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More creepy “Surveillance Capitalism” courtesy of Amazon who isn’t hiding that it is putting millions of smart speakers in homes and hotels by “offering discounted hardware, customized software and new ways for property managers to harvest and use data.”
Are there actually people willing to pay for this type of arrangement? Continue reading “Amazon Installing Alexa in Apartments and Hotel Rooms. They Say 24/7 Data Collection Will Help Property Managers Better Manage and Serve Tenants.”
The American Jewish Congress is launching a one-of-a-kind “Jewish Guide to U.S. Politics,” a platform that summarizes the positions and voting records of the 2020 presidential candidates and all U.S. senators, on relevant facts to ground American Jews and pro-Israel voters.
The guide will continuously update as events unfold in the run-up to the 2020 elections. Continue reading “American Jewish Congress Launches ‘Jewish Guide to U.S. Politics’”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Chicago, IL — In only a matter of months, the city of Chicago is now facing its fifth lawsuit for raiding the homes of innocent people — allegedly by mistake. TFTP has reported on several of these lawsuits in which cops raided a four-year-old’s birthday party and held other children at gunpoint. In the most recent lawsuit stemming from violent police negligence, an innocent family was terrorized, a small child handcuffed, and police used explosives to literally blow holes in their home to search it. Continue reading “Chicago Cops Use Explosives to Raid Innocent Family’s Home, Hold Kids at Gunpoint, Cuff 8yo Boy”
Former president Barack Obama has claimed US gun laws ‘don’t make sense’.
The Democrat – who pushed for tighter restrictions during his two terms in office – said it was too easy ‘to buy machine guns.’
Obama made the comments on stage during a sit-down interview at VTEX DAY, a digital convention in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday. Continue reading “Barack Obama says U.S. gun laws ‘don’t make sense’”
Former Secretary of State and failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will deliver a guest speech at an upcoming cybersecurity conference. Yes, the same Hillary Clinton who kept confidential emails on an unsecured server.
Clinton will deliver a keynote speech at the cybersec summit in October, organized by the security firm FireEye. After her speech, Clinton will take part in a Q&A discussion with FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia on the “geopolitical landscape and its implications for global cyber security today.” Continue reading “Hillary Clinton to give keynote speech at cybersecurity summit (yes, really)”
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – One of the men involved in the lawsuit to keep statues of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas Johnathan “Stonewall” Jackson in Charlottesville parks is now suing one of the city’s newspapers for defamation.
Edward Dickinson Tayloe II names C-ville Holdings / C-Ville Weekly, reporter Melissa “Lisa” Provence, and University of Virginia associate professor Jalane Schmidt as defendants in the lawsuit. He is seeking a total of $1.35 million, in addition to attorney’s fees and court costs.
Continue reading “Defamation Lawsuit Filed Against Charlottesville Publication, Reporter”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Last year, TFTP reported how a disturbing push was made to attempt to normalize pedophilia as a mainstream “sexual orientation.” The move involved pedophiles rebranding themselves as “Minor Attracted Persons,” with the hope that they will be accepted as part of the LGBT community. It was somewhat effective as multiple outlets reported it like it was okay. While this incident was extremely disturbing, even more worrisome is that this normalization appears to be spreading. Now, mainstream media is accused of promoting pedophilia by referring to it as “age-gap love” in a reality show. Continue reading “Mainstream Media Normalizing Pedophilia in Reality Show, Calling it “Age Gap Love””
The University of Essex has dismissed an academic who spoke out against a campus Jewish society and shared material questioning the Holocaust.
Dr Maaruf Ali, a lecturer in computers and electronics, wrote that “the Zionists next want to create a society here at our university” on a Facebook page for new students, as voting was underway on whether a Jsoc should be founded. Continue reading “University of Essex academic dismissed after speaking out against setting up Jewish society”
The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a plea deal in a corruption case filed against her, agreeing to pay a fine in exchange for avoiding prison.
Sara Netanyahu today signed a plea deal with the Israeli State Prosecutor’s Office, after months of negotiations in what has become known as the “catering affair”. Sara was accused of receiving catered meals at the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem, at a cost of around 360,000 shekels ($100,000). This was allegedly done using Israeli taxpayers’ money, despite the fact that the residence employs a full-time cook. Continue reading “Israel: Netanyahu’s wife reaches plea deal in corruption case”
Doctors have been told to warn millions of patients about the severe side effects of antidepressants.
In a major victory for the Daily Mail, the Royal College of Psychiatrists today admits for the first time that coming off antidepressants can cause side effects lasting for months. Continue reading “Anti-depressants CAN ruin lives: Major U-turn as psychiatrists say millions of patients MUST be warned over severe side effects”
There’s no question that artificial intelligence has come a long way in the last few years, but apparently it’s not yet advanced enough to tell the difference between someone using a mobile phone and someone scratching their face.
Chinese media recently reported the case of a man in Jinan, eastern Shandong province, who received a notification that he had broken the law by talking on the phone while driving. The letter also had a surveillance picture of his so-called offence attached, which showed him holding his right hand to his cheek. Continue reading “Man Gets Fined for Scratching His Face While Driving”
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) – Tara Sharifi, 11, has scored 162 points – the highest number possible – on the Mensa IQ test, two points higher than the estimated IQs of physicist Albert Einstein and cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking.
Scoring 162 points means that Tara is well above the so-called ‘genius benchmark’ of 140. Continue reading “11-year old Iranian girl scores highest possible mark in Mensa IQ test”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Decatur, AL — The job of a police officer can be a arduous and punishing task as they deal with criminals on a daily basis who show no respect and often times try to hurt them. One would think that because of this high stress job, when police officers interact with polite individuals, they would return the favor. However, as the following video of an innocent group of men getting harassed and unlawfully searched illustrates, one would be wrong. Continue reading “Man Asks Cop for His Name, Cop Says ‘F**k You is My Name’”
At least 43 people were shot, seven fatally, in Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend even as severe storms kept people indoors and 1,200 extra officers patrolled the streets.
The toll was slightly higher than last year’s Memorial Day weekend, when 39 people were shot, seven of them fatally, according to shooting data kept by the Tribune. In 2017, 45 people were shot, seven of them killed. And in 2016, 71 people shot, six of them fatally, in one of the most violent Memorial Day weekends in recent years. Continue reading “At least 43 people shot in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend. ‘Unacceptable state of affairs,’ new mayor says”
A US governor has blamed Palestinians for Israel’s ongoing occupation of their land, just weeks before the United States plans to unveil the economic portion of its “deal of the century” peace plan.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a longtime supporter of Israel and a member of Donald Trump’s Republican Party, made his comments during a trade delegation visit to Israel this week. Continue reading “US governor blames Palestinians for ongoing Israeli occupation”
Palestinian school textbooks are once again under public scrutiny, this time after a report published by Israel’s Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) claimed that material was “more radical than previously published”. The EU has since confirmed that it will be funding an assessment to be carried out “by an independent and internationally recognised research institute.” Continue reading “The EU should be calling out Israeli colonialism for its violence and incitement”