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Brooklyn, NY – Fired from the department last month after failing a drug test, a former NYPD officer was arrested Tuesday for running a prostitution ring. Although he had been on the force for 11 years, the cop allegedly began pimping out prostitutes immediately after his shift ended at the NYPD.
In October 2015, police pulled over NYPD Officer Eduardo Cornejo in his personal vehicle after witnessing the off-duty cop apparently running a prostitution ring at a Long Island motel. Instead of arresting Cornejo, the officers let him go. But after receiving an anonymous tip, the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau and …read more

NOTICE: The amicus brief we proposed for U.S. v. Graham has been filed by our sister organization, Downsize DC Foundation. You can read about it on the Zero Aggression blog. …

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West Virginia Delegates Pat McGeehan (R-Chester) and Isaac Sponaugle (D-Franklin) have introduced HB 4356. It eases the definition of a qualified political party. Current law says that is a group that polled 1% for Governor. The bill would say that it is a group that polled 1% for any of the statewide state offices, and alternatively that it is also any group with at least 5,000 registered members. Thanks to John Buckley for this news. …read more

Recent outbreaks of a sickness known as the Zika virus have sparked hysteria across the globe, and many reports have actually indicated that this is likely a man-made disaster, as the origin of Zika itself is somewhat strange.
The virus was “discovered” in 1947, however, it was not discovered in the wild nor did it spontaneously arise. In fact, it was discovered by Rockefeller Foundation scientists in a monkey that they had in captivity, leading many to believe that this was the result of some type of experiment. Since then, cases of Zika have been extremely rare, but in the past …read more

Let’s start this off with a couple of very important points:
Yes, on February 21st, 2016, Scamsung…err…Samsung will be revealing their Galaxy S7 line, barely a year after the S6 line was started (and continuously refreshed), likely along with some Virtual Reality-related devices.
I’ve predicted on my science and tech podcast, Sovryn Tech, that Samsung will be–by 2017–one of the two real tech giants on the planet. At the moment, most people think “Apple vs. Google” when they think major tech companies. My prediction is that–again, in 2017–it’s going to be “Amazon vs. Samsung” in the future.
And the latest rumors about what …read more

As reported earlier, on November 10, 2015, the Ninth Circuit struck down Tucson’s system of city council elections, in Public Integrity Alliance v City of Tucson, 15-16142. The vote was 2-1 and the city asked for en banc rehearing. On January 5, 2016, the state of Washington filed an amicus brief on side of the city of Tucson. But on January 15, the state of Arizona filed an amicus against the city of Tucson.
The issue is the city’s system of electing city councilmembers. The city uses partisan elections. In the partisan primaries, parties nominate with …read more

Oslo, Norway – There are many likely nominees in the running for Nobel Peace Prizes, such as Pope Francis, Edward Snowden, and Greek Islanders assisting migrants washing up on shore – however, one name stands out above them all; Donald Trump.
The list of official nominees for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize is a tightly guarded secret, with nominations for the award required to be posted to Nobel Institute in Norway by February 1, with the catch being that individuals that nominate a candidate are at liberty to reveal the name of the person they’ve proposed for the award.
According to Nobel …read more

The desire for a truly secure smartphone or mobile device has been had for a long time, even before the “Snowden Revelations”. In fact, it’s the entire reason I started the Dark Android Project, so as to facilitate people’s need for such devices. While the Dark Android Project tells you how to make a secure and private device from almost any tablet or (potentially) smartphone you buy, some manufacturers and crowdfund projects have tried to make them from scratch. Blackphone, Archos’ GranitePhone, and the Turing Phone come to mind.
Of the three I just mentioned, one has yet to ship, and …read more

Last Friday, the Pentagon quietly informed the Senate Armed Services Committee that it will not seek any further punishment on retired Army general David Petraeus, who resigned in 2012 after it was discovered that he shared highly classified material with his biographer.
The material contained eight notebooks worth of “code words, war strategy, the names of covert officers and other sensitive information. In addition, they outlined deliberative discussions with the National Security Council and President Obama.” The Justice Department said if this information were disclosed to the wrong people, it would cause “exceptionally grave damage.”
Petraeus also lied to the FBI during …read more