Saturday, September 24, 2016
John Bolton on Obama's Internet Handover: ‘Within Ten Years, the Internet as We Know It Will End’ - Breitbart
John Bolton on Obama's Internet Handover: ‘Within Ten Years, the Internet as We Know It Will End’ - Breitbart:
"“What we’ve gotten out of the Internet, under the shelter of a private American organization that contracts with the Commerce Department, [is] one of the few cases that I can think of in our history where we’ve had that kind of government involvement without regulation and interference,” said Bolton.
He continued:
But because it’s entirely a U.S. government proposition with U.S. people involved, the Internet has been free and open. If, as the Administration wants to do, it’s transferred to an international body, I will predict right here: within 10 years it will come under the control of the United Nations, and the Internet as we know it will end because there are governments around the world that are already doing everything they can to prevent a free and open Internet in their countries, and it will extend to ours in due course."
He continued:
But because it’s entirely a U.S. government proposition with U.S. people involved, the Internet has been free and open. If, as the Administration wants to do, it’s transferred to an international body, I will predict right here: within 10 years it will come under the control of the United Nations, and the Internet as we know it will end because there are governments around the world that are already doing everything they can to prevent a free and open Internet in their countries, and it will extend to ours in due course."
LED Streetlights Are Giving Neighborhoods the Blues
LED Streetlights Are Giving Neighborhoods the Blues - IEEE Spectrum
"Early adopters of LED street lighting are struggling with glare and light pollution
You may have noticed them going up in your town’s streets and parking lots: a new generation of pole-mounted lights that pour down a cool torrent of lumens from an array of light-emitting diodes. Like me, you might have welcomed this development. LEDs are, after all, the most energy-efficient lighting option on the market.
They can last twice as long as ordinary sodium-vapor streetlights, and their prices have dropped to within range of the competition.
If the switch to LEDs had needed any more support, it came from growing evidence about climate change.
In the United States, street lighting accounts for a whopping 30 percent [PDF] of all the energy used to generate electricity for outdoor lighting.
...Armed with statistics like these, and a mandate to cut energy use wherever they can, municipalities across the United States have installed more than 5.7 million outdoor LED street and area lights.
...For some, those first LED lights have been a fiasco.
The harsh glare of certain blue-rich designs is now thought to disrupt people’s sleep patterns and harm nocturnal animals.
And these concerns have been heaped on the complaints of astronomers, who as far back as 2009 have criticized the new lights.
...The episode invites a few questions: How did an energy-saving technology that looked so promising wind up irritating so many people...?
Lots of info here.
Read on!
"Early adopters of LED street lighting are struggling with glare and light pollution
You may have noticed them going up in your town’s streets and parking lots: a new generation of pole-mounted lights that pour down a cool torrent of lumens from an array of light-emitting diodes. Like me, you might have welcomed this development. LEDs are, after all, the most energy-efficient lighting option on the market.
They can last twice as long as ordinary sodium-vapor streetlights, and their prices have dropped to within range of the competition.
In the United States, street lighting accounts for a whopping 30 percent [PDF] of all the energy used to generate electricity for outdoor lighting.
...Armed with statistics like these, and a mandate to cut energy use wherever they can, municipalities across the United States have installed more than 5.7 million outdoor LED street and area lights.
...For some, those first LED lights have been a fiasco.
The harsh glare of certain blue-rich designs is now thought to disrupt people’s sleep patterns and harm nocturnal animals.
And these concerns have been heaped on the complaints of astronomers, who as far back as 2009 have criticized the new lights.
...The episode invites a few questions: How did an energy-saving technology that looked so promising wind up irritating so many people...?
Lots of info here.
Read on!
Obama used a pseudonym in emails with Clinton, FBI documents reveal - POLITICO
Obama used a pseudonym in emails with Clinton, FBI documents reveal - POLITICO:
"President Barack Obama used a pseudonym in email communications with Hillary Clinton and others, according to FBI records made public Friday.
The disclosure came as the FBI released its second batch of documents from its investigation into Clinton’s private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.
...In an April 5, 2016 interview with the FBI, Abedin was shown an email exchange between Clinton and Obama, but the longtime Clinton aide did not recognize the name of the sender.
"Once informed that the sender's name is believed to be pseudonym used by the president, Abedin exclaimed: 'How is this not classified?'" the report says.
"Abedin then expressed her amazement at the president's use of a pseudonym and asked if she could have a copy of the email."
...The State Department has refused to make public that and other emails Clinton exchanged with Obama.
Lawyers have cited the "presidential communications privilege," a variation of executive privilege, in order to withhold the messages under the Freedom of Information Act..."
The disclosure came as the FBI released its second batch of documents from its investigation into Clinton’s private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.
...In an April 5, 2016 interview with the FBI, Abedin was shown an email exchange between Clinton and Obama, but the longtime Clinton aide did not recognize the name of the sender.
"Once informed that the sender's name is believed to be pseudonym used by the president, Abedin exclaimed: 'How is this not classified?'" the report says.
"Abedin then expressed her amazement at the president's use of a pseudonym and asked if she could have a copy of the email."
...The State Department has refused to make public that and other emails Clinton exchanged with Obama.
Lawyers have cited the "presidential communications privilege," a variation of executive privilege, in order to withhold the messages under the Freedom of Information Act..."
If you've ever created a Yahoo account, take these steps immediately to protect your data - Recode
If you've ever created a Yahoo account, take these steps immediately to protect your data - Recode: "If you’ve ever signed up for an account with Yahoo, there’s cause for concern.
The company confirmed today, after Recode broke the story last night, that 500 million user accounts were breached in a massive hack.
That’s larger than the population of the United States and Mexico combined.
Yahoo says the attack likely included email addresses, passwords, names and phone numbers — not payment card data or bank account information.
But our email accounts are packed with personal information.
...If you have a Yahoo account, here’s what you should do..."
That’s larger than the population of the United States and Mexico combined.
Yahoo says the attack likely included email addresses, passwords, names and phone numbers — not payment card data or bank account information.
But our email accounts are packed with personal information.
...If you have a Yahoo account, here’s what you should do..."
Twitter Suspends Women's Rights Group After Criticizing Saudi Arabia - Breitbart
"The hashtag, which started to successfully trend on Tuesday, aimed to protest the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia, and quickly took off, with various verified accounts also joining in."
Up to 15% of Noncitizens in US Are Voting, Alleges Expert
Up to 15% of Noncitizens in US Are Voting, Alleges Expert:
"The Obama administration opposes states verifying citizenship status of registered voters.
Inquiries into voter fraud are typically met with derision from both government and the media—and in at least one instance with prosecution.
Prosecutors don’t prioritize voter fraud, while convictions only garner light sentences.
These are among the voter fraud problems facing the United States, experts noted this week, even as prominent voices on the left say such fraud is a myth.
The left’s opposition to voter integrity laws or even inquiry can be simply explained, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.
“Why on earth would you not want to make sure that only citizens are registered and voting?” Fitton, author of “Clean House: Exposing Our Government’s Secrets and Lies,” said at a forum at The Heritage Foundation Tuesday.
“That to me shows that the Obama administration and the left generally, which is behind this, wants to be able to steal elections if necessary.
To me, that’s a crisis.”
A 2014 study by Old Dominion University found that 6.4 percent of all noncitizens voted in the 2008 election and 2.2 percent voted in the 2010 midterm elections.
The study concludes this likely put Minnesota Sen. Al Franken, a Democrat, over the top in the race in his 312-vote statewide victory over Republican Norm Coleman in 2008.
“The left generally, which is behind this, wants to be able to steal elections if necessary,” says @TomFitton.
Fitton said this is approaching 15 percent of all noncitizens voting..."
Much more on vote cheating here!
"The Obama administration opposes states verifying citizenship status of registered voters.
Inquiries into voter fraud are typically met with derision from both government and the media—and in at least one instance with prosecution.
Prosecutors don’t prioritize voter fraud, while convictions only garner light sentences.
These are among the voter fraud problems facing the United States, experts noted this week, even as prominent voices on the left say such fraud is a myth.
The left’s opposition to voter integrity laws or even inquiry can be simply explained, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.“Why on earth would you not want to make sure that only citizens are registered and voting?” Fitton, author of “Clean House: Exposing Our Government’s Secrets and Lies,” said at a forum at The Heritage Foundation Tuesday.
“That to me shows that the Obama administration and the left generally, which is behind this, wants to be able to steal elections if necessary.
To me, that’s a crisis.”
A 2014 study by Old Dominion University found that 6.4 percent of all noncitizens voted in the 2008 election and 2.2 percent voted in the 2010 midterm elections.
The study concludes this likely put Minnesota Sen. Al Franken, a Democrat, over the top in the race in his 312-vote statewide victory over Republican Norm Coleman in 2008.
“The left generally, which is behind this, wants to be able to steal elections if necessary,” says @TomFitton.
Fitton said this is approaching 15 percent of all noncitizens voting..."
Much more on vote cheating here!
History for September 24
History for September 24 - On-This-Day.com
John Marshall 1755, F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896, Jim Henson 1936 - Puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, actor,Creator of The Muppets
"Mean" Joe Green 1946 - Football player, Phil Hartman 1948 - Comedian, actor, Kevin Sorbo 1958 - Actor
1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.
1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.
1957 - U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.
1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA.
1961 - "The Bullwinkle Show" premiered in prime time on NBC-TV. The show was originally on ABC in the afternoon as "Rocky and His Friends."
1968 - "The Mod Squad" premiered on ABC-TV.
1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Climate Alarmist Professors: Vote Hillary or the Planet Will Fry!
"Calling themselves Responsible Scientists, they warn:
Human-caused climate change is not a belief, a hoax, or a conspiracy. It is a physical reality. Fossil fuels powered the Industrial Revolution. But the burning of oil, coal, and gas also caused most of the historical increase in atmospheric levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. This increase in greenhouse gases is changing Earth’s climate."
‘Surprise That Will End Trump’: Globalists Registering 8 Million ‘Global Citizens’ To Vote Hillary
‘Surprise That Will End Trump’: Globalists Registering 8 Million ‘Global Citizens’ To Vote Hillary
A new campaign, touted as the “October surprise that will end Trump”, is seeking to mobilise a “secret swing state” of more than 8 million mostly unregistered “global citizens” and “progressive” Americans living abroad to vote in the U.S. election.
A new campaign, touted as the “October surprise that will end Trump”, is seeking to mobilise a “secret swing state” of more than 8 million mostly unregistered “global citizens” and “progressive” Americans living abroad to vote in the U.S. election.
The initiative was launched in London in the United Kingdom on Wednesday by ‘Avaaz’, a registered U.S. charity and one the world’s largest and most powerful activist groups linked to globalist billionaire George Soros. Campaigners toured from the University College London down to Parliament blasting Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA’ while chanting “Don’t Vote Trump” from an open top bus.
While illegal for registered U.S. charities to work with or for presidential candidates, a spokeswoman for Avaaz denied any connection to the Hillary campaign when quizzed. Campaigners with Avaaz however, were recorded shouting, “Vote for Hillary!” during the demonstration.
A huge 88 per cent of Americans living abroad did not register to vote in the last presidential election, and Avaaz points out that “this massive untapped voting block” is much more likely to be “progressive” because “56 per cent of us [in the UK] have masters degrees” and overwhelmingly donated to Democratic candidates in the last three presidential primaries.
The 8 million Americans abroad almost never vote. This dead easy tool can fix that but only if we make it famous:avaaz.org/globalvote
...“For months, the world has sat on the sidelines, horrified by Trump’s hate. Now, global citizens have a way to fight back”, Emma Ruby-Sachs, Deputy Director of Avaaz added.
The charity’s website encourages people to email potential U.S. voters in other countries, giving them a template that reads:
“8 million Americans abroad could defeat Trump… if they vote! I wanted to make sure you saw this new overseas registration tool that makes voting dead-easy. It literally takes a few minutes :)”.
...Avaaz launched in 2007 to agitate for various left-wing causes including animal rights and mass migration..."
Money Laundering Scheme Exposed: 14 Pro-Clinton Super PACs & Non-Profits Implicated
Money Laundering Scheme Exposed: 14 Pro-Clinton Super PACs & Non-Profits Implicated | Zero Hedge:
This is serious.
This is serious.
- David Brock operates over a dozen pro-Clinton organizations from his office in Washington DC.
- Uncovered records expose a constant flow of money between his organizations.
- Brock’s unregistered Professional Solicitor, the Bonner Group, receives a 12.5% cut every time money is moved.
There’s a reason why David Brock chooses to house an unregistered Professional Solicitor in his office to raise money for his conglomerate of Super PACs and non-profits.
Professional Solicitors are required to disclose their active solicitation contracts. Brock wants his unregistered solicitor, the Bonner Group, to keep their client list hidden for a very specific reason.
...Follow the money
Nonprofits are required to disclose who they give cash grants to.
But they aren’t required to disclose who gave them cash grants.
This weak system of one way verification is being abused by Brock. He’s been cycling money between his organizations for years, and the Bonner Group’s 12.5% commission gets triggered after every pass.
...Notice what happened?
- David Brock’s Media Matters gave a $930,000 cash grant to David Brock’s Franklin Education Forum
- David Brock’s Franklin Education Forum credited the Bonner Group for raising those funds, triggering the 12.5% commission
- David Brock paid the Bonner Group a $124,250 commission to solicit a cash grant … from himself!
...Let’s recap
Say, for example, you donate $1,062,857 to Media Matters for America. This is how David Brock would have used your charitable donation in 2014:
- Media Matters would receive your $1,062,857 donation
- The Bonner Group would earn a $132,857 commission
- Media Matters would retain $930,000
- Next, Media Matters would give what’s left of your entire donation, $930,000, to the Franklin Education Forum
- The Bonner Group would ‘earn’ a $116,250 commission
- The Franklin Education Forum would retain $813,750
- The Franklin Education Forum would then forward the remaining $813,750 to The Franklin Forum
- The Bonner Group would ‘earn’ a $101,718 commission
- The Franklin Forum would retain $712,031
In the end, Brock’s solicitor would have pocketed $350,825, almost a third of your initial donation! That’s a far cry from the advertised 12.5% commission.
As bizarre as that scenario may sound, this is exactly what David Brock did in 2014..."
Much more!!
Much more!!
Cow farts can now be regulated in California | Fox News
Cow farts can now be regulated in California | Fox News:
"Although these gases don't linger in the atmosphere, they still make people sick and hasten global warming due to their heat-trapping ability, per Reuters. "We're protecting people's lungs and their health," Brown said, per Courthouse News.
One of the main methane culprits: manure. Per the bill, dairy farmers have to cut methane emissions to 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030."
One of the main methane culprits: manure. Per the bill, dairy farmers have to cut methane emissions to 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030."
How they "think"-----Should there be a maximum wage?
Should there be a maximum wage? | MLive.com:
Maybe his "revolution" could gin up enough support for a maximum wage to bring it to the floor of Congress?
Syracuse University payroll data shows the rich are getting richer.
"Liberals have floated the idea of a maximum wage before, and free market champions have often countered that the proposal discourages entrepreneurs from starting a small business or taking on greater risks than your average worker.
Julian Adorney explains:
Running a successful business is difficult for executives of businesses of all sizes, and for small business executives, failure can be personally devastating.
In such cases, high salaries are an appropriate compensation for taking such risks.
Do you really need millions per year to maintain your lifestyle?
Wouldn't we all benefit if the profits from any venture were more evenly distributed to everyone?
Maybe his "revolution" could gin up enough support for a maximum wage to bring it to the floor of Congress?
Syracuse University payroll data shows the rich are getting richer."Liberals have floated the idea of a maximum wage before, and free market champions have often countered that the proposal discourages entrepreneurs from starting a small business or taking on greater risks than your average worker.
Julian Adorney explains:
Running a successful business is difficult for executives of businesses of all sizes, and for small business executives, failure can be personally devastating.
In such cases, high salaries are an appropriate compensation for taking such risks.
Do you really need millions per year to maintain your lifestyle?
Wouldn't we all benefit if the profits from any venture were more evenly distributed to everyone?
Every Immigrant Without High School Degree Costs US $640,000
Every Immigrant Without High School Degree Costs US $640,000:
"...According to the report, first generation immigrants as a group increase the nation’s fiscal deficit.
In other words, the government benefits they receive exceed the taxes paid.
The National Academies’ report provides 75-year fiscal projections for new immigrants and their descendants.
The fiscal impact varies greatly according to the education level of the immigrant.
Low-skill immigrants are shown to impose substantial fiscal costs that extend far into the future.
The future government benefits they will receive greatly exceed the taxes they will pay.
...However, a rough estimate of the future net outlays to be paid by taxpayers (in constant 2012 dollars) for immigrants without a high school diploma appears to be around $640,000 per immigrant over 75 years. The average fiscal loss is around $7,551 per year (in constant 2012 dollars).
Slightly more than 4 million adult immigrants without a high school diploma have entered the U.S. since 2000 and continue to reside here.
According to the estimates in the National Academies report, the net present value of the future fiscal costs of those immigrants is $920 billion.
This means government would have to immediately raise taxes by $920 billion and put that sum into a bank account earning 3 percent plus inflation per year to cover the future fiscal losses that will be generated by those immigrants..."
"...According to the report, first generation immigrants as a group increase the nation’s fiscal deficit.
In other words, the government benefits they receive exceed the taxes paid.
The National Academies’ report provides 75-year fiscal projections for new immigrants and their descendants.
The fiscal impact varies greatly according to the education level of the immigrant.
Low-skill immigrants are shown to impose substantial fiscal costs that extend far into the future.
The future government benefits they will receive greatly exceed the taxes they will pay.
...However, a rough estimate of the future net outlays to be paid by taxpayers (in constant 2012 dollars) for immigrants without a high school diploma appears to be around $640,000 per immigrant over 75 years. The average fiscal loss is around $7,551 per year (in constant 2012 dollars).Slightly more than 4 million adult immigrants without a high school diploma have entered the U.S. since 2000 and continue to reside here.
According to the estimates in the National Academies report, the net present value of the future fiscal costs of those immigrants is $920 billion.
This means government would have to immediately raise taxes by $920 billion and put that sum into a bank account earning 3 percent plus inflation per year to cover the future fiscal losses that will be generated by those immigrants..."
KNOWN WOLF, AGAIN: As Usual, NY-NJ Bomber Rahami Was Already Known to Authorities | PJ Media
KNOWN WOLF, AGAIN: As Usual, NY-NJ Bomber Rahami Was Already Known to Authorities | PJ Media:
"In July, Oklahoma Senator Jim Lankford announced he would be launching a six-month probe of intelligence failures in terrorism cases. He particularly would focus on those cases where suspects had already been investigated by law enforcement authorities."
"In July, Oklahoma Senator Jim Lankford announced he would be launching a six-month probe of intelligence failures in terrorism cases. He particularly would focus on those cases where suspects had already been investigated by law enforcement authorities."
Gonorrhea is more dangerous than ever as resistance to antibiotics grows
Gonorrhea is more dangerous than ever as resistance to antibiotics grows - The Washington Post"U.S. health officials have identified a cluster of gonorrhea infections that show sharply increased resistance to the last effective treatment available for the country's second most commonly reported infectious disease.
...If the bacteria continue to develop resistance, that end-of-the-line therapy ultimately will fail, and an estimated 800,000 Americans a year could face untreatable gonorrhea and the serious health problems it causes, health officials said.
This latest news about antibiotic resistance came as world leaders gathered at an unusual meeting at the United Nations to address the rising threat posed by superbugs, microbes that can’t be stopped with drugs..."
Clinton campaign: Yes, world has 'right' to immigrate to U.S.
Clinton campaign: Yes, world has 'right' to immigrate to U.S. | Washington Examiner
"Do people around the world have a right to move to the United States?
It's a bedrock belief of most conservatives that there is no such right.
The U.S. sets its own immigration policy, admits whom it chooses, and foreign nationals in foreign countries have no right — a claim that could be pursued in court — to enter the United States.
Now, Hillary Clinton says there is such a right, at least if a tweet from her campaign headquarters can be taken for a policy pronouncement.
This is what happened.
In his Monday speech on terrorism and immigration, Donald Trump said, "We want people to come into our country, but they have to come in legally, through a process… No one has a right to immigrate to this country. It is the job of a responsible government to admit only those who expect to succeed and flourish here and really be proud of what they've done and where they came from. They have to love our country."
In that quote was the fundamental principle:
There is no right to immigrate to the United States.
Shortly after Trump's speech, the Clinton campaign in Ohio tweeted out the story of a Libyan who came to the Unites States on a student visa in 1994, was not able to renew it, and simply stayed in the country illegally.
He didn't exactly live in the shadows, settling in Dayton and founding the Islamic Federation of Ohio and the Islamic Center for Peace.
After two decades, he received permanent residency in 2015.
In the story, headlined "Donald Trump would have kicked my family out of the country," the man's son, whose name was given as Mohamed G., wrote, "There was no way that I could let a person that disrespects my father and other immigrants win the White House."
On Monday, the Clinton Ohio campaign tweeted Mohamed G.'s picture with Trump's quote, "No one has the right to immigrate to this country." The campaign added the comment: "We disagree."
The same day, the main Hillary Clinton campaign twitter account, @HillaryClinton, retweeted the "We disagree" tweet..."
"Do people around the world have a right to move to the United States?
It's a bedrock belief of most conservatives that there is no such right.
The U.S. sets its own immigration policy, admits whom it chooses, and foreign nationals in foreign countries have no right — a claim that could be pursued in court — to enter the United States.
Now, Hillary Clinton says there is such a right, at least if a tweet from her campaign headquarters can be taken for a policy pronouncement.
This is what happened.
In his Monday speech on terrorism and immigration, Donald Trump said, "We want people to come into our country, but they have to come in legally, through a process… No one has a right to immigrate to this country. It is the job of a responsible government to admit only those who expect to succeed and flourish here and really be proud of what they've done and where they came from. They have to love our country."In that quote was the fundamental principle:
There is no right to immigrate to the United States.
Shortly after Trump's speech, the Clinton campaign in Ohio tweeted out the story of a Libyan who came to the Unites States on a student visa in 1994, was not able to renew it, and simply stayed in the country illegally.
He didn't exactly live in the shadows, settling in Dayton and founding the Islamic Federation of Ohio and the Islamic Center for Peace.
After two decades, he received permanent residency in 2015.
In the story, headlined "Donald Trump would have kicked my family out of the country," the man's son, whose name was given as Mohamed G., wrote, "There was no way that I could let a person that disrespects my father and other immigrants win the White House."
On Monday, the Clinton Ohio campaign tweeted Mohamed G.'s picture with Trump's quote, "No one has the right to immigrate to this country." The campaign added the comment: "We disagree."
The same day, the main Hillary Clinton campaign twitter account, @HillaryClinton, retweeted the "We disagree" tweet..."
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