The third Republican presidential debate will be in Boulder, Colorado, on October 28, Wednesday. The sponsor, CNBC, requires candidates to be at 3% in polls in order to get on the main state. A debate will be held earlier for candidates who are at 1% but under 3%. See this story. …read more
Yay! Woohoo! Hip-hip-hooray! Google/Alphabet released new stuff yesterday!
Personally, I don’t give a shit. The phones they announced are pretty much meaningless (but then, what phones aren’t these days?), and don’t offer anything REALLY new. Or at least, certainly not innovative. Iterative? Oh yes. Most companies offer “iterativeness” (that’s not a word, but it should be now) in spades. Apple. Google. You can go down the list. They’re releasing more and more bullshit every year.
But Alphabet/Google is really taking the cake this time. I haven’t seen a more depressing Alphabet/Google event in a while (and I used to be a Google …read more
Filmmakers Announce Intensive Documentary Chronicling The American Liberty Movement The Liberty Movement and Collective Minds Media announce that they have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the production …
Reince Priebus, national chair of the Republican Party, says in an interview published in National Journal that he and many leaders of the Republican Party tend to believe that Iowa and New Hampshire should not always be the first states to vote for presidential nominees. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link. …read more
Paterson, NY — Several videos have recently emerged depicting an off-duty cop attacking innocent people and threatening them with a loaded gun in their faces. Instead of waiting for his fellow officers to locate the suspect, this rogue cop began assaulting innocent residents while refusing to even show his badge.
On September 24, surveillance video captured an off-duty cop approaching a small group of men and immediately hitting one of them in the head with the butt of his gun. As the innocent 20-year-old man drops to the ground with his hands up in the air, the enraged officer kicks him …read more
In spite of severe criticism from politicians, activists, and human rights organizations, it was announced last week that renowned human rights violator, Saudi Arabia, would head the UN’s Human Rights Council.
The announcement brought an outcry from human rights activists and international organizations, as Saudi Arabia is set to behead and crucify Ali Mohammad Baqir al-Nimr, a member of the countries Shia minority, who was arrested as a minor.
Nimr was only 17 when arrested by Saudi security forces. He faces charges of taking part in anti-government protests, breaking alliance with the king, sedition, rioting, and attacking security patrols during protests in …read more
Canada holds a parliamentary election on October 19. According to this story, the deadline for candidates file was September 28, which is only three weeks before the election itself.
Candidates get on the ballot by submitting 100 signatures and paying a filing fee of $1,000 Canadian dollars. …read more
So it goes like this: As I talk about often on the Dark Android Blog, and the Dark Android Project in general, you want to get away from the Google Play Store. It’s a cesspool of tracking, privacy-ending apps, and lack of security that would make a cypherpunk’s brain melt 15 years ago (but who cares about them, they only predicted nearly every privacy/security problem we have right now). And like Edward Snowden said not so long ago: “Stay away from Facebook and Google”. But why listen to him? What the Hell does he know? It’s not like ol’ Ed …read more
Rehoboth Beach, DE — An innocent disabled couple has filed a lawsuit against the Delaware state police for unconscionable horrors inflicted upon them during a fruitless early morning raid.
Ruther Hayes, a disabled veteran, was severely beaten by police officers during the raid as he attempted to give his wife Lisa a sponge bath. Lisa Hayes is a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy who was receiving a sponge bath on the bed when multiple officers forced their way into the couple’s bedroom.
When he saw the officers enter the room, Ruther Hayes attempted to cover his naked wife with a sheet. Instead of …read more
This week it was announced that Oregon will be expunging the old records of marijuana offenders, along with their new legalization plan. This measure is the farthest that a state has gone to date in regards to applying the new laws to old cases. However, for people who remain in jail for having a plant, the legalization plan does not go far enough.
According to the New York Times, people who have low-level felony or misdemeanor marijuana charges on their record that are at least ten years old will be eligible for expungement.
While the transition in Oregon is nowhere near what …read more
