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French break up ‘the Jungle,’ but are upsetting Islamic migrants–what’s ahead for France?

Paris, France COGwriter French police busted up an Islamic migrant camp known as “the Jungle”: March 1, 2016 PARIS — Police scuffled Tuesday with migrants protesting the demolition of a camp used for attempts to sneak into Britain as authorities moved ahead with a step-by-step demolition of a shantytown known as “the Jungle.” The French [...]

Augusta Chronicle: ‘Sanders is communist’

Bernie Sanders COGwriter Today is known as “super Tuesday” related to the number of USA primary elections.  One of the candidates on the Democratic side is Bernie Sanders. The Augusta Chronicle ran the following: Sanders is communist I read recently that Fidel Castro is endorsing Bernie Sanders for president of the United States. If it [...]

Evolution and the supposed ‘Science Guy’

COGwriter Some time back, Bill Nye, who calls himself the ‘science guy,’ was interviewed about some of his evolutionary views: Why Bill Nye Calls Evolution ‘Undeniable’ and Creationism ‘Inane’ Darwin’s theory explains so much of the world, from bumblebees to human origins, says the Science Guy. … In his new book, Nye delights in how [...]

Moldova has a corruption issue and is divided between EU and Russia

Moldovan Parliament COGwriter Voice of America had the following about Moldova: Moldova’s Corruption Blocking Its Path to European Future Daniel Schearf Published February 29, 2016 Corruption scandals have tainted Moldova’s pro-European leadership and boosted support for pro-Russia parties who argue closer ties with its Soviet-era ally, Moscow, is a better choice. While public support for [...]

Is Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resisting the call to enter German politics?

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 is resisting a call to come back into German politics. The following was machine-translated into English, with the original German following: 29 February 2016 Has he returned to the political stage? Horst [...]

LCG leadership being sued for slander

Laodicea has many questionable structures COGwriter Disfellowshiped former LCG members Patrick and Elizabeth Scarborough have sued the Living Church of Godand some of its leaders for slander with a mediation hearing apparently scheduled for July 11, 2016: MECKLENBURG COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT MEDIATION CALENDAR SESSION BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 COURTROOM NUMBER 3420, MECKLENBURG COUNTY COURTHOUSE, [...]

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month

COGwriter On this last day of  Black History Month, I thought it might be appropriate to quote some writings from the late Martin Luther King Jr. Particularly, those on the ancient sun-god religion of Mithraism, that was popular in the Roman Empire from about the first century B.C. until the fourth century A.D. So here [...]

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump front runners: Who does Vladimir Putin reportedly prefer and why?

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump COGwriter The two front runners for the US presidential nomination seem to be gaining momentum: February 28, 2016 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA—Hillary Clinton easily won the U.S. Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina on Saturday, cementing her status as front-runner in her party’s race and delivering a key defeat to Bernie [...]

Razzies 2016: “Fifty Shades of Grey” named Worst Film

COGwriter The movie based on the horrifying book, Fifty Shades of Grey, was a box office sensation. But CBS reported the following about it today: Razzies 2016: “Fifty Shades of Grey” named Worst Film February 28, 2016 LOS ANGELES – “Fifty Shades of Grey” came out on top — or perhaps the bottom — at [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: Will the UK’s ‘special status’ with the EU last?

David Cameron, United Kingdom Prime Minister COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermonette from its ContinuingCOG channel: 19:59 Will the UK’s ‘special status’ with the EU last? On February 19, 2016, British Prime Minister David Cameron finalized a deal with the European Union to grant ‘special status’ to the United [...]