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It may be May, but Spring has not quite sprung in the Golden State.
Parts of California still resemble a scene out of winter, with a series of storms bringing several feet of snow to mountain areas, ahead of a “significant” severe weather threat across the nation’s midsection. Continue reading “California braces for feet of snow from storms; ‘significant severe weather event’ to impact Plains”
A group of suspected Chinese hackers may have stole access to an NSA cyberweapon and repurposed it to attack targets back in 2016, according to new research.
The attacks involved an NSA hacking tool called “Double Pulsar,” which can secretly download additional malware to a Windows PC. On Monday, Symantec said it found evidence that the NSA cyberweapon was bundled with a suspected Chinese-made hacking tool to attack a target in Hong Kong and then another in Belgium in March 2016. Continue reading “China Used NSA Cyberweapon to Hack Targets, Symantec Says”
Microsoft has issued a patch for some of its older systems to fix a vulnerability that could allow malware to spread in a similar way to the 2017 WannaCry attack.
WannaCry affected computers in at least 74 countries, including Russia, Turkey, Germany, Vietnam, and the Philippines Continue reading “Microsoft rolls out patch for older Windows systems to stop the spread of malware”
As a result of a new plan to cut power on high wind days during wildfire season, millions of Californians could wind up unprepared and in darkness, according to Bloomberg.
Now bankrupt PG&E proposed the precautionary plan after a transmission line that snapped in windy weather likely started last year‘s Camp Fire – the deadliest wildfire in state history. The plan addresses the problem of wildfires, but creates another one in the process: blindsiding Californians with days of blackouts. Continue reading “Millions Of Californians Will “Plunge Into Darkness” As PG&E Commits To Cut Power During Wildfire Season”
Not a great day for Bayer and its Monsanto unit.
The first piece of bad news was that Bayer just lost the third trial in a row over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. Continue reading “Bayer Ordered To Pay $2 Billion In Roundup Damages; Admits Spying On Influential Europeans”
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it obtained 44 pages of records from the State Department through court-ordered discovery revealing that the Obama White House was tracking a December 2012 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking records concerning then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of an unsecure, non-government email system. Months after the Obama White House involvement, the State Department responded to the requestor, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), falsely stating that no such records existed. Continue reading “Records Obtained in Court-Ordered Discovery Reveal Obama White House Tracking FOIA Request for Clinton Emails”
One News Now – by Chad Groening
A federal appeals court has handed the Trump administration a victory over the controversial asylum process and an immigration attorney says the ruling could slow the flow of illegal aliens.
The notoriously left-wing 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled May 7 that the United States can require asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for a court hearing, a decision that overturned a San Francisco judge that said they could remain in the U.S. Continue reading “Trump wins surprise asylum ruling from liberal 9th Circuit”
Prepare for Change – by Edward Morgan
Now that Japan has a new Emperor, the Bank of Japan will be nationalized and Japan will be liberated from the Khazarian mafia, according to Japanese right-wing sources close to the Emperor. This move will force the Washington, D.C. political establishment into Chapter 11 bankruptcy and pave the way for the restoration of the Republic of the United States of America, Pentagon sources say. The liberation of Japan will be a decisive victory for humanity in the ongoing, undeclared, secret battle for the planet Earth, Asian secret society and CIA sources agree. Continue reading “Bank of Japan to be nationalized as new era starts”
Gold Goats & Guns – by Tom Luongo
It’s getting tiresome watching Donald Trump’s bipolar presidency. It seems he can’t let a day go by without making some massive announcement to raise tariffs, threaten sanctions or overthrow a government.
Every 24 hours is another exercise in chasing the Trump Reality Show around. Every lull in the perpetual news cycle has to be seized upon to create more chaos so he can validate his insanity. Continue reading “Economic Warfare Man Strikes Again”
Solari – by Catherine Austin Fitts
“Today, four companies produce 84 percent of our beef. Four companies control the world’s grain market. Six corporations control 90 percent of the media. Ten companies control everything you buy. Three companies completely dominate the farm equipment market. Fourteen companies control the entire global auto industry. You get the idea. This extends to many different industries where giant global corporations are gobbling up everything in sight. How did we get to this point?” ~ Patrick Wood, “Monopoly Power Is Growing In Response To Sustainable Development” Continue reading “Technocracy with Patrick M. Wood”
Ever since the near failure of the Oroville dam and reservoir complex (in California) a couple of years ago, I have been keeping occasional tabs on the ongoing repair, remediation and construction work that is underway at the site. Until recently I blithely assumed that all was well, and things were being built back better than ever. But the last couple of months, as the water level in Lake Oroville has edged higher and higher, I have begun to have misgivings. Continue reading “Oroville Dam Imminent Failure — Again?”
Jewish Racism – by Christopher Jon Bjerknes
I do not know what caused the fire at Notre Dame. Maybe it was an electrical short. My memories of it are also aflame. I seem to recall that it would have been easy for someone to scale the structure near the flying buttresses, or to launch some sort of incendiary missile from outside the building into the bell tower, but these are vague and old memories. Continue reading “Religion as a Weapon of War”
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a “proposed interim decision” on glyphosate’s registration review, denying the pesticide’s widely-accepted carcinogenic threat, while leaving leaving several critical assessments unfinished. Continue reading “Trump’s EPA Proposes New Approval of Monsanto’s Glyphosate / Roundup”
An internal email sent to employees of a major NASA contractor appears to confirm speculation that SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule exploded during a failed test earlier this month.
The email obtained by the Orlando Sentinel directly addresses footage that circulated on social media following the April 20 ‘anomaly,’ referring to it as ‘video of the failed test.’ Continue reading “SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule DID explode during test ‘anomaly,’ leaked email suggests”