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Beginning in January 2016 (I imagine there’s some kind of contract with an advertiser keeping them from doing this right away that is coming to an end in 2015), ASUS will be–by default–having their Chromium-based web browser, ASUS Browser, block ads on websites. At the Dark Android Project, I’ve been recommending ASUS’ Android devices for some time. The 2013 Google Nexus 7 (yes, that is ASUS-built), the ASUS ZenPad S 8.0, the soon to ship ASUS Zenfone ZOOM (with that giant freakin’ camera), and of course what I consider to be the best smartphone on the market for the buck …read more

On December 23, the Michigan Secretary of State’s office determined that Rocky De La Fuente has enough valid signatures to be on the Michigan Democratic presidential primary ballot. He needed 12,823 signatures. He submitted 20,166, and 16,470 were valid. The other candidates on Michigan’s presidential primary ballots did not need to submit petitions, because the Secretary of State put them on the ballot automatically because they are mentioned in news media. Thanks to John Anthony LaPietra for this news.
De La Fuente has probably collected more signatures on presidential primary petitions this year, around the nation, than …read more

Anonymous claimed responsibility for a massive cyber attack on Turkish servers, that resulted in over 40,000 websites being taken offline. The large-scale DDoS attack, #OpTurkey, was carried out as part of a campaign against the Turkish government for their continued support of the Islamic State.
#Anonymous Claims Responsibility For 40 Gbps DDoS Attack on Turkish Servers https://t.co/g3qjHLzFMM #OpTurkey pic.twitter.com/ZnPAUK0j02
— Anonymous Operations (@AnonOpsSE) December 21, 2015

According to a report by RT:
The DDoS attack (measured in gigabits per second, or plainly how much traffic is being sent to a site) on Turkish DNS servers reached 40 Gbps, quite enough to shut down altogether …read more

Recently, Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham and head of the Billy Graham organization, said he has left the Republican Party and re-registered as an independent. He recommends that other Christians run for office outside of the two major parties. In 2012 Franklin Graham and Billy Graham had endorsed Mitt Romney for President. The Graham organization is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. North Carolina has very severe petition requirements for candidates who run outside the two major parties.
The cause of the decision was the recent action of Congress in passing the omnibus spending bill which retained …read more

Baltimore, MD – As we reported last week, the jury in the case of Baltimore Police Officer William G. Porter told the judge that they were deadlocked and had been unable to reach a verdict. Porter is one of the officers who were on the scene during the death of Freddie Gray, a young man who was killed in police custody earlier this year. The judge declared a mistrial in the case, and a new trial was scheduled for June 13th, 2016.
News of the mistrial was surprisingly well received by Baltimore residents, who were hoping for justice, but convinced that …read more

Last month, Rod Silva announced that he has formed the Nutrition Party and that he will be its 2016 presidential nominee. He has since qualified to appear on the November 2016 Colorado ballot. Here is the campaign web page. Silva owns a restaurant chain that is focused on only serving healthful food. So far he does not have a vice-presidential running mate.
The Prohibition Party has also already qualified to appear on the Colorado ballot for President. The ballot-qualified parties in Colorado are Republican, Democratic, Constitution, Green, and Libertarian. …read more

Washington, DC – The Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) have been indirectly providing intelligence on the Islamic State to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, in direct contrast to the Obama administration’s agenda of regime change, in an effort to stop Syria from becoming another failed state from which terrorists can operate.
A recent investigation by renowned journalist Seymour Hersh provides clear evidence of a massive disconnect between President Obama’s White House and the U.S. military regarding the handling of the Syrian situation.
The awkward situation stems from the Obama administration’s insistence that there are “moderate rebel” groups to arm …read more

Here is a 6-minute film showing the conversation that ensued when the presidential nominees of the Transhumanist Party and the Cyber Party met each other for the first time. Zoltan Istvan is the nominee of the Transhumanist Party and John McAfee is the nominee of the Cyber Party. There are a few minutes of their initial meeting over dinner, and then a few minutes of more conversation the next day. Thanks to Jacque Donahue for the link. …read more

Most people don’t realize that there are “administrative bodies” that oversee the internet (and more specifically, the World Wide Web…they are two different things). While the internet was more directly overseen by the U.S. government in its early years, since 1992 a lot of the leg work for administrative matters over the internet has been done by the Internet Society, which became the controlling body over the previously government-run Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The IETF is more of a standards body than anything, and really, the internet doesn’t need any of this as pretty much every company that operates …read more

The GOP just made a terrible spending deal with the Democrats. Libertarian columnist James Bovard calls it “no boondoggle left behind.” Rush Limbaugh says it removes any need for a Republican Party. We think it argues for this response…

Please tell your reps to sponsor Downsize DC’s “One Subject at a Time Act. “The hardwired message for the OSTA campaign reads…
I want my representatives to re-introduce Downsize DC’s “One Subject at a Time Act” in the House (formerly HR 2113) or co-sponsor it in the Senate (currently S. 1572).
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