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HAB911's JournalThe Investigations Trump Cant Stop
President Donald Trump might be able to pardon everyone he wants possibly even himself. But that would not end his legal troubles.
Trump already fired FBI Director James B. Comey amid an investigation into allegations of collusion between his campaign and Russia. He has attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions, raising questions about whether he intends to try to remove Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel appointed by the Justice Department to head the Russia probe.
The president and his lawyers have also reportedly discussed whether he could pardon family members and aides caught up in the Russia investigation.
But Trump has no control over state and local-level probes looking into the financial interests of his businesses, his family and his aides. And he cant fire state and local prosecutors or issue pardons for state crimes.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/the-investigations-trump-cant-stop
Secretary of State Says Atheists, Too, Are Victims of Religious Persecution
Whaaaaaaaaaaat?!
The State Department just released its International Religious Freedom Report for 2016 and Secretary Rex Tillerson marked the occasion with a speech that mentioned atheism as a reason people are persecuted in certain nations:
In Iran, Bahais, Christians, and other minorities are persecuted for their faith. Iran continues to sentence individuals to death under vague apostasy laws 20 individuals were executed in 2016 on charges that included, quote, waging war against God. Members of the Bahai community are in prison today simply for abiding by their beliefs.
We remain concerned about the state of religious freedom in Saudi Arabia. The government does not recognize the right of non-Muslims to practice their religion in public and applied criminal penalties, including prison sentences, lashings, and fines, for apostasy, atheism, blasphemy, and insulting the states interpretation of Islam. Of particular concern are attacks targeting Shia Muslims, and the continued pattern of social prejudice and discrimination against them. We urge Saudi Arabia to embrace greater degrees of religious freedom for all of its citizens.
Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/16/secretary-of-state-says-atheists-too-are-victims-of-religious-persecution/#ObycUu28OhF3DMy6.99
Americans no longer have to guess how the Germans "allowed" H and Nazis
to gain power.
https://twitter.com/JCrongeyer/status/901417616606146561
Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches.
https://twitter.com/WernerTwertzog/status/900382564787122177
LOL, Fox hires Michael Vick as NFL Kickoff
and FS1 NFL analyst.
Fox keeps adding to their roster of NFL analysts, and their latest pick seems likely to be controversial. As per A.J. Perez of USA Today, theyve brought in Michael Vick as an analyst for Fox NFL Kickoff (the early 11 a.m. Eastern pre-game show on Fox, which featured Charissa Thompson, Colin Cowherd, Dave Wannstedt and Charles Tillman last year; Tillman isnt returning, and Tony Gonzalez has already been announced as an addition, but the full lineup isnt out yet). Vick will also appear as an analyst on FS1s debate shows. Perez has some quotes on the subject:
http://awfulannouncing.com/fox/michael-vick-fox-nfl-kickoff-fs1.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Facebook Figured Out My Family Secrets, And It Won't Tell Me How
Rebecca Porter and I were strangers, as far as I knew. Facebook, however, thought we might be connected. Her name popped up this summer on my list of People You May Know, the social networks roster of potential new online friends for me.
The People You May Know feature is notorious for its uncanny ability to recognize who you associate with in real life. It has mystified and disconcerted Facebook users by showing them an old boss, a one-night-stand, or someone they just ran into on the street.
These friend suggestions go far beyond mundane linking of schoolmates or colleagues. Over the years, Id been told many weird stories about them, such as when a psychiatrist told me that her patients were being recommended to one another, indirectly outing their medical issues.
What makes the results so unsettling is the range of data sourceslocation information, activity on other apps, facial recognition on photographsthat Facebook has at its disposal to cross-check its users against one another, in the hopes of keeping them more deeply attached to the site. People generally are aware that Facebook is keeping tabs on who they are and how they use the network, but the depth and persistence of that monitoring is hard to grasp. And People You May Know, or PYMK in the companys internal shorthand, is a black box.
http://gizmodo.com/facebook-figured-out-my-family-secrets-and-it-wont-tel-1797696163
seventh Russian diplomat to die since November.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/900803301322752005https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/900806778677587968
How the Church of Satan Mastered Twitter
The Church of Satan is not a physical church and has nothing to do with demons or selling souls. But collectively, its members run one of the only tolerable social media accounts of 2017.
https://www.theringer.com/pop-culture/2017/8/22/16184422/church-of-satan-twitter-interview
Musk gives first look at SpaceX spacesuit
SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk is teasing the world with a first look at the companys spacesuit, to be worn by NASA astronauts who will ride in SpaceXs crew transport capsule to the International Space Station.
Musk shared the photo of the sleek suit on Instagram early Wednesday, saying the suit was not a mock-up and actually works.
Already tested to double vacuum pressure, he wrote in the post. Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics and function. Easy to do either separately.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-spacesuit-20170823-htmlstory.html
Next rally for Colin Kaepernick plans to deliver message to NFL's doorstep
NEW YORK On Wednesday, the NFL will come face to face with the storyline that has come to define it over the past six months. The United We Stand rally for Colin Kaepernick organized by nearly two dozen activists and organizations in New York will occur right on Roger Goodells doorstep, and the unemployed quarterbacks message will be front and center at NFL headquarters in Midtown Manhattan.
The rally comes on the heels of an event this past weekend, where dozens of current and retired NYPD officers gathered across the East River in Brooklyn to show support for Kaepernick, whose silent protest of the Star-Spangled Banner became a topic of national discussion last season.
I think [Kaepernicks message] important for this nation, New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams told Yahoo Sports. Kaepernick was trying to bring this to everyones attention and now you cant ignore it. If folks had done this before, wed be in a different position.
Williams, who donned a Kaepernick jersey at Saturdays event and hopes to be in attendance at Wednesdays rally, joined the former 49ers quarterbacks protest last September when he sat for the Pledge of Allegiance during a city council meeting.
https://sports.yahoo.com/next-rally-colin-kaepernick-plans-deliver-message-nfls-doorstep-023605038.html?.tsrc=fauxdal
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