COGwriter In his commentary today, Ian West of the Living Church of God has the following: In 1964, academic and social critic Donald Horne wrote The Lucky Country—a book about his homeland Australia. His title came from the opening words of the book’s last chapter: “Australia is a lucky country, run by second-rate people who […]
Month: November 2012
Air Pollution More Than Doubles Autism Risk
COGwriter Autism has been on the rise in the USA and certain other lands. Immunizations, foods, increased genetic predisposition, and toxins have been speculated as being possible cause for this rise. Because of the neurological problems associated with autism, I have long felt that it is likely caused by a combination of environmental toxins with […]
GMOs are Dangerous to Human Health
Non-GMO and GMO-Breeding for Plants COGwriter Received the following a few hours ago about GMOs (genetically-modified organisms) and risk to human health in the current Daily Reckoning (two different authors): “Is Genetically Modified Food Killing Us?” Alex Daley asks in today’s Daily Reckoning. “Probably not,” he confidently responds to his own question. But the worldwide […]
Obama Called ‘Lord and Savior’; Why Iran May be Happy With Re-Election
COGwriter A celebrity made a blasphemous statement about USA President Obama: November 26, 2012 Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx recently called Barack Obama “our lord and savior.” This occurred at the previously recorded Soul Train Awards broadcast on BET Sunday…http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/11/26/jamie-foxx-calls-obama-our-lord-and-savior#ixzz2DKou43ep Hopefully, Jamie Foxx will say that he was not really serious about that. Truly those at […]
Pravda Calls Barack Obama a Communist
COGwriter The Russian publication Pravda has ran a scorching piece against the re-election of US President Barack Obama (http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/19-11-2012/122849-obama_soviet_mistake-0/) that included the following: Putin in 2009 outlined his strategy for economic success. Alas, poor Obama did the opposite but nevertheless was re-elected. Bye, bye Miss American Pie. The Communists have won in America with Obama […]
Protestantism the ‘Tannenbaum religion’?
COGwriter The Wall Street Journal ran an article that contained the following: The Stranger in the House Christmas trees arrived in England and America only in the mid-19th century… The Tannenbaum (which simply means “fir tree”) came to be associated, apocryphally or not, with Martin Luther. Because of that, many Catholics in Germany once disdained […]
German Plagiarism and Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (World Economic Forum) COGwriter Probably the most common reason that Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has been mentioned in the news in the past year or so is his connection with plagiarism (another frequent reason is a television program that has been made about him in Germany). Notice, for example, the following that […]
Fatimists on US Presidential Election and ‘Our Only Help’
COGwriter Received an email some hours ago from The Fatima Center that contained the following: Laughing Off the Election Timothy Cardinal Dolan, with what can charitably be described as cheerful non-chalance, weighed in on the disaster of the 2012 elections in Catholic New York, the official publication of the Archdiocese of New York, of which […]
Telling Lies is Hazardous to Your Health
COGwriter Lying is hazardous to your health: When we lie, blood pressure in the heart rises — and polygraphs pick up the change. Lying often enough, long enough can damage the heart and arteries. Researchers at the University of Notre Dame carried out a 10-week honesty experiment with 110 people, half of whom were instructed […]
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Wants Israel to ‘Bow’ Before Palestinian Rights
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad COGwriter Comments from Iran’s President made the news: 24 November 2012 DUBAI – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the head of the Hamas government in Gaza on Saturday that…Zionists have reached the dead point and have no other alternative but officially recognizing and bowing to the absolute right of the Palestinian nation,” IRNA […]