Author: Enemy of the State

Wired – by Lily Hay Newman

For well over a decade, identity thieves, phishers, and other online scammers have created a black market of stolen and aggregated consumer data that they used to break into people’s accounts, steal their money, or impersonate them. In October, dark web researcher Vinny Troia found one such trove sitting exposed and easily accessible on an unsecured server, comprising 4 terabytes of personal information—about 1.2 billion records in all.  Continue reading “1.2 Billion Records Found Exposed Online in a Single Server”

Yahoo News

Two former Houston police officers were indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday in connection with a January drug raid that left two people dead and five officers injured.

Gerald Goines, 55, and his partner, 46-year-old Steven Bryant, were both taken into custody by the FBI on several charges stemming from a civil-rights investigation into the Jan. 28 narcotics raid at a Harding Street home.  Continue reading “Two Former Houston Police Officers Arrested by Feds for Deadly Drug Raid”

A driver was stuck in a traffic jam on the highway outside Washington, DC Nothing was moving.

Suddenly, a man knocks on the window.

The driver rolls down the window and asks, “What’s going on?”  Continue reading “Seriously, just a joke”

ArsTechnica – by Timothy B Lee

Back in 2012, the US Supreme Court ruled that it’s illegal for the police to attach a GPS tracking device to someone’s car without a warrant. But what if you find a GPS tracking device on your car? Can you remove it?

A little more than a year ago, the state of Indiana charged a suspected drug dealer with theft for removing a government-owned GPS tracking device from his SUV. This month, the state’s Supreme Court began considering the case, and some justices seemed skeptical of the government’s argument.  Continue reading “Cops put GPS tracker on man’s car, charge him with theft for removing it”

New York Daily News – by David Boroff

Continue reading “Florida man wears ‘f— the police’ shirt to court — and wins the case”

Washington Times – by Elizabeth Harrington, July 17, 2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a company cofounded by Paul Pelosi Jr. with fraud on Wednesday after learning that two convicted criminals were running the business.

Paul Pelosi Jr., the son of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), was the president and chief operating officer of Natural Blue Resources Inc., an investment company he cofounded that focuses on “environmentally-friendly” ventures.  Continue reading “Flashback: Company co-founded by Nancy Pelosi’s son charged with securities fraud”

Breitbart – by Lucas Nolan

Former Google senior software developer and whistleblower Zach Vorhies appeared on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour Friday to discuss Google’s relationship with Communist China and the company’s artificial intelligence project DeepMind, which has been called the “AI Manhattan Project.” DeepMind disputed Vorhies’ comments in a statement to Breitbart News, saying it does not have operations in China.  Continue reading “Whistleblower: Google Is Developing AI for ‘Planetary Surveillance’”

Reason – by Eric Boehm

An 83-year-old retired engineer in Michigan underpaid his property taxes by $8.41. In response, Oakland County seized his property, auctioned it off to settle the debt, and pocketed nearly $24,500 in excess revenue from the sale.

Under Michigan law, it was all legal. And hardly uncommon.  Continue reading “A Michigan Man Underpaid His Property Taxes By $8.41. The County Seized His Property, Sold It—and Kept the Profits.”

Daily Mail

Nearly a thousand protesters took to the streets of Brooklyn to demonstrate against the NYPD after a spate of violent arrests on the subway and over its plans to put more officers on the beat to catch anyone who skips paying the fare.

The protesters started gathering in Downtown Brooklyn near Barclays Center at about 7pm Friday, with their signs reflecting the dual nature of the march.  Continue reading “Anti-cop protesters in Brooklyn block traffic, vandalize bus, say ‘Don’t let these pigs touch us’”

NPR – by Chris Arnold

A couple of years ago, Laura Hart had been through a divorce, her car was 11 years old, and she wanted a new vehicle. “Almost, ‘I earned it,’ really” is how Hart says she felt at the time.

She’d been through a tough experience “while maintaining a full-time job and raising two kids and things like that, so when I got to the point where I felt comfortable to take on a car loan again, I was fairly proud and ready to do that.”  Continue reading “The 7-Year Car Loan: Watch Your Wallet”

Yahoo News

Anyone else sick to death of watching the Democrats debate each other already? Tuesday saw them rehash numerous conversations they’ve already had, and there are still eight excruciating nights of such television for us to endure.

Beto O’Rourke, for instance, once again loudly and obnoxiously announced his intention to confiscate semiautomatic “assault weapons” from their lawful owners. He said he “believes” that compliance will be forthcoming.  Continue reading “The ATF Has Been Enforcing a Rule That Does Not Exist”