Still only part of the story. The buildup in Tennessee was over days prior to the hurricane doing its weird path, there was plenty of time to take action before landfall. They opened it up AFTER the storm took the near impossible trajectory up the mountains but before it could have dumped feet of water into the Tennessee dam system. The homeowners who are pointing at Lake Norman may have a point, but I think we more feel like the minerals in the mountains were targeted more than the lakers were protected.
They capture the arrogant by telling them they are smarter than everyone and deserve to be in charge. They went after the money across countries and the churches first to corrupt leadership, and corrupting the churches was most important to them, to break people away from God. This is why a communist sits at the head of every major church right now. Now, they don't realize that people don't all follow people, we follow Jesus, and this may have delayed their plans significantly. Meanwhile, REVIVAL has been going on. So keep teaching out to your family and friends, keep pushing tradition and faith and consider the most preserved and conservative churches you can find, because we know that over time everything has been purposely degenerated and now we must reach back to the beginnings.
Just remember, and keep putting this out there, that it was NOT the hurricane that caused all the death and damage- it was the FLOODING which was due to DUKE ENERGY OPENING THEIR DAM IN TENNESSEE, AFTER the storm had taken down communications.
He's putting out EOs for choice, but they don't let us keep our tax money, just make us beg for it back after everyone's gotten a cut.
I for one am tired of paying for the local government indoctrination daycare centers. I'm volunteering with youth at church and I can tell the public school disasters because they don't recognize anything from history, even recent history.
But hey, this school is GREAT say the parents... why, I ask, because it's "complete," they answer. What does that mean? They give free breakfasts and lunches.
If you could see the little balls that plop down off the school buses and waddle up the sidewalks you'd want to slap the adults too.
We pay for this, on multiple levels.
I don't know that He doesn't. I do know there are miracles not reported widely; I've had the great fortune to have seen some. Why stop there, though? Why doesn't God heal everyone? Why do kids die? Why is evil allowed? ...free will plus consequences, in order to strengthen our souls.
There's some assumptions there, but you have to maintain a lot of assumptions to be atheist. In fact I think it takes a lot more faith to be that than believe in intelligent design, which honest observers and thinkers end up subscribing to. Even Socrates.
But I'll admit this is the first time I've seen someone quote Q like scripture to defend their belief.
The Washington Post reported that the United Kingdom is demanding that Apple create an encryption backdoor to give the government access to end-to-end encrypted data in iCloud. Encryption is one of the best ways we have to reclaim our privacy and security in a digital world filled with cyberattacks and security breaches, and there’s no way to weaken it in order to only provide access to the “good guys.” We call on Apple to resist this attempt to undermine the right to private spaces and communications.
As reported, the British government’s undisclosed order was issued last month, and requires the capability to view all encrypted material in iCloud. The core target is Apple’s Advanced Data Protection, which is an optional feature that turns on end-to-end encryption for backups and other data stored in iCloud, making it so that even Apple cannot access that information. For a long time, iCloud backups were a loophole for law enforcement to gain access to data otherwise not available to them on iPhones with device encryption enabled. That loophole still exists for anyone who doesn’t opt in to using Advanced Data Protection. If Apple does comply, users should consider disabling iCloud backups entirely. Perhaps most concerning, the U.K. is apparently seeking a backdoor into users’ data regardless of where they are or what citizenship they have.
There is no technological compromise between strong encryption that protects the data and a mechanism to allow the government special access to this data. Any “backdoor” built for the government puts everyone at greater risk of hacking, identity theft, and fraud. There is no world where, once built, these backdoors would only be used by open and democratic governments. These systems can be, and quickly will be, used by more repressive governments around the world to read protesters’ and dissenters’ communications. We’ve seen and opposed these sorts of measures for years. Now is no different.
Of course, Apple is not the only company who uses end-to-end encryption. Some of Google’s backup options employ similar protections, as do many chat apps, cloud backup services, and more. If the U.K. government secures access to the encrypted data of Apple users through a backdoor, every other secure file-sharing, communication, and backup tool is at risk.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., just last year we had a top U.S. cybersecurity chief declare that “encryption is your friend,” taking a welcome break from the messaging we’ve seen over the years at EFF. Even the FBI, which has frequently pushed for easier access to data by law enforcement, issued the same recommendation.
There is no legal mechanism for the U.S. government to force this same sort of rule on Apple, and we’d hope to see Apple continue to resist it as they have in the past. But what happens in the U.K. will still affect users around the world, especially as the U.K. order specifically stated that Apple would be prohibited from warning its users that its Advanced Data Protection measures no longer work as initially designed.
Weakening encryption violates fundamental human rights and annihilates our right to private spaces. Apple has to continue fighting against this ruling to keep backdoors off users’ devices.
From NBC news:
"The Trump administration is considering tapping into Department of Defense funding to hire contractors, a move that would vastly expand the scale and scope of immigrant arrests and deportations in the U.S., according to three sources familiar with the matter.
The defense contracts would allow civilian-run companies to quickly and rapidly expand temporary detention facilities, such as those that house migrants in tents, as well as to staff those facilities and provide transportation between arrest locations and detention areas. Such a move could also increase the number of airplanes available used to deport immigrants and staff for those flights, the sources said.
Border czar Tom Homan has already tapped agents from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives and others to help support Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in making immigrant arrests. But the pace of arrests and deportations has failed to meet Homan’s expectations, and President Donald Trump’s.
...One factor has been ICE’s budget. The agency was already facing a shortfall even before the Trump administration came into office and began its deportation push.
The low numbers are in large part due to space. Congress has only given ICE the funding for roughly 40,000 beds to hold detained immigrants at any one time. It can work with private prison companies that can provide more space, but ICE is still limited by what it can afford to pay those companies to expand detention space until Congress acts, if it does."