Monthly Archives: July 2013

Jay Leno’s at the Top of his Game, so Why Is NBC Replacing Him?

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“The irony is that Leno has never been more dominant: the Nielsen ratings for the second week in July have him beating CBS’s David Letterman by a 43 percent margin in the all-important ‘viewers 18 to 49’ category (on which advertising rates are set) and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel by 75 percent. So why sack him now? ‘I don’t get it,’ says Ohlmeyer, who as president of NBC’s West Coast operations in the mid-1990s helped guide Leno to victory over Letterman. ‘It’s like nobody understands history. Here they take him off the air four years ago, and naturally he loses his impetus, and now he’s come back, and he’s kicking ass again—so let’s take him off.'”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/07/24/jay-leno-s-at-the-top-of-his-game-so-why-is-nbc-replacing-him.html

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UK Porn Filter: Censorship Extends Beyond Pornography, But One ISP Is Fighting Back

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“One U.K. ISP, TalkTalk, already has ‘The HomeSafe System,’ which was singled out for praise by David Cameron when announcing the new policy. It gives another good idea of the kind of Internet censorship the British government is looking to implement.  HomeSafe is actually operated by Huawei, a Chinese company that both the U.K. and the U.S. accused of having close ties with the Chinese government.  The U.S. has branded Huawei a threat to national security.  ISPs will be able to use whatever filter system they like, so many may not choose to be associated with Huawei. Others are refusing to take place in the filters at all.”

http://www.ibtimes.com/uk-porn-filter-censorship-extends-beyond-pornography-one-isp-fighting-back-1361379

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There was a time when kids were taught to respect firearms, not fear them

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“Kids today are reprimanded for carving out a gun-shaped pastry or wearing a tee-shirt from the National Rifle Association. But America hasn’t always been so gun-phobic. Check out these pictures of firearm safety, taught in Indiana schools in 1956.  By banning gun-shaped Pop-Tarts, are we teaching children to respect a gun’s power or are we only feeding their natural curiosity — curiosity that, without proper education, could be deadly?”

http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2013/07/26/there-was-a-time-when-kids-were-taught-to-respect-firearms-not-fear-them-photos/

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In Utah, it’s your marijuana prescription or your concealed gun

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“Utah, complying with the federal Gun Control Act, denies or revokes concealed-carry firearms permits for anyone with a prescription for marijuana. While Utah doesn’t allow marijuana to treat ailments, eight of the 31 states that recognize Utah’s concealed firearms permit do.  BCI does not keep records of how many applicants or holders are denied for medical marijuana. BCI, in its regular report on concealed-carry permit violations, lumps those cases into a category labeled ‘controlled substance.’  Utahns with a prescription for opiates, such as Oxycodone, are not barred from a concealed firearm permit unless they are suspected of abusing the drugs.”

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56167209-78/concealed-marijuana-utah-permit.html.csp

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Police Caught Planting Drugs In Small Business

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Police Caught Planting Drugs In Small Business

“It happens, probably a lot more than we think.”

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CA Highway Patrol officer accused of sexual battery against disabled man

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“A CHP officer was arrested and charged with sexual battery and disorderly conduct on Friday for allegedly touching a 22-year-old disabled man inappropriately inside a shopping mall bathroom. The Sacramento Bee reported that 47-year-old Jeffery Closson, a 25-year veteran of the CHP, was booked into Sacramento County jail on Friday afternoon in connection with a June 20 incident at the Arden Fair Mall. Police said they determined Closson was a possible suspect using mall security camera footage from the day of the alleged encounter. KOVR-TV reported that Closson was allegedly exposing and touching himself during the incident.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/26/highway-patrol-officer-accused-of-sexual-battery-against-disabled-man/

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At least 70 supporters of Mohamed Morsi killed by security services in Cairo

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“Egypt’s troubled transition reached a new nadir of bloodletting today when at least 70 supporters of toppled President Mohamed Morsi were gunned down during a sustained attack by the security services – three weeks after the army committed a similar massacre in nearly exactly the same spot. Doctors at the scene said they believed more than 100 people may have been killed. An exact tally has not yet been confirmed, but the massacre ranks as one of the worst single incidents of violence since the fall of Hosni Mubarak two and a half years ago. Clashes continued this morning as police squared off against thousands of protesters close to Nasr City.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/egypt-unrest-at-least-70-supporters-of-mohamed-morsi-killed-by-security-services-in-cairo-8734675.html

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Obama Change.gov Promises Disappear from Web

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“It may be that Obama’s description of the importance of whistleblowers went from being an artifact of his campaign to a political liability. It wouldn’t be the first time administration positions disappear from the internet when they become inconvenient descriptions of their assurances. Obama’s vision for lobbying transparency has similarly been discarded along the way, but the timing here suggests that the heat on Obama’s whistleblower prosecutions has led the administration to unceremoniously remove their previous positions.”

http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/07/25/obama-promises-disappear-from-web/

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Pentagon to deploy huge blimps over Washington, DC for 360-degree surveillance

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Pentagon to deploy huge blimps over Washington, DC for 360-degree surveillance

“A pair of high-tech Army blimps is coming to the greater Washington, DC area, and soon they will be able to provide the military with surveillance powers that spans hundreds of millions of acres from North Carolina to Niagara Falls, Canada. The airships are part of Raytheon’s Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, or JLENS, and when all is said and done they’ll offer the United States military what the defense contractor calls ‘an affordable elevated, persistent over-the-horizon sensor system’ that relies on ‘a powerful integrated radar system to detect, track and target a variety of threats.'”

http://rt.com/usa/army-raytheon-jlens-blimps-594/

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Snowden Gets Whistleblower Award in Germany

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“Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has become the winner of this year’s Whistleblower Award established by German human rights organizations, the German branch of Transparency International said in a statement. The award, established in 1999, is sponsored by the Association of German Scientists (VDW) and the German branch of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA). A VDW spokesperson told RIA Novosti on Monday that the award money, amounting to 3,000 euros, would be passed to Snowden through his representatives – either a lawyer or a ‘friendly’ organization.”

http://en.rian.ru/world/20130723/182373434/Snowden-Gets-Whistleblower-Award-in-Germany.html

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