COGwriter CERN made another announcement about Higgs boson and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC): Researchers at the CERN particle accelerator have found “intriguing hints” of the Higgs boson, a moment of major progress in years of previously unfruitful searching for the elusive subatomic particle… If the Higgs boson is precisely measured in the next year, […]
Month: December 2011
LCG: Eurozone Crisis: Lurching Towards The Brink
David Cameron COGwriter LCG’s commentary today is on the Eurozone crisi: Eurozone Crisis: Lurching Towards The Brink By John Meakin | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 When British Prime Minister David Cameron exercised the United Kingdom’s national veto last Friday at the European Union Summit in Brussels—the first EU national veto ever exercised by a British […]
Chinese Naval Presence in Seychelles; US Drone Crashes in Seychelles; Indian Concerns
Devil = Secret + Person + Garden COGwriter The Indian ocean located Seychelles is in the news today for two different military reasons: Chinese military base in Indian Ocean? Times of India – Dec 13, 2011 China on Monday said the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles has invited its navy “to resupply and recuperate” other […]
Guttenberg Appointed Advisor to EU Commission
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg COGwriter A reader sent me the following link to the following which google partially translated into English: Neuer Job für Guttenberg Berater der EU-Kommission Brüssel (dpa) – Ex-Minister Guttenberg kehrt auf die politische Bühne zurück – vorerst aber nur bei der EU-Kommission in Brüssel…Guttenberg am Montag in Brüssel: «Dies ist kein politisches […]
Islamists Rising in Egypt and Other Arab Nations: What Might this Mean for Jerusalem?
جامعة الدول العربية Jāmaʻat ad-Duwwal al-ʻArabiyya Arab League Flag COGwriter There are concerns about the recent election in Egypt: What will Salafists’ election success mean for Egypt? By Yolande Knell BBC News, Cairo12 December 2011 Ultraconservative Islamists, known as Salafists, have emerged from the first stage of Egypt’s parliamentary election as a powerful political force. […]
NRDC: All US States Had Extreme Weather; Confirms 2012 Book Prediction
COGwriter All US states had extreme weather in 2011: The map showing how America has been plagued by record-breaking extreme weather in 2011 12th December 2011 There were killer tornadoes ripping through cities, flooding in the north east and mid west, plus high heat, drought and wildfires in Texas. Not to mention earthquakes, hurricanes and […]
TW: Whooping Cough in Illinois
Boy with Whooping Cough COGwriter The latest TW News & Prophecy e-zine from the Living Church of God contains the following: Whooping cough outbreak in Illinois. As of last Monday, the whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in three Illinois counties included more than 500 diagnosed cases. Public health officials say the actual number of cases is […]
Eurozone Agreement, UK Position Criticized
European Central Bank, Frankfurt (Eric Chan) COGwriter Here are two news items on the European economic crisis to mention: Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) — European leaders pressed the case that a new fiscal accord will deliver the region from its two- year debt crisis, as Germany’s top central banker cooled speculation the European Central Bank will […]
Catholic Teachings on Christmas
COGwriter The early Catholic Church did not celebrate Christmas. Furthermore, Tertullian (one of its leading 2nd/3rd century writers) warned that to participate in the winter celebrations made one beholding to pagan gods. Notice what Tertullian wrote about winter celebrations, such as Saturnalia (from a pagan deity whose name meant plentiful): The Minervalia are as much […]
COGWA to Texas, But Dr. Winnail is Not
Dr. Douglas Winnail COGwriter James Malm posted the following: The MBOD unanimously approved Dallas/Fort Worth as the location for the principal office of COGWA. This comes as no surprise as the dispute over the Denton property led directly to the UCG split. The Franks faction had been extremely anxious to move to the Denton property […]