WASHINGTON — For nearly two weeks last year, the FBI operated what it described as one of the Internet’s largest child pornography websites, allowing users to download thousands of illicit images and videos from a government site in the Washington suburbs. Is this some sort of tribute to a former director ?
The operation — whose details remain largely secret — was at least the third time in recent years that FBI agents took control of a child pornography site but left it online in an attempt to catch users who officials said would otherwise remain hidden behind an encrypted and anonymous computer network. In each case, the FBI infected the sites with software that punctured that security, allowing agents to identify hundreds of users.
The Justice Department acknowledged in court filings that the FBI operated the site, known as Playpen, from Feb. 20 to March 4, 2015. At the time, the site had more than 215,000 registered users and included links to more than 23,000 sexually explicit images and videos of children, including more than 9,000 files that users could download directly from the FBI. Some of the images described in court filings involved children barely old enough for kindergarten.
The third Project Veritas video in their Common Core series. May it have as much impact as their previous work.
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After the indoctrination years, the Pearson material (textbooks, scripted classroom lectures, homework assignments and auto-graded exams) become world order student marketing and instructor recruitment tools. Barely literate professors read the PowerPoint slides to their classes and pick the Pearson-themed exam questions. Original work not required.
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The producers of Gunsmoke left it to the viewer to determine Miss Kitty's role in life. It was not necessary to show raunchy sex scenes between her and Marshall Dillon for all the kids to see. Grown ups could make certain assumptions based on their understanding of history and human nature without having it right there in their faces. It was one of the most popular and longest running shows in television history without any reliance on prurient interest. Of course there were ladies like that in the Old West but there are ladies like that in our cities today too, sometimes even in the Oval Office. We don't need it shoved into our kids' faces when they're studying history unless you tell the seniors in high school that Democrat Senators didn't have the decency to convict Clinton for it. You gonna tell them that Thomas Jefferson's black slave mistress had more to do with building this country than he did?
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How'd big Marshal D and Miss Kitty
Get down to the old nitty-gritty?
Amanda in harness
Heel-doinking Jim Arness,
Or did he just think she was pretty?
[EXPRESS.CO.UK] Robie Hollyson, 31, from Bedfordshire, was part of a child sex abuse ring which targeted babies, toddlers and pre-school children. The moral droppings at the bottom of the human cage.
The men preyed on families with young children, so they could later attack the youngsters. In one case they groomed a young couple who was about to have a baby. The depraved group has been described by a judge as "beyond human instinct".
Hollyson was previously known as Robin Fallick and then changed his name to James King. His death is not being treated as suspicious. "He's probably had that poker sticking out of his ear hole for some time. I'm not in the least suspicious. How about you?"
"Suspicious? About what?"
Following Hollyson's death, a spokeswoman for the Prison Service said: "HMP Bristol prisoner James King (04/07/84) was found unresponsive in his cell on Friday 15 January. "You there! With the poker shoved in your ear hole!... He's not responding, warden!"
"Well, we'll try again in another couple hours. Mabe he'll feel more responsive then."
"Prison staff attempted CPR and paramedics attended, but he died in hospital on Sunday 17 January. "He's dead, Jim!"
"You're sure?"
"Goddammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a bookie!"
"Leave the poker in then, Bones."
"Good idea."
"As with all deaths in custody, the independent Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will conduct an investigation." "Cause of death?"
"Put down 'heart failure.'"
"In the end, that's what they all come down to, isn't it?"
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CPR....does jumping up and down on the corpse with hobnailed boots count as CPR?
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Some years ago here in Tennessee a child rapist in prison was found dead in the prison kitchen after a 30 gallon vat of boiling water "fell" on him. There were no witnesses to the "accident".
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Of course there were no witnesses. Who would want to actually watch such a thing.
I understand that the idiots who run what I loosely call this "country" have relinquished control of the internet to the rest of the world. Has that been fully implemented? Does anyone know how that relates to this AFINC program?
The U.S. Air Force Intranet Control Weapon System has achieved full operational status, becoming the first cyberspace weapon system to do so.
The AFINC weapon system is designed to control the flow of all external and inter-base traffic through centrally managed gateways. The system is comprised of 16 Gateway Suites and two Integrated Management Suites, and is operated by 26 Network Operations Squadrons.
The weapon system was built to enhance the U.S. Air Force's cybersecurity capabilities, which Air Force officials say is increasingly important.
"Our network is under constant attack and it is a testament to the dedication of our 26th NOS team that our network reliability and traffic flow remains consistently high," 26th Cyberspace Operations Group commander Col. Pamela Woolley said in a statement.
The system replaces and consolidates over 100 regionally managed Air Force network entry points into 16 centrally managed access points in an effort to speed up defensive actions. It serves over one million Air Force users around the world.
The AFINC weapon system was designated as a weapon system by the Air Force Chief of Staff in March 2013 before achieving Initial Operational Capability in May 2014.
Looks like the Bullsit image is serving its full purpose today! :-)
* Humans go out of their way to exercise in order to achieve desired fitness
* Researchers unsure if other animals also voluntarily exercise to get fit
* Some animals, like pandas, gain weight and become sedentary in captivity
* Rats and mice will, however, run on an exercise wheel if one is provided
* Cites Iran deal, climate accord, possible Minsk implementation
* U.S. Secretary of State brings rare note of optimism to Davos
Much of the talk in Davos is of doom and gloom. One man isn't so downbeat. One. Single. Man.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry struck a rare note of optimism Friday in a speech to executives preoccupied by the faltering world economy, China's woes and the rise of geopolitical risk.
Yes, a "narrow tribalism, aggressive nationalism" and "violent extremists" present a real threat, but that isn't the whole story, according to the top U.S. diplomat. Rather, the world should grasp "a powerful sense of confidence in what we can achieve," he said. And once we get rid of that Islamism "tribalism", we can start focusing on the stuff that was lost in its shadow.
"We are not living in a new normal" blighted by terrorism and war "and we don't have to," Kerry told an audience at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort. "We are not the prisoners of a predetermined future," he said. "Change is occurring in our world for the better and it is occurring faster, moving faster than ever before."
Kerry, who is in the final year of the Barack Obama administration, had brought a long list of reasons to be cheerful. He cited a rise in global life expectancy, the higher number of girls in education around the world, the deal that brought an end to Iran's nuclear ambitions and an accord to limit climate change. I don't want to live any longer than I was originally sentenced to. Not in this world. More girls are in school because there are more people now. And that "deal" you're talking about favored the Iranians, not the rest of the world. I'm pretty sure you'll live long enough to see it, too.
He even spoke in optimistic terms of the U.S.'s relationship with President Vladimir Putin, talking up the possibility that Russia may implement the Minsk peace accord in Ukraine, leading to the lifting of sanctions. The action in Crimea started on your watch, bub.
Kerry defended the fight against Islamic State, also known as Daesh, from the charge that there is no more evidence of progress. "Each day we are intensifying the pressure on Daesh," he said. "Yes, the struggle is far from over, but we are headed in the right direction." Efforts are intensifying only as your grasp of reality improves. They started out as the JV. Now they are "shoot on sight." See the spread?
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As one + a Madonna Fan physically residing in Guam = ISLA FIRMA, I'm more concerned about the USN Pearl Harbor BB USS "OKLAHOMA" NOT CAPSIZING as the "pro forma", "Weak/declining" Superpower = Future Co-Superpower USA unilaterally retreats or falls back across the Pacific.
I'm kinda wondering if the folks who designed this weren't also used for the F-35.
* Lockheed-built USS Fort Worth has major damage dockside
* Temperature alarms went off after a failure to lubricate gears
A U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship is sidelined in port in Singapore because of damage to gears that propel the vessel, according to a memo from the service, which blamed failure to use enough lubricating oil.
The USS Fort Worth built by Lockheed Martin Corp. had damage to combining gears that let the ship run on a mix of diesel and gas turbine engines, according to the memo obtained by Bloomberg News. "There is no estimated date of completion" to the repairs, it said.
The incident is the second in little more than a month involving the vessels, which cost on average about $440 million each, according to the Congressional Research Service. The Navy towed the USS Milwaukee more than 40 nautical miles to port in Virginia last month in the Atlantic after its gears failed on Dec. 11, according to the Navy Times. The Navy memo said the two incidents weren't related.
Initial indications are that the gear damage in Singapore "appears to be caused by a failure to follow established procedures during maintenance," according to the memo. "During startup of the main propulsion diesel engines, lube oil was not supplied to the ship's combining gears."
Temperature Alarms
The lack of oil "resulted in high-temperature alarms on the port and starboard combining gears," it said. It said a maintenance crew of representatives from the company that made the gears and Navy personnel based in Yokosuka, Japan, is "on board to evaluate the gears and make the necessary repairs."
Lieutenant Commander Matt Knight, a spokesman for the Navy's Pacific Fleet, said the ship will remain in Singapore while it undergoes "a series of inspections to determine the extent of necessary repairs." He said the ship's crew was responsible for the failure to properly lubricate the gears.
The Fort Worth is on a 16-month deployment to Asia -- a high-profile example of the Obama administration's promised rebalance to Asia. The Navy wants to permanently base four littoral ships in Singapore. The service is also testing a new crew-rotation approach intended to allow for long deployments without exhausting sailors.
The latest incident is a setback for a vessel whose critics say is unreliable and not survivable in combat. The last two defense secretaries have cited shortcomings of the ship, built in separate versions by Lockheed and Austal Ltd., and both truncated plans for it. The latest effort came last month when Defense Secretary Ash Carter directed the Navy to reduce the program to 40 vessels from the program's original 52.
'Needed Investments'
In a memo to Navy leaders, Carter wrote that the service "has overemphasized resources used to incrementally increase total ship numbers at the expense of critically needed investments in areas where our adversaries are not standing still, such as strike, ship survivability, electronic warfare and other capabilities."
The episode in Singapore also may call into question the Navy's maintenance plan for the ship, which is designed to have a minimal crew of about 50, compared with a crew of 200 on Navy frigates.
The Littoral Combat Ship, intended for operations in shallow coastal waters, will face a new round of criticism when the Pentagon operational test office publishes its next annual report later this month. In past assessments, the office has cited doubts about the ship's reliability and vulnerability.
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He said the ship's crew was responsible for the failure to properly lubricate the gears.
It's not really a crew; it's more an "afloat team." Basically there are 'crews' that swap off at given times. There's been some heavy borrowing from naval aviation regarding ship construction and operation. The idea was to have flexible 'staffing' (akin to having a flight crew designated to fly an F-18, regardless of the crew names stenciled on the cockpit) and personnel and material support and maintenance handled at the squadron level.
The problems come in when the LCS has to operate for long periods away from that support and the 'crew' is not familiar with the vessel (each one develops its own personality,) or have not worked together and established a level cohesiveness, or there was improper turn-over between the 'crews'.
Of course it could simply be a matter that maintenance was either "gundecked" i.e., signed off but not performed, or it fell into the gray area of whether it's "contractor maintenance" or not.
[DAWN] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's grand mufti Sheikh Abdullah al-Sheikh during a television program said playing chess is forbidden in Islam, British newspaper The Guardian reported. "That which is not required is forbidden."
Responding to a question on a television show in which he issues fatwas (religious decrees) after listening to viewers' questions, Sheikh said playing the board game is 'haram' (forbidden) as it encourages gambling and is a waste of time.
He claimed that the game was "included under gambling" and was "a waste of time and money and a cause for hatred and enmity between players".
Al-Sheikh justified the ruling by referring to a verse in the Koran banning "intoxicants, gambling, idolatry and divination".
Iraq's Supreme Shia holy man Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani too had issued a decree terming the game 'haram mutlaqan' (forbidden absolutely or under any circumstances), with or without betting.
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Saud grandmasters' gambit -- it's deep!
"We can't catch this Mufti asleep,
So let us seek redress
By showing him speed chess,
And -- this is key -- calling pawns 'sheep!'"
[Mail] Soldiers have now been ordered to employ a reduced charge to cut down the level of noise, meaning they can only practise up to a range of 2,000 metres.
The 81mm has been long established with British troops, and was used by Allied forces during the Invasion of Normandy on D-Day in 1944.
The ranged explosive is used to this day by the British Army to pound insurgent positions, as well as to provide support to ground forces on an assault or during a retreat.
The Noise at Work rules could be overruled on operational grounds by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, but he is yet to intervene.
Parachute Regiment veteran Paul Biddiss told the Daily Mirror: 'This is Âridiculous. You have to be able to use a weapon system to its maximum capability.'
A senior military source added: 'The noise problem has been an issue for years but I didn't see any concern from politicians when we were using mortars in Helmand.'
The new rule comes following fears that many Afghan war veterans have sustained issues with their hearing due to being in regular proximity to mortar fire.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said: 'We keep our health and safety policies under constant review and are committed to ensuring Service personnel have appropriate protection during both training and operations.
Ay-Pee
The International Monetary Fund says Venezuela inflation will blow past 700 percent this year.
In a note published Friday, IMF Western Hemisphere Director Alejandro Werner said inflation would more than double in the economically struggling South American country in 2016, reaching 720 percent.
Venezuela already suffers from the world's highest inflation rate. The IMF estimates that inflation here was running at 275 percent last year.
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IMF estimates that inflation here was running at 275 percent last year.
[PJ Media] Conspiratorial explanations suddenly appear more rational than the official story. Did someone bribe someone to gain control of this cargo? Maybe Lockheed Martin was set up to make the delivery to Cuba look like a mistake instead of a decision? Did the U.S. government sell the missile to Cuba during the prelude to the reestablishment of U.S.-Cuban relations?
That last one should have been easy to dispose of. Yet it isn't now, because of the response of State Department Spokesman John Kirby. He was specifically asked whether the U.S. actually sold the missile to Cuba. Kirby answered:
I am restricted under federal law and regulations from commenting on the specific defense trade, licensing cases, and compliance matters. What I can say is under the Arms Export and Control Act, the State Department licenses both permanent and temporary exports by U.S. companies of regulated defense articles.
Not only is that not a denial, that's Kirby saying the Arms Export Control Act gives the State Department the right to grant licenses of military equipment. So Kirby chose that moment to affirm that the State Department has the right to sell "defense articles" to, say, Cuba. Further pressed by reporters, Kirby declined to say that the U.S. did not or would not authorize a transfer to Cuba.
At that time, Cuba was still on the State Department list of terror sponsoring countries.
Personally, if I were president under these circumstances, I wouldn't lift a finger to help any of these idiots.
North Korea said Friday it had arrested a US student who, under orders from Washington, had engaged in an unspecified "hostile act" after entering the country on a tourist visa.
The detention comes at a sensitive time, with the United States taking a leading role in efforts to secure tough international sanctions on North Korea over its latest nuclear test.
Pyongyang has a history of using foreign detainees as bargaining chips to extract concessions and high-profile visits to secure their release.
The student, identified as Otto Frederick Warmbier from the University of Virginia, had entered North Korea as a tourist "for the purpose of bringing down the foundation of its single-minded unity at the tacit connivance of the US government and under its manipulation," the North's official KCNA news agency said.
He was detained "while perpetrating a hostile act against the DPRK", it added, using the official acronym for North Korea.
China-based Young Pioneer Tours, which organises regular trips to North Korea, said Warmbier had been a member of a New Year tour and was arrested when the group was set to return to Beijing on January 2.
"We hope his release can be secured as soon as possible," the tour group said, adding that it was assisting the US State Department in the affair.
- 'Privacy considerations' -
State Department spokesman John Kirby, citing "privacy considerations," declined to comment beyond acknowledging the reports of Warmbier's arrest and stressing that the welfare of US citizens was always a top priority.
The United States has no diplomatic or consular relations with the North, and the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang provides limited consular services to US citizens detained there.
Warmbier becomes the third North American detained in North Korea, which last month sentenced a 60-year-old Canadian pastor to life imprisonment with hard labour on sedition charges.
During a recent interview that the pastor, Hyeon Soo Lim, gave to CNN in Pyongyang, the North presented another ethnic Korean prisoner, whom they said was a US citizen arrested for spying in October.
- High tensions -
The term "hostile act" is a catch-all accusation that has been levelled at numerous detained foreigners in the past -- covering a range of possible charges from espionage to illicit missionary work. It could also be that he took a picture of something that didn't exist in the worker's paradise.
The fact that Warmbier is accused of acting under US direction, would suggest he faces a spying charge.
The latest arrest comes months after the North released another male student -- a South Korean studying at New York University.
Arrested in April for illegal entry, Joo Won-Moon, who had permanent US residency, was freed in October through the border truce village of Panmunjom on the inter-Korean frontier.
Unlike some other foreign citizens detained in the North, Joo was never put on trial.
Several Americans have been held in North Korea in recent years, including the South Korean-born missionary Kenneth Bae, who was similarly charged with hostile acts and sentenced in 2013 to 15 years in prison.
Bae was released in November, 2014, along with fellow American Matthew Miller, after a secret mission to Pyongyang led by US intelligence chief James Clapper.
Tensions are currently running high on the Korean peninsula, as North Korea braces for fresh sanctions in the wake of the fourth nuclear test it carried out January 6.
The United States, along with allies Japan and South Korea, has led calls for a tough UN Security Council resolution that would impose economic penalties that go well beyond existing sanctions.
In a show of strength earlier this month, a nuclear-capable US B-52 bomber -- flanked by South Korean F-15 fighter jets and US F-16 planes -- flew a mission just south of the inter-Korea border.
Apparently these countries don't understand that Hillary is above the law and off-limits.
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says, "I think the odds are pretty high" countries like Iran, China, and Russia hacked Hillary Clinton's email server.
We at the Burg got there months ago...
It takes a while for things to get into the stratos of guv'mint service.
In an interview with Hugh Hewitt on Thursday, the former CIA director said "the Pentagon acknowledges that they get attacked about 100,000 times a day."
Hewitt asked Gates, "[A]re you surprised by the news that continues to come out about the former Secretary of State's server and the fact that the intelligence community's inspector general has said there was a lot of very highly classified information on her server?"
"Yeah, that's a concern for me," Gates said. "I never used email when I was head of CIA or head of the Department of Defense. As I used to joke, I didn't want to have some chief of station overseas email me and say he was going to do something if I didn't get back to him in three hours, and I would get back from a five hour hearing to discover I was two hours too late. I preferred dealing with people face to face and putting a signature on a piece of paper on matters of real national security and importance."
Hewitt followed up, "One of your colleagues, Mike Morell [Former Deputy Director of the CIA], said on this program, or actually agreed with my assertion that almost certainly, Russians, Chinese and Iranians had compromised the home brew server of the former Secretary of State. He agreed with that. Do you agree with his assessment of my assessment?"
"Well, given the fact that the Pentagon acknowledges that they get attacked about 100,000 times a day, I think the odds are pretty high," Gates insisted.
"And so if they had real time access to her server, would that have compromised national security," Hewitt asked.
"Well, again, it would depend entirely on what she put on there. And I just, I haven't read any of these emails, so I don't know what was on those servers."
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"Well, again, it would depend entirely on what she put on there. And I just, I haven't read any of these emails, so I don't know what was on those servers."
No worries, it was only some SAP stuff. We'd have to 'read you on' to the programs again Mr. Gates, in order for you to view them. [sarc off]
The positions the Hildebeest has held already establish her as an INSTANT 'high value target' for foreign intelligence exploitation. Her flagrant violation of security protocols and close connection to Huma Abedin, and through extension, Abedin's mother Saleha, along with Saleha's known MB connections make the compromise even more probable.
Gates is correct, compromise must absolutely be assumed. Also to be assumed [since she allegedly used no SIPR or JWICS accounts] is that the Hildebeest communicated with POTUS and other senior regime officials via these same UNCLAS systems. Little wonder the FBI has a reported 150 agents assigned to this case, the roots of compromise could potentially be endless. One must wonder what these 150 agents might be attending to if not diverted to cover this investigation.
Even more troubling is the inattention [or denial] by our own very large 'Cyber-Security' apparatus. Gates admitted 100k hacker hits per day which provides not only frequency but origins as well, along with a vector to the type of information sought, ie, foreign intelligence 'gaps.'
Aside from the untold cost of years of compromise of data through foreign exploitation, our entire communications security system and enforcement mechanisms are now effectively gutted and made useless.
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If some of the stuff on Hillary's server might have been SAP, does that mean only people read into all those programs are allowed to look for those potential e-mails?
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Even if we knew for certain the Russians, Chinese and Iranians did read it, the one group that will never be allowed to read them will be the American public.
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If some of the stuff on Hillary's server might have been SAP, does that mean only people read into all those programs are allowed to look for those potential e-mails?
Precisely. Program 'Indoctrination' or "Read-On's" are done individually and require signatures and dates, both coming in and going out [as in, 'read-off' to this or that program]. Control lists are maintained of everyone "Read-On"... or at least they were maintained at one time.
"Read-On" indicates you are authorized to discuss the program with other personnel who have also been "Read-On" and have a 'need-to-know. This is generally verified and controlled by a SAP Manager.
"Read-Off" means you are no longer authorized to discuss the program with anyone.
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Once a SAP program is compromised, (expensive) steps need to be taken to deal with the breach. Good God....
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Yes Sven, you are correct. A thorough 'Damage Assessment' must be done on each program and potential compromise. If the compromise is serious enough, the program is terminated.
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As anyone who has had SAP access knows it is the content, not the markings that determine the classification and handling required. It is impossible for Hillary and those who transposed the material out of JWICS or SIPERNET of to know what they were doing was a felony and criminal each time. Her claim that lack of markings is both meaningless in terms of obligation to know the contents classification and actually an admission of abysmal stupidity if actually true. When will someone of integrity on the left in media rise to challenge her? Or have I asked an oxymoron ?
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N., yes. In fact failing to mark such information is an additional crime all by itself.
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The list of potential LEAKER/Violator candidates appears to be narrowing. To pass 'SAP' info or documents to someone else, one would logically have to be READ-ON and have access to the program or programs.
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Back in the days when I had access to that kind of information (on a daily basis, 70+% of the time I was in the military), there was a person known as the Special Security Officer (SSO) whose job was to ensure people who needed access got it, and people who didn't, were denied. It's not just Hillary that needs to hang about this, but dozens of other people who had access to material they probably shouldn't have, and who were not properly vetted -- starting with Huma Abden. If indictments don't get issued by the bushel, there will have been the most blatant ignoring of law this nation has seen in generations. I want to see Hillary in orange jump suits for the rest of her (hopefully short and unpleasant) life.
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[DAWN] The country suffered a major power breakdown on Thursday, leaving the capital Islamabad and countless other areas in Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... (KP), Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... and Azad Jammu and Kashmire (AJK) without electricity for hours. Avoiding single point of failure implies lack of faith in Allah. Cut your hand off, dammit.
An official from the ministry of water and power told DawnNews that a fault in the 500kv transmission line at the Guddu power plant led to the shutting down of Mangla, Tarbela and Ghazi Barotha power stations, leaving a major part of the country without power.
The sudden power failure left the National Assembly building in the dark during an ongoing session while a number of other official buildings were also left without electricity.
This is the second major breakdown of the power system within the past week.
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[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] A Pak boy says he has no regrets about cutting off his own hand after being accused of blasphemy. And welcome to the lack of it he is. Stupid schit.
In his first interview since the incident made global headlines, 15-year-old Qaiser told the BBC: "Why should I feel any pain or trouble in cutting off the hand that was raised against the Holy Prophet?"
Qaiser took his drastic action after mistakenly raising his hand when a holy man asked if anyone present did not believe in the teachings of Islam's holy prophet Mohammed.
Although the story has horrified an international audience, it has made fewer waves in Pakistain where blasphemy remains an offence punishable by death -- whether delivered by courts or mobs. Amputating his own hand may have saved his life.
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Give him six months, when he realizes he'll never be able to earn enough to support a wife.
After two days of respite from the sandstorm and rains that enveloped Israel earlier this week, the country is poised for a lengthier episode of thunderous storms forecasted to start on Saturday.
Flood conditions, strong winds, unseasonable cold and possible snowfall are expected to batter the region beginning on Shabbat and continuing on for at least several days after.
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If it's Washington State, the electricity's made from falling water.
In a way, the whole "Carbon tax" thing is a Bill of Attainder on people who don't have Grand Coulee Dam in their backyard. The rich bastards need to be taxed to make up the hole they've voted in our pockets.
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essentially, they are building a methanol plant in the US that will produce methanol at about $70/barrel and cost, say $10/barrel to ship to China instead of building more plants in China that produce methanol at, say $130/barrel
makes sense if the cost of natural gas in the US stays low and the cost of natural gas and coal in China stays high but not otherwise - if China had US technology, their natural gas production would soar
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What lord garth said. The markup on petrochemical products has to be seen to be believed!
For for both Oil and natural gas, profit wise energy production is a loss leader to the petro chemical industry. For fun, look up the cost of a barrel of methanol and contrast with the price of 50 gallons of gas at your local gas station.
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There are small fuel cells that use highly purified methanol as the hydrogen part of the fuel. Not cheap but handy in special situations. EFOY FUEL CELLS
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[Mail] A regional director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has resigned in connection with the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
Susan Hedman, the head of the agency's regional office in Chicago whose jurisdiction includes the state, will step down on February 1 so the government can focus solely on the crisis in the city.
An Obama-appointed official resigned? Wow, must be really bad...
High levels of lead have been detected in the impoverished city's water since officials switched from the Detroit municipal system and began drawing from the Flint River as a cost-saving measure in April 2014.
Some children's blood has tested positive for lead, a potent neurotoxin linked to learning disabilities, lower IQ and behavioral problems.
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High levels of lead have been detected in the impoverished city's water since officials switched from the Detroit municipal system and began drawing from the Flint River as a cost-saving measure in April 2014.
That would be - Donk city officials
who were seeking 'cost-saving' measures to cover union 'negotiated' wages and pensions.
Remember - it's for the children.
Of course the desperate guilty parties want to blame the Trunk governor.
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You know why Fields said don't drink the water? "Because fish f*ck in it..."
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She refused to issue the report on contaminated water until negotiations on what to do about it were finished. This was last April. The govourner wasn't informed until late September so, since he's a Republican and the mayors of Flint and Detroit as well as the EPA official are Democrats, blame the Republican.
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At the risk of going full sci-nerd, the lead is not in the river water. The river water has high levels of chloride which leaches lead from Flint's ancient plumbing (most of which is residential, I'd wager).
Proper water treatment removes the chloride. The Detroit water system does this, for example.
Flint itself is a classic Michigan third world city. The State appointed the first emergency city manager to help the city get it's act together back around 2002
#6
linked to learning disabilities, lower IQ and behavioral problems.
Much like Islam which, I believe, is also very common in Flint.
"Because fish f*ck in it..."
Technically I don't think fish f*ck at all. The female lays the eggs and the male spooches all over them to fertilize them. Probably not that much fun for either one.
Of course you do have all that excess Spooch in the water... Drink Up!
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The #FlintWaterCrisis has captured the nation’s attention: many pundits have seized upon the fact Michigan is governed by a Republican, Rick Snyder, and have thus spun the disaster as one primarily caused by conservative indifference to poor black people. During last Sunday’s Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton explicitly blamed the crisis on Snyder’s leadership. . . .
She reiterated this stance during an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, who holds the same view. Michael Moore, who hails from Flint, all but accused Snyder of pouring lead in the water supply himself. Elsewhere at Salon, writer Elias Isquith blamed “austerity,” since the root of the problem was the decision to seek a more efficient, cheaper water supply. That decision was not made by Snyder, nor was it made by his emergency financial manager, a Democrat. In fact, Flint’s own city council and mayor approved the idea. State treasurer Andy Dillon—also a Democrat—signed off on it.
In hindsight, the execution of the decision to seek a new water supply was a disaster of epic proportions. But it is one entirely caused by government actors—most of them local government actors—and ignored by regulators until it was too late. The people who have thus far done too little to fix the crisis are also government actors—at the local, state, and even federal levels. Flint is mostly a failure of governance, not a failure of markets.
At the same time, let’s not forget the reason why local authorities felt the need to find a cheaper water source: Flint is broke and its desperately poor citizens can’t afford higher taxes to pay the pensions of city government retirees. As recently as 2011, it would have cost every person in Flint $10,000 each to cover the unfunded legacy costs of the city’s public employees.
The #FlintWaterCrisis is not a blueprint for what would happen if libertarians abolished government and let poor people drink poisoned water, as some enemies of free markets are no doubt claiming. Instead, it’s a great example of government failing to efficiently provide even the most basic of public services due to a characteristically toxic combination of administrative bloat and financial mismanagement.
Posted by: Deacon Blues ||
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Lead and copper are part of the EPA's list of primary contaminants. If water is acidic, it can leach out copper from pipes in homes, and lead from the old 50%lead/50%tin solder joints in copper tubing in residences. This type of solder was outlawed in 1986. Water can be made more alkaline by adding chemicals like soda ash. So there are ways to mitigate lead and copper in domestic water by slightly changing its chemistry.
So the problem is due to old solder joints and lack of lead and copper control water treatment, which goes back to a bankrupt city that does not meet its basic responsibilities.
Detroit municipal water was not such a bad bargain. And the responsibility was on Detroit to do the proper testing at their treatment plants. Flint just had to do some quality control monitoring. Idiots. It is Flint's problem, not the Michigan governor's.
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Yep. "Municipal Water Supply"
Posted by: Frank G ||
01/22/2016 21:17 Comments ||
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