Taxing...

New York lawmakers have a potent incentive to help make sure they pass a $175 billion state budget by Sunday's deadline: A $10,000 pay raise.

The state's 213 lawmakers are scheduled to see their base pay increased from $110,000 to $120,000 on Jan. 1, 2020, as part of a three-year schedule approved by the state Compensation Committee last year.

The raise takes effect only upon the "timely legislative passage of the budget."   

Agency commissioners appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as well as the state attorney general and comptroller, are also due a Jan. 1 raise that will take effect only if the budget is on time.

Assembly Democrats appeared to clear one of the major remaining hurdles, saying they back congestion pricing, a new tax on drivers below 61st Street in Manhattan.

Raises were also recommended for Cuomo to make $250,000 a year by 2021.

Taxing the people of New York, is the goal for these Democrats while give the corporation prime land and billions of dollars in breaks.

Borders...

The United States was home to 12.2 million in 2007, according to the most recent Pew Research Center estimates. This decade a decrease in unauthorized immigrants from Mexico, even as the numbers from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras increased. Meanwhile, a growing share of unauthorized immigrants had arrived legally and then overstayed their visas.

More recent data from the federal government show that 2018 saw an uptick in border apprehensions. There were nearly 467,000 apprehensions at the southwest border last year, the most in any calendar year since at least 2012. Still, the number of apprehensions in 2018 remained far below the more than 1 million apprehensions per fiscal year routinely recorded during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border survived a critical vote in the House, as Democrats failed to override his veto.    

In February 2019,  76,103 illegal without the needed documentation to enter the U.S. either presented themselves at legal ports of entry or were apprehended by Border Patrol between ports of entry.

Most likely the illegals problem will help the president  in the next election particularly that the Democrats are in hiding. Just a thought.

Extortion...

 

Sex-related extortion rose 30 percent in the U.K. in the last year alone, the National Crime Agency said.

The nature of the sextortion  seems to be changing. Young men are the main victims, and are increasingly being targeted by individuals, especially by females.

Victims are befriended on dating apps including Tinder and Grinder, and then blackmailed when they share photos or information that may be embarrassing.

 Extortionists demanding money from men/ women by using threats to report their requests for explicit photos to police or their sexual practices to family members.

The criminals are often acting alone, but investigators found that the crimes were mostly carried out by overseas organized groups.

Spyware...

A research conducted by associates of Security Without Borders organization along with Motherboard has revealed that government spyware that infected hundreds of people through the official Google Play Store.

The malware was tracked as Exodus, after the name of the command and control servers the malicious apps connected to. More than 20 malicious apps went unnoticed by Google over the course of roughly two years.

According to Motherboard, the Android surveillance malware on the Google Play store that was sold to the Italian government by a company that sells surveillance cameras. This company is not known to produce malware, and if confirmed this is the first surveillance software associated with it.

The researchers argue that the surveillance operation might have targeted also innocent victims because the spyware was poorly developed, a circumstance that is confirmed makes the software illegal.

The Exodus surveillance malware was hidden in look like harmless apps that propose promotions and marketing offers from local Italian cellphone providers, other apps involved in the campaign were designed to improve the device’s performance.

Hack...

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the richest man in the world, just publicly admitted that he sent nude selfies to his girlfriend.  In 2019, if someone is sending nudes to a partner, who really cares?

Bezos’s post comes at a time when leaks of nude selfies have become common place for celebrities. No one wants to have private pictures made public, but it’s increasingly acknowledged that sending naked photos to a partner is a relatively normal thing to do. 

Whatever the case, the release of nude photos would certainly be embarrassing for him but hardly damning.

A 2018 study found that more than 80 percent of adults had sent sexually suggestive texts in the past year.

Meanwhile, nude photos of celebrities have become public as a result of hacks.  

This is an invasion of privacy.

Sia

The singer doesn't reveal her face during appearences.

Australian singer-songwriter Sia Furler has released a nude photo of herself.

The daring move was the Chandelier hit-maker's ultimate response to being faced with a nude photo leak.

She decided to take matters into her own hands after she was informed that someone was shopping naked photos of her to the highest bidder. She beat them to the punch, sharing the nude snap in an angry Twitter post.

The photo tweeted by the star belongs to the photographer, who is believed to have captured the invasive pictures from a distance without permission.

The publication claims the snapper has promised an 'additional 14 images' to whoever chooses to purchase the nude photos.

AFG...

Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has a plan to break up big tech companies. The proposal entails appointing a bunch of regulators to undo mergers that her administration would deem anti-competitive.  

Warren's plan wouldn't only strip the incentive for big companies to invest in growth and innovation; it would inhibit small-business innovation, as well. It's true that Big Tech frequently swallows enterprises to eliminate competition. Yet many times smaller tech firms don't have access to capital that allows them to bring big ideas to fruition, or they simply can't take the risk. Big corporations can do both.

The fact that Facebook, Google and Amazon didn't even exist 25 years ago tells us the exact opposite. It highlights how quickly innovative ideas can transform the marketplace in an era of relative deregulation. I'd tell you to ask the executives at Woolworth's or Blockbuster -- and soon AOL, MySpace and Sears -- but there aren't any. 

Apple or Amazon were early adapters of the market's new realities. Now, some of their businesses are forced to compete with other giants like Walmart or Samsung. This has been beneficial for consumers. Now, if Twitter and Facebook want to stay on top, they probably should stop antagonizing half of their marketplace. Then again, in 25 years, it's quite likely that a bunch of new platforms will overtake both, no matter what they do. 

Wish that she comes up with a plan to build roads, bridges,  other than break things down or tax the citizens. 

Illusion...

Hopes...

Nevada...

A former Nevada state assemblywoman said  that former Vice President Joe Biden made her feel "uneasy, gross, and confused" in 2014 when, at a campaign rally in Nevada, she said he kissed her on the back of the head.

Lucy Flores wrote about her allegations in an essay for The Cut, an arm of New York magazine, saying the encounter with Biden occurred sidestage during a November 2014 event when she was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of the state.  

In poll after poll of the 2020 Democratic primary so far, former Vice President Joe Biden keeps on leading.

But the big question is whether that lead will prove durable once the campaign gets serious  or whether it will evaporate, as several past national frontrunners’ early leads have once exposed to reality. 

 Her account comes as Biden is considering a bid for president in 2020. He is expected to announce his decision as soon as April.

The Democrats are trying to get rid of the leading candidate. He is out before he is in. 

Just a thought.

Swooosh...

One Democratic hopeful to run for the president of 2020.

Sitting...

Movie...

Burn...

What happened to the Democratic party as it comes to the Green New Deal. Where is Schumer and Pelosi who never let an occasion to blame someone else for whatever.

Did the young Dems just stepped over the line and needed to learn a lesson and that lessen was delivered a slap to the face by Dems and Republicans together in one humiliating message, stand in line?

Just a thought.

Gone...

The hopes of the Media, CNN, MSNBC, and the Democrats have gone up in smoke again and again. Trump, kavanough and Muller.

More...

The Democrats in New York are discussing the State budget of 187 Billion Dollars.  Now since the majority in Albany are Democrats, it is the time to tax every one they can. From Congestion pricing that they cause themselves, to Marijuana, and in between including paper bags in the grocery stores, while the waste continue. What a disgrace. 
Just a thought.

Measel...

Rockland County has declared a state of emergency over the ongoing measles outbreak, with Executive Ed Day announcing that non-vaccinated minors are now barred from public places. 

Now in effect, anyone who is under 18 years of age and is not vaccinated against the measles is prohibited from public places until the declaration expires in 30 days or until they receive the MMR vaccination.

Officials said law enforcement will not be patrolling the streets or asking for vaccination records, but if someone is found in violation of the declaration, their case will be referred to the district attorney's office. 

Parents will also be held accountable for their children if they are found in violation of the state of emergency, and could face fines and possible jail time. 

Splindered...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell held a procedural vote on the resolution — a wide-ranging progressive wish list aimed at making the US carbon-neutral by 2030 — this week, in an effort to get Democrats on the record about their support for the ambitious proposal.

Nearly all members of the Democratic caucus voted “present” when the resolution came up for a vote, with just four breaking and voting against it. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Doug Jones (D-AL), all lawmakers from more moderate or conservative states voted “No” on the resolution.

Sen. Angus King (I-ME), an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, also voted against it.

Democrats predominately voted “present” on the resolution as a means of calling out Republicans, who had set up this vote to highlight potential splits in the Democratic caucus and force lawmakers to splinter from a high-profile, progressive idea.

Why did the Democrats just let her sink so early? And if the deal was worth it, why didn't the seniors championed it?

What is the Democratic ideas of working for the little people instead of taxing as much as they can? Just a thought.

Mary...

Mary Mallon also known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-American cook. She was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever. 

She was presumed to have infected 51 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook.^[1] She was twice forcibly isolated by public health authorities and died after a total of nearly three decades in isolation.

From 1900 to 1907, Mallon worked as a cook in the New York City area for seven families.^[7]In 1900, she worked in Mamaroneck, New York, where, within two weeks of her employment, residents developed typhoid fever. 

In 1901, she moved to Manhattan, where members of the family for whom she worked developed fevers and diarrhea, and the laundress died. Mallon then went to work for a lawyer and left after seven of the eight people in that household became ill.^[8]

In the year 1906, Mary took a position in Oyster Bay, Long Island, and within two weeks 10 of the 11 family members were hospitalized with typhoid.

She changed jobs again, and similar occurrences happened in three more households.^[8] She worked as a cook for the family of a wealthy New York banker, Charles Henry Warren. When the Warrens rented a house in Oyster Bay for the summer of 1906, Mallon went along, too. From August 27 to September 3, six of the 11 people in the family came down with typhoid fever. The disease at that time was "unusual" in Oyster Bay, according to three medical doctors who practiced there.^{[citation needed]}Mallon was subsequently hired by other families, and outbreaks followed her.