Bankrupt Cities, Municipalities

USA - Many local governments across the US face steep budget deficits as they struggle to pay off debts accumulated over a number of years. As a last resort, some filed for bankruptcy.

'Let’s Go Mess Up Hollywood for Trayvon'

USA - On Tuesday night, a flash mob of some 40 to 50 teenagers invaded the busiest and most tourist-centric part of Hollywood, smashing windows, stealing cellphones, and assaulting passersby.

Frankenstein food firm 'quits' Europe

EUROPE - GM giant Monsanto is effectively pulling out of Europe after years of delays in trying to secure approval for ‘Frankenstein food’ crops. The US-based company is dropping all of its requests to launch insect and pesticide-resistant forms of corn, sugar beet and soya beans.

‘Out with the Mafia!’ Mass anti-government protests backed by Anonymous grip Spain

SPAIN - In 30 cities across Spain thousands of people protested government corruption and called for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s resignation. In solidarity with the demonstrations, ‘hacktivist’ group Anonymous knocked out the ruling People’s Party website.

Lonely Struggle: Wolfgang Schäuble's Fight to Save EuropeComment

GERMANY - Germany's Wolfgang Schäuble wants Europe to be his legacy. But his efforts to reform the EU and save the euro face many obstacles. One of them is his boss, Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Due to Increased Regulations, Millions of Americans Abroad Forced to Reconsider US Citizenship

USA - The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or Fatca, is forcing millions of Americans living abroad to reconsider their US citizenship, a lawyer, Colleen Graffy, writes in the Wall Street Journal.

‘America has no functioning democracy’ – Jimmy Carter on NSA

USA - Former US President Jimmy Carter lambasted US intelligence methods as undemocratic and described Edward Snowden’s NSA leak as “beneficial” for the country.

Temple Mount Imam Threatens US, Europe

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - An Islamic cleric warned the United States government last Friday in a sermon at the Temple Mount’s Al Aqsa Mosque to “take its hands off Muslims.

Massive Bumblebee Die-Off Prompts Temporary Pesticide Ban in Oregon

USA - In what may be the single largest mass bumblebee die-off on record, some 50,000 plus bees were recently found littering the parking lot of a Target store in Wilsonville, Oregon recently after a landscaping company sprayed surrounding trees with the insecticide Safari.

Elkin: Israel Not Negotiating with Vatican on King David's Tomb

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin (Likud) on Wednesday dismissed recent reports that Israel is planning to hand over control of the Tomb of King David to the Vatican.

Army chief: We risk war with Syria

UK - Britain has to be prepared to “go to war” if it wishes to restrain the Syrian regime by implementing no-fly zones and arming the rebels, the outgoing head of the armed forces warns today.

Terror threat must not be exaggerated, warns watchdog

UK - The terror threat can be exaggerated because it can boost funds and careers for politicians, the military and the police, a watchdog has warned.

China defies IMF on mounting credit risk and need for urgent reform

CHINA - If you think China's Communist Party fully understands the mess it has created by ramping credit to 200 percent of GDP and running the greatest investment bubble known to man, read its shockingly complacent response to warnings from the International Monetary Fund.

Churches and gay rights activist alike mark 'watershed' moment as gay marriage is legalisedComment

UK - Gay rights activists are celebrating an “historic” moment after same-sex marriage was officially legalised – but churches claimed marriage has been “stripped” of its meaning.

End of QE looms on signals from UK and US

UK/USA - The end of quantitative easing in the Western world loomed closer after both the UK and the US signalled a potential retreat from the controversial crisis policy.

“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)