France is poised to become the first European country to use facial recognition technology to give citizens a secure digital identity — whether they want it or not…
October 3, 2019
With the move, France will join states around the world rushing to create “digital identities” to give citizens secure access to everything from their taxes and banks to social security and utility bills. Singapore uses facial recognition and has signed an accord to help the U.K. prepare its own ID system. India uses iris scans.
France says the ID system won’t be used to keep tabs on residents. Unlike in China and Singapore, the country won’t be integrating the facial recognition biometric into citizens’ identity databases...
1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at senior-living apartment building in Washington state…
October 3, 2019
At least one person was killed Thursday when a gunman opened fire in the lobby of a senior-living apartment building in Vancouver, Washington... The suspect, who lived in the building, retreated to his apartment where he barricaded himself inside for at least two hours. Authorities spoke to the suspected shooter through a crisis negotiator as he barricaded himself in his apartment. The man eventually turned himself over to police without incident...
2 men convicted at trial on Tekashi 6ix9ine testimony…
October 3, 2019
As part of a plea deal, he agreed to take the stand as a key government witness against two-high ranking members at a trial in federal court in Manhattan...
ICE removed 2,500+ migrant families between August and September …
October 3, 2019
The removals, which occurred over a two-month period, are just shy of the 2,711 family members removed in all of fiscal year 2018. While fiscal year 2019 data hasn't been released, the latest figures show how recent efforts rolled out by the Trump administration are driving removal numbers upward.
In recent months, the Department of Homeland Security signed agreements with Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador that have allowed ICE to more quickly return individuals from those countries. Acting ICE Director Matt Albence told reporters late last month that the agency is removing families every week.Martial Law Unfolding In Iraq: 30 Protesters Shot, Internet Blackout, 24-Hour Curfews…
October 3, 2019
Much of the country woke to an indefinite curfew, declared early Thursday by Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi. Without the Internet, people gathered what news they could by phone, sending the rumor mill swirling.
In Baghdad, the violent crackdown appeared only to have drawn out more protesters to the streets. Several thousand demonstrators were gathered in the center of the city Thursday night. Helicopters circled low, hovering over clouds of tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out.
Anti-government protesters set fires and close a street during a demonstration in Baghdad on Thursday. At least 25 people were killed as a third day of demonstrations continued...
Brennan Goes Cuckoo…
October 3, 2019
Chicago school accused of kicking 9-year-old out into the cold and reporting him missing…
October 3, 2019
A family is suing the Chicago Public Schools, accusing officials at Fiske Elementary School of kicking a nine-year-old boy out into the cold in Englewood in March without a coat, after he’d repeatedly complained of being bullied. CBS Chicago reports that Yvonne Pinkston said her son was in 4th grade at the school last year, after moving to Chicago from Indiana, and was bullied from the start, first by students and then by staff after he complained.
Her attorney, Dan Herbert, released surveillance video from the school, which shows a security officer dragging the boy into the principal’s office, and then forcing him out of the building as the school counselor and principal appear to supervise. said it all happened after the boy complained about being bullied.
President Trump Signs Executive Order Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation’s Seniors…
October 3, 2019
Lawyer for ukraine whistleblower deny he had help with complaint…
October 3, 2019
Mark Zaid, part of the legal team representing the intelligence official, said the ex-CIA agent drafted the complaint 'entirely on their own'... Mark Zaid said that Andrew Bakaj, another lawyer for the whistleblower, advised them on the process for submitting the complaint but did not help write it. Speaking to ABC, he said: 'None of the legal team saw the Complaint until it was publicly released by Congress.
Sarah Ferguson addresses ex-husband Prince Andrew’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein…
October 3, 2019
When asked how she was supporting her ex-husband she hinted she was backing him. The Duchess of York, 59, told The Sun: “I think the most important thing in life is family hood”...
Woman at AOC town hall says we must start eating babies…
October 3, 2019
Scientists Baffled: Unidentified Object Falls From Sky, Ignites Number Of Fires…
October 3, 2019
Authorities have already ruled out the possibility that the strange fires were started by a meteorite. So what was it?...
Google Contractor Scammed Unsuspecting Black People Into Facial Recognition Research…
Remember in 2015 Google had photo software that labeled black people as gorillas? This could be how they are trying to address that issue...
October 3, 2019
Tech giant Google wants your face — especially if you’ve got “darker skin.” To get it, the company has funded a facial recognition project that’s targeting people of color with dubious tactics... In the past, facial recognition technology has notoriously had a harder time identifying people with darker skin.
Google wants to avoid that pitfall — so much so it paid to have hired temps go out to collect face scans from a variety of people on the street using $5 gift cards as incentive...
Goldman Sachs estimates that Hong Kong may have lost as much as $4 billion in deposits to rival financial hub Singapore between June and August…
October 3, 2019
Modest net outflows from local currency deposits in Hong Kong and the net inflows of foreign currency deposits in Singapore in August could be the latest sign showing $3-4 billion left for the city state, the bank’s analysts said in a report on Monday.
“That said, the HK banking system still has ample liquidity in Hong Kong dollar as well as in foreign currencies,” though “this set of data is unlikely to allay investor concerns around outflows from HK,” they said.
Trump Dares Pelosi To Hold Impeachment Inquiry Vote After She Says It Is “Not Required”…
October 3, 2019
Is president Trump about to be impeached without the House even holding a vote authorizing the very impeachment inquiry to which he is subject? Well no - he won't be impeached as the Senate will promptly vote the entire political theater down - and that precisely why Pelosi, who until last month was vehemently against starting impeachment proceedings, refuses to hold a vote.
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Why do Republicans want a vote, besides have Democrats - especially those in states won by Trump - be put on the record? Because, as RealClearPolitics explains, holding a formal vote on impeachment would allow Republicans to subpoena documents and witnesses and investigate all the revelations surrounding the whistleblower’s complaint about Trump’s interactions with Ukraine, as well the roles of Joe Biden and his son Hunter in Ukrainian corruption allegations...MGM Agrees to Pay Las Vegas Shooting Victims Up to $800 Million…
October 3, 2019
One of the lawyers for the victims, Robert Eglet, said on Thursday the settlement would be in the range of $735 million to $800 million and would resolve “substantially all” of the lawsuits and claims against MGM related to the massacre... The company had at first responded with an aggressive legal strategy when claims poured in from the injured and the relatives of the dead, who accused MGM of negligence in allowing Mr. Paddock to stockpile high-powered rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition in his hotel room.
Southeast Asia’s internet economy to hit $300 billion by 2025 as millions of people in the region take up online shopping and embrace ride-share food delivery…
October 3, 2019
To hit that target, the online industry is expected to grow by 200% over the next five years from an estimated $100 billion this year, according to the report by Google, Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings and global business consultants Bain & Company. The annual report lifted its 2025 outlook from $240 billion previously after a tripling in growth in the past four years alone as young internet users turn to their phones to do everything from banking and playing games to purchasing plane tickets.
Men who drink in the three months before conception are more likely to have babies born with congenital heart disease…
October 3, 2019
Aspiring parents should both avoid drinking alcohol prior to conception to protect against congenital heart defects, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Drinking alcohol three months before pregnancy (and during the first trimester for mothers) was associated with a 44% raised risk of congenital heart disease for fathers and 16% for mothers, compared to not drinking. Binge drinking, defined as five or more drinks per sitting, was related to a 52% higher likelihood of these birth defects for men and 16% for women.
Robert De Niro subjected female employee to creepy and abusive behavior: “you’re f—ing history” and calling her a “bitch” and a “brat” …
October 3, 2019
Graham Chase Robinson says for years she was the victim of “gratuitous unwanted physical contact” from the Oscar winner, who also hurled “sexually-charged comments to her” when she worked at his production company, Canal Productions Inc. Robinson’s allegations against the “Taxi Driver” star are levied in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court for gender discrimination and wage violations. She said she began working for Canal Productions in 2008 as an executive assistant and “forced to resign” in April after rising to the position of vice president of production and finance.
Trump Says China Should Investigate Bidens Over ‘Billions’ Taken Out Of Country…
October 3, 2019