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The new application brings a slew of new features, making it what may be the most useful app on the App Store (be sure to read this post) for our full review. Among the additions are Events, which have frustratingly been omitted from previous versions. Now you’ll be able to look up where your Events are, and you can also respond to them and see which of your friends are attending (for anyone who has ever had to boot up the web version of the site just to look up an Event address, this is a big deal). You can also post video directly to the site if you have an iPhone 3GS — a feature that will likely see the number of videos on Facebook increase dramatically.

Smaller changes include a News Feed that more closely reflects the feed you’ll find on the main Facebook site, as well as the ability to “Like” items your friends have created.

One feature that users will be missing is Push Notifications, which we suspect will be rolled out in version 3.1, which Hewitt is already working on. There will also be support for landscape mode in the upcoming release, and we may also see support for the ability to watch Facebook videos from the phone (right now you can only upload them).

It’s worth noting that the 11 day wait since Facebook originally submitted the application was enough to raise Hewitt’s ire (and justifiably so), leading him to condemn the App Store approval process and call for its removal entirely. I couldn’t agree with him more.

They’re not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft of S.773 (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.

The new version would allow the president to “declare a cybersecurity emergency” relating to “non-governmental” computer networks and do what’s necessary to respond to the threat. Other sections of the proposal include a federal certification program for “cybersecurity professionals,” and a requirement that certain computer systems and networks in the private sector be managed by people who have been awarded that license.

“I think the redraft, while improved, remains troubling due to its vagueness,” said Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance, which counts representatives of Verizon, Verisign, Nortel, and Carnegie Mellon University on its board. “It is unclear what authority Sen. Rockefeller thinks is necessary over the private sector. Unless this is clarified, we cannot properly analyze, let alone support the bill.”

Representatives of other large Internet and telecommunications companies expressed concerns about the bill in a teleconference with Rockefeller’s aides this week, but were not immediately available for interviews on Thursday.

A spokesman for Rockefeller also declined to comment on the record Thursday, saying that many people were unavailable because of the summer recess. A Senate source familiar with the bill compared the president’s power to take control of portions of the Internet to what President Bush did when grounding all aircraft on Sept. 11, 2001. The source said that one primary concern was the electrical grid, and what would happen if it were attacked from a broadband connection.

When Rockefeller, the chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) introduced the original bill in April, they claimed it was vital to protect national cybersecurity. “We must protect our critical infrastructure at all costs–from our water to our electricity, to banking, traffic lights and electronic health records,” Rockefeller said.

The Rockefeller proposal plays out against a broader concern in Washington, D.C., about the government’s role in cybersecurity. In May, President Obama acknowledged that the government is “not as prepared” as it should be to respond to disruptions and announced that a new cybersecurity coordinator position would be created inside the White House staff. Three months later, that post remains empty, one top cybersecurity aide has quit, and some wags have begun to wonder why a government that receives failing marks on cybersecurity should be trusted to instruct the private sector what to do.

Rockefeller’s revised legislation seeks to reshuffle the way the federal government addresses the topic. It requires a “cybersecurity workforce plan” from every federal agency, a “dashboard” pilot project, measurements of hiring effectiveness, and the implementation of a “comprehensive national cybersecurity strategy” in six months–even though its mandatory legal review will take a year to complete.

The privacy implications of sweeping changes implemented before the legal review is finished worry Lee Tien, a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco. “As soon as you’re saying that the federal government is going to be exercising this kind of power over private networks, it’s going to be a really big issue,” he says.

Probably the most controversial language begins in Section 201, which permits the president to “direct the national response to the cyber threat” if necessary for “the national defense and security.” The White House is supposed to engage in “periodic mapping” of private networks deemed to be critical, and those companies “shall share” requested information with the federal government. (“Cyber” is defined as anything having to do with the Internet, telecommunications, computers, or computer networks.)

“The language has changed but it doesn’t contain any real additional limits,” EFF’s Tien says. “It simply switches the more direct and obvious language they had originally to the more ambiguous (version)…The designation of what is a critical infrastructure system or network as far as I can tell has no specific process. There’s no provision for any administrative process or review. That’s where the problems seem to start. And then you have the amorphous powers that go along with it.”

Translation: If your company is deemed “critical,” a new set of regulations kick in involving who you can hire, what information you must disclose, and when the government would exercise control over your computers or network.

The Internet Security Alliance’s Clinton adds that his group is “supportive of increased federal involvement to enhance cyber security, but we believe that the wrong approach, as embodied in this bill as introduced, will be counterproductive both from an national economic and national secuity perspective.”

Update at 3:14 p.m. PDT: I just talked to Jena Longo, deputy communications director for the Senate Commerce committee, on the phone. She sent me e-mail with this statement:

The president of the United States has always had the constitutional authority, and duty, to protect the American people and direct the national response to any emergency that threatens the security and safety of the United States. The Rockefeller-Snowe Cybersecurity bill makes it clear that the president’s authority includes securing our national cyber infrastructure from attack. The section of the bill that addresses this issue, applies specifically to the national response to a severe attack or natural disaster. This particular legislative language is based on longstanding statutory authorities for wartime use of communications networks. To be very clear, the Rockefeller-Snowe bill will not empower a “government shutdown or takeover of the Internet” and any suggestion otherwise is misleading and false. The purpose of this language is to clarify how the president directs the public-private response to a crisis, secure our economy and safeguard our financial networks, protect the American people, their privacy and civil liberties, and coordinate the government’s response.

Unfortunately, I’m still waiting for an on-the-record answer to these four questions that I asked her colleague on Wednesday. I’ll let you know if and when I get a response.

With Guitar Hero 5 arriving in stores Tuesday, Activision is making its last big publicity push for the launch. The publisher has been announcing a steady stream of stars who will appear in-game, from Johnny Cash and Carlos Santanna to Garbage’s Shirley Manson and Maroon 5′s Adam Levine.

Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5.

Today Activision capped off that list with the announcement that Nirvana singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain will be playable in Guitar Hero 5, performing the band’s breakthrough hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and a live version of another single from the album Nevermind, “Lithium.”

Guitar Hero 5 will feature 85 songs pulled from a number of genres, including Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition,” Megadeth’s “Sweating Bullets,” and Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower.” Activision is also running a promotion for the game where players who purchase specially marked copies of Guitar Hero 5 will get the upcoming Guitar Hero: Van Halen for free.

I read the information on the site http://www.escapeallthesethings.com/planet-x-nibiru.htm?gclid=CIeX3L3RtpwCFcRd2godkDsYnw and found a STUNNING ACCUSATION !

“If you’re concerned about the future, frustrated by the Book of Revelation or have not proven the pretrib rapture for yourself, then you will be relieved to discover that…

“Finally, You Can Know The Disasters
Bible Prophecy Fortells Will Happen
(In A Few Years) With A Prophetic
Timeline Breakthrough Based On
Two Overlooked Statements of Jesus
That Even Lets You Know In Advance
On Which Years Prophesied Events Can
Hit—And How To Survive Them”

If You Are Concerned or Unsure About The End Times, You’re Most Likely Missing Out On The Peace
and Safety You Can Have From Understanding
Bible Prophecy—God’s Encouragement And
Survival Instructions For This Last Generation

ongratulations, you’re about to discover surprising Bible secrets that few have the chance to hear. My name is Tim McHyde (like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. And yes, in case you’re wondering, I did get teased a lot for my name when I was a kid For over 20 years now, I have had an absolute passion for understanding the mysteries of the Bible, especially what Bible prophecy reveals will really happen in the future.

As a result of that curiosity and persistence, I’ve made unbelievable progress in turning the Book of Revelation from a frustrating codebookinto a understandable playbook that anyone, including you, can readily understand and use to your benefit in the troubled times ahead. Given the nature of the challenges that are coming, this information can literally save your life.

First, judging from all the emails I have received to my Bible prophecy websites since 2000…

Guess What Hard Question People
Want To Know Most From Me These Days?

I’ll give you a clue. It directly relates to this string of tragedies that have recently happened:

• 9-11 World Trade Center Attack
• The Earthquake and Tsunami at Sumatra
• Hurricane Katrina‘s catastrophic flooding of the city of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast states

…and also to these doomsday scenarios in the news (some of which only receive coverage on the Internet):

• Global warming and other drastic climate change
• Iran’s nuclear bomb and Islamic apocalypse aspirations (which can also create oil crises) bringing war to the Middle East
• Terrorist dirty nukes on American soil (in response to an Iran invasion)
• Hubbard’s peak oil crisis
• Potential impacts from near earth objects (comets, asteroids, meteors)
• China invading Taiwan (who America is avowed to defend)
• Conflict with North Korea over her nuclear missiles capable of striking California
• World War III
• Avian flu virus pandemic
• Overpopulation
• More killer hurricanes
• The Next 9-11 Attack
• More killer earthquakes (California is considered overdue for a Big One)

Can you guess now?

The question I’m asked most is driven by a growing suspicion that our best days may already be behind us and a day is coming to mark “the end of the world as we know it” (TEOTWAWKI). This is the dreaded day when the good times of prosperity, freedom, stability and security that we enjoy and downright expect today are over. This generation has never seen a Great Depression, Holocaust or World War but realizes evil and danger have multiplied in the world since those days making it unreasonable to expect that history will not repeat itself.

So, the question everyone seems to want to know from me is if Bible prophecy tell us what really will cause the world to unravel and more importantly, when will this happen and what do we do about it?

The answer is “yes” the Bible tells us what will happen and enough clues to know when to expect it and, thankfully, also how to “escape all these things” as Jesus himself put it.

Now, I’ll admit it right here: this concept of TEOTWAWKI coming can be a major downer that nobody would want to believe or think about. It makes you feel hopeless to hear that the world will only get worse. If you naturally believe that there is nothing you can do about it, of course you’d rather just immediately put it out of your mind, ignore it, or go watch TV or play a video game to help you feel good about life again.

But there is hope and a better approach than just ignoring the signs of the times and the handwriting on the wall, so to speak.

The Solution: Follow God’s Survival Plan For You

Well, as you know… Even though many people have a computer, few have the knowledge and training they need in order to harness its full potential to make life easier.

That exact same principle holds true about your understanding of Bible prophecy.

Just as it takes advanced knowledge to get the most from your computer, understanding any part of the Bible takes more than just knowing how to read. There’s actually a prophetic roadmap found in the Bible that must be understood first in order to properly interpret the Biblical prophecies, and eventuallyunlock their full meaning so you can anticipate future events just as God intended.

Unfortunately, most people (including you) probably aren’t even aware of this “prophetic roadmap” much less the fact that you can actually use it to improve your life!

Of course, to do that you need to discover exactly what the prophetic roadmap is and then discover how to interpret the Scriptures correctly with it…

You see, almost one third of the Bible is prophecy, and roughly 90% of that prophecy is unfulfilled and due to play out in this generation. While most have heard of the end time prophecies of Jesus’ Second Coming and the rapture, they have little idea of what else Bible prophecy says will happen, nor are they sure of the correct sequence of events.

It turns out that there are several frightening events that Bible prophecy states must happen to the Earth—before the rapture—which will affect everyone on the planet: both rich and poor, small and great, free and slave, should-have-known-better and did-know-better.

In fact, the Book of Revelation (the last book of the Bible) lays out a detailed timeline of all Bible prophecy starting from when the good times we enjoy now abruptly end, up through the return of Jesus Christ, Israel’s Messiah, several years later. This chronology of the end times lets us know exactly what is going to happen step by step, in order, and where to be to survive each. It reveals the future of modern nations including Israel and the United States of America and which will survive World War III and which won’t (yes, the USA’s fate in nuclear WWIII is on the Bible’s timeline, as shocking as that is).

Of course, knowing this roadmap makes you able to be much more confident about your future because it frees you from the need to obsess or worry like you used to about everything that might be coming!

Once you’ve discovered how you can apply this roadmap, you will even be able to know from the Bible on which specific days certain major disasters will occur and for sure which years these prophesied events can and cannot happen in. (I know that’s an outrageous-sounding claim, but it’s true and I’ll also be able to explain why you never heard this information before).

Can you imagine how different planning your life would be if you were able to understand this timeline and be completely free of end times fear and on top of that be able to have more confidence and peace every day?

The Reality Is That:

Times Are More Dangerous Than Ever…Yet,
Even Most Christians Don’t Know God’s Roadmap, Why?

Obviously, without God, there is simply no way to know which of the threats listed above are going to happen for sure. But some will happen, probably when you least expect it.

The harsh truth is that if you live long enough without properly understanding Bible prophecy, I can almost guarantee that some of these threats will cause you stress even before they later turn our world upside down—whether you are prepared for them or not.

Why?

Because, we are living in the time when global calamities are prophesied to happen, and without God’s revelation you just cannot know for sure which threats are coming (and when) and which ones are false red herrings (like the Y2K Millennium Bug turned out to be). Therefore, on your own you will have too many possible scenarios to plan for and not enough time to do a good job on any of them.

The result is uncertainty, fear, worry, and stress, rather than the safety and confidence we could have if we know God’s roadmap.

Now, you are probably wondering:

How can this “roadmap” breakthrough be for real if you have never heard about it from prophecy experts, your Christian friends, or your pastor?

The answer is that most Christians do not study prophecy at all. They certainly do not receive much teaching on prophecy at church from their pastors, and if they do, it’s usually only one of two subjects pastors emphasize: the promise of the return of Jesus Christ or the hope of the rapture. Or they may get their information from books describing a “pre-everything-bad rapture” like Left Behind, which, let me remind you, is found in the fiction section of book stores for a reason!

What about prophecy experts who do seriously study prophecy? Why don’t they know about this roadmap?

Two Keys That Unlock Bible Prophecy

Because there are two major keys to making sense of the many End Times prophecies scattered throughout the Bible. And without knowing and applying these keys, even if you are expertly familiar with all the prophecies, you will still not understand them.

A perfect example of this is the prophet Daniel who wrote the Book of Daniel. At the end of the book he confessed that he did not understand his own revelation, although he obviously was expertly familiar with it. When he asked specific questions about it, God told him give up as it was sealed until the End Times when only the wise would understand.

Now that we are in the End Times and have the Book of Revelation and the rest of the New Testament (a major aspect of what Daniel lacked to understand his own book) we can finally understand God’s prophetic roadmap—only if we put them all together wisely by using the two major keys for unlocking them.

The first key (#1) is the rule of literal or plain sense interpretation. That may sound like a no-brainer, but historically almost no prophecy researcher has stayed true to this rule. Instead of taking Bible prophecy to mean what it plainly says, they take an allegorical approach to interpreting the plain words of the Bible, something Jesus never did. (Note, that when I say “literal interpretation”, that does not mean that when the text indicates it’s a parable, allegory or a figure of speech, that you ignore those indicators in slavishly literal fashion. It just means that you do not take license to treat anything non-literally without those indicators present, just because you cannot make its plain sense work yet. So I use “literal interpretation” to mean a “primarily literal” plain sense and natural reading in contrast to the common “primarily symbolic” reading approach.)

Ever notice how none of the so-called experts seem to agree on what Bible prophecy says and also are unconvinced when someone has a bible verse that contradicts their interpretation?

It’s because when anyone uses the allegorical approach of interpretation, they are free from the constraints of the strict plain meaning of Bible verses. Using explanations based on allegory, metaphor, typology, numerology such as Bible codes or other figurative methods, they can assign whatever meanings to a verse that fit their understanding. And then no matter what verse you may bring to their attention as plainly contradicting their understanding, they will not be able to see it because, to them, that verse always means something other than what it plainly says, something that instead agrees with what they think. (Have you ever been frustrated by that?)

Why “Good Christian” = “Bad Prophecy Scholar”

Assuming these teachers are all well-meaning good Christians, why would such an unreliable approach be used?

It’s exactly because they are good traditional Christians that it is used!

Wait till you hear why—this is an amazing little-known historical fact…

The allegorical approach arose out of a need to reconcile Biblical teaching to Greek Gnosticism as the Church was coming under criticism and persecution from Greek philosophers. The church fathers Clement and Origen advocated this approach two hundred years after Christ taught using the literal method—and the church has not been able to completely shake its negative influence ever since, especially in the field of eschatology (the study of end times).

And if that’s how you’ve come over time to perceive Bible prophecy, it’s hard for you to see it any other way without help and courage to be different.

Nevertheless, for the few who do correctly follow even this first rule, they usually still come to incorrect conclusions because they do not know of or follow the rest of the secret keys unlocking the prophetic roadmap.

For you, it means reading the Bible is associated with frustration and an unfruitful experience that never brings you to practical understanding of what to reliably expect in the future as it should.

(It’s almost as if you are handicapped when you read the Bible—and for having a safe worry-free life.)

Don’t worry, because there is a set of very easy to follow natural guidelines for understanding the Bible as it was intended, bringing inspiring and helpful answers to you every time you study.

So few people know about these principles, that you could easily call this one of the most simple and powerful Bible secrets.

In fact, these principles are so powerful, once you discover how to apply them, you’ll never feel like the Bible is frustrating or impossible to understand again.

What Does The ‘Y2K’ Hoax Have To Do
With Understanding God’s Timeline?

You may remember that in the late ’90s we were warned that the Year 2000 computer bug could be the “End of the World As We Know It” (TEOTWAWKI).

Some predicted the apocalyptic end of civilization through the breakdown of computers, power grids, communications, and most other technologies underpinning our civilization.

Not everyone agreed with the dire predictions. The doomsayers and naysayers openly debated the issue, but most ignored it or did not take it seriously. However, for those Christians taking the Y2K threat seriously, it was hard to know for sure how bad things would be, if at all.

In fact, even one of the best known Bible prophecy teaching ministries still out there was warning about preparing for Y2K right up until midnight December 31st, 1999. And actually even past that since they taped shows in advance that played in early January, saying “are we still here??” And, oh, how their supporters abandoned them when it turned out to be false prophesy—in effect answering the ministry with “yes, we’re still here and very upset that we believed you!”).

Meanwhile, there were a handful of prophecy students who knew for 100% certain that Y2K would not be an apocalyptic event.

The exact same way that they could discern that the Y2K end of the world scenario would not happen, once properly understood, will enable you to discern which events will and will not happen. This includes future “6-6-6″ dates (June 6th, 2006 was supposedly 06/06/06 or “Antichrist day”), asteroid impact dates, the Mayan Calendar’s end in 2012, and everything else you find on any website or forwarded to you by a friend (we all get lots of those emails, don’t we?).

Wouldn’t it be great to not have to waste time worrying about any of these scenarios again (or feel foolish for believing them after nothing happens)?

Whether you want to:

• Finally understand where we are in Bible prophecy’s timeline
• Discover what major prophetic event is really next (hint: it’s not the rapture).
• Understand the Book of Revelation—including how “star Wormwood” literally works
• Know what you should be doing now according to God’s End Times plan
• Have more confidence and the “peace beyond all understanding”
• Find out where America is in Bible prophecy and her fate after WWIII
• No longer be frightened by the Book of Revelation or living in the End Times

…you’re just moments away from discovering all the incredibly powerful principles that will enable you to do it all. All the answers have been laid out step-by-step for you below.

P.S. The best part about all this is that this ‘Bible prophecy secret’ is completely verifiable! It doesn’t require you to put your trust on me, my expertise, or take any ideas whatsoever solely on faith like typical allegory-based teachings require. Why?

Because it’s all based on you simply becoming aware of certain guidelines  you can follow to read and understand the Bible and its prophecy as plainly written, without twisting it ever again…

For example, did you know that there’s a chapter in the Torah (first five books of Old Testament) which lays out the outline of events later discussed in the Book of Revelation, allowing you to assign plain meaning to the hitherto “mysterious symbols” such as the seals, trumpets and bowls? This one insight alone unlocks much of the Book of Revelation.

The best part is that this Torah prophecy secret lets you quickly and easily identify which day of the year each of the remaining unfulfilled events in Revelation will happen on.

(This really is as simple as opening a chest filled with life-changing information, taking it, and applying it in just minutes to gain an solid grasp of what to expect in the future…Read on!)

Planet X On May 15, 2003: Why Only A Partial Hoax

If You Trust In Your Survival Preparations…

If you are not a Christian or do not believe in the Bible, I think I understand why. It’s a confusing book whose meaning people can’t seem to agree on. To observers it looks like God surely cannot be in it. This turns many people off from even bothering to try to understand it and instead relying on things they can understand and implement, like survival supplies and preparation.

Know the Future is a different kind of prophecy book. It makes the Book of Revelation plain so that you can read it yourself for the first time and understand it. This is possible because it uses no interpretive tricks that require you to trust me and my own complicated explanations rather than your own command of the English language. A star is a star. Nothing could be simpler.

Heavy use of Scripture references is made. This allows you to see where else in the Bible I’m basing my conclusions on. Since I’m always relying on the plain meaning of the words, you do not have to be a theologian to understand my reasoning. It’s plain well-written English, not religious-speak that turns off even Bible believers like myself.”

Washington’s Blog

Adolph Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf:

All this was inspired by the principle–which is quite true in itself–that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying.

Similarly, Hitler’s propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, wrote:

That is of course rather painful for those involved. One should not as a rule reveal one’s secrets, since one does not know if and when one may need them again. The essential English leadership secret does not depend on particular intelligence. Rather, it depends on a remarkably stupid thick-headedness. The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.

Science has now helped to explain why the big lie is effective.

Specifically, sociologists from four major research institutions investigated why so many Americans believed that Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11, years after it became obvious that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.

The researchers found, as described in an article in the journal Sociological Inquiry (and re-printed by Newsweek):

• Many Americans felt an urgent need to seek justification for a war already in progress

• Rather than search rationally for information that either confirms or disconfirms a particular belief, people actually seek out information that confirms what they already believe.

• “For the most part people completely ignore contrary information.”

• “The study demonstrates voters’ ability to develop elaborate rationalizations based on faulty information”

• People get deeply attached to their beliefs, and form emotional attachments that get wrapped up in their personal identity and sense of morality, irrespective of the facts of the matter.

• “We refer to this as ‘inferred justification, because for these voters, the sheer fact that we were engaged in war led to a post-hoc search for a justification for that war.

• “People were basically making up justifications for the fact that we were at war”

• “They wanted to believe in the link [between 9/11 and Iraq] because it helped them make sense of a current reality. So voters’ ability to develop elaborate rationalizations based on faulty information, whether we think that is good or bad for democratic practice, does at least demonstrate an impressive form of creativity.

As the study notes, this tendency of many people to make up false stories to explain why we went to war and then to hold on to such false beliefs in the face of contrary evidence is “a serious challenge to democratic theory and practice”. Until people learn to think more clearly and rationally, they are easily manipulated.

All a government has to do is tell a big enough lie, and many people will swallow it hook, line and sinker. Or the government can just do something big – like starting a war for no good reason (or giving trillions in bailouts to the wealthiest corporations instead of the “little people” who most need it?) – and many people will struggle mightily to themselves concoct false justifications for doing so.

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