Archive for June, 2019
Photos Of Travelers Coming In And Out Of The U.S. Have Been Hacked And Stolen
June 10th, 2019Via: BuzzFeed: A US Customs and Border Protection subcontractor suffered a data breach that exposed the photos of tens of thousands of travelers coming in and out of the United States, the agency revealed Monday, in what it described as a “malicious cyber-attack.” The database of identifying traveler photos and license plate images had been […]
Facebook Bans Natural News
June 10th, 2019Via: Natural News: In response to a coordinated, heavily-funded smear campaign against Natural News and myself, the Health Ranger, Facebook has now permanently banned Natural News from posting content. The channel name that has been banned is Facebook.com/healthranger, which was our primary channel reaching over 2.5 million people. This is on top of the permanent […]
Hundreds of Illegal Immigrants from Congo and Angola Dropped Off in San Antonio
June 10th, 2019Via: KENS5: For those of you following along on the Congolese migrant influx in San Antonio, this is what made air on Thursday. A lengthier write-up including the struggles Catholic Charities is facing can be found here: https://t.co/MRIGBQuntl@KENS5 #kens5eyewitness pic.twitter.com/nJeC215LQv — Jaleesa Irizarry (@JaleesaReports) June 6, 2019 Roughly 350 migrants from the Congo are expected […]
16,000 People in L.A. Now Live in Cars, Vans and RVs
June 10th, 2019The largest regional daily newspaper in Southern California discusses the “success” of “safe parking” and entire families living in vehicles. Via: Los Angeles Times: Lot operators also would be required offer on-site case management and other services. And all of it must be done for less than $30 per car, per night — and ideally, […]
United Technologies, Raytheon to Combine Into Defense Giant
June 10th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: United Technologies Corp. agreed to buy Raytheon Co. in an all-stock deal, forming an aerospace and defense giant with $74 billion in sales in one of the industry’s biggest transactions ever. The new entity will be called Raytheon Technologies Corp. when the deal closes in the first half of 2020, after United Technologies […]
With Venezuela in Collapse, Towns Slip Into Primitive Isolation
June 10th, 2019With socialism like this, who needs EMP weapons? Via: Reuters: At the once-busy beach resort of Patanemo, tourism has evaporated over the last two years as Venezuela’s economic crisis has deepened and deteriorating cellphone service left visitors too afraid of robbery to brave the isolated roads. Gone are the vendors who once walked the sands […]
Hundreds of Thousands March in Hong Kong to Protest China Extradition Bill
June 9th, 2019Via: Reuters: Hong Kong was plunged into a fresh political crisis on Sunday night after more than half a million people took to the streets to thwart a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China to face trial. Organizers said the turnout outstripped a demonstration in 2003 when 500,000 […]
Two Former GOP State Senators Found Dead in Oklahoma, Arkansas
June 9th, 2019Also: Commerce Department (Former NASA) Official Killed in Apparent Murder-Suicide: An official for the U.S. Commerce Department died on Friday in what a preliminary investigation said was a murder-suicide involving her husband, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department reported on Friday. According to police, officers conducted a welfare check at the couple’s home in Northwest D.C. […]
John McAfee Teases 31TB Blob on Corrupt Officials Set to Dead Man’s Switch
June 9th, 2019Via: Twitter: I've collected files on corruption in governments. For the first time, I'm naming names and specifics. I'll begin with a corrupt CIA agent and two Bahamian officials. Coming today. If I'm arrested or disappear, 31+ terrabytes of incriminating data will be released to the press. — John McAfee (@officialmcafee) June 9, 2019
The Future Will Be Recorded, on Your Smart Speaker: Always-On Corporate Listening Devices, “Are Certainly Our Future”
June 9th, 2019Mmm hmm. Via: Bloomberg: Amazon’s patent application for an always-on feature for Alexa, its popular voice-activated personal assistant, has raised a lot of concern. “If you’re already freaked out by the privacy implications of smart speakers like Amazon’s Echo,” says Gizmodo, “we have some bad news.” A headline in ScienceAlert is even more direct: “Newly […]
