Iran at Brink of Having Nukes; Russia Warns Israel Not to Attack

Hiroshima After the Atomic Bomb Was Detonated COGwriter Iran might soon have its own nuclear-bomb: November 7, 2011 Iran on brink of nuclear capability, report says (Washington Post)  This story was written by Joby Warrick.Intelligence provided to U.N. nuclear officials shows that Iran’s government has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon, […]

New Scandal: Catholic Church Owns Pornography Publisher

View in Vatican City (photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter The Vatican has a new scandal to deal with: Germany’s biggest Catholic-owned publishing house has been rocked by disclosures that it has been selling thousands of pornographic novels…with the full assent of the country’s leading bishops. The revelations made in the publishing-industry newsletter Buchreport concern Weltbild, […]

Panetta Weighs Unthinkable Defense Cuts

COGwriter The US Secretary of Defense is considering previously unthinkable cuts in the U.S. defense budget: Panetta Weighs Military Cuts Once Thought Out of Bounds By THOM SHANKER and ELISABETH BUMILLER Published: November 6, 2011 WASHINGTON — Under orders to cut the Pentagon budget by more than $450 billion over the next decade, Defense Secretary […]

James Malm is Wrong About Prophetic Understanding of Various COGs, 2012, etc.

“Orthodox” 16th Century Representation of the “Apocalypse” COGwriter James Malm, an “independent” who has a speculative blog, posted the following today: Based on the concept that the King of the South is no longer Egypt [with only HWA’s word for this and NO Biblical evidence to support this idea]; United, LCG and others have come […]

Oklahoma Has its Largest Earthquake Ever and it is Felt in Six States

(Choo photo) COGwriter The US State of Oklahoma was hit by its largest ever earthquake: 5.6 earthquake causes significant damage FOX 23 – Nov 5, 2011 The USGS says a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Oklahoma just before 11 p.m. Saturday night, the biggest earthquake in Oklahoma history. http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/5-6-earthquake-causes-significant-damage/UWVm88GEd06RFdXi5h3Nmg.cspx (CNN) — Crews in central Oklahoma were […]

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Satisfies US Government

Muslim Brotherhood الإخوان المسلمون Al-Ikhwān Al-Muslimūn COGwriter The Obama Administration is getting a bit more public about its support of the Muslim Brotherhood: US would be ‘satisfied’ with Brotherhood win in Egypt Jerusalem Post – Nov 5, 2011 The United States would be “satisfied” should free elections in Egypt produce a victory for the Muslim […]

LCG: Troubles in Your Life?

“Orthodox” 16th Century Representation of the “Apocalypse” COGwriter In his commentary for today, LCG’s Davy Crockett (a descendant of the famous American with that name) wrote: Commentary: The Search By Davy Crockett | Saturday, November 05, 2011… We have jobs or careers, family responsibilities, school requirements, financial difficulties, all of which have to be dealt […]

COGWA Reports Feast Attendance

COGwriter COGWA (Church of God, a Worldwide Association) reported the following: We also had a very strong international attendance during the Feast this year. You may not be aware of this, but about 40 percent of our total Church attendance resides outside the United States…The Feast of Tabernacles and Last Great Day capped off an […]

Syria Continues Crackdown, While 15,000 Supposedly are Readying an Attack Against Assad

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (Source: Agência Brasil, Wikipedia) بشار الأسد COGwriter Syria is still cracking down on protesters and this seems to be setting it up for other problems: Activists Say Dozens Killed as Syria’s Stance on Talks Is Tested ‎New York Times – Anthony Shadid – Hwaida Saad – 4 November 2011 BEIRUT, Lebanon […]

Canada Loses 54,000 Jobs

Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada COGwriter Canada is having job losses: Canadians Lose Jobs as Manufacturing Suffers Wall Street Journal – ‎4 November 2011 OTTAWA—Canada shed a net 54000 jobs in October, the biggest monthly drop since the depths of the global economic crisis, and the latest headwind to buffet one of the most resilient developed economies. […]