Daily : Monday, March 21

Clinton email reveals: Google sought overthrow of Syria’s Assad | Washington Examiner

in 2012 sought to help insurgents overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to State Department emails receiving fresh scrutiny this week.

Mishawaka City Council to consider seeking public input on county-wide dining tax – 953MNC.com

Mishawaka City Council will consider a resolution Monday night, March 21, to seek public input and research about a potential food and beverage tax in St. Joseph County that would benefit the Potawatomi Zoo.

Michigan To Let Students Choose Gender, Name And Bathroom

Michigan is the latest state to throw common sense out the window, and allow people (in this case children) to choose their gender on a whim, without any credible evidence from the professionals.

Video Obama Says America Can Learn From Cuba On Human Rights | The Daily Caller

“Our starting point is that we have two different systems,” explained. “What I have said to President Castro, is that we are moving forward and not looking backwards.”

Florida Man Charged With Stealing BMW That He Tried To Buy With Food Stamps

Florida Man is at it again. This time, he attempted to answer the question: “Why buy food, when you can get a really ugly instead?” Authorities say that he’s been charged with stealing a car after a dealership declined his offer to purchase it with .

Tim Cook starts today’s Apple event with some words for the FBI

That’s how CEO started today’s live “Loop You In” event, with a message about privacy, security and encryption. Cook said that Apple has a responsibility to protect its customers’ data, noting that many people view their mobile devices as extensions of themselves.

Court: Woman gets windfall from dead ex-husband’s insurance – Elkhart Truth

A woman can collect a $120,000 insurance windfall after the death of her former husband, despite their divorce years ago, the Michigan appeals court says.

Jared Fogle Got His Ass Kicked In Prison Because He Was The ‘Teacher’s Pet’

More details are coming out about ‘s prison ass kicking and it seems like the former Subway spokesman was targeted by other inmates because he was the “‘s pet”.

Students freak out after teacher shows video of ISIS beheading…

A Bronx middle-school teacher rattled her students — including one who was near tears — by showing an video of a terrorist beheading a journalist, documents show.

Rhode Island Bill Would Criminalize Offensive Speech – Progressives Today

The proposed legislation, promoted by Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, would criminalize folks who say the wrong things on social media, such as what happens when one trolls another.

Rhode Island Wants to Criminalize Latchkey, Recess When It’s Cold Outside – Hit & Run : Reason.com

Congratulations, Rhode Island: Looks like the government is about to become the proud parent of every child in the state.

HuffPo Scrambles To Fix E-Cig Story Amid Torrent Of Criticism

The Huffington Post has made a series of corrections to an error-strewn video featuring Dr. Margaret Cuomo, sister of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, claiming e-cigarettes are just as dangerous as tobacco cigarettes.

SCOTUS Goes Postal, Says You Can’t Carry Guns Here

The Supreme Court has apparently gone postal, and has decided that you do not have the right to bear arms in the Post Office, or even lock up your gun in the parking lot of postal facilities.

Supreme Court Vacates Massachusetts Ruling That Found Stun Guns Ineligible for 2nd Amendment Protections – Hit & Run : Reason.com

According to the Massachusetts high court, Caetano’s conviction must stand because a stun gun “is not the type of weapon that is eligible for Second Amendment protection.” Today the U.S. Supreme Court vacated that judgment and ordered the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts to rehear the case.

How High Cigarette Taxes Fund Global Terrorism | The Daily Caller

Fifteen of the world’s leading terrorist organizations regularly turn to black market tobacco for financing.

The Myth of Sustainable Power from Renewables – IER

Tasmania, until recently, had generated almost all its power from renewable energy, touting its “clean, green” image. However, a number of events, including extra­ordinary weather, mismanagement, a catastrophic technical failure and a carbon tax, have put the island into an energy crisis where 20 portable diesel generators had to be rushed to the island to keep the lights on at a cost of $44 million just to set up. [i]

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: WHEN LIBERALS HATE ALMONDS. “Should the great California almond boom be celeb…

“Should the great California almond boom be celebrated? Doesn’t it represent the growing prosperity of California farmers and rural communities following years of agricultural depression? Aren’t a healthy and versatile food source that uniquely fit twenty-first-century tastes and diets? Isn’t the upsurge in production helping America win billions of dollars from trade?”

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 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 , 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 Show Prep: Tuesday, March 15

Daily : Tuesday, March 15

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

In sometimes caustic language, the government had claimed Apple 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 FBI 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 , 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.

Bans on Bondage and Spanking During Sex Could Be OK, Says Federal Court – Hit & Run : Reason.com

According to a new federal decision, Americans have no constitutional right to engage in consensual because “sexual activity that involves binding and gagging or the use of physical force such as spanking or choking poses certain inherent risks to personal safety.”

Obama Admin Pushes Federal Funding to Fix Diaper Inequality | Truth Revolt

Only in the alternate universe of Leftism would a shortage of diapers “lead to child abuse.”

Text – H.Res.642 – 114th Congress (2015-2016): Recognizing magic as a rare and valuable art form and national treasure. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

Recognizing as a rare and valuable art form and national treasure.

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Hillary Clinton: We Didn’t Lose A Single Person In Libya

“Now, is perfect? It isn’t,” Clinton said. After contrasting her approach toward Libya with the ongoing bloodshed in Syria’s civil war, Clinton said “Libya was a different kind of calculation and we didn’t lose a single person … We didn’t have a problem in supporting our European and Arab allies in working with NATO.”

Report Finds Registered Lobbyists Among Democratic Superdelegates

A new report found that some Democratic are also registered lobbyists.

RNC Rules Comm. Member: Every Delegate At GOP Convention Not Bound On First Ballot

As most of you know, I have been defending the right of the to the Republican National to vote according to their personal choice in all matters to come before the Republican National Convention, including the vote to nominate the Republican Candidate for President, for several years.

Of course, the Ron Paul delegates were planning on using this ‘non-bound’ strategy, and the RNC actively worked to prevent it. Now they promote it as a legitimate way to steal an election.

Hillary’s vow to kill coal miners’ jobs finishes a vast Democratic betrayal | New York Post

“We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business,” Clinton said Sunday night while boasting about her clean energy program

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders advocates rail system to ‘take trucks off the roads’ | Overdrive – Owner Operators Trucking Magazine

It’s unclear whether he meant all trucks or just some trucks, but speaking this weekend, presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders, running as a Democrat, told a crowd of supporters the U.S. could do “incredible things” like building a rail system to “take trucks off the roads” if he’s elected president.

Kalamazoo shooting suspect says he was being controlled by Uber app – 953MNC.com

Jason Dalton is charged with murder and attempted murder in the Kalamazoo-area shootings Feb. 20 outside a restaurant and at a car lot. Two people survived, including a woman shot elsewhere.