Floods in Indonesia kill 29, dozen missing…
April 29, 2019
On Monday, Indonesia's disaster agency confirmed 29 deaths and said at least 13 more people were missing after days of pounding storms on the island of Sumatra.
Some 12,000 others have been evacuated from water-logged Bengkulu province with hundreds of buildings, bridges and roads damaged.Scammers Hack GoDaddy Accounts To Send Spam For Shady Products…
April 29, 2019
GoDaddy shut down over 15,000 websites that hackers used to email spam and redirect people to products like miracle weight loss drugs and brain enhancement pills.
FCC approves SpaceX’s plans to fly internet-beaming satellites in a lower orbit…
April 29, 2019
Let's see what laws the telecom companies will try to push through if this actually ends up being significant competition for them.
DARPA is Eyeing a High-Tech Contact Lens Straight Out of ‘Mission Impossible’…
April 29, 2019
Researchers at leading French engineering IMT Atlantique in mid-April announced “the first autonomous contact lens incorporating a flexible micro-battery,” a lightweight lens capable of not only providing augmented vision assistance to users but relaying visual information wirelessly...
Parscale: 4 left-leaning states up for grabs in 2020…
April 29, 2019
Parscale told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado could be up for grabs. He said the campaign also understands the importance of maintaining support in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Florida.
“In every single metric we’re looking at being bigger, better and badder than we were in 2016. But this time we’re not out there trying to prove we can do something. The president’s proved he has done it, and now we just have to deliver what he’s done,” he said.
New York Times apologizes, blames ‘single editor’ for anti-Semitic cartoon in new statement…
April 29, 2019
We apologize for the anti-Semitic cartoon we published. Here’s our statement. pic.twitter.com/nifZahutpO
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) April 28, 2019
Man in Custody in Connection With 7 Killings in Tennessee…
April 29, 2019
The circumstances of the killings — the bodies were found less than one mile apart, in a part of Sumner County about 50 miles northeast of Nashville — largely remained a mystery, and a motive remained unclear.
The authorities said the man, Michael Cummins, 25, was taken into custody Saturday night after a search that lasted hours. He was found in a creek bed and cornered by more than a dozen officers about a mile away from one of the killing scenes, the authorities said.
Populist Vox Party in Spain expected to take 11% of the vote. It’s the first time a party this conservative has been represented in Spanish parliament since the 1980’s…
April 28, 2019
U.S. officials: China’s espionage is country’s “single most significant long-term strategic threat”..
April 28, 2019
Chinese espionage has increased efforts to recruit U.S. intelligence officers — especially CIA officers — in a new trend that some believe could be linked to the theft of 5.6 million fingerprint records stolen in 2015 from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the Wall Street Journal reports...
Centipedes reading this already knew. We follow China super closely.
President Trump on Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo Talking about the Southern Border…
April 28, 2019
Her interview with President Trump starts at 12:58
China targets nuclear fusion power generation by 2040…
April 29, 2019
China aims to complete and start generating power from an experimental nuclear fusion reactor by around 2040, a senior scientist involved in the project said, as it works to develop and commercialize a game-changing source of clean energy.
There is money to be made in exporting power. If they get to fusion mass scale first, they can relax about the declining manufacturing and coal business.
Fighter Jets Dispatched to Plane Violating DC Airspace…
April 29, 2019
The aircraft was not communicating with air traffic control when it entered the special flight rules area, NORAD says.
Two F-16 fighter jets were dispatched. Before the suspicious aircraft was intercepted, its pilot regained communication with air traffic controllers and diverted to the nearest airport, NORAD said.
As measles returns, Indiegogo joins other tech platforms in banning Anti-Vaccine campaigns…
April 29, 2019
Facebook said they would remove anti-vaxx ads and recommendations from users, while Instagram said it would do the same for hashtags and searches. YouTube also made a pledge to stop anyone monetizing from anti-vaxx content. Also Amazon will be removing books promoting an connections made between vaccines and autism, including anti-vaccine documentaries like Vaxxed. Even GoFundMe started banning 'anti-vaxxers' from campaigns.
U.S. did not pay North Korea $2M for Otto Warmbier’s medical bills: John Bolton
April 29, 2019
Pope Francis Donates $500,000 in Aid to Migrant Caravans at US Border…
Read the press release from Peter's Pence.....
April 29, 2019
The funds will be distributed between 27 projects associated with 16 Mexican dioceses and congregations, all of which asked for help to continue providing food, lodging, and basic necessities to those fleeing their home countries through Mexico.
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The money is specifically meant to aid the 75,000 migrants who arrived in Mexico in 2018 as part of six caravans, according to a press release from Peter's Pence.Our followers on Instagram have pointed out that 500,000 divided by 75,000 is 6.66.
Commander of Guantanamo Bay prison is fired…
April 29, 2019
Military officials say the commander of the task force that runs the prison at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired for a "loss of confidence in his ability to command."
A statement from U.S. Southern Command says Navy Rear Adm. John Ring was relieved of duty Saturday. The facility's deputy commander, Army Brig. Gen. John Hussey, has been designated the acting commander.
GOLD: Read The Whole Twitter Takedown of Rachel Maddow’s Tin-Foil Hysteria by Aaron Maté…
April 28, 2019
Click the link above to read the whole thread. Highly recommended.
1/ If YouTube were to recommend your show, it'd be recommending the leading purveyor of now debunked Trump-Russia conspiracy theories, falsehoods & innuendo of the last 2+ years. Here's a sample:
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) April 28, 2019
Yellow Vests Take To The Streets on Week 25 in Paris France…
April 28, 2019
CNN’s Tapper Admits On TV: Trump Didn’t Say ‘White Supremacists Are Very Fine People’…
April 28, 2019
Donald Trump Renegotiates: $40 Billion Japanese Car Plants Coming to U.S…
April 28, 2019
“By the way, he started by saying he’s putting $40 billion into the United States for new car factories,” President Trump said, summarizing Abe’s commitment. “Toyota is coming in with $14 billion dollars. Many, many companies are coming in. And they’re coming in, frankly, to Michigan. They’re coming back, they want to be back, to Ohio, to Pennsylvania, to North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and what’s the name of this special place – it’s called Wisconsin.” “So they’ll be investing shortly and it’s started already, $40 billion with a b, $40 billion dollars, and it’ll be a lot more than that,” Trump said