http://cgg.org//index.cfm/fuseaction/news.world The latest news and commentary from cgg.org en-us Copyright 1992-2009 by Church of the Great God dgrabbe@cgg.org Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EST Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:02:00 EST 15 124 18 http://cgg.org//index.cfm/fuseaction/news.world http://cgg.org/images/WorldWatch.gif http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/audio.details/ID/2404 John W. Ritenbaugh dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/2404 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:07:00 EST John Ritenbaugh, reflecting on Jay Leno's "Jaywalking" segment, laments that the educational level (regarding the history of the United States) appears dull, vacant, and downright stupid. The average congressman or senator appears just as dull when it comes to cap and trade legislation. It may be that people who want to sell their homes in the future will encounter stiff regulations and fees. The average American voter, just as ignorant as Jay Leno's interviewees, seems to have bought a hideous pig in a poke when they elected our current administration and their tyrannical enslaving policies. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17619 My Way.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17619 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:07:00 EST Fallout from California's budget mess threatened to spread nationwide because of the sheer size of the state's economy. The Senate rejected three bills designed to save $5 billion, including $3.3 billion in education funding cuts that had to be enacted before Wednesday. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17620 MonthlyReview.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17620 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:07:00 EST With global food stocks at very low levels after several years in which consumption exceeded supply, crop failures in a few countries, and the new large-scale diversions of food into fuel production — combined with the longer-term trends — a "perfect storm" was created in which many people suffered greatly, and continue to suffer. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17616 Los Angeles Times dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17616 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST Since 2002, only five states have been forced to shut down their governments. Some of the closures were brief: In 2007, Michigan's doors were closed for four hours before lawmakers passed emergency measures that bought them time to close a $1.75-billion deficit. "What's different now is that the recession has eroded tax revenues across the country," Haggerty said. Collectively, he said, states are wrestling with budget deficits totaling $121 billion. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17617 Natural News.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17617 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST In the U.S., all laws and conditions are now in place to see to it that you are forced to be injected with the new "swine flu" vaccine, whether you want to be or not. In the U.S., the government is now able to mandate universal mass vaccinations at gunpoint. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17618 Washingtonpost.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17618 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST "This seems to confirm the unanimous and uncontested tradition that they are the mortal remains of the Apostle Paul," Benedict said, announcing the findings at a service in the basilica to mark the end of the Vatican's Paoline year, in honor of the apostle. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/audio.details/ID/2396 John W. Ritenbaugh dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/2396 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST John Ritenbaugh, citing Proverbs 13:22 suggesting that a moral man plans an inheritance for his offspring, warns us that because the prophecy about the stranger rising above Israel (Deuteronomy 28:43-44) because of our collective sins is being fulfilled before our eyes, we are rapidly becoming economic slaves as the government moves toward socialism, facism, and communism. The "change" that President Obama has promised has turned out to be national bankruptcy as we plunge into insurmountable debt, leaving us at the mercy of those who will subject us. The current debt, public and private, exceeds $22 trillion, with $26 billion a month going out for interest, outstripping the capability of revenue from confiscatory taxes on rich corporations and income taxes (even if government took everything we had) to ever pay it back. Because of the current economic policies, we are passing abject slavery onto our children http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17615 Telegraph.co.uk dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17615 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST Christian services that feature DJs, songs of the Irish band U2 and prayers for the chief executives of Google and Wal-Mart are being promoted by the Church of England...Among the alternative services explored in the book, which is co-edited by the Rt Rev Steven Croft, the new Bishop of Sheffield, are so-called "U2charists", services in which the congregation receives communion but sings the songs of the Irish rock band U2 instead of traditional hymns. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17611 Washingtonpost.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17611 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST But the financial crisis that started in the United States is dramatically intensifying the debate over the future of the dollar, and whether it can, or should, remain at the top of the financial food chain. Although a meaningful shift away from the dollar is likely to take years or more, some analysts believe that the debate is now reaching a tipping point. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17612 GlobalResearch.ca dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17612 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST "Obama's regulatory 'reform' plan is nothing less than a green light for the complete and total takeover of the United States by a private banking cartel that will usurp the power of existing regulatory bodies, who are now being blamed for the financial crisis in order that their status can be abolished and their roles handed over to the all-powerful Fed," write Paul Joseph and Steve Watson. "The government is ready to hand over everything to a monolithic private corporation and a gaggle of bastard banker offspring, that have gobbled up an amount close to the entire GDP of the country in taxpayers' money and figuratively stuck the middle finger up regarding questions over where that money has gone." http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17613 New York Times dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17613 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST TEHRAN — Iran's 1979 revolution took a full year to gestate. The uprising of 2009 has now ended its first phase. But the volatility ushered in by the June 12 ballot-box putsch of Iran's New Right is certain to endure over the coming year. The Islamic Republic has been weakened. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17614 New York Times dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17614 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST When it comes to stimulating our brains, Dr. Kessler noted, individual ingredients aren't particularly potent. But by combining fats, sugar and salt in innumerable ways, food makers have essentially tapped into the brain's reward system, creating a feedback loop that stimulates our desire to eat and leaves us wanting more and more even when we're full. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17606 Ynet News.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17606 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST Salah claimed that the government continued constantly to dig tunnels under the Temple Mount and the al-Aqsa Mosque, and that Netanyahu was planning to complete during his current term what he did not complete during his first one – "to dig additional tunnels under al-Aqsa and rebuild the Temple on the Temple Mount. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17607 News.com.au dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17607 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST CASH is accelerating down the path to extinction as new technologies threaten to mark the end of loose change within a decade. Bank and credit union bosses say cash won't be alone, with wallets and credit cards also likely to disappear too. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17608 Breitbart.Com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17608 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST Michael Gilbert, a senior fellow at the center, said people report spending less time with family members just as social networks like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are booming, along with the importance people place on them. Five-year-old Facebook's active user base, for example, has surged to more than 200 million active users, up from 100 million last August. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17609 My Way.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17609 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST President Barack Obama said the world was "appalled and outraged" at Tehran's use of violence, and other nations expressed grave concerns as the standoff fueled an increasingly acrimonious international dispute on how to engage Iran - a country the U.S. and its allies have accused of covertly trying to build a nuclear weapon. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17610 Los Angeles Times dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17610 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EST Crop scientists fear the Ug99 fungus could wipe out more than 80% of worldwide wheat crops as it spreads from eastern Africa. It has already jumped the Red Sea and traveled as far as Iran. Experts say it is poised to enter the breadbasket of northern India and Pakistan, and the wind will inevitably carry it to Russia, China and even North America -- if it doesn't hitch a ride with people first.