Archive:
October 2009
Oct. 04
“Ireland’s strong support for the EU treaty in its second referendum has sparked widespread relief in Brussels as well as a flurry of activity as European politicians consider the next moves for complete ratification of the treaty.”
Oct. 07
“Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt asked the EU’s top diplomat (Javier Solana) Wednesday to remain in his job until the end of the month, amid doubts over when the bloc’s reform treaty will enter force.”
Oct. 11
“Polish President Lech Kaczynski signed the European Union’s reform treaty into law on Saturday, leaving the Czech Republic as the only country still to ratify the document.”
Oct. 13
For those of us who have been following the theory that the 70th Week of Daniel began Jan. 1, 2007, things keep getting more interesting.
Oct. 19
World leaders will gather in Copenhagen in December to sign a UN pact to fight climate change. But that’s not their real agenda, according to Christopher Monckton, former science adviser to Margaret Thatcher.
Oct. 23
“The EU’s new foreign minister will have sweeping powers to conduct foreign policy, propose his own budget and name his own staff independently of other EU institutions, according to the latest EU presidency blueprint.”
Oct. 24
“For exactly 10 years Javier Solana has represented the ‘international face’ of Europe; 10 years in which he has closely followed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with all its turns and crises; a decade in which, to a great extent he was the answer to the famous question of Henry Kissinger: ‘Who should I call when I want to talk to Europe?’”
Oct. 26
The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) has teamed up with the United Nations — through the Smile of a Child organization started by TBN’s cofounder Jan Crouch. Its partnership with the UN should be a wake-up call to Christians that the great apostasy is gaining ground.
Oct. 27
An unnamed U.S. diplomat’s choice of words fascinated me.
Oct. 29
“EU ministers and the European Commission are currently negotiating a raft of controversial proposals, which are expected to radically increase the EU’s role in policing, criminal and security matters.”
Oct. 30
“The EU’s new set of institutional rules may come into force in just over a month, ending a marathon stretch of treaty-making that took eight years, included four referendums and resulted in an ungainly text littered with footnotes, protocols and opt-outs.”