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Temple Institute rabbi not sure any of the red heifers are qualified

Promotional poster from Temple Institute Newsletter July 12, 2024 COGwriter Israel365 News reported the following: RABBI ARIEL: “At this moment, we do not have a red heifer suited for the ceremony” March 7, 2025 Rabbi Azariah Ariel, the head of the Temple Institute’s Red Heifer Project, recently gave a Hebrew language interview, answering many of […]

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1704th anniversary of Emperor Constantine’s Sunday law

Bust of Constantine (photo by Camille King) COGwriter The first Sunday law was enacted by Emperor Constantine in the early 4th century. Constantine decreed circa March 7, 321: Let all judges, the people of cities, and those employed in all trades, remain quiet on the Holy Day of Sunday. (Code of Justinian, Book III, Title […]

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MS: Scientists Discover A Link Between Solar Activity And Earthquakes, And That Has Huge Implications For The Apocalyptic Times We Are Living In

Solar Flares COGwriter Last Summer, I warned about the connection between solar flares and earthquakes (see Solar flares, earthquakes, and electrical disturbances). Now in March 2025, Michael Snyder is pointing to a new study that confirms that: Scientists Discover A Link Between Solar Activity And Earthquakes, And That Has Huge Implications For The Apocalyptic Times […]

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EU meets to militarize and ask/discuss ‘Should Europe still consider itself a US ally?’

(photo from Pexels) COGwriter European leaders have been meeting to militarize and question ties to the USA: Spooked by Trump and Putin, Europe rushes to rearm March 6, 2025 BRUSSELS — The European Union, an entity that casts itself as a peace and trade project, is in crisis talks Thursday focused on defense. Along with […]

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An ‘infallible’ pope declared an unclean mammal to be a fish

Capybara (Photo by Karelj) COGwriter We are currently towards the end of the Greco-Roman adopted time called Lent. Because of this period, a rodent was once declared to be a fish by a Roman Catholic pontiff–who is supposed to be infallible when making such pronouncement. Here is something about a “Lenten Dish”: Giant Rodents A […]

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Blood moon coming next week claimed to be a ‘Warning to the West’

Blood moon (NASA) COGwriter Israel365 News posted the following: Pre-Purim Lunar Eclipse: Warning to the West March 4, 2025 The festival of Purim will begin on Thursday evening, March 13, and last until Shabbat begins on the evening of March 14. … Astronomers predict that a total lunar eclipse will coincide with the first day […]

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Donald Trump speaks to a divided US Congress

COGwriter Donald Trump spoke to a joint session of the US Congress: Trump declares ‘America is back,’ defends tariffs, other policies in address to Congress March 5, 2025 Washington — U.S. President Donald Trump in a Tuesday night speech to a joint session of Congress defended his new tariffs on U.S. trading partners and pledged that […]

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Lent and Easter and history

Orthodox Church in ‘Lenten Vestments,’ Czech Republic (Frettie) COGwriter The Roman Catholic observance of Lent starts with March 5 in 2025. Furthermore, notice that Roman Catholics are not the only ones who keep Lent: 3 in 10 Americans with evangelical beliefs (28%) say they observe Lent; of these, 42 percent typically fast from a favorite […]

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USA implements tariffs while China, Canada, and Mexico look towards retaliation

(Above from Pexels) COGwriter Many nations are concerned about tariffs and trade with the USA: China and Canada immediately retaliate against Trump’s tariffs. Mexico is next March 4, 2025 President Donald Trump’s blanket 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, an extraordinary action aimed at bringing America’s top trading partners to heel. […]

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Europe embarrassed and in decline? EU wants to €800 billion on military? What will happen?

COGwriter European leaders must be embarrassed when they realized that they were not able to assist Ukraine without the assistance of the USA (see Europe essentially says Ukraine needs Donald Trump): That cute little stunt Kier Starmer did is already being walked back as it didn’t work and only embarrassed everyone except the USA, which […]

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