California mayor who proposed pension reforms claims he has evidence police stalked and initimidated him

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via reason: The recent announcement that a now-defunct law firm will pay $600,000 to a former Costa Mesa mayor and a current councilman and his wife puts to bed an ugly chapter in that Orange County city’s recent history. Nevertheless, it would be wrong to ignore the deeper statewide lessons from that controversy, which also spotlights the … Read more

Internet Celebrity “Homeless Lottery Winner” Now Claiming His Charity Money Has Been Stolen (Over 27 Million Views)

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Internet Celebrity “Homeless Lottery Winner” Now Claiming His Charity Money Has Been Stolen (Over 27 Million Views) 1. Homeless Lottery Winner 2. Homeless Man Gets A Home 3. Former Homeless Man Helps The Homeless 4. Magic of Rahat you did me wrong and you know it. ERIC THE HOMELESS MAN 2018 UPDATE 5. Eric got … Read more

Hokkaido nuclear plant on backup power after quake, reviving memories of Fukushima disaster

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[snip] A nuclear power station in Hokkaido is relying on emergency backup power after a powerful earthquake knocked out electricity on the northern island Thursday, offering a stark reminder of the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The three-reactor Tomari nuclear plant, operated by Hokkaido Electric Power Co. and in shutdown since the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, … Read more

Why the triple digit increase in seniors filing for bankruptcy?

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by Dennis Miller A New York Times (NYT) headline blared, “Too Little Too Late’: Bankruptcy Booms Among Older Americans”. They reference a Consumer Bankruptcy Project (CBP) study, “Graying of U.S. Bankruptcy: Fallout from Life in a Risk Society”: “For a rapidly growing share of older Americans, traditional ideas about life in retirement are being upended by a dismal … Read more

UH-OH: Unpatched routers being used to build vast proxy army, spy on networks. “Multiple malware campaigns are spreading hacks of MikroTik gear, including failed Monero miners.”

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via arstechnica: According to a report by Netlab 360’s Genshen Ye, more than 7,500 of them are actively being spied on by attackers, who are actively forwarding full captures of their network traffic to a number of remote servers. Additionally, 239,000 of the devices have been turned into SOCKS 4 proxies accessible from a single, small … Read more

REASON TV: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Overprotective Parenting Led to Fragility on Campus (Video).

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Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff explain how “good intentions and bad ideas” have made young people super-fragile—and how to make things better. As of time of time this post was written, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt’s The Coddling Of The American Mind is the number one book at Amazon in its Social Sciences category. h/t ED

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING? Nike’s Favorability Drops Double Digits Following New ‘Just Do It’ Campaign with Colin Kaepernick.

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via morningconsult: A 34 point drop almost overnight. But wait, it gets worse: “Among younger generations, Nike users, African Americans, and other key demographics, Nike’s favorability declined rather than improved.” Plus: “Before Kaepernick was revealed as the face of Nike’s campaign, only two percent of Americans reported hearing something negative about Nike. After the launch, that … Read more

Portland Burgerville employees wear “Abolish ICE” buttons while at work; management caves to their demands

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by DCG Burgerville is a restaurant chain headquartered in Vancouver, Washington with 47 locations throughout Washington and Oregon. The workers formed the Burgerville Workers Union in April 2016 which the company opposed. According to Wikipedia, in 2018, the workers of one Burgerville restaurant in southeast Portland voted 18-4 in an NLRB-administered election to form a labor union; the vote compels the company to officially … Read more

China Just Tested Several Dozen Hypersonic Missiles The US Can’t Defend Against

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by stockboardasset China has launched ahead of the United States with “several dozen successful hypersonic missile tests that Washington cannot ignore,” Missile Defense Agency commander Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves warned Tuesday. “The Chinese have now done several dozen successful hypersonic (missile) tests… we just cannot (ignore),” Greaves briefed a group of government officials held by the Missile Defense … Read more

Wall Street Veteran Warns of Big Near-Term Market Correction

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From Birch Gold Group Lakshman Achuthan, a Wall Street veteran at the ECRI (Economic Cycle Research Institute), doesn’t share in the optimism of a strong U.S. market. In fact, he criticized Wall Street last year on “the quality spread between junk bonds and corporate debt.” In a CNBC report from February, later confirmed by the S&P slowing down in March of this … Read more

Answer to longer life could be fasting

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People have been fasting for years to lose weight,but what if we told you that the longer you fast, the longer you can live? The idea may be hard to stomach, but a new study by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) suggests that intermittent fasting could be the key to longevity. A group of scientists from the … Read more