Woman who was raped and photographed nude by Nxivm founder Keith Raniere when she was just 15 is now running sex slave group DOS…
April 3, 2019
Nxivm founder Keith Raniere is accused of raping a girl, 15, in a superseding indictment filed in federal court. That girl then went on to become a slave master at his sex enterprise DOS according to prosecutors from the US Attorney's Office. There is a suggestion that Raniere and his defense team may call on this woman as a witness testifying on Raniere's behalf. The woman, now 29, lives in Mexico where she is reportedly still involved in Nxivm and DOS...
US company makes Trump $3.3B border offer: Quick turnaround on 218 miles of steel fence, roads, and tech…
April 3, 2019
Arizona-based Fisher Industries President Tommy Fisher is meeting this week with top Department of Homeland Security officials, along with Democrats and Republicans in Congress, to sell his plan, the Washington Examiner has learned.
“DHS needs a contractor to build the border fence as fast as possible, without compromising the quality of the fence. The ideal contractor would build the border fence faster, of higher quality, and at less cost than any other contractor. Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. is that contractor,” Fisher Industries officials wrote in an official paper version of the proposal.
Sheriff Willing to Go to JAIL Over Red Flag Gun Law: “It’s a Matter of Doing What’s Right”…
April 3, 2019
A Colorado sheriff has stated that he opposes a proposed new gun control law so much that he is willing to go to jail rather than enforce it. Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams told CNN that “It’s a matter of doing what’s right.”... “The bill is so riddled with constitutional problems that it makes it hard to understand how professional lawmakers could have constructed something so terrible,” Reams said...
‘Groundbreaking Result’ Coming from Black-Hole Hunting Event Horizon Telescope on April 10….
April 3, 2019
We may be about to get an epic and unprecedented look at a black hole.
Australia will no longer contribute to major UN climate change fund…
April 3, 2019
Australia has given $187 million to the fund since 2015, which has already been depleted of about half of its original $10 billion in funding. The fund may begin to seek contributions from developing nations.
Strip club co-owner under investigation in federal sex trafficking case…
April 3, 2019
Radomir Buzdum co-owns Silk Exotic, as well as a club in Dodge County where investigators say he knew women were being trafficked.Buzdum owns TNT Gentleman's Club in Dodge County, where the FBI says he allowed Christopher Childs to sell sex. Childs faces six counts of sex trafficking, including one count of trafficking a minor. According to a criminal complaint, Childs forced women into sex acts at two Dodge County strip clubs, including TNT and another club called The Hardware Store...
Biden accused by 2 more women of inappropriate touching…
April 3, 2019
In the 2012 incident, writer D.J. Hill said Biden put his hand on her shoulder, then dropped it down her back in a way that made her "very uncomfortable" while Hill and her husband posed for pictures with him at a fundraiser in Minneapolis. Hill said her husband noticed the movement and made a joke about it.
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In the second incident, former college student Caitlyn Caruso told the paper that Biden "rested his hand on her thigh — even as she squirmed in her seat to show her discomfort — and hugged her 'just a little bit too long' at an event on sexual assault at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas." Caruso, now 22, told the paper that she was 19 at the time and had just recounted her own story of sexual assault.Google’s AI Ethics Council In Disarray After One Week…
April 3, 2019
Google recently appointed an external ethics council to deal with tricky issues in artificial intelligence. The group is meant to help the company appease critics while still pursuing lucrative cloud computing deals. In less than a week, the council is already falling apart, a development that may jeopardize Google’s chance of winning more military cloud-computing contracts.
It looks like this 'ethics' committee is falling apart as their methods of appointing people are reminiscent of a Senate confirmation committee where they choose or deny who sits on the panel.
‘A terrible thing’: India’s destruction of satellite threatens ISS, says Nasa…
April 3, 2019
Space agency chief says shooting down of satellite has created 400 pieces of orbital debris... The Indian satellite was destroyed at a relatively low altitude of 180 miles (300km), well below the ISS and most satellites in orbit. But 24 of the pieces were going above the ISS, said Bridenstine. “That is a terrible, terrible thing to create an event that sends debris at an apogee that goes above the International Space Station,” he said, adding: “That kind of activity is not compatible with the future of human spaceflight.” “It’s unacceptable and Nasa needs to be very clear about what its impact to us is.”...