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US pauses increased tariffs on China, inflation rate down, as Donald Trump disses European Union

COGwriter Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats have resulted in a temporal pausing of increased tariffs to China: Faisal Islam: US and China deal is significant, but not an end to the trade war 13 May 2025 It’s a ceasefire on the main front of the global trade war. Global markets are rising again, and container […]

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Fatima Day 2025

COGwriter May 13th is known as ‘Fatima Day.’ Thousands travel to Fatima, Portugal each year to celebrate it. Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, had planned to be there today, but his new papal duties caused him to change his plans (see Did the demons know that Robert Prevost would become Pope Leo XIV?). […]

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Study warns of the potential for a major earthquake in the Cascadia subduction zone — a Jewish rabbi sees this as a Messianic sign

Cascadia subduction zone (Source Alicia.iverson via Wikipedia) COGwriter Israel365 News posted the following: Study Warns of Imminent Earthquake Devastating US West Coast; Rabbi Warns of Pre-Messiah May 12, 2025 A recent study suggested that a major earthquake off the coast of the Northwest US is overdue and will drop large areas below sea level. One […]

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Did the demons know that Robert Prevost would become Pope Leo XIV?

COGwriter Pope Leo XIV spoke to reporters today: May 12, 2025 After giving his speech and his apostolic blessing, the pope personally greeted dozens of journalists. One asked if he would be traveling home to the United States soon, the pope responded, “I don’t think so.” Asked about the May 13 feast of Our Lady […]

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Mike Gendron’s assertions on Roman Catholic and Islamic connections

COGwriter Former Roman Catholic, Mike Gendron had the following in one of his newsletters: Common Bonds Between Islam and Catholicism Will the world’s two largest religions converge and be the catalyst for the prophesied one-world religion? At first glance, the two faiths appear to be vastly different but under close inspection, they have more common […]

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Trade talks, China, pork, UK, and CRISPR

(Pixabay photo) COGwriter Trade talks have been going on between the USA and various nations. Here is some information related to China: May 11, 2025 Senior U.S. and Chinese officials met again on Sunday in Geneva, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters, to resume weekend talks aimed at cooling the trade war that […]

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Robert Prevost speaks in Vatican City and also explains why he chose name Pope Leo XIV

COGwriter Pope Leo XIV spoke in Vatican City today: May 11, 2025 Addressing crowds in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV noted the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and — echoing his predecessor Pope Francis — declared, “Never again war.” https://abcnews.go.com/International/... Here is more related to Pope Leo XIV: […]

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BibleNewsProphecy: Unclean Meat and True Christianity

(Meridian CG7 Facebook page photo) COGwriter I recently received an email from someone who attached a booklet from the Meridian Church of God Seventh Day. The reader attached an undated booklet titled WHY STRAIN AT A GNAT AND SWALLOW A CAMEL? Is The Unclean Law For Today? from the CG7 Meridian on its position on unclean […]

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Transgender regrets and scientific reality

(Pixabay picture) COGwriter A reader tipped me off to the following: May 10, 2025 Walt Heyer … travels the world with the message that the truth … can set people free from the lies of gender ideology. In the early 1980s, Heyer underwent hormone therapy and “sex-change” genital surgery; he lived as a woman for […]

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Ancient purple dye factory found near Israeli coast and a demonic encounter in Lydia

Banded Dye-Murex, Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) trunculus (Photo by  Holger Krisp via Wikipedia) COGwriter A reader tipped me off to the following: Ancient “Factory” for Purple Dye Mentioned in Bible Discovered South of Haifa May 10. 2025 Archaeologists have uncovered new insights into an ancient purple dye factory at Tel Shiqmona, an archaeological site south of Haifa, […]

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