8/17/11), its secretary wrote: We are pleased to inform you of the official results of the recent ballot to select the seven members of our Ministerial Board of Directors (MBOD) from the list of 14 nominees. Here are the names of our new MBOD members, listed in alphabetical order: Jim […]
Month: August 2011
‘We’ve Sold Our Birthright’
“I will break the pride of your power” (Leviticus 26:19) COGwriter Has the USA sold its birthright to foreigners? At least one secular source suggests so: We’ve Sold Our Birthright for a Mess of Porridge Money and Markets – Aug 17, 2011 excerpts…in the year 2000….Washington owed foreigners a total of $1 trillion….Washington now owes […]
More Calls to Make Herman van Rompuy President of the Eurozone
Herman Van Rompuy COGwriter There are more calls today in the EU to give more power to Herman van Rompuy: BRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of France and Germany said Wednesday that they want the heads of the eurozone countries to elect the president of a new “economic government” who would direct regular summits to […]
Russia’s Putin Still Working for Eurasian Union
Vladimir Putin, Official Photograph COGwriter Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin continued his quest on creating a Eurasian union: Putin sets sights on Eurasian economic union Financial Times, London – Aug 16, 2011 Twenty years after the Soviet Union collapsed, Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, may not, as is sometimes alleged, be trying to recreate […]
Panetta: Gaddafi’s Days are Numbered
Muammar al-Gaddafi COGwriter Libya’s leader seems to be getting into a tougher situation as the USA is indicating he will not last too much longer: Panetta Says Gaddafi’s Days ‘Are Numbered’ U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Libyan rebels are advancing toward Tripoli from the east and west, and there now is a sense that […]
Europe Making More Strides Towards Being a United Empire
COGwriter Many in Europe want a closer more united empire, though they are using other terms for it: Germany, France propose collective ‘government’ for the eurozone led by EU president. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/germany-france-propose-collective-government-for-the-eurozone-led-by-eu-president/2011/08/16/gIQA1EdIJJ_story.html Germany, France call for European economic government AP – Aug 16, 2011 The leaders of France and Germany are pushing all 17 nations that […]
‘Doomsday’ Defense Cuts
COGwriter The US Secretary of Defense and other politicians are now concerned by ‘doomsday’ cuts in the U.S. defense budget: Hedging Against Doomsday Defense Cuts Seeking Alpha – David Pinsen – 16 August 2011 Not surprisingly, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has described the automatic cuts as the “doomsday mechanism.” ‘Doomsday‘ defense cuts loom large for select […]
New Zealand Hit with Polar Blast
COGwriter While the south island of New Zealand has been hit with almost 8,000 earthquakes since September 2010, the south island, as well as the normally warm north island, have been hit by a polar blast: Snow in winterless north as weather causes chaos Aug 16, 2011 Snow has reached the winterless north as a […]
Gold Standard Dropped 40 Years Ago, Today, But Gold Up
The 220 kg Gold brick displayed in Taiwan COGwriter Forty-years ago today, the USA dropped the connection between its dollar and gold. Some have wondered if that is a factor in the current economic woes: 40 years after US stopped using it to back currency, it trades at record highs in part due to economic […]
Assumption of Mary or Diana?
COGWriter August 15th is a holiday known as the Assumption of Mary. Wikipedia made the following observations: According to the belief…of the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Catholic Churches, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and the Anglican Communion, the Assumption of Mary was the bodily taking up of the Blessed Virgin Mary […]