“Orthodox” 16th Century Representation of the “Apocalypse” COGwriter James Malm, an “independent” who has a speculative and often partially inaccurate blog, posted an item titled Bob Thiel [LCG] on the events leading into the Tribulation #7. Some of what he posted from emails from me and about me perhaps should be dealt with. The quotes […]
Month: January 2012
London Falling, USA Somewhat Losing Election Control
World Currencies COGwriter The UK seems to be quickly falling out of favor as a financial center: London Shrinks Faster Than Any Financial Center as Banks Come Under Attack London, the world’s biggest center for foreign-exchange trading, cross-border bank lending and interest-rate derivatives, is being squeezed by both the impact of the European sovereign-debt crisis […]
COGwriter on Radio
COGwriter Today, I did another radio interview with Mary Jane Popp of KAHI radio, Sacramento. If anyone wants to listen to it, it should be available until about 10:00 am PST, January 18, 2012. The following link takes a couple of minutes to load, and after a couple of minutes, I am the first guest: […]
Obesity Up in USA
Obese Male COGwriter USA Today reported the following: By Nanci Hellmich January 17, 2012… The percentage of obese men increased to 35.5% in 2010, up from 27.5% in 2000. About 35.7% of women were obese in 2010, not a significant change from 2000. Adults are considered obese if they are roughly 30 or more pounds […]
Syrian Official: Assad Will Fight at All Costs
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (Source: Agência Brasil, Wikipedia) بشار الأسد COGwriter Today’s news has the following: (CNN) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will fight at all costs to crush the revolt seeking his ouster, a member of parliament who defected to Egypt said Tuesday. “There is an open budget allocated to the crackdown on the […]
Riots in Romania
Greek Riots, 2008 COGwriter Austerity concerns are blamed for riots in Romania: Budget cuts spark riots in Romania Washington Post – 16 January 2012 Riots have rocked Romania’s capital, Bucharest, for four days. Demonstrators are protesting austerity measures and widespread government corruption. Protests continue in Romania for 4th day Atlanta Journal Constitution – 16 […]
CG-PKG’s Ronald Weinland in the News
VS. COGwriter CGPFK/CGPKG’s Ronald Weinland was somewhat in the news: Former Worldwide Church of God preacher says Jesus Christ is returning on May 27, 2012 and that today marks the end of time and beginning of “half time” Jan 8, 2012 excerpt… Ronald Weinland, who considers himself a prophet of God, continues to warn that […]
Herbert Armstrong Died 26 Years Ago
COGwriter Hebert W. Armstrong died on January 16, 1986, at age 93 1/2. Many never heard of him, but millions did. His death seemed to mark the end of the predominance of the Philadelphia era of the Church of God and the predominance of the Laodicean era instead. Herbert Armstrong’s successor in the old Worldwide […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. & Mithraism
COGwriter Today is observed in the USA as Martin Luther King, Jr. day. And although I do not take this day off (nor presidents days), I thought it might be appropriate to quote some writings from the late Martin Luther King Jr. Mithraism was a religion that observed Sunday and had followers such as the […]
International Drought Concerns
COGwriter There are many international drought concerns now: Droughts more worrying than flash floods: Balakrishnan AsiaOne Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 SINGAPORE – While Dr Vivian Balakrishnam commended the recommendations put forward by the expert panel working to ease the flooding situation, he said more should be done to guard against dry spells as well…According to […]