COGwriter NSA is admitting some of its espionage: July 31, 2013 The U.S. has declassified secret orders that allowed it to engage in massive surveillance of the phone calls and Internet usage of Americans, information about two clandestine programs that former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden leaked last month. The government released the orders Wednesday, but […]
Month: July 2013
Muslim Brotherhood insists on President Morsi’s return, while Obama Administration wants quick elections apparently to reduce its embarrassment
Mohamed Morsi, Official Photograph COGwriter The Muslim Brotherhood continues to demand the return to power of Egypt’s elected President Mohamed Morsi: July 31, 2013 Prospects for a quick return to peace in Egypt are slim as the Muslim Brotherhood calls for continued street protests demanding the return to power of ousted President Mohamed Morsi. World […]
Herbert W. Armstrong was born 121 years ago
COGwriter Herbert W. Armstrong was born 121 years ago, on July 31, 1892. And a lot has happened in the world since he was born. From automobiles to the space age, from paper to computers and the internet, from WWI to WWII to terrorism, from societal respect for biblical principles to abortion & homosexual marriage […]
‘Bee Apocalypse Now’
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) COGwriter The rate of deaths of bees has increased in the USA and is putting the food supply at risk: Buzzfeeds: the effects of colony collapse disorder and other bee news July 30, 2013 In the past six years, more than 10m beehives have been wiped out from a mystery disease […]
Iranian leaders slam West’s hypocrisy and declare now is time to prepare for Armageddon, war, and the Imam Mahdi
Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Iran COGwriter Iranian leaders are watching events and preparing for war: July 30, 2013 Iran slams West’s hypocrisy over rights violations by terrorists in Syria Speaking at a UN General Assembly session on Syria, Gholam Hossein Dehqani…Describing reports about violations of human rights by the extremist groups in Syria as shocking, the […]
Pope Francis again goes to Mary Major!
The ‘Mary’ in the Basilica of Mary Major That Pope Francis Prays Before (Photo by Joyce Thiel, June 2013) COGwriter The focus of Pope Francis on his versions of ‘Mary’ keeps being confirmed. Notice also the following: Immediately upon returning to Rome after his first international voyage, Pope Francis stopped at the Roman basilica of […]
Many USA government officials want to prohibit the name of Jesus
COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the first item which had a link to the second item below: In the United States today, there are very few words that provoke as much outrage as the name of Jesus. It is being banned from graduation ceremonies, chaplains all over America are being forbidden from […]
FBI frees 105 sex-trafficking victims
COGwriter There is some very good news today. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted raids to stop some sex-trafficking and prostitution victims: 29 July 2013 The FBI has rescued 105 child sex-trafficking victims, FBI Assistant Director Ronald Hosko announced Monday. The youngest of the rescued children was 9 years old, according to Reuters. One […]
White House ‘muted’ regarding Egyptian killings, EU is not
Mohamed Morsi, Official Photograph COGwriter According to the New York Times, Egypt’s mass murders have resulted in a ‘muted’ response from the Obama Administration: WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s response was once again muted on Sunday after the second mass killing of Egyptian demonstrators in three weeks, as Western diplomats worked behind the scenes to […]
Israel took official ‘peace deal’ step
COGwriter Israel’s Cabinet officially decided to put up a future potential peace deal up to a direct vote of its people, apparently to reduce the political risk of such a deal: July 28, 2013 JERUSALEM — Hoping to appease right-wing lawmakers opposed to restarting Palestinian peace talks, Israel’s coalition government Sunday approved a draft bill […]