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CBS: ‘ “West vs. East”: Temperatures out of whack across U.S.’; Beijing’s and Delhi’s air pollution crisis

Beijing After Rain Beijing on a Normal Sunny Day COGwriter CBS is reporting about the berserk weather differences in the Eastern and Western USA: December 22, 2015 Temperatures across the country are out of whack, ranging between 50 and 60 degrees from the Midwest to the Northeast, and it’s going to get even warmer, reports [...]

Afghanistan is still a hot bed of terror

Afghan Taliban Militants COGwriter The United Nations is realizing that Afghanistan needs a different change: December 22, 2015 The U.N.’s envoy to Afghanistan told the Security Council on Monday there has been an “overall deterioration” in security in the country, hours after a Taliban suicide bomber killed six U.S. troops in an attack on a [...]

‘Did Paul Invent the Virgin Birth?’

COGwriter Dr. James Tabor, once part of the old Worldwide Church of God, had an article published titled Did Paul Invent the Virgin Birth? Here is some of what he had published: Paul never explicitly refers to Jesus’ virgin birth nor does he ever name either Mary or Joseph. What he does affirm is that [...]

Time bemoans lack of global leadership; Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg says US presidential candidates ‘forget Europe’

European, ‘Tower of Babel,’ Unity Poster COGwriter Time reported the following, which is scheduled for its December 28th edition: The Absence of Global Leadership Will Shape a Tumultuous 2016 December 21, 2015 What to expect in the year ahead During the annual Asia-Pacific leaders’ summit in Manila in November, President Obama … gave a short [...]

Time bemoans lack of global leadership; Karl zu Guttenberg says US presidential candidates ‘forget Europe’

European, ‘Tower of Babel,’ Unity Poster COGwriter Time reported the following, which is scheduled for it December 28th edition: The Absence of Global Leadership Will Shape a Tumultuous 2016 December 21, 2015 What to expect in the year ahead During the annual Asia-Pacific leaders’ summit in Manila in November, President Obama … gave a short [...]

Islamic sources attempting to crash electrical grids in the USA

USA electrical power grid COGwriter The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic State are believed to be trying to figure out how to interfere with the power grids in the USA in an attempt to stop access to electrical power: December 21, 2015 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Security researcher Brian Wallace was on [...]

‘Christianity Today’ on Christmas and December 25th

Solis Invicti coin (Jastrow) COGwriter While I have tended to have articles about how the Roman and Eastern Orthodox Catholics have viewed Christmas, a reader sent me something that was run long ago in the misnamed publication Christianity Today. Here are some excerpts: Why December 25? The month and day of Christ’s birth have been [...]

Can Donald Trump make America great again?

Donald Trump presidential campaign logo COGwriter Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign slogan is “Make America Great Again.” In order to do this, Donald Trump has basically said that he would be ‘a great wall’ to keep illegal immigrants out (which would also have a tendency to lock Americans in), temporarily stop travel of virtually [...]

Democratic debate: Fact checkers find many problems

Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley, and Hillary Clinton COGwriter The mainstream media noticed some errors in statements from the Democratic party presidential candidates in last night’s debate: December 20, 2015 Political fact checkers in the United States are debunking some of the claims by the three 2016 Democratic presidential contenders at their latest debate. The Washington [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: 10 Safest Nations to be in During WWIII

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 15:41 10 Safest Nations to be in During WWIII An article came out with a list of the top ten safest nations to be in should World War III breaks out.  Are these the safest [...]