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The Daily Sheeple – by Ryan Banister
Nearly half of all eligible voters did not vote, according to The United States Election Project. Out of 231,556,622 in the Voting-Eligible Population (VEP), there were only 131,018,000 ballots counted.
When compared with the 2008 and 2012 elections, we see almost 9 million less people voting in 2016: Continue reading “Nearly Half Of Eligible Voters Did Not Vote. At All.”
CROWN POINT — The FBI and Indiana State Police raided the Lake County Sheriff’s Department and were parked outside the sheriff’s home early Thursday.
A number of FBI agents and state police investigators entered the offices of Lake County Sheriff John Buncich about 9:30 a.m. at the Lake County Government Center, 2293 N. Main St.
Continue reading “FBI raids Lake County, Indiana sheriff’s offices; searches may have Porter ties”
Jerusalem (AFP) – US president-elect Donald Trump pledged Friday to work for a “just, lasting peace” between Israel and the Palestinians, in his first public message on the issue since his upset victory.
“I believe that my administration can play a significant role in helping the parties to achieve a just, lasting peace,” Trump said in a message published by the Israel Hayom newspaper. Continue reading “Trump to work for ‘just, lasting’ Mideast peace”
Anti-Trump protestors in Austin are not as organic as they seem. Here are the busses they came in. #fakeprotests #trump2016 #austin
6:43 PM – 9 Nov 2016 Continue reading “They found the buses! Dozens lined up just blocks away from the Austin protests.”
Clean drinking water is essential for our health, so when a man with a foreign passport is discovered trespassing in a protected Chicago water plant, the FBI and Homeland security are alerted.
Authorities say Shahroon Augustine entered the Eugene Sawyer Water Purification Plant with a duffle bag, containing a passport from Pakistan. Continue reading “Water Plant Trespasser Is Released, Then Vanishes”
The Daily Caller – by Richard Pollock
Clinton Foundation officials now face a potentially devastating barrage of investigations by Congress, federal regulatory agencies, state attorneys general and perhaps a probe by a special prosecutor, according to federal law enforcement and philanthropy regulation experts.
The months ahead could determine what kind of future, if any, the Clinton Foundation can have as Congress and the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump take what is certain to be a tough look the ethical and legal issues that have swirled for years around the troubled charity. Continue reading “Experts Question If Clinton Foundation Will Survive”
A recent Harvard study of the demographics of gun ownership in the United States yielded a fairly shocking discovery, namely the emergence of the Obama gun “Super Owner.” The study, entitled “The Stock and Flow of US Firearms: Results from the 2015 National Firearms Survey“, was conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and found that just 14% of all gun owners, or 7.6mm adults and 3% of the total U.S. population, possessed 50% of all guns owned by civilians in the country. Moreover, with a total stock of 270mm civilian-owned guns in the U.S., that implies that these “super owners” possess an average of nearly 18 guns per person. Continue reading “Study Targets Obama “Super Gun Owner” – We Own 50% of the Guns!”
As the reality of a Donald Trump presidency settled in Thursday, Trump’s transition team continued to fill out their list of potential cabinet picks with new names.
Despite his campaign pledge to “drain the swamp” in Washington and his outsider campaign, however, many of the prospects are clear Washington insiders. Continue reading “‘Drain the Swamp?’ Trump’s Potential Cabinet Fills Out With Washington Insiders”
Hitlery, Frump and Soros are not finished playing there game.
The electoral college can reverse there dissension on who won the selection. and I think Frump and Hitlery already know that was the plan from the start.
“O me O my o”, If you thought the Hitlery suporters crying and wining was something, just wait to see all the Frump voters start there “Hissy Pissy fits when there man is pushed aside. Continue reading “Right Before Our Eyes”
Computer World – by Lucian Constantin
In a perfect example of how public wireless networks can be dangerous for privacy and security, an Israeli hacker showed that he could have taken over the free Wi-Fi network of an entire city.
On his way home from work one day, Amihai Neiderman, the head of research at Israeli cybersecurity firm Equus Technologies, spotted a wireless hotspot that he hadn’t seen before. What made it unusual was that it was in an area with no buildings. Continue reading “Hacker shows how easy it is to take over a city’s public Wi-Fi network”
Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf sent out the following letter to local business owners, many of whom were battered during the latest anti-Trump riots since Trump’s presidential victory, which unlike peaceful protests in other cities, “ended in harm being done to our business community and the rest of Oakland.” As a result “graffiti and broken windows were left behind by a group of anarchists who continually invade these otherwise peaceful protests with the intention of doing nothing but causing destruction.” Continue reading “Oakland Mayor Explains Why Local Police Can’t Stop Looting Rioters”
Ars Technica – by Cyrus Farivar
As Ars has reported, federal investigators temporarily seized a Tor-hidden site known as Playpen in 2015 and operated it for 13 days before shutting it down. The agency then used a “network investigative technique” (NIT) as a way to ensnare site users.
However, according to newly unsealed documents recently obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, the FBI not only temporarily took over one Tor-hidden child pornography website in order to investigate it, the organization was in fact authorized to run a total of 23 other such websites. Continue reading “FBI operated 23 Tor-hidden child porn sites, deployed malware from them”
New York Post – by Emily Smith
While some pundits are declaring the Clinton political dynasty dead, sources tell us that it is far from over. Chelsea Clinton is being groomed for the New York seat held by Rep. Nita Lowey.
Chelsea could run for the seat in NYC’s 17th Congressional District once Lowey, a 79-year-old respected career politician with nearly 30 years in office, decides to retire, we have exclusively learned. Continue reading “Chelsea Clinton being groomed to run for Congress”
Free Thought Project – by John Vibes
Many Americans are in a hysterical fury over the election of Donald Trump, because they fear that he will follow through with many of his outrageous campaign promises and take the government in a very dangerous and dark direction. For anyone who has been paying close attention, the US government has been headed in a very dangerous and dark direction for a very long time.
Regardless of which president was in power, whether it was Bush or Obama or Clinton, we have had a growing police state, deepening war and a collapsing economy. Regardless of what type of campaign promises were made, presidents always run the government with a “business as usual” approach, and, so far, there is no indication that Trump will be any different. Continue reading “Whitewashing Begins — Trump Statement on Banning Muslims Disappears From His Site The Moment He Was Elected”
Officials in New York and Los Angeles on Thursday said they hoped President-elect Donald Trump would not follow through on a campaign promise to withhold federal funds from “sanctuary cities” that shield people who are in the country illegally.
The nation’s two largest cities have sharply limited their cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities seeking to deport undocumented immigrants. Continue reading “Mayors of NY and Los Angeles pledge to remain immigrant sanctuaries”
US President-elect Donald Trump does not view Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian lands as an obstacle to peace, and will not condemn the activity deemed illegal by the international community, his top adviser Jason Greenblatt said.
“Mr. Trump does not view the settlements as being an obstacle for peace,”Greenblatt told Israel’s Army Radio. Continue reading “Trump doesn’t see Israeli land grab as ‘obstacle for peace’ with Palestine – adviser”
Ottawa (AFP) – Canada and Mexico agreed Thursday to US President-elect Donald Trump’s demand to have a fresh look at their tripartite 22-year-old free trade pact, fearing they could be shut out of the US market.
But the two US allies diverged on the level of changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) each was willing to accept, with Mexico taking a harder line. Continue reading “Canada, Mexico ready to talk about NAFTA with US”
Daily Mail – by Richard Pendlebury
Almost 40 years after Bill and Hillary Clinton first entered American public life, they are to leave it beset by crushing humiliation.
There will be no first female U.S. President — this time. History will not be made by a wife following her two-term husband into the Oval Office. There will be no dynasty, no President Hillary Clinton.
Why did they think they deserved otherwise? Continue reading “After 40 years of sex, lies and scandals, the Clintons are to leave public life”