COGwriter A “state of emergency” has been declared in Florida, while fires are raging in Colorado: Florida declares a state of emergency due to heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Debbie 27 June 2012 (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Debby weakened to a tropical depression after it drifted ashore on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Tuesday, even as […]
Month: June 2012
Syria Kills, Turkey Threatens
Damascus, Capital of Syria COGwriter The situation in Syria is getting Israel’s and the USA’s attention: 113 killed in Syria; UN Security Council meets CNN – 26 June 2012 (CNN) — Here is a look at key events Tuesday in the ongoing crisis in Syria: Violence — 113 people were killed Tuesday, according to the Local […]
Press Again Mentions Karl Guttenberg’s Corruption
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg COGwriter Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg was mentioned in the news again: 26 June 2012 The Crisis of European Democracy… Germany…has experienced continued, albeit slow, economic growth. Nevertheless, the public display of subterranean politics is just as marked in Germany as it is in other countries. Squares have been occupied all over the country, […]
James Malm Needs to Read More Carefully
Orthodox Rendering of the Apocalypse COGwriter James Malm, a blogger and independent who claims association with the Church of God, again wrongly reported some information about me. The following seem to have been posted last night as I found them at James Malm’s site this morning: Bob’s part is to regularly post condemnations of me […]
Mormons Excited About Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney (Gage Skidmore, 2011) COGwriter Not surprisingly, a new poll finds that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is popular with members of the LDS church: 25 June 2012 Most Mormons in Utah believe that Mitt Romney’s rise to become the likely GOP presidential nominee is a good thing for the Church of Jesus Christ […]
Germany’s Finance Minister Blasts Obama and His Advice
COGwriter The German press has the following: 25 June 2012 In a sign of tensions between Berlin and Washington, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on Sunday that President Barack Obama should focus on cutting America’s own budget deficit before advising Europe on how to tackle its debt problems. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble rebuffed […]
More Syrian Military Leaders Defect, Turkey, & NATO: More Pressure on Assad
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (Source: Agência Brasil, Wikipedia) بشار الأسد COGwriter More defections from Syria’s military are happening, which is increasing pressure on its President Assad: 25 June 2012 A handful of top Syrian military officers defected overnight from Bashar al-Assad’s regime, seeking refuge in Turkey amid rising tensions between the neighbors. The group included […]
TW: Australian Leader Discounts God’s Role in Marriage
COGwriter The latest TW News & Prophecy from the Living Church of God has the following: God mocked by Australian parliamentarian. The contentious issue of whether to legalize same-sex marriage continues to hover around the discussion table in the Australian Parliament. Just this week, federal MP (Member of Parliament) Adam Bandt, of the Australian Greens […]
Muslim Brotherhood’s Dr. Morsi Winner of Egypt’s Presidential Election
Mohamed Morsi (Photo by Mohammed Bin Abdullah) COGwriter The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate for the Egyptian presidency, Mohamed Morsi, has now been declared the winner: June 24, 2012 Mohammed Morsi was declared Egypt’s first Islamist president on Sunday, chosen in the freest elections in history that left the nation deeply polarized between supporters of an old […]
Germany Domination of EU, Not UK
Guido Westerwelle COGwriter Germany, not the UK, is dominating the EU: June 24, 2012 Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair…says “the only thing that will save the single currency now is … a sort of grand plan in which Germany is prepared to commit its economy fully to the single currency.”In return, other eurozone nations […]