Flag of the Taliban COGwriter The Taliban have claimed responsibility for at least one of the two suicide bombings there today today, (there was also a killing yesterday that another group apparently carried out): March 9, 2013 KABUL: A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed nine people outside the defence ministry in central Kabul on […]
Month: March 2013
Kenyatta declared President of Kenya
Mount Kenya (Mehmet Karatay) COGwriter There was a presidential election in Kenya earlier this week and the results have now been announced: March 9, 2013 NAIROBI—Kenya’s election commission on Saturday declared Uhuru Kenyatta the country’s next president, handing control of East Africa’s biggest economy to a man charged with crimes against humanity. Final results showed […]
Conclave set to begin on Tuesday: What does prophecy suggest?
Vatican City (photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter Next Tuesday, Catholic cardinals vote for the next pontiff for the Church of Rome: 8 March 2013 On Tuesday, the first day of the papal conclave, 115 cardinals will isolate themselves from the outside world and choose one man, likely from among their own ranks, to become the […]
Bill Clinton reverses position on DOMA
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah COGwriter In a move that I have long expected, former US President Bill Clinton has come out against a bill he signed into law known as the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA): March 8, 2013 It’s not every day you see an ex-president ask the Supreme Court to strike down […]
Canada and EU seem close to a free trade deal. Prophetic ramifications?
Symbol of European “Babylon” COGwriter The following news item was of interest: March 7, 2013 Negotiators from the federal and provincial governments are spending a second week in Brussels for intensive negotiations toward a Canada-European Union Free Trade Agreement. The Canada-EU talks were originally supposed to wrap up by the end of 2011. That timeline […]
US consumer debt rises
“I will break the pride of your power” (Leviticus 26:19) COGwriter The debt of US consumers has been rising: March 7, 2013 WASHINGTON – Americans stepped up borrowing in January to buy cars and attend school, while staying cautious about using their credit cards. Consumer borrowing rose $16.2 billion in January from December to a […]
North Korea threatens USA with a preemptive nuclear attack
Nagasaki Nuclear Bomb (1945) COGwriter In an extremely provocative move today, North Korea threatened the United States of America with the possibility of a preemptive nuclear attack: March 7, 2013 SEOUL — For the first time, North Korea is threatening to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike. This is the latest in an increasing series of […]
Arkansas passes restrictive abortion law
Medieval Abortion Drug Being Given COGwriter Several hours ago, there was a positive development in Arkansas: 6 March 2013 In the sharpest challenge yet to Roe v. Wade, Arkansas adopted Wednesday what is by far the country’s most restrictive ban on abortion, at 12 weeks of pregnancy, around the time that a fetal heartbeat can […]
Arab League agrees to arming Syrian opposition
جامعة الدول العربية Jāmaʻat ad-Duwwal al-ʻArabiyya Arab League Flag COGwriter The primarily Sunni Muslim Arab League has agreed to allow its member nations to supply the predominantly Sunni Muslim opposition to Shi’ite Muslim Bashar Assad (President of Syria) arms: (Reuters) – Arab League ministers decided on Wednesday to let member nations arm Syrian rebels fighting […]
Hospitals Hit by CRE Superbug
Bacteria COGwriter Hospitals in the USA are being impacted by another type of antibiotic resistant bacteria: 6 March 2013 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has said that although it is still quite unusual, more and more hospitals in the U.S. are reporting cases of the superbug carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae or CRE… Thomas Frieden, MD, the […]