Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Iran COGwriter Iran keeps making oil supply threats: Iran warns of closing strategic Hormuz oil route By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press – 28 December 2011 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s navy chief warned Wednesday that his country can easily close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian […]
Month: December 2011
China’s Beidou ‘GPS’ Operational, Plus Russia’s Glonass
GLONASS Logo COGwriter China announced an important step towards increasing its power and independence: China GPS rival Beidou starts offering navigation data BBC – Dec 27, 2011 China’s satellite navigation system has become operational, according to an official. Beidou now offered location, timing and navigation data to China and surrounding areas…China has been working on […]
Emergency Rooms Prepare for New Year’s Eve
COGwriter Hospital emergency rooms are preparing for this weekend: Emergency rooms preparing for busy New Year’s Eve Erin Allday, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Bay Area doctors and emergency workers are bracing for what’s likely to be the busiest weekend of the year. New Year’s Eve is typically loaded with alcohol-fueled deaths and […]
Iraq (Political) Attack
COGwriter US President Obama declared an end to the USA’s combat mission in Iraq recently and US troops are now mainly leaving or already gone. But all is not well in Iraq. As I have written for years, Iraq is likely to experience civil war. Notice what happened today: In Blow to Government, Sadr Followers […]
Japanese and Chinese Cooperation: It Will Increase as Well
COGwriter Japan and China are increasing cooperation: Unlikely allies Japan, China come together for regional stability Dec 25, 2011 BEIJING Death of North Korean leader Kim Jong II and the uncertainty about the new regime, on Sunday saw unlikely allies Japan and China reach out to each other in a bid to promote regional stability… […]
Guttenberg Blames Being Busy and Vanity for Plagiarism Matter
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg COGwriter As regular readers know, I have long had my eye on former German Defense Minister Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg as one to watch as a possible candidate to be the final King of the North of Daniel 11 and Beast of Revelation. Daniel 11 indicates that the final King of the […]
LCG on North Korea
Flag of Korea, 1889 COGwriter LCG has the following in its announcements yesterday: North Korea and new leadership. Last week, North Korea’s 19-year supreme leader, Kim Jong Il, died of an apparent heart attack. This militarized nation, unable to sufficiently feed its people, will now be ruled by Kim Jong Il’s appointed successor, his third […]
Today is Mithras’ Birthday
Sun-god Mithras COGwriter While the scriptural evidence shows that Jesus was not born on December 25th, today is the day long celebrated as the birthday of the sun-god Mithras (or Mithra). The Catholic Encyclopedia reported: Mithraism A pagan religion consisting mainly of the cult of the ancient Indo-Iranian Sun-god Mithra. It entered Europe from Asia […]
Vatican Wants Jerusalem Sites
Jerusalem COGwriter In today’s announcement, LCG had the following: The Vatican wants Jerusalem sites. For 450 years, the Vatican has fought to regain control over holy sites in Jerusalem–ever since they were taken from Franciscan monks by the Ottomans about 1551 AD. The Vatican is now negotiating to gain control of several of these sites, […]
South America Taking Actions Against Falklands, UK Says it Will Always Keep Them
(Illustration by Camilo Sanchez) COGwriter South America is taking more concrete steps to try to support Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands: South American states ban Falklands vessels from ports BBC – Dec 21, 2011 A South American trading bloc has agreed to close its ports to ships flying the Falkland Islands flag. Mercosur, which […]