On Wire

via latimes: Although it’s Chinese policy driving the restrictions, data privacy advocates say that for Americans to participate in the creation of these tools represents the crossing of a concerning new threshold. They view the moves as part of a problematic trend of Western technology firms redesigning their services to create China-friendly versions aligned with the … Read more

via wallstreetonparade: According to a database created by The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists containing files leaked from the law firm Appleby, Jeffrey Epstein, who is under indictment as a sex trafficker and assaulter of underage girls, was the Chairman of Liquid Funding Ltd. from November 9, 2001 to at least March 19, 2007. The offshore business had been … Read more

Iranian flag flies from seized UK oil tanker Iranian flag flies from seized UK oil tanker#Iran #OilTanker pic.twitter.com/TYyxpQtEoO — Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) July 22, 2019 On Iranian State media too Britain holds emergency security meeting on Iran British Prime Minister Theresa May chaired an emergency security session on Monday to discuss how to respond … Read more

via wate: Hundreds of thousands of people were expected to take over one of the island’s busiest highways to press demands for the resignation of Rosselló over an obscenity-laced leaked online chat the governor had with allies as well as federal corruption charges leveled against his administration. The demonstration in the capital of San Juan came … Read more

via greenwichtime: WASHINGTON – White House and congressional negotiators rushing to hammer out the final details of a sweeping budget and debt deal are unlikely to include many – if any – actual spending cuts, even as the debt limit is lifted for two years, people familiar with the talks said. The agreement appeared likely … Read more

via latimes: UC San Diego professor Shirley Meng’s laboratory is a veritable United Nations of research, with 48 scholars from six different countries exploring how to improve battery storage for electric vehicles, robots and — someday — flying cars. But Meng and her colleagues worry that one country soon will be left out of the lab: … Read more

via militarytimes: The month-long operation test at Fort Carson, Colorado, is aimed at getting data and feedback for the Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center. Army researchers are using upgraded Bradleys, dubbed Mission Enabler Technologies-Demonstraters, or MET-Ds. Those upgrades include a remote turret for the 25mm main gun, 360-degree awareness cameras and enhanced … Read more

by Jim Quinn LA County has more population than the 1,164 least populated counties in the country.    

YES! Finally someone who is pointing out that a stay at home parent, especially for young children, is a the best thing a parent can do for their child.   SF

by SP Martin points out several aspects of the Epstein affair that sound right to me: 1.  Big Media is very quiet on two aspects of the Epstein case:   a)  the network of coercion/blackmail and a)  the breadth involved participants.  As a diversion, attention is focused on sordid stories of Epstein’s individualdepravity.  (the “lone deranged pedophile”). 2.  … Read more