Wells Fargo reports MASSIVE outage on BANKING mobile app, online banking, ATM’s…
Update: Outage is a result of a fire at their server farm...
February 7, 2019
Update#2:
There was NOT a fire at the Wells Fargo facility in Shoreview, MN. They did have an activation of a fire suppression system that was triggered due to dust from construction.
— Lake Johanna Fire (@LakeJoFD) February 7, 2019
New concerns that China is targeting US colleges, recruiting spies and trying to influence American academia…
February 7, 2019
China To Build 4 Nuclear Aircraft Carriers In Bid To Rival US Superiority…
February 7, 2019
- Beijing expected to have at least six aircraft carrier battle groups by 2035 after it prioritised modernising its navy
- Nuclear-powered carriers thought to be equipped with electromagnetic launch catapults similar to those of the US
South Carolina Spent $9 Billion to Dig a Hole in the Ground and Then Fill it Back in…
February 7, 2019
South Carolina, in a bid to expand its generation of nuclear power in recent years, dropped $9 billion on a single project — and has nothing to show for it.
The boondoggle, which was covered widely in the Palmetto State press but got little attention nationally, sheds light on just how much money is genuinely available for an industrial-level energy transformation, if only the political will were there.
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Meanwhile, a $28 billion nuclear project in Georgia is headed for a similar fate.When governments become so bad, they bleed money on fake projects. This is not government, but more like a corrupt/cartel at work.
Apple to pay 10 years of back taxes to France…
February 7, 2019
US tech firm has not disclosed sum but French magazine says figure is close to €500m.
Beware of Cars With Minds of Their Own – Self-driving vehicles powered by artificial intelligence might not have the same priorities as their human owners…
February 7, 2019
Predictions that autonomous cars powered by artificial intelligence will create a safer, more harmonious world may be off base: That’s because the new thinking technology will respond to different incentives than humans, and that won’t necessarily lead to better outcomes.
1,400-Year-Old Canal Found in Alabama…
February 7, 2019
Working on tips from locals, archaeologists announced the discovery of an ancient canal cut through the sandy soil of the Fort Morgan peninsula 1,400 years ago.
The canal, dug in 600 A.D., once ran south from Oyster Bay to the northern shore of Little Lagoon in Gulf Shores. It would have served as a sort of prehistoric super highway, facilitating travel by dugout canoe from Mobile Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.
Joy Behar dressed as ‘African woman’ resurfaces…
February 7, 2019
Joy Behar admitted during a taping of The View in 2016 to dressing as a “beautiful African women” at a Halloween party when she was 29 which involved makeup “that was a little bit darker than my skin”
The show even ran an image of the old photo pic.twitter.com/qKQqzDPxyn
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) February 6, 2019
Porn Actress, Director Accused of Sexually Abusing Young Girl Over 4-Month Period…
February 7, 2019
A man and woman who both work in the adult film industry were arrested after being accused of sexually abusing a young girl in Rancho Cucamonga over the course of months, authorities said Wednesday.
Deputies began investigating last Thursday when they learned of alleged sexual acts against a child under the age of 10, according to a Rancho Cucamonga Police Department news release.
Despite complaints, soldiers add more wire to Nogales border fence…
February 7, 2019
Amid calls from local officials to remove the existing concertina wire attached to the border fence, U.S. Army troops on Saturday installed new rows of wire on the fence near downtown ports of entry and in residential neighborhoods of Nogales, giving the barrier top-to-bottom coverage in some areas.
“I don’t know what to say, I don’t think it’s good,” said José Corralez, a 54-year-old taxi driver from Nogales. “It looks ugly.”
The installation of the wire began downtown on Election Day 2018, and in recent weeks, military personnel have installed additional coils on remote sections of the fence, including south of Kino Springs, east of city limits. On Saturday, they added up to four new rows of concertina wire to the two rows that were hung on the 25-foot-tall bollard fence in November.
Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on the nomination of William Barr…
February 7, 2019
The Senate Judiciary Committee holds an Executive Business Meeting to vote on nominations, including William Barr to be U.S. Attorney General. Senators will debate before voting at 12:45 p.m. ET
Vice President Pence Addresses High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Directors & Deputy Directors…
February 7, 2019
Senate Investigating Mueller FBI’s Prosecution Of “Orgy Island Billionaire” Jeffrey Epstein…
February 7, 2019
the DOJ has reportedly opened an investigation into the conduct of DOJ attorneys in the case, and whether they committed "professional misconduct" in their working relationship with Epstein's attorneys. The probe was opened in response to a request lodged by Sen. Ben Sasse, a a Nebraska Republican and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who raised questions about the case after reading the Herald's stories about how Acosta and other DOJ attorneys worked with defense attorneys to cut a lenient plea deal for Epstein back in 2008...
At the time, the FBI was run by Robert Mueller.
Carriers selling your location to bounty hunters: It was worse than we thought…
February 7, 2019
...all three carriers re-committed to ending the sale of location data.
They had to know from the start that this was not OK. They’ll take another shot as soon as people stop paying attention.
Cops Insist Waze Users Stop Snitching on DWI Checkpoints…
February 7, 2019
They seem to be refusing to acknowledge how much sober people hate dwi check stops also.
Google Tries to Patent Healthcare Deep Learning…
February 7, 2019
The application has not yet been approved, and it is unknown whether or not the US Patent and Trademark Office will move forward with the claim.
If the patent is granted, it will certainly cause some stir among the thousands of healthcare companies working in predictive analytics,...
Planned Parenthood paid $6.5 million for a seat at the State of the Union…
February 7, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., invited Leana Wen, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, to be one of her guests at the State of the Union address.
Wen’s seat was not cheap. Affiliates of her organization spent millions to support Pelosi’s quest for the majority in the House of Representatives and the ultimately unsuccessful efforts by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to retake the Senate.
In total, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Planned Parenthood Votes — the arms of the Planned Parenthood Network allowed to engage in electoral politics under tax regulations — spent almost $6.5 million in outside spending supporting the election of Democrats to both houses of Congress in the 2018 midterm and special elections, according to FEC records compiled by OpenSecrets.
Dozens of Cities Have Secretly Experimented With Predictive Policing Software…
February 7, 2019
Documents obtained by Motherboard using public information requests verify previously unconfirmed police department contracts with predictive policing company PredPol.
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PredPol claims to use an algorithm to predict crime in specific 500-foot by 500-foot sections of a city, so that police can patrol or surveil specific areas more heavily.
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Previous reports state that California cities Los Angeles, Elgin, Oakland, Richmond, and Milpitas—which collectively have a population of more than 4.72 million — all used PredPol’s software at one point.PredPol slide presentations included in the documents also claim that the company had “current and near term deployments” all over the country.
Nellie Ohr: Ukrainian Lawmaker Was Fusion GPS Source…
February 7, 2019
- Nellie Ohr told lawmakers in October that one of Fusion GPS’s sources was a Ukrainian parliamentarian whose government has accused him of illegally meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.
- Ohr, a former Fusion GPS contractor, testified that Serhiy Leshchenko was a source for the Democrat-funded opposition research firm.
- Leshchenko was the leading force behind the release of the so-called “black ledger,” which accused Paul Manafort of receiving illicit payments from the Ukrainian government.
- The ledger led to Manafort’s firing from the Trump campaign, but its validity remains in dispute.
Border Patrol Arrests Previously Deported Sex Offender…
February 7, 2019
Ajo Border Patrol Station agents patrolling near the border discovered four individuals who entered the country illegally. All were transported to the Ajo Station for processing when agents discovered Jose Geovani Flores’ criminal record in the United States.
Flores, a Honduran national, was convicted in Travis County, Texas in 2011 for sexual assault and was sentenced to two years confinement.
Flores will remain in federal custody to face felony immigration charges in Arizona for his illegal reentry.