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I feel like I have to do this disclaimer a little too often, but here it is all the same: The Dark Android Project does not recommend the use of smartphones. While it does recommend Android devices due to Android’s (potentially) open-source nature, I generally only recommend the use of tablets due to the valid security concerns over SIM cards.
Now, that said, I get tons of questions about smartphones all the same. And that’s fine. With IFA and other events creeping up, a lot of people want my take on the latest mobile device releases. The most recent of which …read more

Earlier this month, Minnesota minor parties created an informal group to work together on ballot access problems, and last week the group met with Secretary of State Steve Simon. The meeting went well and it is likely that Secretary Simon will arrange to have ballot access improvement bills introduced in the 2016 legislature. Minnesota has historically been hospitable to minor parties, and yet ironically Minnesota is one the twelve or thirteen states that has no ballot-qualified parties other than the Democratic and Republican Parties.
Other states with no statewide ballot-qualified parties other than the Democratic and Republican Parties are …read more

Haroon Riaz has written “Pitfalls of the Two-Party System”, concerning the United States, for The Nation blog. Riaz is a Pakistani banker turned writer who blogs for The Nation. …read more

We’re pleased to announce the expansion of Coinbase services to Canada. As of today, our customers in Canada can buy and sell bitcoin with CAD using our Buy/Sell service, as well as trade the BTC/CAD currency pair on Coinbase Exchange.

As part of our effort to make bitcoin easy to use throughout the world, customers in Canada can now:

Buy and sell bitcoin with a Canadian bank account (via EFT direct debit)
Deposit CAD to a Coinbase wallet to buy bitcoin or trade on Coinbase Exchange (via EFT direct debit or Interac Online)
Trade BTC/CAD on Coinbase Exchange
Use our suite of Coinbase wallet services, …read more

Peoria, IL — When a Peoria resident pulled out her cellphone to record police raiding a neighbor’s home, she never expected to what would happen next.
The woman filming, who wishes to remain anonymous out of fear of police retaliating against her, said she pulled out her phone after she heard police say, “I know you’re in there, come out with your hands up.”
What she saw next was animal abuse.
The K-9 handler lets the dog run to the door and then, for an unknown reason, walks up and whips the dog with his leash. As if the leash strike wasn’t enough …read more

Salt Spring Island, CA — Aside from “reaching for his waistband” or “the suspect went for my gun,” one of the most commonly used reasons for justifying police killings is “he or she used their vehicle as weapon.”
This tactic of American police to claim their lives were endangered because someone attempted to drive off, has become quite familiar. It’s also considerably successful at exonerating killer cops.
Just in the last few weeks, we’ve seen multiple unarmed individuals killed in their vehicles by trigger happy cops. One of the most widely covered stories is that of Samuel Dubose being killed by officer …read more

(RT) – Over 60,000 people signed an Amnesty International UK’s petition demanding the government intervene in the case of two Indian sisters sentenced to rape and humiliation for their brother’s deed by a local council dominated by a higher caste.

An unelected all-male council from a village in India’s Baghpat district handed down the ruling on July 30, ordering Meenakshi Kumari, 23, and her sister, 15, to be raped as well as paraded naked with blackened faces.
Two sisters to be raped as punishment. Not punishment for what they did, by the way, but for what their brother did https://t.co/TQJqRgb1e7
— Richard Dawkins …read more

New York, NY — An innocent bystander has died after a New York City police officer struck him while firing at a fleeing suspect during a botched sting. Felix Cumi, 63, died in the hospital on Saturday from two bullet wounds to the torso.
Police Commissioner Statement http://t.co/KeMEihmv0y pic.twitter.com/bzbH0Cuz8N
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) August 29, 2015

Several vehicles and the front door of a house were also struck by bullets when the undercover officer and a second team nearby unloaded a firestorm at the 37-year-old suspect. Ironically, the cops’ careless, excessive use of firearms in a public street was the result …read more

TIME Magazine’s August 24, 2015 issue has a story, “The Knives Come Out for Donald Trump, but he’s not going anywhere.” It says, “Mounting an independent campaign would require Trump to collect hundreds of thousands of signatures to get on ballots in 50 states, which would mean an investment of at least double the more than $10 million Trump has earmarked for his candidacy.” Thanks to Oliver Hall for this news. …read more