Quo vadis Angela Merkel? Time for a Catholic? Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg come back?

Angela Merkel COGwriter A German language publication reported that Angela Merkel is having issues and it seems time for a Catholic and maybe former German Economics Minister and Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg. The following is basically machine-translated and the original German is below it: Where are you going Angela Merkel? Sometime between August 27 […]

‘Four Horses Of The U.S. Debt Apocalypse’

1887 depiction of the ‘Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ COGwriter The Daily Reckoning reported the following by Nomi Prins: Four Horses Of The U.S. Debt Apocalypse August 30, 2016 Crises are based on compound bets (or debts) gone awry. … Over the past two decades, we’ve seen the emerging-market collapse in the late 1990s, the […]

COGaIC interview regarding the apostate Marcion

COGwriter Several years back, David Hulme of COGaIC interviewed John Garr about church history. Here is how that interview began: Reexamining the roots of Christianity has become a major endeavor among New Testament scholars. In an attempt to better understand and relate to Judaism in the wake of the Holocaust/Shoah, their studies have yielded some […]

FBI wants to have access to all cell-phone messages

COGwriter The head of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation is displeased that more people want to use encryption on their cellular telephones: August 30, 2016 WASHINGTON — FBI Director James Comey is again warning about the bureau’s inability to access digital devices because of encryption. In a speech Tuesday, Comey said default encryption built […]

Economic discord between USA and Europe on TTIP and EU taxing Apple

From FOEEUROPE COGwriter France says it wants to end Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks because of USA’s agricultural demands: August 30, 2016 Talks over the hugely controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the US are in danger as France pushes for an end to negotiations and a German […]

David Pack’s third-year non-anniversary: Will those with RCG finally wake-up?

Handwriting on the Wall (Rembrandt) COGwriter Today marks the third-year anniversary of the day that David Pack, leader of the improperly named Restored Church of God (RCG), falsely claimed that all in the COGs would come to him. As I repeatedly pointed out in that 2013 Spring and Summer, this was not going to happen. […]

Reconstituted Sanhedrin names high priest in preparation for the restoration of sacrifices; to begin as early as the Day of Atonement?

Ancient Sanhedrin COGwriter A supporter sent me a link to the following: 29 August 2016 Sanhedrin Appoints High Priest in Preparation for Third Temple A significant step was recently taken towards reinstating the Temple service when the nascent Sanhedrin selected Rabbi Baruch Kahane as the next Kohen Gadol (high priest). The selection was made as a precaution for Yom […]

Rising acceptance of pornography in entertainment and elsewhere

COGwriter Sometimes, when I am watching what is supposed to be family-oriented television programs or movies, I find that they contain some type of pornography. While most males on the programs tend to be reasonably clothed, the same cannot be said of a lot of the females on the programs or movies. It is clear […]

‘A whiff of World War III hangs in the air’

COGwriter A supporter in Europe had a supporter in Australia send me a link to the following (bolding mine): A whiff of World War III hangs in the air. In the US, Cold War 2.0 is on, and the anti-Russian rhetoric emanating from the Clinton campaign, echoed by the mass media, hearkens back to McCarthyism and […]