Bob Thiel's Blog, page 111

SWIFT end to the US dollar?

COGwriter The US dominance of international financial transfers known as SWIFT has been affected by its weaponization of its dollar, including sanctions against nations such as Russia. This has been going on for at least a decade, so Russia and other nations have taken steps. Notice the following: Can BRICS Pay become a challenger to […]

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Landmark report states EU urgently needs to act on defense; With the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency, remember PESCO?

PESCO logo (via Wikipedia) COGwriter A new report by the European Union urges the EU to spend more on its military and to be better prepared: EU urgently needs to act on defence, says landmark report 30 October 2024 The EU urgently needs to be more pro-active in its response to the increasingly complex crises […]

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Protestant ‘reasons’ to celebrate Halloween–what about the Bible?

COGwriter The late WCG evangelist Leroy Neff wrote: Those who are ready will be doing God’s Work, giving “meat in due season.” (Good News, May 1982) Having seen a lot of Halloween decorations on lawns as well as seeing them for sale in stores, plus seeing Protestants who often are advocating the celebration of the […]

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Israel proposing moving remaining Gazans to Egypt, but the Bible prophesies a different result

Israel is looking at pushing Gazans to Egyptian territory. Notice the following: An Israeli ministry, in a ‘concept paper,’ proposes transferring Gaza civilians to Egypt’s Sinai October 30, 2024 JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli government ministry has drafted a wartime proposal to transfer the Gaza Strip’s 2.3 million people to Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, drawing condemnation […]

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Iran’s government wants to triple military spending, whereas many in Iran want Donald Trump to win election against Kamala Harris

  (From Free-Images.com) COGwriter Al Jazerra reported the following: Iran plans to increase military budget by 200 percent Defence spending boost needs parliament nod, comes as Iran and Israel exchanged tit-for-tat missile strikes in October. Iran plans to triple its military budget, a government spokeswoman has said, as tensions with rival Israel rise amid the […]

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Are there reasons to consider that some early Waldenses were Church of God Christians?

Statue purported to be Peter Waldo (photo by Alexander Hoernigk) COGwriter Because post-Reformation Waldensians are trinitiarian, go to church of Sunday, eat unclean meats, and do not keep the biblical Holy Days, various ones have tried to suggest that they were always that way–and thus the Church of God cannot possibly consider any of them […]

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EU, Georgian Opposition, and USA object to Georgia election results

Logo of Georgian Dream party COGwriter There have been complaints regarding the results of the election held in the nation of Georgia: Georgian president calls for protests after ruling party wins disputed election; U.S., allies call for probe October 28, 2024 Georgia’s president called for protests on Monday following a disputed parliamentary election, and the […]

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Iran states it will ‘use all available tools’ to deal with Israel and wants a global ‘military coalition’ to do so

Iranian Fattah hypersonic missiles (Tasnim News Agency) COGwriter Reuters reported the following: Iran says it will ‘use all available tools’ to respond to Israel’s attack October 28, 2024 Tehran will “use all available tools” to respond to Israel’s weekend attack on military targets in Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday. Iran […]

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Halloween and Birthdays are major holidays for Satanists

COGwriter Notice something related to an ex-Satanist turned Protestant: John Ramirez spent much of his early life with strong ties to the devil–he drank animal blood, conducted sacrifices, was baptized with the devil and got married in a demonic wedding on Halloween. … “I wonder why people celebrate Halloween these days,” the 55-year-old told Fox […]

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Georgian Dream party declared winner–will the nation of Georgia align closer with Russia?

Hungary’s Viktor Orban rapidly congratulated the Georgian Dream on its victory Hungary’s Foreign Minister praised Georgia’s government as “patriotic” and expressed support for it joining the EU bloc https://t.co/AsWmQ4Qvlj — Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) October 27, 2024 COGwriter There was an election in Georgia and the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party has been re-elected: Georgian Dream declared […]

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