Jon Rappoport

“Because, supposedly, one digital processing unit will eventually be able to manipulate zillions of pieces of information at a faster rate than all the human brains on the planet taken together…the result will be…what? And if that digital unit is sitting in The Cloud and every human’s brain is hooked up to it, the result will be…what? A person will be able to master French in five minutes? How does that work? Information can be injected like a drug and produce instant learning? Automatically? Perhaps this is a fantasy hatched at Disney World. Two machines can rapidly exchange data and programmed methods of analysis, but it so happens that humans are not machines, even if they believe they are.” (The Underground, Jon Rappoport)

How do you think a super-brain would be constructed? I’m talking about the technocrats’ dream to build a computer that would rival and surpass the human brain, in terms of “reliable data.” And don’t forget, the plan is to somehow connect brains directly to the super-computer, so data can be downloaded into humans.   Continue reading “Why do people think computers will be alive?”

New York Times – by Andy Newman

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Under a white tent at the Ulster County Fair — wedged between a homemade fudge stand and a basketball toss, and near an array of “Save the Hooters” shirts and “I ♥ Mommy” bibs — hung a black extra-large T-shirt emblazoned with the Confederate battle flag.

A couple of midways away at a stand called Mirror Magic, the rebel flag adorned a whole rack of decorative license plates — two flaming hearts forming a flag, a pair of luscious flag-patterned lips above the word Rebelicious, a pullet in a flag costume labeled “Southern Chick.”   Continue reading “Confederate Flag Debate Reaches New York County Fairs”

Fox 2 Now

CLAYTON, MO – Several people were shot in Ferguson Sunday night after a peaceful march to mark the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death. Two people were shot in a drive-by shooting and one opened fire on police officers. Police returned fire, critically injuring the suspect.  Now, St. Louis County officials are declaring a State of Emergency.

Organizers are calling today “Moral Monday.”  It is a day of planned civil disobedience.  They have more events planned for the remainder of the day. In the past the day of civil disobedience has included blocking highways and shutting down big businesses across St. Louis County.   Continue reading “St. Louis County issues State of Emergency”

Proactive Investors – by Mourad Haroutunian

AstraZeneca Plc (NYSE:AZN) advanced in New York trading after the second-largest U.K. drugmaker agreed to pay Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:INO) as much as $727.5 million for rights to an experimental cancer vaccine.

ADRs of the London-based company added 1 percent to $34.03 at 11:57 a.m. in New York, expanding gains this month to 2.4 percent. Shares of Inovio leaped 23 percent to $7.92.   Continue reading “AstraZeneca to pay Inovio Pharma $727 mln to produce cancer vaccine”

Counter Current News

A tense confrontation ensued on Sunday between police and a crowd of dirt bike riders and spectators. One of the officers escalated things to a ridiculous level when he pulled his gun and began aiming it towards the crowd of onlookers.

The incident was captured by City Paper photographer Noah Scialom, and posted to his Instagram.   Continue reading “Baltimore Cop Draws Gun On Dirt Bike Riders, Other Officer Tells Him ‘Put Your F*cking Gun Away!’”

Cop Block

A large group of sportbike motorcycle enthusiasts were riding in downtown Milwaukee when a police officer noticed the group and tried to stop them by swerving back and forth.

The officers erratic driving ran a motorcycle off the road that also had a passenger on board.

One of the bikers was visibly upset after the officer caused the accident, getting right into his face almost challenging the officer to a physical altercation.   Continue reading “Milwaukee Cop Runs Motorcycle Off the Road”

The Daily Caller – by Chuck Ross

A 29-year-old illegal alien who is accused of rape and murder in a July 24 hammer attack avoided deportation twice in the past 15 months.

First, in May 2014, because a local sheriff’s department declined to honor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) detainer request and again July 16 after ICE determined that the Mexican national was no longer a priority for deportation under the Obama administration’s new immigration policies.   Continue reading “Feds Declined To Detain Illegal Alien Charged In Hammer Attack And Rape Of California Woman”

RT

The person shot in Ferguson by a police officer after a day of commemorating the first anniversary of Michael Brown’s death has been identified by his father as 18-year-old Tyrone Harris Jr., of St. Louis, who was “real close” to Brown, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

“We think there’s a lot more to this than what’s being said,” Harris Sr. said, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, adding that his son had graduated from Normandy High School.   Continue reading “Man shot in Ferguson identified as black 18yo Tyrone Harris, ‘friend of Michael Brown’”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — As a campaign to raise the minimum wage as high as $15 has achieved victories in such places as Seattle, Los Angeles and New York, it has bumped up against a harsh reality: Plenty of scofflaw businesses don’t pay the legal minimum now and probably won’t pay the new, higher wages either.

Some economists, labor activists and regulators predict that without stronger enforcement, the number of workers getting cheated out of a legal wage is bound to increase in places where wages rise. Estimates on the size of the problem vary, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics said that in 2014, roughly 1.7 million U.S. workers — two thirds of whom were women — were illegally paid less than the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour.   Continue reading “Push for higher minimum wage ignites worry about enforcement”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wherever their summer travels have taken them, Supreme Court justices probably will weigh in on Texas’ plans to execute two death row inmates in the week ahead.

If past practice is any guide, the court is much more likely to allow the lethal-injection executions to proceed than to halt them. Opponents of the death penalty took heart when Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg made the case against capital punishment in late June as arbitrary, prone to mistakes and time-consuming. Even if death penalty opponents eventually succeed, the timeline for abolition probably will be measured in years, not months.   Continue reading “Executions likely go on despite strong Supreme Court dissent”

KCRA

SAN FRANCISCO —Authorities say a magnitude 3.3 earthquake has rattled the San Francisco Bay Area, but no injuries or property damage is reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 1:26 p.m. Sunday, about 8 miles west of San Francisco.

Some San Francisco residents are reporting feeling a quick jolt.   Continue reading “Magnitude 3.3 earthquake hits San Francisco Bay Area”

USA Today – by Steve Garrison and Joshua Kellogg

FARMINGTON, N.M. — Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday that the Gold King Mine discharged an estimated 3 million gallons of contaminated water, three times the amount previously believed.

The mine continues to discharge 500 gallons per minute, EPA Region 8 administrator Shaun McGrath said in a teleconference call Sunday afternoon, but the polluted water is being contained and treated in two ponds by the site of the spill near Silverton, Colo.   Continue reading “EPA: Pollution from mine spill much worse than feared”

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PanAm Post – by Maria Marty

Liberty allows an individual to live according to his nature, and to act in his own interests. It’s what sets independent human beings apart from sacrificial animals or slaves.

A man willing to live by his own means — not at the expense of others — must exercise his freedom to think, to choose, to express himself, to join in partnerships, and to produce. He must be free from any physical or psychological coercion that may restrict his capacity to execute actions that guarantee his survival.   Continue reading “In Times of Tyranny, Outlaws Are Heroes”

The Daily Caller – Derek Hunter

A traffic stop turned violent in Alabama when it is alleged Janard Shamar Cunningham attacked the officer who pulled him over, pistol-whipping him unconscious before fleeing the scene.

Cunningham, who has a long rap sheet with six convictions dating back to 1999, was later arrested and charged in the crime. But the real story here is the social media reaction.   Continue reading “Cop Pistol Whipped Unconscious, People Post Photos On Facebook And Mock”