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February 28, 2016

Media Turns on Trump They Milked the Debate Millions all they could!



The National Enquirer type Media giants have shown how much they control what America Thinks PROPAGANA!,

Google Search; “debates brought in millions for media”

https://www.google.com/search?q=debates+brought+in+milions+for+media&oq=debates+brought+in+milions+for+media&aqs=chrome..69i57.26050j0j8&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

This is how Bush created the war for Iraq without any questions by the media

“When the Press Fails”

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/042848.html

With Jeb gone, all the debates over, they have milked the ratings as much as they could without making Trump the obvious nominee.

They were afraid if they unleashed the hounds while Bush was still in he could get the nomination, “They Want Rubio” the one candidate they can control his every move, installing Cronies at will, bought and paid for Marko Rubio!
February 27, 2016

Trump faces wave of big-money attacks A Marco Rubio-focused group raises $20 million in the last wee

Source: Polititico

A handful of Republican big-money groups on Friday launched hard-hitting ad campaigns targeting Donald Trump that echoed Marco Rubio’s Thursday night debate smack-down of the GOP presidential front-runner.

The group behind what’s expected to be the most expensive and sustained assault ― a super PAC dedicated to Rubio called Conservative Solutions PAC ― has raised about $20 million in the past week alone, sources tell POLITICO. They say the cash will power a full-frontal assault on Trump in the delegate-rich states that vote in March, starting with Tuesday’s 14 Super Tuesday contests.

Taken together, the wave of big-money attack ads, which could total in the eight-figures, suggests that deep-pocketed conservative groups and their donors see the March contests as their last chance to stop the billionaire real-estate showman from winning the GOP nomination and taking over the party.

That prompted puzzlement among some Cruz supporters, who had hoped the super PACs would follow Cruz’s lead. Some suggested that the disconnect between the campaign and the super PACs reveals the difficulty posed by federal coordination restrictions, which bar campaigns and big-money groups from working together on advertising strategy. Though Cruz has been ramping up his attacks on Trump for weeks, so it shouldn’t have been hard for the super PAC operatives to follow suit.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/donald-trump-big-money-attacks-219887



TWO CUBANS AND A BILLIONAIRE WALK INTO A BAR - I am Going to be President!
February 25, 2016

I got hacked mid-air while writing an Apple-FBI story

Source: USA Today

“I don’t really need to worry about online privacy,” I used to think. “I’ve got nothing to hide. And who would want to know what I’m up to, anyway?”

Just before midnight last Friday, my plane touched down in Raleigh after a three-hour flight from Dallas. As usual, I’d spent much of the flight working, using American Airlines Gogo in-flight Internet connection to send and answer emails. As I was putting on my jacket, a fellow in the row behind me, someone I hadn’t even noticed before, said: “I need to talk to you.” A bit taken aback, I replied, “It’s late … need to get home.”

“I hacked your email on the plane and read everything you sent and received. I did it to most people on the flight.” He had verbatim detail of a long email that he repeated back to me essentially word for word.

I asked Abdo what we could to do protect our privacy. This is what he told me:

Call your representatives in Congress and on a statewide level and express your support for Apple in this case. Here’s a list of all U.S. members of the House and Senate. https://www.congress.gov/members

Make sure your devices are using their built-in encryption features. That’s FileVault for Apple devices and BitLocker on Windows products.

Use a password manager to help you create and store different — and strong — passwords for all your accounts. Don’t use the same password repeatedly, and don’t ever use passwords like “password” or “123456.” Some popular ones include DashLane, LastPass, and Sticky Password.

Download WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal, messaging apps that go great distances in encrypting voice and electronic messages. Keep in mind that even they are not 100% secure.


Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2016/02/24/got-hacked-my-mac-while-writing-story/80844720/



IPhone, the Republican Dominated congress is going to make it a law that providers must leave a back door so Government will be able to hack your devices at will! The Media is giving you less than half the story and Government Authorities are giving you even less...................
February 23, 2016

McConnell will not meet with Obama's nominee

Source: The Hill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said he won't even meet with President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court.

McConnell said Republican members of the Judiciary Committee unanimously recommended to him that there should not be confirmation hearings this year.

Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) echoed that position.

“I don’t see the point of going through the motions and creating a misleading impression that something else is going on,” Cornyn said.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/270452-mcconnell-will-not-meet-with-obamas-nominee



Republicans could care less about the country or the Constitution, I don't know if Hypocrites is a strong enough word. Republicans have has the majority sense 1972, the constitution can take a back seat to power and greed!
February 23, 2016

GOP vs Obama 500 Gitmo Detainees Released Under Bush Reign



WASHINGTON - In 2003, Senator John McCain irked his fellow Republicans by urging the Bush administration to either put Guantanamo Bay detainees "on trial for their crimes or to release them." But in recent years, he softened his stance as he courted the Republican mainstream.
In 2005, Barack Obama invited Guantanamo Bay defense lawyers to work out of his office in Capitol Hill as they lobbied to preserve the legal rights of detainees. He still rails against Guantanamo in his stump speech.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/05/11/candidates_hold_stances_on_guantanamo/?page=full

US Supreme Court upholds habeas corpus for Guantánamo Bay prisoners


The four right-wing justices joined together in two particularly vicious dissents, one authored by Chief Justice John Roberts and the other by Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who all but labeled Kennedy a traitor, stating that his opinion “will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed.”

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/06/cour-j13.html

Day 1: America's prison for terrorists often held the wrong men 2008
An eight-month McClatchy investigation in 11 countries on three continents has found that the U.S. wrongfully imprisoned dozens and perhaps hundreds of men in Afghanistan, Cuba and elsewhere on the basis of flimsy or fabricated evidence, old personal scores or bounty payments.

McClatchy interviewed 66 released detainees, more than a dozen local officials — primarily in Afghanistan — and U.S. officials with intimate knowledge of the detention program. The investigation also reviewed thousands of pages of U.S. military tribunal documents and other records.

This unprecedented compilation shows that most of the 66 were low-level Taliban grunts, innocent Afghan villagers or ordinary criminals. At least seven had been working for the U.S.-backed Afghan government and had no ties to militants, according to Afghan local officials. In effect, many of the detainees posed no danger to the United States or its allies.
The investigation also found that despite the uncertainty about whom they were holding, U.S. soldiers beat and abused many prisoners.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/special-reports/article24484918.html

GOP Hate Train have blocked obstructed and denied the will of the people by not working with the duly elected President for so called political gain even if it dangerous for are solders and country, ruthless pricks will not even say President Obama but only Obama.
February 20, 2016

Battle Over San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone Escalates

Source: bloomberg.com

February 19, 2016 — 6:42 PM CST

The case centers around whether the government can require Apple to write new software to compromise a key security feature of the company’s iOS mobile operating system. The government argues this is a one-off request that will aid an important terrorist investigation, while Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has said it could lead to the government, criminals or other parties gaining the ability to “intercept your messages, access your health records or financial data, track your location, or even access your phone’s microphone or camera without your knowledge.”
Apple Assistance

Apple executives said on Friday that they tried to help law enforcement unlock the phone, including sending engineers to San Bernardino. Apple employees attempted to help investigators reconnect the handset to a Wi-Fi network that Farook had used in the past, a move that would allow the data to be available because the phone would automatically back up and move outside Apple’s encryption barriers. But the effort wasn’t possible because the iPhone’s Apple ID password had been reset by a county official after the shooting.

Had the password not been changed, Apple said the court battle wouldn’t have been necessary. Apple says its engineers could rewrite its software to circumvent its safeguards, but is refusing because executives believe it would weaken all iPhones. Encryption tools are necessary to protect customer data from hackers and data breaches, executives said.


Apple has previously complied with prosecutors when they had a court order under the All Writs Act, a law that compels third parties to take “non-burdensome” steps to help law enforcement carry out search warrants. Apple’s cooperation changed recently when a judge in Brooklyn, in a case involving the iPhone of an accused drug dealer, questioned whether the government can still rely on that law.




Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-19/u-s-files-new-request-to-force-apple-to-help-in-iphone-probe



What I can Figure Out is every kind of law enforcement wants easy access to phones any time for any reason, breaking into peoples phones by say the FBI without warrants is the same as walking in your house, going through your mail, dressers and installing cameras when ever they deem maybe necessary.
February 20, 2016

Kurds Warn Turkey of ‘Big War’ Russia has promised to protect Kurdish fighters

Russian aircraft backing Kurdish offensive in northern Syria

Kurds promised federal status in Syria, envoy in Moscow says

Russia has promised to protect Kurdish fighters in Syria in case of a ground offensive by Turkey, a move that would lead to a “big war,” the Syrian group’s envoy to Moscow said in an interview on Wednesday.

“We take this threat very seriously because the ruling party in Turkey is a party of war,” Rodi Osman, head of the Syrian Kurds’ newly-opened representative office said in Kurdish via a Russian interpreter. “Russia will respond if there is an invasion. This isn’t only about the Kurds, they will defend the territorial sovereignty of Syria.”

Conflicting interests in Syria have created a dangerous new phase in the country’s five-year war, even as world powers struggle to implement a truce agreement. Turkey fears Kurdish gains along its border will morph into an autonomous state and inspire similar ambitions among its own Kurdish minority. But a ground intervention risks conflict with Russia, which backs the Kurds militarily, and would anger the U.S., which sees the group as a major ally in the fight against Islamic State.

Turkey has been shelling Syrian Kurdish forces since the weekend, and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed them for a bombing in Ankara that killed 28 people on Wednesday.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-18/kurds-warn-turkey-of-big-war-with-russia-if-troops-enter-syria

Wow, I think a lot is gong on we don't know about! That could be good news in Syria!

February 20, 2016

The Media - Will They Stop Trump - The Monster They Created?



I noticed the media has stated to turn on Trump, they have made Millions keeping what Trump says on the front and center. The media has decided Trump is getting to strong time to back off and start building up Cruz, he is the Rights vote for President and Sanders is the Medias Vote for Democratic side as bashing Hillary has become a Media Sport.

So if you are a person whom believes the Media you have the propaganda voices, keep following the bouncing ball, pay attention you could vote for the wrong person!
February 20, 2016

Cyclone Winston: strongest ever southern hemisphere storm hits Fiji

Source: theguardian.com/australia-news

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/20/cyclone-winston-virgin-australia-and-jetstar-cancel-services-to-and-from-fiji

A state of emergency has been declared in Fiji as tropical Cyclone Winston made landfall on the country’s main island, with estimated wind gusts of up to 195mph (315km/h).

The category five storm is thought to be the strongest ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, and is the strongest Fiji has ever experienced.

An elderly man from Nabasovi, Koro Island is reported to have died as a result of the storm. Fiji Disaster Management Committee (DISMAC) officer Vatia Vasuca told FBC news the man died after a roof top fell on him.

Save the Children Fiji’s CEO, Iris Low-McKenzie, said the storm had the potential to cause “catastrophic damage” across Fiji, an island nation frequented by hundreds of thousands of holiday-goers every year. “We’re extremely concerned about the impact this will have on children, who are particularly vulnerable during emergencies,” she said.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/20/cyclone-winston-virgin-australia-and-jetstar-cancel-services-to-and-from-fiji




The Media thinks the only News is Trump and Cruz or Clinton and Sanders.
February 12, 2016

4400 People Have 7 days to Move Back from 48 Hours Gas Leak Porter Ranch



SOCAL GAS BACKS OFF 48-HOUR RELOCATING PLAN IN PORTER RANCH

The months-long gas leak in Porter Ranch forced thousands of residents to relocate, but a controversial plan that would only give them 48 hours to return home once the leak was contained has been scrapped.

SoCal Gas agreed to provide housing for those displaced, but originally stated it would give residents 48 hours to move back into their homes once the leak was sealed.

"You can't move everybody out and then move everybody back," relocated resident Hedy Linder said. "You are dealing with children, schools and residents changing their entire lives."

The company has since backed off those plans.

HTTP://ABC7.COM/NEWS/SOCAL-GAS-BACKS-OFF-48-HOUR-RELOCATING-PLAN-IN-PORTER-RANCH/1187648/


Good luck trying to find a UHaul when 3499 other people have to move on the same day,
First they gave them 48 hours but not to be totally unusual punishment from doing nothing wrong they get 1 week to move back in a area that could still be poisoned.

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