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 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST Sat, 07 Nov 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/2506 John W. Ritenbaugh dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/2506 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:11:00 EST John Ritenbaugh reflects on a radio interview with someone from the Heritage Foundation who mentioned that there was a Rider attached to the Health Care bill currently being voted on in the House of Representatives in which research funding was proposed to find additional uses for ethanol, causing a recalcitrant Democrat Iowa congressman to compromise his principles. All it took was a shameless bribe extended by Democrat leadership to persuade this man to vote. Probably more such bribes will be attempted, perverting the ways of justice, and preventing the public to be well-served. As the arms are being twisted, justice is being perverted and grand theft is taking place before our eyes. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17815 Guardian.co.uk dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17815 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:11:00 EST The UN's nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian has learned...The development was today described by nuclear experts as "breathtaking" and has added urgency to the effort to find a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17816 Prophecy News Watch/Dailymail.co.uk dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17816 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:11:00 EST After witnessing a gay pride march, committed Christian Pauline Howe wrote to the council to complain that the event had been allowed to go ahead. But instead of a simple acknowledgement, she received a letter warning her she might be guilty of a hate crime and that the matter had been passed to police. Two officers later turned up at the frightened grandmother's home and lectured her about her choice of words before telling her she would not be prosecuted...'Their presence in my home made me feel threatened. It was a very unpleasant experience. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17817 Crossroads/Kjos Ministries dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17817 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:11:00 EST Her bill is 1,990 pages long, contains 400,000 words, and comes in at $2.24 Million per word. If this were not enough, there are 111 newly-created federal bureaucracies that would have to be formed to take care of the massive requirements of Pelosi's bill. When the healthcare bills began to surface in the summer, we were amazed when 53 new healthcare agencies were proposed. Now the list has swelled in typical Beltway-thinking to 111 new federal healthcare agencies. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17818 Telegraph.co.uk dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17818 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:11:00 EST Mr Brown will make his personal appeal amid doubts about how long the public and politicians will support the deployment of British troops. An opinion poll yesterday indicated that the majority of British voters now believed that victory in Afghanistan was no longer possible. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17811 Financial Times dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17811 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:11:00 EST Gold prices continued to rise on Wednesday extending the all-time highs which followed India's central bank bought 200 tonnes of the precious metal, swapping dollars for bullion as the country's finance minister warned the economies of the US and Europe had "collapsed". India's decision to exchange $6.7bn for gold equivalent to 8 per cent of world annual mine production sent the strongest signal yet that Asian countries were moving away from the US currency. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17812 The Jerusalem Post dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17812 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:11:00 EST Hundreds of tons of weaponry, ten times the size of the Karine A shipment of 2002, were seized in an overnight raid Tuesday by the Israeli navy, some 100 nautical miles west of Israel, officials said...Suspicions were raised after the Seals uncovered certificates within containers that documented Iran as the point of origin for some containers, with Syria as the intended destination. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17813 FrontPageMag.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17813 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:11:00 EST The group has a branch in North America called "Muslims of the Americas" with dozens of sites and several closed-off communities in rural areas used as paramilitary training sites, some as large as 70 acres. Like Ummah, the group is almost entirely African-American, has many prison converts, many of its members engage in criminal activity, and is actively trying to create miniature Islamic states inside the U.S. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17814 Telegraph.co.uk dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17814 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:11:00 EST Only council-vetted "play rangers" are now allowed to monitor youngsters in two adventure areas in Watford while parents must watch from outside a perimeter fence...That will see at least 11 million adults have to be vetted to work with children or vulnerable adults, including parents who give officials lifts to and from social or sports clubs. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17805 Townhall.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17805 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST The war on conservative speech has moved from the White House to your neighborhood pews. Left-wing church leaders want the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on "hate speech" over cable TV and right-leaning talk-radio airwaves. President Obama's speech-stifling bureaucrats seem all too happy to oblige. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17806 World Net Daily dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17806 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST We should not take Mr. Oktar's vision lightly. For the past several years, I have been highlighting the merging of two very significant developments in the nation of Turkey – the first issue being the rapid Islamization of the nation. Much has been written concerning this development in recent months. But the second issue, perhaps of even greater significance, is Turkey's re-emergence as leader of the region. For over 500 years, the Turkish Ottomans ruled the Middle East, and in the years to come, they will arise once again as a regional superpower. And much of the world will welcome this as a positive development. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17807 World Net Daily dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17807 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST "All violent crimes are hate crimes, and all crime victims deserve equal justice," ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley said in a statement. "This law is a grave threat to the First Amendment because it provides special penalties based on what people think, feel, or believe. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17808 DanielPipes.org dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17808 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST As Barry Rubin notes, "the Turkish government is closer politically to Iran and Syria than to the United States and Israel." Caroline Glick, a Jerusalem Post columnist, goes further: Ankara already "left the Western alliance and became a full member of the Iranian axis." But official circles in the West seem nearly oblivious to this momentous change in Turkey's allegiance or its implications. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17809 Christian Post dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17809 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST Though the issue of sexuality garnered media attention, the theological issue of "bound-conscience" is more fundamental. In accepting this principle, these Lutherans effectively abandoned any claim of normative instruction from the Bible. On an issue of such crucial pastoral and moral importance, the ELCA offers an entire range of contradictory positions, each of which is now to be "respected" because someone holding it claims to be bound by conscience. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17810 Arutz Sheva Israel National News dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17810 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST "Today is really a historical event for the Jewish people," organizer Levi Chazan said as another part of the school was completed. "It is the beginning of the work for the Third Temple." http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17798 Crossroads/Kjos Ministries dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17798 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST In other words, popular occultism is spreading fast, and the "spirit world" has become increasingly more accessible. [See the reasons here] But few families are equipped to resist it. Contemporary churches offer little or no help. Most simply ignore the danger or endorse the "fun." To avoid offense, the word evil is dropped from their vocabulary. The main victims of this blindness are children. Unless we teach them to recognize and resist these dangers, many will welcome the darkness. So let's examine the nature and tactics of this very real spiritual war. Bakugan -- a popular game and online anime (Japanese animation) -- is a useful example. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17799 AlbertMohler.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17799 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST Of course, Bishop Spong rejects any claim that the Bible is the Word of God. He knows full well that the Bible comprehensively condemns homosexuality in any form as sinful, so when he refers to "biblical ignorance" he is referring to those who would understand the Bible to be the binding authority for the church. Belief in the Bible as the revealed Word of God, he makes clear, is simply ignorant. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17800 Reuters dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17800 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST "Third quarter GDP is awful, with no positive news within the report," said James Knightley, economist at ING. "More worryingly from sterling's perspective is the fact that the UK may be the only major economy to have contracted in the third quarter. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17801 Debka.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17801 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST The French minister added: "There is the time that Israel will offer us before reacting because Israel will react as soon as they know clearly that there is a threat. They will not tolerate an Iranian an Iranian bomb," he stressed. "We know that, all of us. So that is an additional risk and that is why we must decrease the tension and solve the problem. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17802 Debka.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17802 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST Eight American soldiers and an Afghan interpreter were killed in several roadside bombs in South Afghanistan Tuesday, Oct. 27, the day after 14 Americans died in helicopter crashes. With the deaths of two US troops Sunday, a total of 24 Americans, most of them military, have died in a 48-hour period. October 2009 has seen 58 fatalities, the deadliest month for the US military since the Afghanistan war began in Oct. 2001. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17803 Debka.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17803 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST Terror strikes heart of Iraqi government Terror strikes heart of Iraqi government Because the Obama administration wants to put the six-year old Iraq conflict on a back burner, relying on the safe hands of Nouri al-Maliki, the deadliest terrorist atrocity to hit Baghdad in two years was treated in Washington and Baghdad as an unforeseen disaster, possibly triggered by Iraq's election in two months' time. In fact, the Iraq war is by no means over - or even won. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17804 Debka.com dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17804 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST DEBKAfile's military sources report that the two corvettes are needed to meet the build-up of Iranian submarines and Syria warships in the Mediterranean Sea and defend coastal infrastructure facilities such as power stations and naval bases which Israel intelligence fears will be at risk in a regional war. http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17797 Crossroads/Kjos Ministries dgrabbe@cgg.org http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.sa/a/17797 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST On October 31,2009, the once largest aluminum plant in the world will shut down. With it goes another American industry and more American jobs. The Columbia Falls Aluminum Company in Montana will shut down its aluminum production because it cannot purchase the necessary electrical power to continue its operations.