Veterinary Visits Declining as Pet Health Tanks

USA - When people think about getting a pet, they usually focus on the cuddle factor, the idea that they'll have a companion or protector, a fuzzy friend. Of course, most also recognize that pets require care and money, but it seems that a whole lot of us underestimate just how much care and expense pets actually require.

Islamic Movement Head 'Not Scared' of Jail

ISRAEL - Court to sentence Sheikh Salah for incitement to violence and racism against Jews, to which he says his arrest won't stop the fall of 'occupation.' In response to the court announcement that his sentencing will take place March 26, Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in Israel, said that the arrest of Palestinian Arabs would not stop the disappearance of the "occupation."

SIRI is recording everything you say

USA - Several stories and accusations have been going around about Apple’s SIRI and other voice-to-text services, asserting that they are recording what you say and that people actually listen. Now I say “accusations” because many people are questioning the veracity of some of these claims, mainly those from Reddit user FallenMyst.

Jane Goodall and Steven Druker Expose US Government Fraud over GMOs

UK - In an acclaimed new book launched last week in London, American public interest attorney Steven Druker reveals how the US government and leading scientific institutions have systematically misrepresented the facts about GMOs and the scientific research that casts doubt on their safety. The book, Altered Genes, Twisted Truth, features a foreword by the renowned primatologist Dame Jane Goodall, hailing it as “without doubt one of the most important books of the last 50 years.”

Global markets sell-off as the world drowns in oil

USA - An upgrade to US oil production and OPEC holding firm on output sends the oil price and global markets tumbling. Global financial markets have taken fright at yet more signs that the hammered oil price will not make a swift recovery.

EU army a 'wonderful idea' but a long-term project

GERMANY - The EU has revived the old idea of a European army. A great idea, says German security expert Claudia Major, but one that could take a very long time to realize: as always, the devil lurks in the detail. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says the European Union should have its own army to "help shape a common foreign and security policy and to seize together Europe's responsibility in the world."

Germany used legal tricks to avoid WW2 reparations: Greece

GREECE - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused Germany on Tuesday of using legal tricks to avoid paying reparations for the Nazi occupation of Greece and said he would support parliamentary efforts to review the matter. His comments are likely to heighten tensions between Athens and Berlin as Greece's new, leftist government struggles to persuade its euro zone partners to renegotiate the terms of a 240 billion euro ($260 billion) bailout.

Will we ever eat genetically modified meat?

PANAMA - Tweaking the DNA of fish, pigs, and cows promises to breed healthier, happier animals and boost food production. But will people eat the results? Daniel Cossins investigates.

Poll: 71 Percent of Americans Think Iran Talks Won’t Prevent Nuclear Weapons

USA - A new poll reveals that the vast majority of Americans doubt that President Obama’s negotiations will thwart Iran’s nuclear program. According to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll, 71 percent think that negotiations with Tehran will not prevent the Islamic Republic from developing nuclear weapons. A small minority (24 percent) think that White House diplomacy will prevent Iran from developing such weapons, while 5 percent were not sure. WSJ/NBC conducted the poll in the days leading up to, and after Benjamin Netanyahu’s congressional speech last week, in which the Israeli Prime Minister warned US lawmakers about the folly of negotiating a bad deal with Iran. The WSJ/NBC poll did not reveal whether this speech moved the opinions of those polled.

 
The De-Dollarization Axis

RUSSIA/CHINA - One of the recurring threats used by the western nations in their cold (and increasingly more hot) war with Russia, is that Putin's regime may be locked out of all international monetary transactions when Moscow is disconnected from the EU-based global currency messaging and interchange service known as SWIFT.

How Thatcher’s Government Covered Up a VIP Pedophile Ring

UK - A newspaper editor was handed startling evidence that Britain’s top law enforcement official knew there was a VIP pedophile network in Westminster, at the heart of the British government. What happened next in the summer of 1984 helps to explain how shocking allegations of rape and murder against some of the country’s most powerful men went unchecked for decades.

How DNA Is Turning Us Into a Nation of Suspects

USA - Every dystopian sci-fi film we’ve ever seen is suddenly converging into this present moment in a dangerous trifecta between science, technology and a government that wants to be all-seeing, all-knowing and all-powerful. By tapping into your phone lines and cell phone communications, the government knows what you say. By uploading all of your emails, opening your mail, and reading your Facebook posts and text messages, the government knows what you write. By monitoring your movements with the use of license plate readers, surveillance cameras and other tracking devices, the government knows where you go.

Creepy, Calculating and Controlling: All the Ways Big Brother Is Watching You

USA - “You had to live — did live, from habit that became instinct — in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized” — George Orwell, 1984.

None of us are perfect. All of us bend the rules occasionally. Even before the age of overcriminalization, when the most upstanding citizen could be counted on to break at least three laws a day without knowing it, most of us have knowingly flouted the law from time to time.

Put CCTV In All Homes, Britain's Top Cop Tells LBC

UK - Homeowners should install their own CCTV cameras to help detectives solve crimes, Britain's top police officer told LBC. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe told Beverley Turner that eye-level cameras will help catch burglary suspects.

Jewish Temple Altar Rebuilt, Ready for Use

ISRAEL - The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has announced that it has finished building an altar suitable for the Temple service. The altar, which took several years to build, can be operational at little more than a moment’s notice, reported Matzav Haruach magazine. The Temple Institute is committed to preparing all the necessary clothing and tools for the rebuilt Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

“Just what is an APOSTLE?”
Just what is an Apostle?

Today we find the Church of God in a “wilderness of religious confusion!”

The confusion is not merely around the Church – within the religions of the world outside – but WITHIN the very heart of The True Church itself!

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Listen to Me, You who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My Law: …I have put My words in your mouth, I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, “you are My people” (Isaiah 51:7,16)