Clinton's eyes — a window into her health issues | TheHill

Clinton's eyes — a window into her health issues | TheHill
"In 2014 Conan O'Brien did a spoof of Hillary Clinton's interview with Diane Sawyer about her lack of lingering health issues following her 2012 concussion. In an obviously photoshopped version Clinton's eyes are made to oscillate crazily.It was a very funny piece. 
Now, it may not seem so funny.
Hillary Clinton exhibited abnormal eye movements during her recent speech in Philadelphia and they were not photoshopped.
Her eyes did not always move in the same direction at the same time. 
It appears that she has a problem with her left sixth cranial nerve. 
...Dysfunction of that muscle causes the striking picture of the eyes not aiming in the same direction and causes the patient to suffer double vision.
Like all things medical, there is a long list of potential causes but in my opinion the most likely one, based on Clinton's known medical history is an intermittent lateral rectus palsy caused by damage to or pressure on her sixth cranial nerve..."
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TV Ad Spending Reveals the States Where Trump and Clinton Are Fighting Hardest

TV Ad Spending Reveals the States Where Trump and Clinton Are Fighting Hardest:
"Hillary Clinton continues to dominate Donald Trump when it comes to overall spending on television advertising. 
She not only started spending on general election TV ads two months sooner, but also consistently spends more each week than Trump. 
During the week that started Sept. 13, she spent $11.5 million, compared to $2.4 million for Trump.
This includes the nearly $35 million that Clinton has spent on national advertising—national cable, and NBC during the Olympics—which Trump hasn't gone in for yet at all. 
But how far will those dollars go toward winning the White House? 
You can get insight into where the candidates think TV ads will most improve their chances by examining the dollars spent per electoral vote. 
Out of the nine battleground states where Hillary Clinton spent money on TV ads last week, she spent the most per electoral vote in Nevada and Florida. 
Meanwhile, Trump advertised in just four states, spending half as much or less per electoral vote as Clinton in each of them.

Office of the Governor - Greg Abbott - [Press Release] Governor Abbott Statement On Texas’ Intention To Withdraw From Refugee Resettlement Program

Office of the Governor - Greg Abbott - [Press Release] Governor Abbott Statement On Texas’ Intention To Withdraw From Refugee Resettlement Program:

"The State of Texas today sent a letter to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) giving official notice of its intention to withdraw from the federal refugee resettlement program should ORR not unconditionally approve Texas’ state plan by September 30th. Today’s letter comes after ORR’s unwillingness to approve Texas’ updated state refugee plan, which would require national security officials to ensure that refugees do not pose a security threat to Texas. "

New Zealand Farmers Thrive Without Government Subsidies

New Zealand Farmers Thrive Without Government Subsidies
"In 2006, Chris Hausman, a fourth-generation Midwestern farmer long accustomed to depending on government support for survival, traveled across the world to witness a revolution in agriculture.
It had been more than 20 years since a left-leaning government in New Zealand chose to eliminate government subsidies for farmers, and Hausman was surprised at what had transpired since.
“I will tell you it was a shock to their agricultural system,” says Hausman, 58, who farms corn and soybeans on a 1,500-acre plot 150 miles south of Chicago.
“You had a system dictated by government programs that was thrown out the window overnight,” Hausman adds in a recent interview with The Daily Signal.
“But the farmers kind of reinvented themselves and now New Zealand is a powerhouse when it comes to agricultural production on the world stage.”
...“Every country is different—that’s an important caveat to put on the conversation,” said Mike Petersen, New Zealand’s special agricultural trade envoy, during an event last week at The Heritage Foundation.
“But what I can say is that we did start an incredible process of innovation, guts, and determination from those people who really wanted to make this work.”
...Facing a budget crisis in 1984, the incoming Labour government took the first step in implementing a long list of market reforms when it eliminated about 30 different agricultural production subsidies and export incentives..."

Gettin' more dangerous!-----Why the silencing of KrebsOnSecurity opens a troubling chapter for the ‘Net

Why the silencing of KrebsOnSecurity opens a troubling chapter for the ‘Net | Ars Technica
"For the better part of a day, KrebsOnSecurity, arguably the world's most intrepid source of security news, has been silenced, presumably by a handful of individuals who didn't like a recent series of exposés reporter Brian Krebs wrote. 
The incident, and the record-breaking data assault that brought it on, open a troubling new chapter in the short history of the Internet.

The crippling distributed denial-of-service attacks started shortly after Krebs published stories stemming from the hack of a DDoS-for-hire service known as vDOS. 

The first article analyzed leaked data that identified some of the previously anonymous people closely tied to vDOS. 

It documented how they took in more than $600,000 in two years by knocking other sites offline. 

A few days later, Krebs ran a follow-up piece detailing the arrests of two men who allegedly ran the service. 

A third post in the series is here.

On Thursday morning, exactly two weeks after Krebs published his first post, he reported that a sustained attack was bombarding his site with as much as 620 gigabits per second of junk data. 
That staggering amount of data is among the biggest ever recorded. 
Krebs was able to stay online thanks to the generosity of Akamai, a network provider that supplied DDoS mitigation services to him for free. 
The attack showed no signs of waning as the day wore on. Some indications suggest it may have grown stronger. 
At 4 pm, Akamai gave Krebs two hours' notice that it would no longer assume the considerable cost of defending KrebsOnSecurity. 
Krebs opted to shut down the site to prevent collateral damage hitting his service provider and its customers.

"It's hard to imagine a stronger form of censorship than these DDoS attacks because if nobody wants to take you on then that's pretty effective censorship," Krebs told Ars on Friday. "I've had a couple of big companies offer and then think better of offering to help me. That's been frustrating."

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Lunch video-----The Truth About The NYC/NJ Terror Attacks

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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."

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.
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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..."

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..."

Twitter Suspends Women's Rights Group After Criticizing Saudi Arabia - Breitbart

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!

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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

1934 - Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player.


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.

Climate Alarmist Professors: Vote Hillary or the Planet Will Fry!

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.

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.

✔@Avaaz

The 8 million Americans abroad almost never vote. This dead easy tool can fix that but only if we make it famous:http://www.avaaz.org/globalvote 

7:40 AM - 13 Sep 2016

The October surprise that will end Trump

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...“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.

• 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?

1. David Brock’s Media Matters gave a $930,000 cash grant to David Brock’s Franklin Education Forum
2. 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:

1.  Media Matters would receive your $1,062,857 donation
   • The Bonner Group would earn a $132,857 commission
   • Media Matters would retain $930,000
2. 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
3. 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..."
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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."

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?

• READ: Bernie Sanders' long-lost hope of establishing a maximum wage

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?