COGwriter A reader tipped my off about the following: July 31, 2014 A German Army brigadier general who recently served with NATO forces in Afghanistan is assuming duties as the chief of staff of U. S. Army Europe, the first time a non-American officer has held that position. Brig. Gen. Markus Laubenthal, most recently the […]
Month: July 2014
‘Dow Erases 2014 Gain Amid Global Selloff;’ USA politicians scrapped, then reconsidered, immigration bill
New York Financial District COGwriter Bloomberg reported the first portion of the headline of this article as well as the following: July 1, 2014 U.S. stocks joined a global selloff, erasing the year’s gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as Exxon Mobil Corp. to Micron Technology Inc. tumbled amid weaker corporate results… The Dow […]
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Korea, Australia, and USA react to Ebola outbreaks
African nurses with Ebola patient COGwriter The number of people killed by the Ebola virus is rising, especially in west Africa: July 31, 2014 The historic outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa continues to spread. Two nations have declared public health emergencies, and Liberia is pleading for help trying to bring the […]
Herbert W. Armstrong was born 122 years ago
COGwriter Herbert W. Armstrong was born 122 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 […]
China making moves against corruption, yet pollution remains and a river turns red
Xi Jinping COGwriter China has taken another step in its fight against corruption: Chinese state media praised the Communist Party’s decision to open a corruption probe into retired senior politician Zhou Yongkang. The party announced late Tuesday it is investigating Zhou, China’s former security czar, for unspecified “serious disciplinary violation.” The 71-year-old Zhou, who retired […]
Large Hadron Collider, Strangelets, and Destruction
Higgs Event by CERN COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the following related to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC): In the fall of 2015 CERN will begin colliding groups of 70 million lead hadrons at 287 tev, unpacking millions of quarks in each collision. Those quarks will be first accelerated at light speed, acquiring relativistic mass, […]
BNP Video: Pornography: Harmless Fun or a Scourge on Society?
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is produced a video about concerns about pornography on our YouTube channel called Bible New Prophecy. 15:09 Pornography: Harmless Fun or a Scourge on Society? Does the Bible teach anything about pornography? Did Jesus and Paul teach anything about it? What are some of the issues and problems associated […]
35% of Americans have debts turned over to collection agencies
COGwriter A new report claims that 35% of USA Americans have debts which have been turned over to collection agencies: July 29, 2014 WASHINGTON — More than 35 percent of Americans have debts and unpaid bills that have been reported to collection agencies, according to a study released Tuesday by the Urban Institute. These consumers […]
USA accuses Russia of serious nuclear treaty violation, EU looking to increase sanctions, while fighting continues in Donetsk
Signing of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 1987 COGwriter The USA came out and publicly accused Russia of violating part of a 1987 nuclear arms deal: WASHINGTON — The United States has concluded that Russia violated a landmark arms control treaty by testing a prohibited ground-launched cruise missile, according to senior American officials, a […]
Zephaniah said to ‘gather together’
Imagined Depiction of Zephaniah (center) Speaking COGwriter “The prophet Zephaniah lived and wrote about 630 B.C.” (Armstrong HW. The Proof of the Bible, 1958) during the time of Josiah, king of Judah (Zephaniah 2:1). God inspired the Prophet Zephaniah to write the following: 1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O undesirable nation, (Zephaniah 2:1) […]