The Kentucky Secretary of State’s office has told independent gubernatorial candidate Drew Curtis that he can only get on the ballot with a paper petition. Curtis was hoping to use electronic signatures, which are permitted for some other state purposes. See this story. So far, no state permits electronic signatures for ballot access. …read more
Lynden, Wa – To onlookers in Lynden, Washington, it might have seemed like the world’s most absurd police chase: a state trooper’s cruiser, red and blue lights flashing, in hot pursuit of an elderly lady on her electric scooter. Both vehicles were crawling down state route 546 at about six miles per hour.
In reality, it was state trooper Dave Hintz doing a good deed, providing a woman in her 80’s with a police escort home after she had become lost. When asked, Trooper Hintz made it a point to emphasize that his goal was not to detain her, but to …read more
Denton, Texas – On Tuesday, a blind 92-year-old great-grandmother, Violet Palmer, of Denton, was arrested along with her son. They were engaging in a peaceful act of civil disobedience. They were protesting HB 40, a law which effectively nullified Denton’s voter-approved fracking ban.
Last November voters of Denton approved a law that banned fracking in their municipality. Subsequently, in May, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed HB 40 into law, essentially overriding local bans on gas and oil drilling, thus making Denton’s ban virtually unenforceable.
Violet Palmer was arrested on charges of criminal trespassing, while her 64-year-old son, Theron Palmer, was charged with …read more
According to this story, the New York bills to move the presidential primary from February 2 to April 26 face opposition because April 26, 2016, will be in Passover week. None of the presidential primary bills have made any headway yet, as of 6:30 pm, Wednesday. The legislative session will end on Thursday or Friday. …read more
The global, programmable, peer-to-peer nature of bitcoin makes it a great in-app digital currency for gaming developers that want to quickly gain new users and increase engagement. One of the first mobile developers to integrate bitcoin on iOS is Japan-based mobile developer Christian Moss. Christian recently released an iOS app in the App Store called Game of Birds, which enables users around the world to get paid out bits to their Coinbase wallet within the game.
We did a brief Q&A with Christian to see why he built Game of Birds and what he’s learned from building a bitcoin-based iOS app …read more
MEDIA ALERT: This morning (Thursday), Jim Babka will be on talk radio. See details, in the P.S.
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Last week, the fake “cybersecurity” bill, CISA, was proposed as an amendment to the NDAA.
We are pleased to report, it was defeated, but…
That vote was only a trial balloon to gauge support for CISA. Once Majority Leader Mitch McConnell thinks he has the votes, he can put it up for another vote AT ANY TIME.
That’s why you should tell Congress TODAY to oppose CISA through DownsizeDC.org’s “Hands Off the Internet Campaign.”
You may borrow from or copy this letter…
I STRONGLY OPPOSE the Cyber Information …read more
We’re pleased to announce the launch of Instant Exchange, a feature that allows users to send or receive bitcoin payments while eliminating exposure to bitcoin exchange rate fluctuation.
Coinbase has long offered merchants the ability to automatically convert received bitcoin into their local currency, and now Instant Exchange is available to anyone with a local currency wallet.
Two new features are available:
1. Instant Exchange Send
Now you can send bitcoin and pay for it with your local currency from the same page. Coinbase will execute an instant buy in the background for you, debiting funds from your local currency wallet.
To use this …read more
Current New York law says the presidential primaries will be held on February 2, 2016. On June 15, AB 8256 was introduced, to move the 2016 presidential primaries to April 26. However, the legislature adjourns for the year on Wednesday, June 17. It is somewhat likely that this bill will pass, but it is not certain. If the bill passes, it will have no impact on petition deadlines for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. Thanks to Josh Putnam for the bill number. …read more
The future of wind energy is here — and it’s bladeless! A Spanish company called Vortex Bladeless, has developed a revolutionary way to harness the power of the wind.
The system is called Vortex, and it drastically reduces the amount of inputs required by regular propeller-driven windmills.
Instead of capturing energy via the rotational motion of a turbine, the Vortex takes advantage of what’s known as vorticity, an aerodynamic effect that occurs when wind breaks against a solid structure (Kármán vortex street). The Vortex structure starts to oscillate and captures the energy that is produced.
Vorticity is a powerful effect which was first …read more
New York, N.Y. – In an extremely unsettling ruling, a New York appeals court has ruled that your family members’ organs can be kept by the medical examiner without having to notify the family of the deceased.
The divisive ruling left the seven-member appeals court divided 5-2, with all justices wanting the state legislature to ultimately decide the issue.
The morbid case ensued after a New York medical examiner, doing a routine autopsy on 17-year-old vehicular accident victim Jesse Shipley, kept the brain of the teenager, only to have it be discovered by classmates on a school field trip two months later.
The …read more
