New Orleans Mardi Gras (Infrogmation) COGwriter In 2020, February 25th is known in some places as Mardi Gras (French for “Fat Tuesday” and is called Shrove Tuesday in parts of the UK. In Brazil it is the same date. Some might find it interesting to realize that Pope Francis used to be a Mardi Gras […]
Month: February 2020
Brexit: EU and UK seriously differ
COGwriter The European Union (EU) continues to want to get the United Kingdom (UK) to do things its way: Boris’ Brexit bluff? – UK will resist alignment to the end 19 February 2020 For Boris Johnson, it seems that Brexit truly was an event and not a process. … Leading Brexit analyst Charles Grant and […]
BBC: No country offers a child both the chance of a healthy upbringing and an environment fit for their future, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. COGwriter: There is the good news of the coming millennial kingdom of God
COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the following from the BBC: 19 February 2020 No country offers a child both the chance of a healthy upbringing and an environment fit for their future, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Experts say climate change and harmful advertising encouraging fast-food consumption and under-age drinking are […]
Carnaval 2020 approaches: Should Christian participate?
https://www.riocarnaval.org/carnival-date/rio-carnival-2020) COGwriter ‘Carnaval’ for 2020 will soon be observed by millions: For the Rio Carnival, samba school members, accompanied by passionate samba dancers, in their fantastic and often provocative costumes, will allure everyone into joining the feasts. They are joined by a number of choreographers, who have invested tremendous efforts in preparing costumes and floats. […]
PCG: Will China’s Coronavirus Make Vladimir Putin King of the East? COGwriter: No, absolutely no!
PCG booklet COGwriter Here are some statements from PCG’s featured post today: Will China’s Coronavirus Make Vladimir Putin King of the East? The expanding pandemic is the worst crisis the Chinese Communist Party has faced since 1989. It could work toward shifting the global power balance in a way that the Trumpet has been expecting. […]
CNN: Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy amid hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits
Logo of Boy Scouts of America COGwriter The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have financial problems because of hypocrisy and immorality: Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy amid hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits February 18, 2020 The Boy Scouts of America has filed for bankruptcy, according to a court document filed in Delaware bankruptcy […]
Will New Zealand be a place of safety?
COGWriter My wife and I have been to New Zealand five times. Because of its distance from other lands, as well as being in the Southern Hemisphere is it a ‘place of safety’? Notice something that a reader sent me: Super rich hedge fund managers are buying ‘secret boltholes’ where they can hideout in the […]
Coronavirus and the Wuhan bioresearch connection
COGwriter The origin of ‘Wuhan coronavirus,’ now officially COVID-19 is a concern to many: February 17, 2020 Senator Tom Cotton says that China is refusing to hand over evidence concerning the bio-safety level 4 research lab in Wuhan despite a new report from biological scientists at the South China University of Technology saying it may […]
DW: ‘One thing is certain: There will be no return to the heyday of close trans-Atlantic ties’
COGwriter CNN had the following related to the Munich Security Conference: February 17, 2020 Munich, Germany (CNN)… The official theme at the conference was “Westlessness,” an intentional gripe at the impact of Trump’s isolationist, America First policies. But what emerged at the event, attended by hundreds of world leaders and their top officials, was a […]
Are YOU really living as a Christian?
COGwriter Are you living as a Christian? Jesus taught: 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. (John 13:35) Most religions, however, that profess Christ chose to allow warfare and other activities that do not show love to one’s neighbor (Military Service and the Churches […]