Tuesday, March 22 – Hour 2 Podcast

Marines Will Get ‘Reeducated’ To Erase ‘Unconscious Bias’ Against Women

Topics include unconscious bias, which focuses on how people prejudge others based on factors such as race and gender, and principles of institutional change.

Alcohol or Marijuana, Which Is More Dangerous While Driving? | The Daily Caller

Published in the journal Addiction, the study investigated how likely drivers who had been using cannabis were to get into a car accident. The researchers looked at 20 studies and two meta-analyses published between 1982 and 2015.

Gov. Mike Pence signs bill eliminating ISTEP exam – 953MNC.com

Gov. has signed a bill into law that will repeal the deeply unpopular student exam by July of next year.

Teen Wins Job After Stopping Robber In Interview – 60abc

18-year old Devin Washington was at the fast food restaurant, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, in eastern New Orleans last Saturday for a job interview. A man walked in and asked to make some changes, but when the cashier opened the change drawer he reached over in an effort to steal money.

VA Worker Gets Job Back After Armed Robbery | The Daily Caller

A Department of Veterans Affairs employee in Puerto Rico was fired after being arrested for armed , but her quickly got her reinstated

 

Apple wants to know how the FBI will hack its phone

This afternoon the Department of Justice asked the courts to vacate tomorrow’s hearing concerning the 5C in the custody of the . The government had asked for to help it circumvent the phone’s security. But at the last minute, stated that it had found another party to help it get what it wants out the of phone. Apple would like to know who that is and what they plan to do with the phone.

 

Daily : Tuesday, March 22

The Latest: Anti-terror raids in Belgium turn up nail bomb – Yahoo News

Investigators also found chemical products and an Islamic State flag.

Police Arrest Two In Brussels Terrorist Attacks

Armed police have arrested two men and already have CCTV of one of the airport bombers including the moment he detonated his suicide belt, MailOnline can reveal.

Raw Video Inside Airport After Terrorist Attack In Brussels

Via the AP:

Belgium Warned of Attacks. It Wasn’t Enough. – Bloomberg View

Only days ago in Brussels, as Western leaders celebrated the arrest of a key terrorist suspect, Belgian officials warned that there were dozens more jihadists at large in the city and that more attacks were being planned. They couldn’t have known how right they were.

VIDEO=> Brussels Bombing Witness: “I Heard Allahu Akbar. It Happened Very Quickly” – The Gateway Pundit

One suicide bomb went off and at least one suitcase bomb at the Brussels airport.

Brussels attacks: Mormon missionaries, American military family among injured – CBS News

Several Americans are among the casualties of the attacks at an airport and metro stration in Brussels on Tuesday.

FLASHBACK: Brussels Ridiculed Idea Of Islamic Violence In Ad | The Daily Caller

In the wake of Tuesday’s deadly bombing that killed at least 34 people, Brussels officials may regret an advertisement two months ago ridiculing the idea the city was a center of Islamic

Flashback: New York Times mocked Trump for saying “there is something bad going on” in Brussels « Hot Air

Of course, much of the media was singing a different tune only two months ago when The Donald had the audacity to point out some of the problems in Brussels, saying Trump had found “a new city to insult.”

After Brussels, Trump, Cruz slam Obama, call for halts to immigration programs | Fox News

“The first job of the president is to be commander in chief,” Cruz told Fox following the morning rush-hour attacks that killed at least 31 people in a Brussels airport and on the city’s subway system. “It’s unconscionable. It needs to change. … If I am president, I will destroy ISIS.”

French President Francois Hollande: This Was an Attack on All of Europe

“Through the attacks in Brussels, the whole of Europe has been hit ,” Hollande said. “France will implacably continue the fight against terrorism both on the international level and at home.”

Before We Know Much of Anything About Brussels Attack, Encryption Fears Already Invoked – Hit & Run : Reason.com

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of the House’s Intelligence Committee. We have no idea if communication encryption played any role in planning these attacks, but Schiff wants to have it both ways by bringing it up as an issue while not trying to speculate the facts. From The Hill:

Paris terrorists used burner phones, not encryption, to evade detection | Ars Technica

New details of the attacks carried out last November reveal that it was the consistent use of prepaid burner phones, not encryption, that helped keep the terrorists off the radar of the intelligence services.

Harrowing New Details Released About The Paris Terror Attacks Confirm That The Attackers Were ANIMALS

Marines Will Get ‘Reeducated’ To Erase ‘Unconscious Bias’ Against Women

Topics include unconscious bias, which focuses on how people prejudge others based on factors such as race and gender, and principles of institutional change.

Alcohol or Marijuana, Which Is More Dangerous While Driving? | The Daily Caller

Published in the journal Addiction, the study investigated how likely drivers who had been using cannabis were to get into a car accident. The researchers looked at 20 studies and two meta-analyses published between 1982 and 2015.

Gov. Mike Pence signs bill eliminating ISTEP exam – 953MNC.com

Gov. has signed a bill into law that will repeal the deeply unpopular student exam by July of next year.

Teen Wins Job After Stopping Robber In Interview – 60abc

18-year old Devin Washington was at the fast food restaurant, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, in eastern New Orleans last Saturday for a job interview. A man walked in and asked to make some changes, but when the cashier opened the change drawer he reached over in an effort to steal money.

VA Worker Gets Job Back After Armed Robbery | The Daily Caller

A Department of Veterans Affairs employee in Puerto Rico was fired after being arrested for armed , but her union quickly got her reinstated

Goodbye, ISTEP! Indiana to ditch unpopular test

Likely to a collective sigh of relief from students and educators across Indiana, state officials announced Tuesday it will get rid of the unpopular ISTEP test.

Apple wants to know how the FBI will hack its phone

This afternoon the Department of Justice asked the courts to vacate tomorrow’s hearing concerning the iPhone 5C in the custody of the FBI. The government had asked for Apple to help it circumvent the phone’s security. But at the last minute, stated that it had found another party to help it get what it wants out the of phone. Apple would like to know who that is and what they plan to do with the phone.

Considering the FBI hasn’t been interested in getting into just one phone, it looks like they have a secret third party that has blown iOS up, and can give the feds a backdoor.

John McAfee lied about San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone hack to ‘get a s**tload of public attention’

McAfee has been on a media tour discussing a court order that directs Apple to write custom code to help the FBI access a terrorist’s iPhone. The method McAfee says he would use to break open the phone, he admitted to the Daily Dot, is false.

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Join Forces to Create New Email Encryption Protocol

A group of independent security researchers and major Silicon Valley tech giants have submitted last Friday, March 18, 2016, a proposal for a new email protocol called SMTP STS (Strict Transport Security).

Chaffetz wants to take guns away from ‘Rambo’ BLM, Forest Service agents | Deseret News

Law enforcement agents with the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service are too “Rambo” to Rep. Jason ‘s liking, so he wants to take away their and authority.

Crazy Liberal Professor Calls 911 On ROTC, Vows To Keep Doing So

Prof. Heidi Czerwiec, an associate professor of English at the University of North Dakota (UND), claims she is so enraged that ROTC cadets are practicing maneuvers at the university, that she plans to call the police every time she sees them.

California Allows Non-Citizens to Vote, Which is Illegal, So Every California Vote should be Disqualified – Eagle Rising

The official number of in the state of California is nearly 3 million. We can estimate the number to be more than double this amount in reality.

Tuesday, March 15 – Hour 1 Podcast

Apple: government ‘intended to smear’ us in digital privacy fight with FBI | Technology | The Guardian

In sometimes caustic language, the government had claimed had declared itself “the primary guardian of Americans’ privacy”.

A local Sheriff sent a brazen threat to Apple’s CEO, but it will probably only help the tech company

A Polk County threatened to cut in front of the and the judicial system to lock up the “rascal” , Apple’s CEO.

President Obama weighs in on hacking the San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone, saying this about personal privacy and encryption – Rare

“If, technologically, it is possible to make an impenetrable device or system, where the encryption is so strong that there is no key, there is no door at all, then how do we apprehend the child pornographer?”

DSpace@MIT: Keys Under Doormats: Mandating insecurity by requiring government access to all data and communications

Twenty years ago, law enforcement organizations lobbied to require data and communication services to engineer their products to guarantee law enforcement access to all data. After lengthy debate and vigorous predictions of enforcement channels going dark, these attempts to regulate the emerging Internet were abandoned.

Should landlords in South Bend be required to register with the city? – 953MNC.com

Landlords would pay a one-time fee of $5 to add all of their properties to the registry, Scott said. Landlords who do not sign up for the registry would be fined $500, while landlords who provide false information would be fined $2,500.

Landlord registry proposed in South Bend – South Bend Tribune: Local

Currently, many rental properties are owned by limited liability companies, or LLCs, linked to anonymous post office boxes or third-party agents, making it difficult for police, code enforcement or housing officials to determine ownership when issues arise.

 

Daily : Thursday, March 10

Smoking ban to be considered again by South Bend Common Council – 953MNC.com

“Ultimately it comes down to public health and protecting employees,” Ferlic told the Tribune. He proposed similar ordinances twice before, but they didn’t pass.

Is It Safe Yet to Have an Honest Conversation About Secondhand Smoke and Lung Cancer? – Hit & Run : Reason.com

Several years ago I was talking to an epidemiologist who is skeptical of the idea that smokers pose a mortal threat to people in their vicinity.

Lungs from heavy smokers may be effective for double-lung transplant

Lungs from heavy smokers may be effective for double-lung transplant

Show Prep: Tuesday, June 12, 2012

“The results do not support a causal relationship between environmental tobacco smoke and tobacco-related mortality. The association between tobacco smoke and coronary heart disease and lung cancer may be considerably weaker than generally believed.”

California Town Rocklin Considering Total Outdoor Smoking Ban — Even on Private Property

California Town Rocklin Considering Total Outdoor — Even on Private Property

Dan Coats is angry about ‘hangry’ study funded with taxpayer dollars – 953MNC.com

U.S. Sen. is fed up with a recent study on whether or not “” exists.

Here’s Sen. Coats (R-IN) doing a terrible job of explaining ‘hangry.’ This is a story from March 2015 fyi, but he finally learned of it.

UK Government Spends $54,000 On Toilet Based Art | The Daily Caller

Toilets are deeply problematic for feminists because they reinforce the idea that there are differences between men and women, according to research that cost U.K. taxpayers $53,731.

Boy Named Goodell Proves Tom Brady’s Deflategate Innocence at Seventh Grade Science Fair | VICE Sports

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Namibia Crushes Anti-Hunters By Banning All Hunting Bans | The Daily Caller

According to All Africa, the cabinet voted to go on the record as a pro-hunting nation, opposing any and all hunting bans-and to campaign against any bans proposed in the future. Cabinet members were directed to promote the through public forums and to “communicate at all possible opportunities its importance to national conservation and sustainable development programs.” So let’s help them spread the news!

Poetic Justice: Judge Slams NLRB for Not Bargaining in Good Faith with Its Own Union | U.S. Chamber of Commerce

As they say: What goes around, comes around.

AG Lynch Testifies: Justice Dept. Has ‘Discussed’ Civil Legal Action Against Climate Change Deniers | TheBlaze.com

“This matter has been discussed. We have received information about it and have referred it to the to consider whether or not it meets the criteria for which we could take action on,” Lynch answered. “I’m not aware of a civil referral at this time.”

One-Year Anniversary Of Hillary UN Speech | The Daily Caller

Thursday marks the one year anniversary of Clinton’s UN press conference in which she first publicly addressed her use of a private email system as secretary of state, and the Republican political action committee America Rising is out with a video to commemorate the event.

Army Seminar Warned Soldiers About The Dangers Of ‘White Privilege’ | The Daily Caller

The government watchdog group Judicial Watch has obtained documents showing the U.S. held a seminar in April 2015 for 400 soldiers of the 67th Signal Battalion at Fort Gordon on “.”

FBI could force us to turn on iPhone cameras and microphones, says Apple | Technology | The Guardian

If the FBI wins in its case against to help it unlock the San Bernardino killer’s 5C, it won’t be long before the government forces Apple to turn on users’ iPhone cameras and microphones to spy on them, according to the company’s head of services Eddy Cue.

Senate bill will impose fines on tech companies that refuse to unlock smartphones | ZDNet

The bill would compel companies to comply with court orders to bypass the security of devices or “backdoor” the encryption, or face civil fines, similar to contempt of court charges.

Surprise! NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing that has nothing to do with terrorism – The Washington Post

What does this rule change mean for you? In short, domestic law enforcement officials now have access to huge troves of American communications, obtained without warrants, that they can use to put people in cages.