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Theresa May confident UK Supreme Court will accept Brexit

(Source: http://masterinvestor.co.uk/category/...) COGwriter BBC reported the following: 4 November 2016 Theresa May has said she is “confident” that the government will win its appeal against a High Court ruling on triggering Brexit talks. She told European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and Germany’s Angela Merkel she was committed to triggering Article 50 by March 2017. Three [...]

Ingratitude and Giving Thanks

COGwriter Are you grateful for what you have or are you mainly a complainer? I regularly hear from poor, and often hungry, people in Africa. Their situations and problems remind me how grateful those of us in Western cultures should be for at least the physical blessings we have. Do you give thanks to God? [...]

WikiLeaks releases more and flatly denies that Russia is the source

COGwriter WikiLeaks founde Julian Assange has declared that Russia is NOT the source of released emails related to Hillary Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, Democratic party, etc: November 3, 2016 Julian Assange is denying that the Russian government is the source of WikiLeaks’ trove of hacked emails from John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, that have [...]

Barack Obama claims ‘fate of the world’ hinges on next week’s election

COGwriter US President Barack Obama keeps pushing for Hillary Clinton to be elected president: November 3, 2016 President Barack Obama has urged Democrats of all ethnic backgrounds to get out and vote for Hillary Clinton, warning that the fate of the US republic – and the world – is at stake. … “The fate of [...]

Norman Edwards on ‘Protestant Samaritans’

Ancient Samaria COGwriter Sometime back, the Chicagoland Church of God magazine Shepherd’s Voice had the following article by former GCG board member Norman Edwards: For the mature Christian, the last words of Jesus Christ to His apostles are utterly vital. They certainly have application throughout the entire church age. They were not just for the [...]

Federal Reserve policies, ECB, and ‘Quantitative Easing’

Janet Yellen, Official Federal Reserve photo COGwriter The US Federal Reserve made an announcement: November 2, 2016 The Federal Reserve on Wednesday subtly hinted that it could be ready to raise its influential interest rate in December amid steady improvement in the job market and solid economic growth. For now, however, the central bank’s top [...]

Europeans report on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, plus another scandal!

COGwriter The German press reported the following: Few Trump fans in Europe 2 November 2016 Europe shudders at the thought of Donald Trump winning the US presidential election. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, stands for transatlantic consistency. That is the consensus at the heart of the EU in Brussels. … German EU parliamentarian David [...]

Vladimir Putin is seen as the defender of his faith

Bust of Vladimir Putin (DIE WELT) and Julius Caesar (Wikipedia) COGwriter Notice something reported a year ago: November 2, 2015 Putin’s desire to reassert Russia’s influence in the Middle East appears to be bearing fruit already. The embarrassing contradictions to USA claims will strike a blow to the U.S. propaganda machine, who have tried desperately [...]

More States getting closer to marijuana ‘legalization’

Short-term bodily effects of marijuana, Cannibis sativa COGwriter More States in the USA are considering ‘legalizing’ marijuana: November 1, 2016 The momentum toward marijuana legalization — already accelerated this year by a raft of state ballot measures — could get an even bigger boost if Democrats win control of the Senate. That’s partly because the [...]

China’s stealth jet, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Armageddon

Chinese J-20 stealth jet COGwriter China is showing off a new military aircraft: November 1, 2016 China debuted its J-20 stealth fighter Tuesday at Airshow China in the southern city of Zhuhai. Two J-20s made a brief appearance in the show’s opening ceremonies, performing a series of maneuvers and generating enough noise to set off [...]