Monday, January 8, 2018

Peep...**

The Boudoir'  Karoly Teuchert (1886-1926).

Federal prosecutors announced charges against the creators of software called Black shades.  The Spyware allow hackers to spy on victims through computer webcams and obtain financial information from a distance. Black shades customers captured computers by tricking victims into clicking on email links and drawing users to websites laden with malware.

Police worldwide arrested 97 people in 16 countries suspected of using or distributing the malicious software. Dutch police arrested an 18-year-old man for using the malware to take pictures of women and girls within view of webcams on about 2,000 computers.

It is a new world. Protect yourself if you can. Cover up your cam, and valuables.   

Cruel...**

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The "O"administration embarked on another regime change in Syria. Clinton led the public advocacy of the policy and the CIA began working on a major covert operation to arm rebel forces in Syria.

The operation used ostensibly independent companies in Libya to ship arms from Libyan government warehouses to Syria and southern Turkey. These were then distributed in consultation with the United States through networks run by Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The plan went into operation within days of Gaddafi’s death on October 20, 2011. 

The Turks, Qataris and Saudis were funnelling arms to al-Qaeda’s Syrian franchise, al-Nusra Front or other closely related extremist groups.  The same thing had happened in Libya in spring 2011, the White House had quickly learned that the Qataris had sent the arms to the most extremist elements in the Libyan opposition.  [

"There's no way you can divorce yourself, emotionally or mentally, from these situations that you play a role in," Brennan said, adding that he "felt some responsibility for the horrific bloodshed" in the Syria war.   [Soft.net Paul Antonopoulos- Almasdar News Sun, 25 Dec 2016 20:13 UTC].
Just in case we forgot about 500,000 killed and 10 millions Syrians with no country.

Shortage...

 


U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared a nationwide shortage of many forms of injectable fentanyl citrate. This dosage form of the highly-potent opioid is often used for Hospitals, outpatient surgery and endoscopy procedures, such as colonoscopies.

The irony owes to the concurrent, rampant distribution of fentanyl and its chemical relatives in the clandestine drug supply across the U.S. and Canada.

In fact, illicitly-manufactured fentanyl, primarily from China, is the primary cause of the five-fold increase in U.S. overdose deaths due to synthetic opioids: from 3,105 in 2013 to approximately 20,000 of the total 60,000 opioid overdose deaths in 2016.

In contrast, three pharmaceutical fentanyl providers -- Akron, West-Ward and Pfizer -- are experiencing shortages of many versions of the injectable citrate form of the drug. According to the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, a combination of increased demand and manufacturing delays are behind the pharmaceutical fentanyl shortages. Fentanyl product backorders range from intermittent to delays as long as the third quarter of 2018.

Honesty...

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Dope...

The cartoonist's homepage, courier-journal.com/opinion

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Quench...**

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 اجعلني كخاتم على قلبك، كخاتم على ساعدك.

لأن المحبة قوية كالموت. الغيرة قاسية كالهاوية. لهيبها لهيب نار لظى الرب.

7 مياه كثيرة لا تستطيع أن تطفئ المحبة، والسيول لا تغمرها.

إن أعطى الإنسان كل ثروة بيته بدل المحبة، تحتقر احتقارا

No Money...**

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Hulk Hogan alleged that Gawker violated his privacy after publishing a secretly recorded video of the ex-pro wrestler having sex with the wife of his then-best friend, Bubba Clem. {Jury awarded $140 Millions}
Gawker said that "publishing of the video is protected by the First Amendment because it's related to a matter of public concern, meaning it was 'newsworthy.''   The company will appeal.
Gawker says a key witness told the FBI that Hogan "knew he was making a sex tape" and that Hogan had sent text messages that undermined his case.  "Key evidence and the most important witness (Bubba Clem) were both improperly withheld from the jury,''  a statement.
Gawker has also claimed that Hogan initially filed the lawsuit to prevent the publication of another video that allegedly involves him using racist language, including the "N" word. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) severed all ties with Hogan in the wake of that disclosure.

Too much excitement about one sexual act on tape and some want someone to pay.  Whatever it is, no Money will exchange hands.                   Just a thought.

Rage...*


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Hyundai Motor has unveiled a concept cockpit for a car that it could "monitor the physical and mental state of the driver."  Tracking heart rate, posture, breathing and facial feature recognition. The car would deliver "mood bursts" to make the driver calmer or more alert, Hyundai said in a statement.
The "burst" could include adjusting the seat position for either more alertness or relaxation, as well as adjustments to the warmth of the car's lighting, temperature, music volume and even the scents of lavender or eucalyptus inside the car.
An AAA study last year found that nearly 80 percent of drivers "expressed significant anger, aggression or road rage behind the wheel."  
For Hyundai, the future of the car is also clean and connected. The company also announced that it would partner with Cisco to ensure security for self-driving connected cars, and that it would release a new hydrogen fuel cell car by 2018.
The mood burst better comes in the right time otherwise drivers may be more angered at the car itself.

Saturday, January 6, 2018

Meddle...

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The demonstrations, which began Dec. 28 over the country's struggling economy, have been the largest in Iran since the disputed 2009 presidential election. At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds arrested. 
Montazeri said the CIA official sought help from exiled Iranian groups and prepared for various scenarios that included protesting the high cost of living and financial demands on the elderly. Some received intelligence support from Israel and financing from Saudi Arabia -- Iran's two biggest regional adversaries. 
The plot focused on fomenting dissent from the countryside to shake Tehran, Montazeri said.  
Iranian suspicion of the CIA stretches back to 1953, when the CIA and the British executed the coup that overthrew its elected prime minister and cemented the rule of the American-backed shah. 
A top Russian diplomat warned the U.S. not to meddle in Iran's affairs and suggested that Washington wants to use the unrest to undermine the Iran nuclear agreement. 

Ambulance...

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Health officials in Southern California are warning the public that the current flu season is so intense that some hospitals are rerouting patients due to their increasingly limited capacity.  
O.C. Global, one of Orange County's busiest hospitals, announced Thursday afternoon it would no longer be accepting ambulances at its emergency room except for those transporting trauma patients.
Earlier, the City of Riverside held a press conference during which health officials addressed the "surge" in influenza cases during the last week in the city, as well as Riverside County.

Bad situation, hope people protected themselves.