(Photo by Geierunited) COGwriter Tobacco is killing more people as cigarette production rises: 21 March 2012: Bloomberg Tobacco use killed almost 6 million people last year and was the top cause of death in China, the world’s biggest cigarette market, the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation reported. Four of every five deaths were […]
Month: March 2012
Israelis become more confident about Iranian strike, but…
COGwriter More in Israel seem to consider that a strike against Iran is likely: Attack On Iran? Live Updates On The Drumbeat Of War Huffington Post – 20 March 2012 National security analysts believe Israel’s government is giving serious consideration to an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months, an action that would […]
COGWA announces its new school: Foundation Institute
COGwriter The Church of God, a Worldwide Association (COGWA) announced that it has a new school which will begin in August 2012 called Foundation Institute, Center for Biblical Education. Here is some of what it says about it: The mission of Foundation Institute, Center for Biblical Education, is to teach the doctrines of the Holy Bible […]
African Nobel Prize winner supports anti-homosexual laws
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah COGwriter CBS news has the following: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf defended her nation’s laws which makes the committing of homosexual acts – “voluntary sodomy” – punishable by up to one year in prison.”We like ourselves just the way we are,” Sirleaf told the Guardian, when asked about the […]
Old Man, Baptism, and the Upcoming Passover
COGwriter Here are excerpts from today’s commentary from LCG: Commentary: The Old Man By Roger Meyer (guest columnist) | Tuesday, March 20, 2012 When people are young, they often want to be older. When they are old, they often want to be younger–or at least to look and feel younger. Common to nearly everyone is […]
Damascus being attacked, Russian troops now present
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (Source: Agência Brasil, Wikipedia) بشار الأسد COGwriter Syria remains in the news: Battle Hits Damascus Before UN Team Arrives March 19, 2012 Wall Street Journal Syrian regime forces and rebel fighters engaged in a predawn gunbattle in a tightly secured, upscale neighborhood of Damascus on Monday, bringing the rebel fight the […]
Israel fears Iran becoming stronger, USA fears conflict becoming larger
COGwriter Israel has concerns that Iran’s nuclear program is close to being too well protected: Israel says Iran’s nuclear program soon will be strike-proof USA TODAY – 19 March 2012 JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel views the threat posed by a nuclear-armed Iran with greater urgency than the rest of the world, Israel’s defense minister […]
Executive order eliminates privacy and asset rights for Americans
COGwriter Got an email with some disturbing news for Americans who think that they retain privacy and certain asset rights, so I checked more into it and found the following: The Obama Administration: All Your Privacy And All Your Stuff … Right Side News – 19 March 2012 Did you know that the federal government […]
Occupy Wall Street Occupying Jail, But There is a Better Way
COGwriter A lot of protesters in ‘Occupy Wall Street’ got arrested: Dozens Of Occupy Protesters Arrested Following Late-Night Struggle In Zuccotti ParkNY1 18 March 2012 At least 50 arrests were made late Saturday night after Occupy Wall Street protesters clashed with police in the place where the movement began six months ago, in Lower Manhattan’s […]
King of the South Stirrings
جامعة الدول العربية Jāmaʻat ad-Duwwal al-ʻArabiyya Arab League Flag COGwriter There are various statements, actions, and inactions that seem to be setting the stage for the rise of the King of the South this week. Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia: It Is ‘Necessary to Destroy All the Churches of the Region’ The Grand Mufti of […]