Friday, August 31, 2018
Limbaugh: Why are Obama, Hillary silent on hacked server? - WND
Limbaugh: Why are Obama, Hillary silent on hacked server? - WND:
In the wake of news reports this week that Hillary Clinton’s email server was hacked by a Chinese-owned company, talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh is wondering where the denials are from the former U.S. secretary of state and former President Obama.
“Has anybody seen Barack Hussein O or Hillary Clinton on TV denying the news story that the Chinese government had real-time hacked access to Hillary Clinton’s computer, her home-brew server and network when she was secretary of state? I haven’t seen that,” Limbaugh said on his national broadcast Wednesday.
“Has anybody seen Obama and Hillary indignant? Has anybody seen them on television flat-out refusing, denying, saying this is absurd? Anybody seen that? You haven’t.”
“Has anybody seen Barack Hussein O or Hillary Clinton on TV denying the news story that the Chinese government had real-time hacked access to Hillary Clinton’s computer, her home-brew server and network when she was secretary of state? I haven’t seen that,” Limbaugh said on his national broadcast Wednesday.
“Has anybody seen Obama and Hillary indignant? Has anybody seen them on television flat-out refusing, denying, saying this is absurd? Anybody seen that? You haven’t.”
Ballot language for independent redistricting proposal approved by state board | MLive.com
Ballot language for independent redistricting proposal approved by state board | MLive.com:
"...Read the full language the board approved below:
This proposed constitutional amendment would:
"...Read the full language the board approved below:
A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION OF CITIZENS WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO ADOPT DISTRICT BOUNDARIES FOR THE MICHIGAN SENATE, MICHIGAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND U.S. CONGRESS, EVERY 10 YEARS
This proposed constitutional amendment would:
* Create a commission of 13 registered voters randomly selected by the Secretary of State:
- 4 each who self-identify as affiliated with the 2 major political parties; and
- 5 who self-identify as unaffiliated with major political parties...
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Franken-algorithms: the deadly consequences of unpredictable code | Technology | The Guardian
Franken-algorithms: the deadly consequences of unpredictable code | Technology | The Guardian
"What is an algorithm?
Few subjects are more constantly or fervidly discussed right now than algorithms.
But what is an algorithm?
In fact, the usage has changed in interesting ways since the rise of the internet – and search engines in particular – in the mid-1990s.
...Recent years have seen a more portentous and ambiguous meaning emerge...
...Only since 2016 has a more nuanced consideration of our new algorithmic reality begun to take shape.
...Corporations like Facebook and Google have sold and defended their algorithms on the promise of objectivity, an ability to weigh a set of conditions with mathematical detachment and absence of fuzzy emotion.
No wonder such algorithmic decision-making has spread to the granting of loans/ bail/benefits/college places/job interviews and almost anything requiring choice.
...We no longer accept the sales pitch for this type of algorithm so meekly..."
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"What is an algorithm?
Few subjects are more constantly or fervidly discussed right now than algorithms.
But what is an algorithm?
In fact, the usage has changed in interesting ways since the rise of the internet – and search engines in particular – in the mid-1990s....Recent years have seen a more portentous and ambiguous meaning emerge...
...Only since 2016 has a more nuanced consideration of our new algorithmic reality begun to take shape.
...Corporations like Facebook and Google have sold and defended their algorithms on the promise of objectivity, an ability to weigh a set of conditions with mathematical detachment and absence of fuzzy emotion.
No wonder such algorithmic decision-making has spread to the granting of loans/ bail/benefits/college places/job interviews and almost anything requiring choice.
...We no longer accept the sales pitch for this type of algorithm so meekly..."
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'Rather unpleasant': Sununu turns tables on CNN reporter - WND
'Rather unpleasant': Sununu turns tables on CNN reporter - WND:
“You asked me to come on to talk about John McCain,” he said. “I’m here to talk about John McCain as I remember him. I’m not here to talk about the press’s handling of a difference between the White House and the press corps at this time.”
Camerota repeatedly pushed Sununu to say what she wanted.
“Are you satisfied … ,” she asked.
“This effort to try and create a cleavage there really does disturb me,” he said.
“It is this effort by the press to accentuate the negative that I think has created the climate that prevents in the long term the bipartisanship that John McCain supported,” Sununu said. “I don’t want to be a part of rubbing whatever salt there is in whatever wound there may be because I think that just adds to the division.
Camerota repeatedly pushed Sununu to say what she wanted.
“Are you satisfied … ,” she asked.
“This effort to try and create a cleavage there really does disturb me,” he said.
“It is this effort by the press to accentuate the negative that I think has created the climate that prevents in the long term the bipartisanship that John McCain supported,” Sununu said. “I don’t want to be a part of rubbing whatever salt there is in whatever wound there may be because I think that just adds to the division.
Caroline Glick: German-led E.U. Sides with Iran Against America
Caroline Glick: German-led E.U. Sides with Iran Against America"With each passing day, it is becoming increasingly clear that the European Union has decided to stake its diplomatic credibility on the nuclear deal the Obama administration concluded with Iran.
Last Thursday, the EU announced it was transferring $20 million to Iran to offset the impact of U.S. sanctions.
EU foreign policy commissioner Federica Mogherini said it was part of a wider $58 million aid package to convince Iran to remain in the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — that is, then-President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.
The EU’s announcement followed other anti-American, pro-Iranian moves.
Those included approving regulations to protect EU firms from U.S. sanctions if they continue to trade with Iran, and barring EU firms from ending their trade with Iran to comply with U.S. sanctions..."
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History for August 31
History for August 31 - On-This-Day.com
Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) 0012, Arthur Godfrey 1903, William Saroyan 1908
James Coburn 1928, Frank Robinson 1935, Richard Gere 1949
1920 - The first news program to be broadcast on radio was aired. The station was 8MK in Detroit, MI.
1920 - John Lloyd Wright was issued a patent for "Toy-Cabin Construction," which are known as Lincoln Logs. (U.S. patent 1,351,086)
Thursday, August 30, 2018
The Silence On A Potential Chinese Spy In Feinstein's Office Is Deafening
The Silence On A Potential Chinese Spy In Feinstein's Office Is Deafening:The reporting also universally ignored, and thus concealed, the critical context that with even the smallest modicum of curiosity an observer would have unearthed regarding the fact that the alleged Chinese spy in her office was part of a much broader Feinstein-China mosaic.
Namely, reporters omitted that:
New Cage-Free Animal Crackers Box Is Problematic Because It Doesn't Contribute to Capitalism's Demise, Says Vox - Hit & Run : Reason.com
New Cage-Free Animal Crackers Box Is Problematic Because It Doesn't Contribute to Capitalism's Demise, Says Vox - Hit &; Run : Reason.com: "Nabisco's animal crackers will be freed from their imaginary confinement.
That's not good enough for Daisy Alioto, who laments in Vox that "the symbolic significance of changing the animal cracker box design does little to dismantle the elements of capitalism that exploit animals, people, and the environment."...
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Now on table: Regulating Google, says Trump adviser - WND
Now on table: Regulating Google, says Trump adviser - WND:
The Media Research Center found the problem at Twitter, Facebook, Google and YouTube is “far more troubling than most conservatives realize.”
For example, “Project Veritas recently had caught Twitter staffers admitting on hidden camera that they had been censoring conservatives through a technique known as shadow banning, where users think their content is getting seen widely, but it’s not.
And Facebook’s “Trending Feed” was found by Gizmodo to be exhibiting bias.
“It had detailed claims by former employees that Facebook’s news curators had been instructed to hide conservative content from the ‘trending’ section, which supposedly only features news users find compelling.”
Blacklisted were the Conservative Political Action Conference and Rand Paul.
And at Google?
The Media Research Center found the problem at Twitter, Facebook, Google and YouTube is “far more troubling than most conservatives realize.”
For example, “Project Veritas recently had caught Twitter staffers admitting on hidden camera that they had been censoring conservatives through a technique known as shadow banning, where users think their content is getting seen widely, but it’s not.And Facebook’s “Trending Feed” was found by Gizmodo to be exhibiting bias.
“It had detailed claims by former employees that Facebook’s news curators had been instructed to hide conservative content from the ‘trending’ section, which supposedly only features news users find compelling.”
Blacklisted were the Conservative Political Action Conference and Rand Paul.
And at Google?
When morons run your city-Taxpayers on the hook AGAIN!!-----PEAK Training Academy owner loses lease at Walker Arena Annex | MLive.com
PEAK Training Academy owner loses lease at Walker Arena Annex | MLive.com
MUSKEGON, MI - City officials recently voted to terminate a lease agreement with the company operating the PEAK Training Academy in the LC Walker Arena...
The deal also leaves the city on the hook for $165,000 as it pays off PEAK's debts to two local investors, and takes up his utility payments, which were valued in 2015 at $15,000 annually.
The Muskegon Angels helped purchase equipment for the facility, while Muskegon Quality Builders helped get the building ready for commercial use.
According to the termination agreement, the city now will be responsible for those debts and will pay:
- This is the same Muskegon city manager (and his city council) who just got a raise and his college loans paid off.
- https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2018/08/muskegon_manager_contract_incl.html
- City now on hook for $165,000.
- Both "Angels" and "Builders" too smart for this disaster.
- And... why is the city funding competition to all the other health clubs in the county?
MUSKEGON, MI - City officials recently voted to terminate a lease agreement with the company operating the PEAK Training Academy in the LC Walker Arena...
The deal also leaves the city on the hook for $165,000 as it pays off PEAK's debts to two local investors, and takes up his utility payments, which were valued in 2015 at $15,000 annually.
...The PEAK Training Academy was established in 2016 and is located in the 6,000-square-foot arena annex.
...Williams' creditors were the Muskegon Angels investment group and developers Muskegon Quality Builders, Peterson said. The Muskegon Angels helped purchase equipment for the facility, while Muskegon Quality Builders helped get the building ready for commercial use.
According to the termination agreement, the city now will be responsible for those debts and will pay:
- Muskegon Quality Builders $1,500 a month for the next 70 months.
- Muskegon Angels $1,000 a month for the next 60 months. ..."
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"LIKELY"?!!-----Mueller wants to review emails between Manafort, former lawyer - POLITICO
Mueller wants to review emails between Manafort, former lawyer - POLITICO
"Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team wants to review emails between Paul Manafort and one of his former lawyers — messages that would typically be protected by attorney-client privilege.
Manafort’s emails are a special case, Mueller’s team argued in a court motion Wednesday.
Attorney-client privilege doesn’t apply when the client enlists a lawyer’s help to commit a crime — and that’s what Mueller’s team is arguing that Manafort did.
...The question of how attorney-client privilege applies to a lawyer who advised Manafort and his former deputy, Rick Gates, around their foreign lobbying work on behalf of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has dogged the Washington case for nearly a year.
...Attorney-client privilege didn’t apply to Manafort’s discussions with the lawyer, U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell wrote, because Mueller’s team had demonstrated that Manafort “likely violated federal law”..."
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Manafort’s emails are a special case, Mueller’s team argued in a court motion Wednesday.
Attorney-client privilege doesn’t apply when the client enlists a lawyer’s help to commit a crime — and that’s what Mueller’s team is arguing that Manafort did.
...Attorney-client privilege didn’t apply to Manafort’s discussions with the lawyer, U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell wrote, because Mueller’s team had demonstrated that Manafort “likely violated federal law”..."
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Officers told stand aside as 'Silent Sam' fell, report says
Officers told stand aside as 'Silent Sam' fell, report says:
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A police chief assisting with crowd control during a protest at the University of North Carolina told his officers to stand aside as protesters tore down a century-old Confederate monument, according to documents obtained by a television station.
The messages obtained by WRAL-TV show Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue closely monitored the Aug. 20 protest as his officers backed up the UNC police force that takes the lead in policing the Chapel Hill campus.
...During the protest around the statue known as “Silent Sam” in a main campus quad, Blue instructed officers “Let’s give them lots of space” and “stay way out,” the messages show.
At one point Blue sent a message saying Chapel Hill officers were “too close.”
Shortly thereafter protesters pulled down the statue..."
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A police chief assisting with crowd control during a protest at the University of North Carolina told his officers to stand aside as protesters tore down a century-old Confederate monument, according to documents obtained by a television station.The messages obtained by WRAL-TV show Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue closely monitored the Aug. 20 protest as his officers backed up the UNC police force that takes the lead in policing the Chapel Hill campus.
...During the protest around the statue known as “Silent Sam” in a main campus quad, Blue instructed officers “Let’s give them lots of space” and “stay way out,” the messages show.
At one point Blue sent a message saying Chapel Hill officers were “too close.”
Shortly thereafter protesters pulled down the statue..."
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Witness: Fusion GPS, Trump Tower Participants Met with Clinton Associate Ed Lieberman | Breitbart
Witness: Fusion GPS, Trump Tower Participants Met with Clinton Associate Ed Lieberman | Breitbart:
Attorney Edward Lieberman, whose late wife Evelyn previously served as Hillary Clinton’s chief of staff when she was First Lady, was present at one and possibly two dinner meetings between the controversial Fusion GPS firm and key participants in the infamous June 2016 Trump Tower meeting, according to witness testimony reviewed by Breitbart News.
One of those meetings with Fusion GPS took place just days after the Trump Tower meeting, the testimony reveals.
One of those meetings with Fusion GPS took place just days after the Trump Tower meeting, the testimony reveals.
And the liberal media agrees!-----Don’t ‘monkey this up’ and elect Andrew Gillum, Ron DeSantis says | Tampa Bay Times
Don’t ‘monkey this up’ and elect Andrew Gillum, Ron DeSantis says | Tampa Bay Times:
"Democrats immediately criticized the comment as racist.
Gillum is the first black nominee for governor..."
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"Democrats immediately criticized the comment as racist.
Gillum is the first black nominee for governor..."
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