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Forbes: No Grexit strengthens the Euro long-term; What does Greece bring to Europe?

Blue Represents Countries in European Union (Datastat) COGwriter Forbes reported the following by Tim Worstall: March 1, 2015 The Absence Of Grexit Strengthens, Not Weakens, The Euro Long Term There’s an interesting argument to be had about whether having Greece within the euro strengthens the currency or whether allowing it (or forcing it) to leave would [...]

Netanyahu determined to warn of Iranian nuclear threat

Benjamin Netanyahu COGwriter Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to warn the Congress of the USA and others that Iran is determined to produce nuclear weapons and that the deal being negotiated with the Obama Administration will not prevent Iran from acquiring those weapons: March 1, 2015 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is headed to [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: 12 Apocalyptic Risks from Oxford University

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce our latest video on our Bible New Prophecy YouTube channel: 20:16 12 Apocalyptic Risks from Oxford University Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute and the Global Challenges Foundation issued a 212 page report titled “12 Risks that threaten human civilisation.”  The Russian Times reported about [...]

Is Russia a major threat to the UK and its allies?

John Sayers COGwriter The assassination of Boris Nemtsov, a political opponent to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has shocked many.  Some wonder if his assassination was approved by supporters of the Russian government as several other opponents to Vladimir Putin have been killed in the past.  Notice also: February 28, 2015 World chess champion-turned opposition activist [...]

Stephen Hawking’s three ways that humanity could be destroyed

Stephen Hawking COGwriter CBS reported that theoretical physicist and atheist Stephen Hawking has given three ways that human civilization could be destroyed: 2/27/15 Stephen Hawking may be most famous for his work on black holes and gravitational singularities, but the world-renowned physicist has also become known for his outspoken ideas about things that could destroy [...]

Sermon: Genesis, ‘Prehistoric man,’ and the Gap theory

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:13:41 Genesis, ‘Prehistoric man,’ and the Gap theory Many want to know if there was a prehistoric human before Adam.  Some want to know if Adam, Eve, Abel, and Seth existed.  Others want to know why scientists claim the [...]

Argentina to release 50 peso note declaring ‘sovereign love’ for the Falklands

COGwriter The government of Argentina is about to release a new 50 pesos currency note expressing its attachment related to the British controlled territories of the Falkland Islands.  Here is some of what the BBC reported: February 26, 2015 Falklands banknote leaves Argentines underwhelmed A new banknote declaring Argentina’s “sovereign love” for the Falkland islands [...]

Germany approves bailout extension to Greece: Is this part of a bigger plan?

Wolfgang Schäuble COGwriter Germany has granted Greece a bailout extension as it wants Greece to remain in the Eurozone: February 27, 2015 BERLIN—Germany’s parliament approved an extension of Greece’s bailout on Friday after Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who has voiced doubts about whether Athens can be trusted, promised he would not let Greece “blackmail” its [...]

Self-deception can be costly

COGwriter Researchers are concluding that there are costs associated with self-deception: The invisible downside of cheating in life 26 February 2015 People who take shortcuts can trick themselves into believing they are smarter than they are, says Tom Stafford, and it comes back to bite them. … The researchers ran another experiment to check that [...]

South Korea ‘legalizes’ adultery

Portrayal of David Confronted by the Prophet Nathan for Committing Adultery COGwriter South Korea ‘legalized’ adultery today: February 26, 2015 South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down a 62-year-old law that made adultery an offense punishable by up to two years in prison, citing the country’s changing sexual mores and a growing emphasis on [...]