FCC passes sweeping rules to protect online privacy We NEED MORE! The rules, passed in a 3-2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission, require Internet providers, such as Comcast and Verizon, to obtain their customers’ explicit consent before using or sharing that behavioral data with t[...]
Archive for January, 2017
January 11th, 2017 - 1:24 am § in Misc.
FINALLY! FCC enforces privacy rights.
January 11th, 2017 - 12:35 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
POLICE EXPECT TRUMP TO LIFT LIMITS ON SURPLUS MILITARY GEAR
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) – If president-elect Donald Trump keeps his promise, surplus military grenade launchers, bayonets, tracked armored vehicles and high-powered firearms and ammunition will once again be available to state and local U.S. police departments. National police organizations say t[...]
January 10th, 2017 - 11:26 pm § in Misc.
Over half of world’s primates on brink of extinction
More than half the world’s primates, including apes, lemurs and monkeys, are facing extinction, international experts warned Tuesday. Humans, the most abundant primate, are thriving. WHAT IS LEFT: Lavasoa Mountains dwarf lemur — unknown Lake Alaotra bamboo lemur — about 2,500-5,000 Red ruf[...]
January 10th, 2017 - 10:44 pm § in Politics
The Kremlin Papers
CNN reported Tuesday: “Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump, multiple US officials with direct knowledge of the [...]
January 10th, 2017 - 9:50 am § in Misc.
The President of the United States has shown himself to be a better defender of Zionism than the Prime Minister of Israel. The Iran Deal is Working
Respected Israel analyst Shemuel Meir reports three critical pieces of public information: 1) Former Likud Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon, a serious hawk, has conceded that in the wake of the Iran deal Israel does not face an existential threat; 2) the Brookings Institution believes that t[...]
January 9th, 2017 - 8:33 pm § in Politics
Senator Schumer explains the confirmation process to Senator McConnell
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Thoughts about snowflakes
Because you are a special snowflake, who really, really believes in what you’re doing; your feelings about something make you so special that the law just ceases to apply to special little you. “It’s the religious far-right’s ‘special snowflake’ syndrome. ThatR[...]
David Brewster: Feeding Art in Seattle