TECH VISIONARIES Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman are among a group that’s announced a new non-profit artificial intelligence startup. The goal, apparently, is to make sure the first true AI is “good”, and its backers say they’ve committed $1 billion to the project.
This is an interesting development, considering that Musk previously compared building an artificial intelligence to “summoning the demon.”
Also: Prophecies of a Muslim caliphate and the return of Messiah by mystics Baba Vanga and the Vilna Gaon; bulk purchases of prepaid cell phones and stolen propane tanks have Missouri on edge; tangled alliances in the Middle East; and Israel trains against the anti-aircraft missile system Russia sold to Iran.
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THE TITLE of this week’s show is a reference to a wonderful exchange between a clothing designer and a host on the QVC shopping channel about whether the Moon is a planet or a star. Of course, it’s neither, but it led to a discussion of a panic 60 years ago when the U.S. government frantically searched for two “natural” satellites that appeared on radar, orbiting the equator at 400 miles and 600 miles above the Earth.
We believe the UFO phenomenon is real, but it’s not what UFO true believers think it is.
Also: Elon Musk plans global satellite broadband; John Kerry brings James Taylor to France; Project Gladio; more American soldiers (and weapons) for Iraq; Russia uses Gazprom to threaten Ukraine and EU, while moving to absorb South Ossetia from Georgia; Thailand recognizes third gender in its new constitution; U.S. Supreme Court to rule on homosexual marriage; George Soros finances Ferguson protests; and ISIS continues to gain territory despite hundreds of Western air strikes.
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SOMETHING HAS changed in the last couple of years, and it feels as though we in the United States–and maybe the nations of the world in general–are on the downward side of a spiritual tipping point. Another mainline Christian denomination has just affirmed homosexual marriage, and earlier this year business owners in New Mexico and Colorado were told they had to provide services for ceremonies against their wishes, even though they believe gay marriage is contrary to scripture.
Meanwhile, transhumanism continues to move into the mainstream. The worldview of the transhumanist movement, to put it simply, is 180 degrees from that of Christianity.
And the situation in the Middle East continues to take a heavy toll on the oldest Christian communities in the world. At least the mainstream media has finally taken notice that areas evangelized in the first century have basically been cleansed of Christians — by militants armed by the United States and its allies.
Also: PCUSA divests from Israel; free will an illusion, says science; Google invests half a billion dollars in a startup company that makes home surveillance cameras; and a discussion of the lateness of the hour.
Derek and Sharon Gilbert will be at the Prophecy in the News Pikes Peak Prophecy Summit July 25-27, 2014 at the Marriott Hotel in Colorado Springs. Watch for information here.
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AN UGLY scenario is playing out in Iraq. An al-Qaeda linked group, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has essentially invaded Iraq from Syria and is on the verge of launching a battle for Baghdad. News reports from the region depict ISIS as a brutal terror organization, leaving a trail of beheaded bodies in its wake.
But until recently, we in the West were sending these guys money and weapons to help them fight against the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. What in the world is going on over there?
Also: Turkey shuts off the Euphrates River; child immigrant crisis along America’s southern border; Ebola and chikungunya spreading; and meet the exorcists next door.
Derek and Sharon Gilbert will be at the Prophecy in the News Pikes Peak Prophecy Summit July 25-27, 2014 at the Marriott Hotel in Colorado Springs. Watch for information here.
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ALGERIAN SPECIAL forces stormed a natural gas plant in the Sahara Desert Sunday, ending a hostage situation that reportedly claimed over 80 lives, including those of the 32 militants who attacked the plant last week. It is unclear if any of the hostages survived.
The group claiming responsibility claimed the attack was a response to military action against comrades in neighboring Mali, where French troops (with British support) and a pan-African force (with American support) are moving against Islamist militants. Although the attack was apparently planned long before the French military was deployed in Mali, the question remains: Who is telling the whole truth about Western military involvement?
Also: President Obama sworn in for the third and fourth times; horse meat in the burgers at Tesco; Senator Kirk sees angels; parallels between Rome and the U.S.; and the contentious year ahead in bioethics according to Wesley J. Smith.
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IT APPEARS that regardless of who wins the United States presidential election nine days from now, our drone war against suspected terrorists (and anyone within an acceptable radius, from a collateral damage standpoint) will continue without interruption.
The CIA wants more drones and more places to launch them, the White House will still have a secret capture/kill list, and if you dare question the moral or constitutional justification for killing four-year-old girls over there to limit the possibility that four-year-old girls here get killed, well, you’re “a horrible moron.”
Also: Fiscal cliff ahead; head of Bank of England admits that banks don’t have enough capital; Sandy takes aim at East Coast; and something falls into a Mexican volcano.
Forgive us — we forgot to come back to the creepy story of the drone that “started its engine without any human direction, even though the ignition had been turned off and the fuel lines closed. Technicians concluded that a software bug had infected the ‘brains’ of the drone, but never pinpointed the problem.” Obviously, there’s a Cylon in your future.
Thanks to Adam Curry for inspiring the title.
Details on Future Congress 2 January 4-6, 2013 in Dallas are available here.
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Also: CIA claims to stop Al Qaida “Underwear Bomb 2.0”; EU plots to scrap Britain; US deploys high-tech F-22 Raptor to within striking distance of Iran; more drone strikes in Pakistan; Russian troops train in Colorado in May; child porn on Facebook; mother who killed young sons thought devil was chasing her; and dead dolphins and pelicans in Peru.
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]]>The trouble, of course, isn’t flying the drones; it’s when and how they come down that could be a problem. The good news is that “political pressures” appear to have killed the program.
Also: More calls for intervention in Syria; NATO and US arming Israel for war with Iran; Invisible Children spied for Ugandan government; Balochistan new human rights flashpoint; “fracking” tied to earthquakes; the bizarre death of a Hollywood publicist (and CIA operative?); and Texas hit with four feet of hailstones.
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]]>Also: McCain stumps for war against Syria; Panetta says the president only needs “international permission” to attack; Pentagon gives Boeing $80 million to build a better MOP to clean out Iran’s nuclear bunkers; State Department gives Camp Liberty in Iraq to MEK — which is on its list of foreign terror organizations; Greece officially defaults; SPLC claims 755% growth in American militias since Obama took office (link to report PDF file); and unexplained explosion caught on Phoenix TV traffic report.
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ALMOST LOST in the news cycle already was the announcement last week that the U.S. is sending military advisers–Special Forces soldiers–to Uganda to help chase down the Lord’s Resistance Army, a militaristic cult headed by Joseph Kony. Why now, when Kony has been active in Uganda, Sudan, and the Congo for over 20 years? (See the LRA Crisis Tracker and Derek’s new interview with researcher Tony Kail for details.)
Is there any connection to recent discoveries of oil in the region, or to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s link to the powerful and secretive American “Christian” group The Family? (For more on The Family, see Derek’s interview with journalist Jeff Sharlet.)
Also: Leaving Iraq; Kenya’s military says the US may be bombing militants in neighboring Somalia; DARPA building robotic cheetahs to hunt down baddies; first national EAS test set for 11/9/11; possible vote on Palestinian statehood on 11/11/11; Occupy Wall Street protesters complain about their own bankers; and Hillary on Qaddafi: “We came, we saw, he died.”
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]]>Also: Propaganda and the parallels with Orwell’s 1984; suicide bombing in Afghanistan; Dr. Michael Heiser’s presentation on the significance of Revelation 12 (link opens a QuickTime video); twisting prophecy to justify Dominionism; and wildfires in Texas.
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Empty shelves in Long Island store prior to Irene (Reuters/Mike Seger)
A LOOK at the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, new developments in Libya, and the continuing march on the Path to Persia. Also: Copper thieves on I-95; hyping wind farm bird kills; and the health benefits of chocolate.
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]]>Also: H-P gets out of the computer and tablet business; news media re-tweeting; and the situations in Israel and Syria.
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]]>Also: The new fall memes; Euro scientists want to be like Bruce Willis; and One World Trade Center’s interesting geometry.
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