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Japan massively increasing its military spending

Japanese anti-ballistic missile launch COGwriter Japan’s understanding of its Constitution just changed and some are concerned what they may mean: 24 December 2023 Japan is an island of political and economic stability in an Asia-Pacific region full of geostrategic threats and ideological tensions. This is at least the perception cultivated by Japan and some of […]

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Iran using drones and Iran threatens to close Mediterranean Sea

Tanker hit off India coast by drone from Iran, says US. https://t.co/ZVbpQneHkq — Alicia Kearns MP (@aliciakearns) December 24, 2023 COGwriter Iran reportedly is using military attack drones: Iranian drone struck chemical tanker in Indian Ocean: Pentagon December 24, 2023 An Iranian drone struck a chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, according to […]

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BibleNewsProphecy: Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood

Emblem of Hamas  (Wikipedia) COGwriter The Continuing Church of God (CCOG) put together the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 14:26 Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood What are the goals of Hamas? What are its ties to the Muslim Brotherhood? Do they have the same end goal? Nadia Matar reported that the […]

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COVID cases, particularly JN.1 rising–vaccines or probiotics or ?

COGwriter CBS reported the following: Flu and COVID-19 infections rise ahead of holiday gatherings December 23, 2023 An increase in COVID-19 and flu infection rates could get worse in coming weeks, fueled by holiday gatherings and low vaccination rates. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/flu-and... December 22, 2023 The new COVID-19 variant that scientists call JN.1 now makes up about […]

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other ‘science events to watch for in 2024’

(Pixabay photo) COGwriter We continue to see concerns raised related to Artificial Intelligence (AI): December 23, 2023 AI is growing faster than we ever imagined and some worry it might soon be smarter than us and out of control. … On one side, we have former Google scientist Dr. Geoffrey Hinton warning that we’re going […]

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Sermon: Arguments for Christmas?

(Pixabay photo) COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:10:57 Arguments for Christmas? This sermon goes over four articles, two from Protestants and two from Roman Catholics, who give their reasons and arguments for why they feel that real Christians should observe the 25th of December […]

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BRICS nations Russia and China have essentially stopped using the USA dollar for trade

BRICS Confirms Another 6 Country Expansion in 2024https://t.co/4TfiAbw0oR — BRICS (@BRICSinfo) December 22, 2023 COGwriter The BRICS alliance is expected to grow in 2024: At the bloc’s 2023 annual summit, the BRICS alliance announced a landmark six-country expansion effort. Subsequently, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iran, Argentina, Egypt, and Ethiopia received invitations. Now, India’s […]

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Various Roman Catholic leaders troubled by Pope Francis’ same-sex blessing pronouncement–setting the stage for a schism?

500 British priests: Vatican’s proposed blessings of same-sex couples “pastorally and practically inadmissable.” “We see no situation in which such a blessing of a couple could be properly and adequately distinguished from some level of approval,” which would case scandal. pic.twitter.com/OkfkEf3Ql3 — Jonathan Liedl (@JLLiedl) December 21, 2023 COGwriter There is fallout and protests over […]

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New Bible Asteroids Game, Animations, and More

By COGWriter Our son Michael Thiel developed another free online Bible game titled: Bible Asteroids. He thinks that this is perhaps the most exciting Bible game he has released yet. He combined a 2D spaceship game with around 350 relatively easy Bible trivia questions. He sent the following about how to play it: Here’s how […]

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ZH: “This Is Off The Charts”: Economist Claims 2024 Will Bring ‘Biggest Crash Of Our Lifetime’ In US

Unemployed Americans at Soup Kitchen during the Great Depression (USNARA) COGwriter ZeroHedge posted the following: “This Is Off The Charts”: Economist Claims 2024 Will Bring ‘Biggest Crash Of Our Lifetime’ In US December 21, 2023 An economist who focuses on consumer spending has issued a dire warning about the U.S. economy in the coming year. […]

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