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Patrick Henry said it best:
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
Forbid it, Almighty God!
I know not what course others may take,
but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death."
Patrick Henry, Patriot 1775

Archived news Nov / Dec 2006

Chip Implant : better than a smart card -- Dec. 22, 2006
The electronic tagging of humans may provide immense applications from security and national identity management to the offender tagging. The uses of this technology are endless. It would provide a more permanent form of identification than a smart card.
In [ the ] future, a silicon chip implant could provide a unique and permanent source of identification of a person, containing vast amount of data on an individual such as nationality, medical record and citizen data. This data would be retrieved easily and could be transmitted instantly to any place via internet.

In the financial sector, it would offer new ways in personal verification technology. It would help in curbing identity theft and prevent fraudulent access to banking and credit card accounts because for meeting any such transaction, the physical presence would be required.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061222/science.htm#1

Medical personnel enlistment by DoD -- Dec. 16, 2006
The Army will assume responsibility for training enlisted medical personnel in the military services and manage all DOD medical research under a new governance plan for the Military Health System approved by Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England last month, MHS officials said.
MHS said the plan calls for co-location of the Army, Navy and Air Force surgeons general offices and the Tricare Management Activity, which manages the health plans covering 9.2 million active-duty and retired personnel and their families. The plan also calls for joint medical operations in Washington, D.C., and San Antonio, and a possible extension of joint medical operations to other areas that provide care to personnel to all three services
http://www.govhealthit.com/article97120-12-15-06-Web

RUSSIA wants to know who attended church and how much cash they gave into the collection plate -- Dec. 16, 2006
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/12534

"Dying Patient Law" goes into effect Friday Dec. 15, 2006; no court intervention
a doctor can refrain from providing medical treatment, or abstain from renewing a repeated treatment, without risking facing manslaughter charges.
Until today, terminally ill patients who wished not to receive life-prolonging treatment were forced to appeal to court
On Friday[ Ed: December 15-2006 ] the "Dying Patient Law", which allows physicians not to administer treatment to terminally ill patients against their will, went into force.
The law defines a "dying patient" as one who is terminally ill and has no more than six months left to live, even with medical treatment, or as a patient suffering from a multiple system failure who has up to two weeks to live.
According to the law, regular medical treatment must not be suspended, but a doctor can refrain from providing medical treatment, or abstain from renewing a repeated treatment, without risking facing manslaughter charges
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3340468,00.html

eft electronic fund transfer gas stations -- Dec. 14, 2006
http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/14/stories/2006121416970400.htm

The movie "The Final Cut" in real life -- Dec. 13, 2006 -- " Memories for Life "
Prof Nigel Shadbolt, president of the British Computer Society and professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Southampton, said: "In 20 years' time it will be possible to record high quality digital video of an entire lifetime of human memories. It's not a question of whether it will happen; it's already happening."
Cliff Lynch, director of the US think tank Coalition for Networked Information, said the changes would allow the preservation of much more detailed memories, but could lead to a dramatic extension of state interference.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/13/nlife13.xml

The new "Jesus" by Joseph Chambers
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/dec2006/janm127.htm

FBI monitors room conversations with your cellphone turned OFF -- Dec. 6, 2006
Surreptitious activation of built-in microphones by the FBI ... "roving bug"
Kaplan's opinion said that the eavesdropping technique "functioned whether the phone was powered on or off." Some handsets can't be fully powered down without removing the battery; for instance, some Nokia models will wake up when turned off if an alarm is set.

The U.S. Commerce Department's security office warns that "a cellular telephone can be turned into a microphone and transmitter for the purpose of listening to conversations in the vicinity of the phone." An article in the Financial Times last year said mobile providers can "remotely install a piece of software on to any handset, without the owner's knowledge, which will activate the microphone even when its owner is not making a call."

Nextel and Samsung handsets and the Motorola Razr are especially vulnerable to software downloads that activate their microphones, said James Atkinson, a counter-surveillance consultant who has worked closely with government agencies. "They can be remotely accessed and made to transmit room audio all the time," he said. "You can do that without having physical access to the phone

Because modern handsets are miniature computers, downloaded software could modify the usual interface that always displays when a call is in progress. The spyware could then place a call to the FBI and activate the microphone--all without the owner knowing it happened. (The FBI declined to comment on Friday.)

"If a phone has in fact been modified to act as a bug, the only way to counteract that is to either have a bugsweeper follow you around 24-7, which is not practical, or to peel the battery off the phone," Atkinson said. Security-conscious corporate executives routinely remove the batteries from their cell phones, he added.
But in July 2003, Ardito and his crew discovered bugs in three restaurants,

A BBC article from 2004 reported that intelligence agencies routinely employ the remote-activiation method. "A mobile sitting on the desk of a politician or businessman can act as a powerful, undetectable bug," the article said, "enabling them to be activated at a later date to pick up sounds even when the receiver is down."
built-in microphones in automotive systems like General Motors' OnStar to snoop on passengers' conversations.
When FBI agents remotely activated the system and were listening in, passengers in the vehicle could not tell that their conversations were being monitored.
http://news.com.com/FBI+taps+cell+phone+mic+as+eavesdropping+tool/2100-1029_3-6140191.html?www.dailytech.com

Pope wrong. Moslems and Christians do not worship same God. Allah had no Son who died for me
Please see Islam
The visit by the leader of 1.1 billion Roman Catholics was meant to be a mostly Christian event but it has taken on wider ramifications in Western-Islamic relations, Catholic-Muslim relations and Turkey's own desire to be part of Europe
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-11-28T202702Z_01_L28626797_RTRUKOC_0_US-POPE-TURKEY.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
Apostasy : John Paul 2nd with a kiss ( see photo on Islam page )
Benedict 16 with political correctness
Uniting over the "Queen of Heaven" please see Jeremiah 44: 17-- 25

Sharia Law spreading ; " legal pluralism" -- Nov. 29, 2006
"Sharia's great strength was the effectiveness of its penalties," he said. [ Ed: cutting off hands and heads ]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/29/nsharia29.xml

A word from the Lord about being self-deceived -- Nov. 25, 2006 ( Mary Adams )
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2006/marya1125.htm

ID Theft, REAL ID, and the wizard of ID -- Nov. 17, 2006 .. A MUST Read
What is Real ID? A plastic card that turns identity theft into an eminently accessible, ultra convenient one-stop shopping mall for identity thieves.
What is the Wizard of ID? A comic strip, the only bright spot in this whole headlong rush to erect The Great American Police State.
http://www.freemarketnews.com/Analysis/47/6395/garry.asp?wid=47&nid=6395

Selective- killing; "active euthanasia"; convenience-killing
Plea to kill handicapped ( infants first, who next ?? ) -- Nov. 5, 2006
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=1639102006
COMMENT :
"Let the ones suggesting the above go first and show their support of efficiency by euthanasia,
could not be classified as 'do as i say' rather than 'do as i do'. --SM

Naval exercise in the Persian Gulf
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/oct2006/deborah1026.htm

Contactless cards : "Highest encryption" not necessarily so -- Oct. 24, 2006
But in tests on 20 cards from Visa, MasterCard and American Express, the researchers here found that the cardholder's name and other data was being transmitted without encryption and in plain text. They could skim and store the information from a card with a device the size of a couple of paperback books, which they cobbled together from readily available computer and radio components for $150.
And because the cards can be read even through a wallet or an item of clothing, the security of the information, the researchers say, is startlingly weak. "Would you be comfortable wearing your name, your credit card number and your card expiration date on your T-shirt?" Heydt-Benjamin, a graduate student, asked
"It's the classic 'Let's depend on security through obscurity--who's going to look? [ Ed: "who's going to know" ] '" he said.
http://news.com.com/Researchers+see+privacy+pitfalls+in+no-swipe+credit+cards/2100-1029_3-6128407.html
http://news.com.com/Researchers+see+privacy+pitfalls+in+no-swipe+credit+cards+-+page+2/2100-1029_3-6128407-2.html?tag=st.num

Homeland Security card " ID One Cosmo" ( one world ) -- Oct. 21, 2006
http://www.webwereld.nl/articles/43424/us-federal-agencies-start-small-on-smart-id-cards.html

" A day's wages for a loaf of bread" -- Rev. 6: 6
Ed: Do you have flour and oil stored up ?
Wheat , maize prices soar -- Oct. 18, 2006
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/oct2006/kristyb1018.htm

"For when they shall say "peace and safety " ( security ) then sudden destruction shall come upon them "
1 Thess. 5:3
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/oct2006/kay1018-2.htm

Originally posted as a 6.6 quake Hawaii -- Oct. 15, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aBvimFyU_TQc&refer=us
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20588282-2,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6053796.stm

North Korea threatens New York and Washington DC -- Oct. 13, 2006
The latest U.S. proposal, obtained by the Associated Press, dropped Japanese demands to prohibit North Korean ships from entering any port and North Korean aircraft from taking off or landing in any country.
The North will consider increased U.S. pressure "a declaration of war," RI Kong Son
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52417
"Come out of her My people " -- Rev. 18 : 4

North Korea will test H-Bomb against the United States
``If the Bush administration makes more provocations, both New York City and Tokyo will be blazed,’’ Kim said. He added the North is targeting the United States but does not want to wage a war against the South as long as Seoul takes a neutral position.
http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/06_Nukes/061012.NK.2bomb.US.html

Quoting Wm Wallace FPF
" When it all begins to unravel, I think we'll all be caught by a measure of surprise even though we here are following events much closer than anyone else. If the next phase is something along the lines of an "American Hiroshima," with several tactical nuke attacks in major cities, the economy will likely crash with incredible speed affecting the income of many, not to mention the distribution of food, water, and other commodities (e.g. gas)."
http://thefinalphaseforum.invisionzone.com/index.php?s=db6936e2b283cd974bdcd0ee958fcda8&showtopic=1318&st=40

"As I read the most recent of articles illustrating DPRK's current level of posturing, I had a weird feeling that they are acting almost concurrent (or as a redundancy) with Iran. The US didn't take the bait on action against Iran so we are now tempted in a mighty way to concentrate our perceived aggression on the second proxy DPRK. " -- quoting Minuteman at Final Phase Forum
http://thefinalphaseforum.invisionzone.com/index.php?s=9d91e74f75483f0cc9f639c4e5631f03&showtopic=1453
Ed: It looks like Russia will use NK to bomb the US to keep us distracted from the Magog-Invasion
propelled by Russian backed Iran. www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/ch3p1.html

North Korean nuclear threat
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-2/116057791417050.xml&coll=6

How to have inner peace despite nuclear threats : PSALM 46
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/ps46.html

"Be anxious for nothing" -- Philippians 4:6 ; Instead, "Prepare to meet thy God " -- Amos 4:12

WARNING : not only the VeriChip, but also the future use of the ID smart card for 666 financing are both to be avoided. Please see: ..... no....... ax ........ ID .... in ........hshd . and ....chipindex

KEY pairs:  Public number key "666" + private number key ( PIN)  = Rev. 14:9-11


verifone

The above photo shows a smart card reader that can read both swipe cards and smart cards. The keypad allows one to punch in their personal number ( PIN )
Will the day come that one has to punch in a "666" before they punch in their PIN
(personal identification number )
in order to make economic transactions? Time will tell.
Is "666" the public key infrastructure (PKI) that works with one's personal number ?
When a public number works in conjunction with a personal number, that is called an "asymmetric" system.

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