December 2012

VFTB 135: Gilgamesh Immortal

On: December 23, 2012

AS IT’S written in the book of Ecclesiastes: What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. So it wasn’t a huge surprise to discover that the new novel by award-winning screenwriter Brian Godawa,Continue Reading

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VFTB 134: Countdown to Apocalypse

By: Derek

On: December 9, 2012

In: A View From the Bunker, Podcast

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WITH LESS than two weeks before the alleged Mayan Doomsday on December 21, we talk about apocalyptic prophecy with Cris Putnam, co-author of Petrus Romanus: The Final Pope is Here and a featured guest on the History Channel series Countdown to Apocalypse. (View the episode Prophets of Doom by clicking here.) Why doContinue Reading

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Kicking the Bear
Congress passed the REPO Act Saturday, which empowers the Biden administration to seize some $6 billion in Russian assets and send it to Ukraine for reconstruction. But there will be consequences for the US and Europe.
Iron and Myth 28: Acknowledge Yahweh, You Sons of El
THE PSALMS are often polemics directed at the gods of the pagan nations around Israel. Case in point is the subject of this month’s Iron and Myth roundtable, Psalm 29.
Congress Goes Full Orwell
Congress has reauthorized FISA and granted the US government expanded surveillance powers to essentially ignore the 4th Amendment to the Constitution while spying on American citizens.
Unraveling Revelation: Reptilians and Revelation
ONE OF THE MYSTERIES of ancient Mesopotamia are the strange, reptilian figurines found in southeastern Iraq near the ancient cities of Ur and Eridu. What can they possibly have to do with the Bible?
Her House Sinks Down to Death
WE RETURN to our regularly scheduled reading this week with proverbs that are paternal calls for wisdom--and a warning against communing with spirits of the dead.
“They Wouldn’t Just Eat Any White Men That Fell From the Sky”
THOSE IMMORTAL WORDS were spoken by Michael Kabuni, a political science lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea, responding to a false claim by President Biden that his uncle had been eaten by cannibals after being shot down in WWII.
The Friday Five – Are Even 20 ‘Humanitarian’ Hostages Still Alive in Gaza?
Hamas rejected a ceasefire proposal from Israel Saturday during the Iranian attack, but a source within the terror group says there may be no more than 20 “humanitarian” hostages still alive in Gaza.
Biden Reportedly OK’d Limited Iran Strike on Israel
Reuters reports that a Turkish diplomatic official said Iran warned the US before its attack on Israel Saturday night, and that the White House told Iran any action had to be “within certain limits.”
NSA Close to Turning Internet into Surveillance Tool
A change in definitions in Section 702 of the bill to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act could give the NSA power to compel any business that offers free WiFi to customers to hand over user data.
Israel Will Respond—But How?
A spokesman for the IDF said Monday that Israel will respond to Iran’s attack, but was intentionally vague as to what that response might be.

December 2012

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