The Power of Truth — Famous D.A.R.E. Cop Now Lobbies to Legalize Pot — After it Saved His Life
After breaking free from his opioid suffering by using marijuana, this former drug prohibitionist has a completely different view. …read more
Flint Was the Tip of the Iceberg — Mississippi Tap Water is Toxic — Govt Warns Not to Use It
In addition to Flint, officials in Mississippi are urging pregnant women and children to stop using the contaminated water. …read more
Dark Android Round-Up: Telegram, No More Sony Z-series, and the 2nd Gen LG Watch Urbane to Release
I used to do news round-ups for the Dark Android Blog in the past, but for the past few months, each story has had so much to cover that it has been a while since there were stories that could all come together and be short enough for a joint write-up, but today…well…today is a very different day, as Londo Molari would say. Let’s break right into this latest Dark Android Round-Up…
Telegram Updated to v3.6
The Telegram app just keeps on adding more and more features. It’s mind-boggling the pace at which they are added, too. Version 3.6 of the app …read more
CopperheadOS: Proof That We Need A Dark Android
The idea for the Dark Android Project was started in 2013, not longer after the world-changing “Snowden Revelations”, and certainly the idea of having a mobile device that allows for security, anonymity, and privacy (what I call “DAPS“), is a direct response to what Ed Snowden had revealed.
And that’s the whole goal of the Dark Android Project: Give people the baseline recommendations for how individuals can have an actual secure and private mobile device (phone or tablet). But you’d be surprised at how much pushback and insults have come my way because of my recommendations. While most people recognize that …read more
Dark Android Round-Up: Telegram, No More Sony Z-series, and the 2nd Gen LG Watch Urbane to Release
I used to do news round-ups for the Dark Android Blog in the past, but for the past few months, each story has had so much to cover that it …
Utah Senate Passes Resolution Asking Congress to Eliminate Popular Vote Elections for U.S. Senate
On February 24, the Utah Senate passed SJR 2, which asks Congress to pass a proposed constitutional amendment to repeal the 17th Amendment. The 17th Amendment, which went into effect in 1913, provides that voters choose U.S. Senators. Utah SJR 2 asks that the state legislature regain the power to choose U.S. Senators.
The vote was 20-6, with three Senators not voting. All Democrats voted “No.” All Republicans voted “Yes”, except that Republican Senator Brian Shiozawa voted “No”. The three Senators who didn’t vote are Republicans: Curtis Bramble, Lyle Hillyard, and Stephen Urquhart.
Supporters of this …read more
Gills and Pills — US Fish Testing Positive for Anti-depressants, Plus 80 Other Drugs — NOAA
(RT) — Fish found in Washington’s Puget Sound are tripping on cocaine, Prozac, Advil, Benadryl, and Lipitor. Unfortunately, there is no aquatic drug dealer responsible for it. Instead, the intoxication is the result of tainted discharge water.
Pharmaceutical pollution could be to blame for the many drugs showing up in the tissues of juvenile Chinook salmon. Estuary waters near the sewage treatment plants were found to contain a cocktail of up to 81 different drugs, according to a new study out of the National Oceanie and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
There are several plausible theories about the Puget Sound’s high concentration of drug-infused …read more
U.S. District Judge Refuses to Enjoin Arkansas Law Requiring Newly-Qualifying Parties to Nominate by November 2015
On February 25, U.S. District Court Judge James M. Moody, Jr., refused to enjoin the 2015 Arkansas law that says newly-qualifying parties must choose all their nominees (except President and Vice-President) an entire year before the election. The order does not mention any state interest except to “prevent voter confusion by limiting ballot access to serious candidates.” The case is Libertarian Party of Arkansas v Martin, e.d., 4:15cv-635.
The law’s constitutionality is still not decided. …read more
Everyone’s Looking at Uber, While Ignoring Kalamazoo Shooter’s Law Enforcement Background
Media accounts of the Kalamazoo murder rampage have focused heavily on the fact that suspect Jason Brian Dalton was employed as an Uber driver. Scant attention has been paid to the fact that Dalton had aspired to become a law enforcement officer. According to CNN, Dalton earned an associate’s degree in law enforcement from Kalamazoo Valley Community College in 1992.
The New York Daily News, typifying much press coverage of the killing spree, reported that Dalton had been hired as an Uber driver despite having “at least nine driving violations in his past – but they may not have come up …read more
Trump and Obama Bigotries
15 Principles in response to Trump, Obama, and the Fearful Retweet by Jim Babka Terrorism is a political tool. Politicians and other statists use it to their benefit. They cry, …