I’m so old I remember the last time celebrity rockers and rappers banded together to deprive a shitty, racist regime of A-list entertainment: Can’t remember who 80% of those people are, but good for them. Now a new generation is stepping up: Trump can’t attract top entertainers to his swearing-in shitshow.
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Marco Rubio wants CRTC Super Bowl ad decision reversed by BJ Siekierski
Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson have written a letter to Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton asking the Canadian government to reverse the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s 2015 decision to ban the simultaneous substitution of the 2017 Super Bowl broadcast. “The NFL and its Canadian broadcast partner have a business relationship that is based upon the ability to sell Canadian ads in the Canadian market.
Trump Transition Team: Russia Hacks And Wikileaks Had No Effect On Election
Rep. Chris Collins, the first House member who backed Donald Trump and now a member of his transition team told CNN that he believes Russia was behind the hacks, but they had no bearing on the outcome of the general election. The proof is that during the election season, Donald Trump and his surrogates relentlessly and breathlessly repeated every hacked email and unconfirmed rumor that emanated from these leaks, including many from the New York FBI field office, and never stopped hammering away at them.
Trump Transition Team: Russia Hacks And Wikileaks Had No Effect On Election
Rep. Chris Collins, the first House member who backed Donald Trump and now a member of his transition team told CNN that he believes Russia was behind the hacks, but they had no bearing on the outcome of the general election. The proof is that during the election season, Donald Trump and his surrogates relentlessly and breathlessly repeated every hacked email and unconfirmed rumor that emanated from these leaks, including many from the New York FBI field office, and never stopped hammering away at them.
Black Market iPhone Cracking is Pure Gold to Hackers and Apple Loves it
The ability to break through the encryption Apple Inc. has on its gadgets is highly valued on the black market. The start of this year saw the makers of the iPhone go head-to-head with the FBI in a privacy scandal that polarized the public.
Black Market iPhone Cracking is Pure Gold to Hackers and Apple Loves it
The ability to break through the encryption Apple Inc. has on its gadgets is highly valued on the black market. The start of this year saw the makers of the iPhone go head-to-head with the FBI in a privacy scandal that polarized the public.
Trudeau Joins Obama in Freezing Arctic Offshore Oil Drilling
President Barack Obama banned new offshore oil and gas drilling in more than 100 million acres of the U.S. Arctic and undersea canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, a move certain to provoke a fight with the Republican-led Congress and his successor in the White House. In an announcement coordinated between two of the world’s biggest oil producers, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also committed to freeze new offshore leasing in his nation’s Arctic waters and review the matter every five years.
Obama Said to Use 1953 Law to Restrict Offshore Oil Drilling
President Barack Obama is preparing to block the sale of new offshore drilling rights in most of the U.S. Arctic and parts of the Atlantic, a move that could indefinitely restrict oil production there, according to people familiar with the decision. Obama will invoke a provision in a 1953 law that gives him wide latitude to withdraw U.S. waters from future oil and gas leasing, said the people who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced.
European Stocks Little Changed in Thin Trading as Banks Decline
European stocks were little changed, after two straight weeks of gains, as investors kicked off the last full week of trading of the year. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.1 percent at the close.
Kellyanne Conway questions Obama’s motives on response to Russia hack
Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to Donald Trump, questioned Sunday President Obama’s motives for choosing to respond against Russia over cyber attacks into Democratic party systems. Asked on CBS’ “Face the Nation” whether the president-elect approved of Mr. Obama’s call to take action against Russia because of the Kremlin-directed hacked, Conway said Mr. Trump “respects” the decision.
A cabal of elites elects the president. But our founders preferred…
This Oct. 28, 2008, file photo from Glenburn, Maine, shows sportswear bearing the name of a college that doesn’t exist: the Electoral College This Oct. 28, 2008, file photo from Glenburn, Maine, shows sportswear bearing the name of a college that doesn’t exist: the Electoral College American presidential elections are generally orderly affairs. People vote, somebody wins and life goes on.
Roger Simon: Fame is brief; the candle flickers
The seven STS-95 crew members pose for their traditional in-flight crew portrait in this 1998 NASA photo.
Roger Simon: Fame is brief; the candle flickers
The seven STS-95 crew members pose for their traditional in-flight crew portrait in this 1998 NASA photo.
Navy grounds Super Hornets, Growlers
EA-18G Growlers flown by the Scorpions of Electronic Attack Squadron 132 perform a fly-by during a homecoming ceremony at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station following a 2011 combat deployment to Iraq. EA-18G Growlers flown by the Scorpions of Electronic Attack Squadron 132 perform a fly-by during a homecoming ceremony at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station following a 2011 combat deployment to Iraq.
Trump’s un-PC cabinet matches his campaign promises to a T :0
President-elect Donald Trump is assembling a Cabinet designed to govern exactly as he promised he would during the campaign. Naturally, the left is freaking out.
An Empire Unrealized for Want of a Spam Filter
The Wall Street Journal has an apparently interesting report today about Russian attempts to hack the Republican National Committee, at the same time that they were successfully hacking the DNC. I write “apparently” because I’m too cheap to have a WSJ online subscription, so I’ll share the summary from New York magazine : Russian hackers tried and failed to infiltrate the Republican National Committee earlier this year by sending a series of phishing emails to a single employee, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Mourners remember life, career of US astronaut John Glenn
Mourners marked a final day of remembrances for groundbreaking astronaut John Glenn on Saturday , as the body of the first American to orbit Earth set out for a memorial service expected to be packed to capacity. The casket of John Glenn is carried out of the Ohio Statehouse by Marines during his funeral procession on Dec 17, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio.
Trump has been lying about the Russian hack. He just accidentally admitted it himself.
In recent days, Donald Trump has been spinning a new narrative about CIA charges of Russian interference in our election: The administration did not leak the news of this finding until after Trump won, which shows this is just an after-the-fact effort to undercut the significance of his victory over Hillary Clinton. As Trump tweeted Thursday : “If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?” This is not some small offhand remark.
Trump is delivering on his promise to be unpredictable on foreign…
President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone call with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen was a prime example of his unpredictability, a strategy that carries a lot of risk, foreign policy experts say. President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone call with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen was a prime example of his unpredictability, a strategy that carries a lot of risk, foreign policy experts say.
Hero-astronaut John Glenn to lie in state in Ohio
John Glenn’s original jumpsuit he wore during his orbit around the earth aboard the Friendship 7 scapecraft is displayed alongside a photograph of the astronaut at the John & Annie Glenn Museum, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, in New Concord, Ohio. Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday.
Obama orders review of election-season hacking
President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to conduct a broad review of election-season cyberattacks, including the email hacks that rattled the presidential campaign and raised fresh concerns about Russia’s meddling in U.S. elections, the White House said Friday. The review, led by intelligence agencies, will be a “deep dive” into a possible pattern of increased “malicious cyber activity” timed to the campaign season, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said.
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1966 edition of LIFE Magazine bearing the likeness of John Glenn rests in a showcase at the John & Annie Glenn Museum, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, in New Concord, Ohio. Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth, pilot… .
Senate agrees to waive most California Guard bonus repayments
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a defense appropriations bill Thursday that contains a provision intended to help thousands of California National Guard soldiers and veterans facing repayment demands for enlistment bonuses. The final version of the bill, which already has passed the House, was approved 92 to 7 and now moves to President Obama ‘s desk for his signature.
U.S. Supreme Court Alters Standard for Design Patent Damages and…
U.S. Supreme Court Alters Standard for Design Patent Damages and Takes Apple’s $400 Million Victory Over Samsung Away On December 6, 2016, the United States Supreme Court handed down an important unanimous decision regarding damages in design patent cases, throwing out a $400 million damages award that Apple had won from Samsung over smartphones. See Samsung Elecs.
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Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according… Senate Republicans refused to give President Obama’s pick to replace Supreme Court Justice Scalia even the courtesy of a… When one of the dendrites in a House Freedom Caucus member’s brain goes out the whole string goes out. During the Trump years, I’m putting all my investments in the soon-to-be-booming environmental disaster cleanup sector.
Turkish Cybercriminal Turns Hacking Into A Game, Awards Points And Prizes
A Turkish cybercriminal is convincing individuals to hack political institutions and other groups by awarding points and prizes on an online platform. The internet structure, , requests hackers infiltrate and attack certain political websites by using a distributed denial-of-service tool called Balyoz.