Which would you rather be: wrong or Read it all
November 10
1871 — Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika (somewhere in Africa), saying “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
1951 — Direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the USA.
1969 — “Sesame Street” debuts on US television.
1970 — The Great Wall of China opens for tourism.
1975 — The United Nations General Assembly approves Resolution 3379 equating Zionism with racism. The resolution was repealed with Resolution 4686 — 66 years later in December 1991!
1983 — Microsoft unleashes Windows upon the world.
1997 — WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the biggest at that point in history).
1998 — The Pentagon steps up the movement of warships to the Persian Gulf as the Clinton administration sweeps aside the idea of negotiations with Iraq over UN weapons inspections rejected by the Iraqis.
2003 — Federal regulators allow customers to switch home phone numbers to their cell phones.
2007 — Skipping (or perhaps fed up with) the diplomatic niceties, Spanish King Juan Carlos famously asks Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, ¿Por qué no te callas? 😯
2008 — President-Elect Obama takes his wife to visit their new residence (but they have to wait a few more weeks to take possession).
Cell Phone Security
I keep trying to get the point across to people that email and cell phones should not be considered private and secure. I think most think I’m a paranoid kook. Or at least paranoid. Albeit a well-meaning one. Like a kindly old uncle (which I am, which I feel like, which I am) or a gentle befuddled grandpa (which I’m kinda, which I’m not, which I am) 🙄
Well, here’s something new I learned this morning while scanning the newsletter of a mission-related agency:
| 2) Is Cell Phone Security Even Worse Than We Thought?
Here’s a question from a field worker who writes, “Our mission team is located in a ‘police state.’ We know the police listen to our phone calls regularly. We also know they can use triangulation to locate us. We’re fine with that stuff. 🙂 But now we’re facing a couple of new concerns: “*** REMOTELY EAVESDROPPING WHEN WE’RE NOT ON THE PHONE — The microphones in cell phones are now being turned on remotely to allow eavesdropping on their owners anytime (even when you’re not making a call). We’ve figured out how to overcome this problem… but we kind of hate to always have the batteries out of our cell phones. 🙂 [By the way, if you think this worker has been watching too many episodes of “24”, just do an Internet search for the term, “FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool.”] “*** REMOTELY ACCESSING CONTENTS OF YOUR PHONE — We’re hearing (from some pretty tech-smart guys) that it’s easy to remotely hack into the contents of our phone, getting full access to our pics, calendars, docs, task lists, etc. The implications are huge. Can anyone confirm or deny this? |
Now what?
Ken Ya Be President?
Look. I thought this might interest you. But don’t go jumping to any conclusions about me because I’m calling your attention to this! 😯
| Obama’s Kenya Birth
It is common knowledge throughout the Christian and Muslim communities in Kenya that Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., the United States Presidential candidate, was born in Mombosa Kenya. |
And how did I come across this piece?
Well, Google told me — because of the use of Anabaptists in the post.
Yup, that’s right. Anabaptists.
You see, the paragraph before the one I quoted says this:
| I am an ordained minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ and a native evangelist and translator for the Anabaptist churches in Kenya. I am the official Swahili translator for the annual Anabaptists Conference held each year in Africa, working with the American bishops sitting upon the Continental Presbytery of the Anabaptists Churches of Africa. I am fluent in Swahili and in English. I am a former teacher in Kenya, and travel extensively in the ministries of the Anabaptists Churches of Africa throughout Kenya, Uganda and the Sudan. |
I’ll indulge one comment: Interesting.
Oh, and a post from yesterday in the above blog has these tidbits I extracted:
| How many readers are aware this has been going on behind the scenes?
Apparently the Obama team has been thrown a wrench that they thought they had put behind them. A solid date has finally been issued by the US. Supreme Court for Obama to prove his Birth Certificate. The case is now quietly before the US Supreme Court and he has been ordered to provide proof by December 1, 2008. The Electoral College meets in December for the official election of our President. The United States could be headed for a Constitutional crisis not provided for in the constitution. Meaning there is no precedent or constitutional instruct on how to proceed if Obama is found ineligible to serve. |
I wonder if WorldNetDaily has anything to say about this. Lemme check….
Nope, not that I saw just now, anyway.
Yawn here. Thank you.
(Now I’d better get back to work!)
Hang on. Before I do that….
If the US Supreme Court were to de-elect President-elect Obama, who would be the new President-elect?
- Senator Biden, since he’s the present Vice President-elect?
- Senator McCain, since he’s the Presidential candidate with the second greatest amount of votes in Election 2008?
- President Bush, since he’s the sitting President?
- Vice President Cheney, since he’s the sitting Vice President?
- Senator Clinton, since she would have been the Democrat nominee if Senator Obama hadn’t beat her in the primaries?
OK, that’s enough of that. The whole thing requires a willing suspension of disbelief. 😆
My Home State
Silverton gives its vote to transgendered mayor.
I live about fifteen minutes from Silverton.
Nice little town.
Oh well.
Orissa Updates
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Four Christian relief workers were beaten, threatened and then arrested in Orissa on Tuesday, November 4. The World Evangelical Alliance says the four were arrested under “forced conversion” charges. The workers were on their way to the Discipleship Centre which focuses on holistic care, education, health care and similar disaster relief projects when an unknown motorist collided with one of their motorbikes, causing minor injuries to the worker. A crowd gathered around the scene, quickly turning into a group of 400. The mob beat the DC staff members, threatening to set fire to them at a local cremation centre. Included in the mob were two Hindu groups that had already been protesting against what they perceived to be forced conversions from local Christians. When police arrived, the workers were arrested for supposedly forcing Christian conversions and causing the motorbike accident. The four are currently in the custody of Orissa police. |
How to Pray for Them
Here are some ways to pray for President Bush, Vice President Cheney, President-Elect Obama, Vice President-Elect Biden, and those who guard them.
- Pray for their protection.
- Cover wives and children in prayer.
- Pray that they will govern with God’s wisdom.
- Ask God to keep them humble.
- Pray for wise and righteous advisers to surround them.
- Ask for the spirit of reconciliation.
- Pray that they will adopt pro-life convictions.
- Bind all evil forces assigned to manipulate our leaders.
- Pray that their door will remain open to the church.
- Pray that our nation will enjoy God’s peace and blessing during their administration.
- Pray that God’s people would honor them as the Master commands.
I modified these from Presidential Prayer. And I added #11.
What would you add to the list?