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May 22nd, 2023 - 5:32 pm § in Misc., News Media

Pentagon explosion photo is AI fake

The photo below, which quickly went viral, isn’t real. It’s artificial intelligence fakery. But the stock market dipped on the “news;” somebody pocketed money from this hoax. Read story here. The internet has always been a cesspool of lies and misinformation, and it’s about to get[...]

May 4th, 2023 - 7:41 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics, Republicans

How to start a rumor

Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife are neck deep in cash and lavish gifts. Billionaire Harlan Crow treated the Thomases to exotic vacations, travel on jet planes and lounging on yachts, bought his mother’s home and lets her live there rent free, and paid private school tuition for a nephew h[...]

October 6th, 2022 - 9:04 pm § in Law and Courts

A Supreme Court case could drastically change the internet

Nohemi Gonzalez, then 23, a California student, was one of 130 people killed by ISIS terrorists in Paris on November 13, 2015 (see details here). Her family is suing Google, alleging its algorithms helped radicalize the killers by steering them to videos that ISIS posted on YouTube. Vox says in an a[...]

May 16th, 2018 - 2:02 pm § in Uncategorized

Net Neutrality Survives

Senate Approves Overturning FCC’s Net Neutrality Repeal Several Republicans joined Democrats in voting to overturn the FCC’s controversial decision. But the measure has little chance of success in the House.[...]

January 29th, 2018 - 8:44 am § in Misc.

Trump May Nationalize The Cell Phone Network

 Axios is breaking the story that it has obtained  documents from within the Trump administration.  The documents propose nationalizing 5G!  5G IS THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE CELL NETWORK! This is as abut socialist as it comes.  5G will go beyibdtoday’s cell phones, offering enough bandwid[...]

January 11th, 2017 - 1:24 am § in Misc.

FINALLY! FCC enforces privacy rights.

Military spy looking thru the rear side of a monitor at a blissfully clueless Net user.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[...]

December 24th, 2016 - 1:10 am § in Misc.

Michael Hood in Haiti

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September 20th, 2016 - 8:14 am § in Misc.

The web is perverse: Rumors of the death of Bishop Tutu

Yesterday THE.Ave.US reported a long that sais Desmond Tutu had died.  SAD NEWS: Desmond Tutu Dead At 84 After Readmission On Saturday This morning, there are no confirmations, no follow up stories and several web sites say this is a sad fraud. The web is perverse. [...]

July 17th, 2016 - 12:01 am § in Misc., Science

150th Anniversary of Death of Tesla (The Man Not the Car!)

WOMEN The female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be expanded; the average woman will be as well educated as the average man, and then better educated, for the dormant faculties of her brain will be [...]

July 16th, 2015 - 8:44 am § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: Obama Brings Broadband To Seattle!!!!!!!!!!!!

ConnectHome, a low income  initiative by the Obama administration, will bring high-speed broadband access to over 275,000 low-income households across the US. According to the White House, the pilot program will launch in 27 cities including New York, Boston and Seattle, as well as the Choctaw Tri[...]