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‘The End of the 500 Euro Note Could Lead to a Cashless Economy’

COGwriter The Europeans are eliminating their 500 Euro note: May 5, 2016 European Union To Cease Issuing The €500 Euro Note: Wrong Decision The European Central Bank has announced that it is to stop the production and issuance of the €500 euro note in a couple of years. Forbes’ headline is right that in certain [...]

Massive wildfire causes 88,000 in Canada to evacuate

COGwriter Alberta, Canada has had a major fire problem: May 5, 2016 A state of emergency has been declared in the province of Alberta in Canada after a wildfire forced all 88,000 residents of Fort McMurray to flee. Officials warn that the blaze could destroy much of the city and the next 24 hours will [...]

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg blasts Barack Obama and Donald Trump

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg COGwriter A German language publication reported that it seems that former German Economics Minister and Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg feels that Barack Obama has basically failed Germany and the USA. The following was machine-translated into English, with the original German following: Guttenberg Hands Out: Serious allegations against Obama Berlin – Karl-Theodor [...]

Dangerous Donald wins Indiana: Europe concerned

Donald Trump presidential campaign logo COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the following (bolding in original): May 4, 2016 Donald Trump’s virtual victory in the race for the US Republican presidential nomination, following his win in Indiana and rival Ted Cruz’s exit, has made headlines around the world. … In France, centre-right newspaper Le Figaro says [...]

Holocaust Day

Jews Who Barely Survived the Holocaust in WWII COGwriter Sunset May 4th through sunset May 5th is known as Holocaust Day in Israel. Here is some information about a previous one: Israel came to a standstill Monday morning as the nation took time to remember the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust during [...]

Bloomberg reports ‘secret meeting’ to make the US dollar a digital, cashless, currency

‘The Number of the Beast is 666′ painting COGwriter Notice the following: May 3, 2016 On a recent Monday in April, more than 100 executives from some of the world’s largest financial institutions gathered for a private meeting at the Times Square office of Nasdaq. They weren’t there to just talk about blockchain, the new [...]

Savage claims Obama would trash the economy if Trump wins; German press sees USA becoming more rotten

Barack Obama and Donald Trump COGwriter Radio talk-show host Michael Savage is warning that US President Barack Obama will intentionally try to sabotage the US’s economy if and Donald Trump wins the November election: If Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination and defeats likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in November, President Obama will sabotage the [...]

World Press Freedom day

COGwriter Today is World Press Freedom Day: World Press Freedom Day 2016 When, local time: Monday, 2 May 2016 – 9:00am to Wednesday, 4 May 2016 – 6:00pm Where: Finland, Helsinki Type of Event: Category 3- Non-governmental conference Contact: Flavie Romer (f.romer@unesco.org) Every year, May 3rd is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of [...]

AP: ‘Physicists abuzz about possible new particle as CERN revs up’

Large Hadron Collider Dipole Magnets.jpg (alpinethread) COGwriter The European Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is again making the news: Physicists abuzz about possible new particle as CERN revs up May 2, 2016 GENEVA (AP) — Was it a blip, or a breakthrough? Scientists around the globe are revved up with excitement as the world’s biggest atom [...]

Zika is more dangerous than many thought; USA has its first Zika death

Electron microscope view of Zika virus COGwriter The mosquito-transmitted Zika virus is spreading and causing concerns in many parts of the world: Zika is MORE dangerous than we thought: Experts say virus could affect up to a FIFTH of infected pregnant women’s babies Zika virus is linked with microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome Previously thought it [...]