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"Groups Mask Partisan Attacks Behind Neutral-Sounding Names in Facebook Ads" by Jeremy B. Merrill, and Alex Samuels (The Texas Tribune) ProPublica 10/29/2018Names like “The Voter Aware… Read More

"How Congress Stopped Working" by Derek Willis (ProPublica) and Paul Kane (The Washington Post), ProPublica 11/5/2018Today’s legislative branch, far from the model envisioned by the fo… Read More

"What the acting attorney general thinks of the Mueller probe" PBS NewsHour 11/8/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  What does the departure of Attorney General Jeff Sessions mean for the Mueller inve… Read More

This is definitely a person that should be on the Intelligence Committee.  Can anyone else be more qualified?"After historic Virginia win, a former CIA case officer goes to Washington"… Read More

"A Hog Waste Agreement Lacked Teeth, and Some North Carolinians Say They’re Left to Suffer" by Talia Buford, ProPublica 11/23/2018Today, many farmers continue to store the waste in ope… Read More

Madonnas  -Non-fiction by Christine Beck – Teacher. Nurse. Secretary. Three acceptable careers for a young woman when my mother was a girl. I became a high-powered corporate lawy… Read More

"In the hunt for revenue, did Facebook share more data than it disclosed?" PBS NewsHour 12/5/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  In April, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress that his platform… Read More

"Olympics executives’ ‘unconscionable’ decision to hide Nassar sex abuse" PBS NewsHour 12/13/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  More than 300 athletes have revealed that they were s… Read More

Of course the committee members displayed just how clueless they are about how the WEB and social media work.  Hint, search engines gather data by what users are searching for, what the… Read More

"Sen. Wyden on social media’s ‘excruciatingly slow’ response to Russian interference" PBS NewsHour 12/17/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  A Senate Intelligence Committee has relea… Read More

I thought I’d start out the year with a refresher course on the conditions I live with and how blogging has had such an impact in my life. Because of my blogging, I have had chances to… Read More

Participants in the 2018 San Diego Women’s March carried signs as they walked on Pacific Highway.(Hayne Palmour IV U-T file) "Women’s March looks to move past controversies"… Read More

"As shutdown drags on, Trump tries to reassure farmers feeling burned" PBS NewsHour 1/14/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  On Monday [Day 24], President Trump said he is hesitant to declare a nation… Read More

"Denying he ever worked for Russia, Trump calls the question a ‘disgrace’" PBS NewsHour 1/14/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  On Monday, President Trump denied being a Russian agent aft… Read More

After its sting operation rattled the nation last year and brought to light how big media houses led by stalwarts like Times of India etc were ready to peddle Hindutva propaganda a… Read More

"After shutdown, what’s next for border security negotiations" PBS NewsHour 1/28/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Thousands of federal employees went to work Monday for the first time since b… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Northam photo scandal, abortion and border standoffs" PBS NewsHour 2/1/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David B… Read More

"Frustration erupts on both sides at Whitaker’s House testimony" PBS NewsHour 2/8/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker insisted Friday he hasn’t &ld… Read More

CGMagazineAmy Chen Overwatch League team Toronto Defiant will be taking on the Houston Outlaws at the Blizzard Arena today. This battle will mark the team’s first regular match of… Read More

#ReleaseTheFullMuellerReport"Shields and Brooks on the Mueller report and what happens next" PBS NewsHour 3/22/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times… Read More

Q:  The real question, state's rights vs political rigging (aka unfair elections)?My Answer:  You take any state total population and divide that by the number of House Representat… Read More

aka 'What is Barr Hiding'My question, just 48 hours to review a several-hundred page report?  It would have been less suspicious if the review had taking at least a week.#ReleaseTheFull… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump’s border threats, Barr’s handling of Mueller report" PBS NewsHour 4/5/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times… Read More

IMHO:  Julian Assange is not a advocate of information transparency as he claims.  He is an international spy for terrorists, drug cartels, and other entities dangerous to the worl… Read More

Hate speech is not protected free speech any more than falsely yelling 'fire' in a crowded venue is protected."U.S. laws aren’t keeping up with spread of hate online, says civil rights… Read More

NOTE:  See links to report here"Trump claims exoneration from report Democrats call ‘damning’" PBS NewsHour 4/18/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  The redacted Mueller report on pos… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Barr testimony, Democrats’ dilemma" PBS NewsHour 5/3/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join J… Read More

Attorney General William Barr behavior proves he is actually Trump's personal attorney and NOT the attorney of the American people.Also, he is a believer in the Unitary Executive (aka a… Read More

If you’ve read my blog before, you know that I live with Chronic Pain and Chronic Fatigue. My pain comes from Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis in all my major joints, Myofascial Pain, a co… Read More

"Why Rep. Raskin says he’s changed his mind on impeaching Trump" PBS NewsHour 5/21/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  The showdown over the balance of power between the executive and legislativ… Read More

"Brooks and Capehart on Mueller’s statement, Trump and McCain feud" PBS NewsHour 5/31/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  The New York Times columnist David Brooks and The Washington Post’… Read More

COMMENT:  This is one of the side effects of today's technology, including the Internet.  Today's technology makes things easier and faster, but also more dangerous."Why ‘dee… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump and foreign campaign help, Democratic debates" PBS NewsHour 6/14/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David B… Read More

CGMagazineLiam Ferguson Electronic Arts’ VP of legal and government affairs, Kevin Hopkins, has insisted that the company’s randomized purchases aren’t loot boxes… Read More

If you live with Chronic Pain or an Invisible Illness, has someone ever said to you “I’ll pray for you” or “You’re in my prayers”?  What does that m… Read More

One can never deny the fact that Libra has been a buzzword in the entire market since a while now. After overcoming the major hurdles of investors, Libra is perhaps going to witness some mo… Read More

As the Indian government prepares the regulatory framework for cryptocurrency, the country’s police force is working on educating law enforcement officers on cryptocurrency. India&rsq… Read More

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency is soon to be launched, but the federal officials doesn’t seem to be satisfied with it as they are concerned about the prospect of being used to… Read More

Bitcoin’s recent downfall isn’t a good sign for the crypto market. It is now fluctuating at a lower level than before and has managed to go down even below US $10,000. At the ti… Read More

On Tuesday, Democratic and Republican lawmakers said that Facebook Inc’s achievements from what they describe as unreliability should prevent the launch of digital currency, indicatin… Read More

Facebook’s announcement of Libra has caused massive waves amongst many countries with America being the country with the highest influx of political opinions about the agenda of creat… Read More

There was a Congressional Hearing held raising the concern of Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency, Libra. The effects of Libra coming into the market will be game-changing so it was in… Read More

"Active duty Army colonel calls nominee for Vice Chairman’s job a liar" PBS NewsHour 7/30/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  After the confirmation hearing for [Air Force] Gen. John Hyten, the… Read More

In a confidential report acquired by mainstream media outlets including Reuters on Aug. 5, the U.N. Security Council North Korea sanctions committee said that hackers formed an essential pa… Read More

The Supreme Court of India heard the case ‘Crypto Vs Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’ where the government’s counsel produced a grafted bill on cryptocurrency. The Court after… Read More

The United States Congresswoman Maxine Waters met some regulators to hold discussions in regard with Facebook’s launch of its very own cryptocurrency, “Libra”. The meeting… Read More

Regulation puts many obstacles in the path of innovation technology. With regards to regulation, the question always arises regarding how to maintain a balance between enabling rapid techno… Read More

I have been blogging for a couple of years now and recently someone asked me “why do you blog? What do you get out of it?” It was a good question, so I thought I’d write a… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump at the G-7, Democratic debates" PBS NewsHour 8/30/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy… Read More

Bitcoin is again showing an upward curve jumping to $9000 per Bitcoin after a long moving down time span. It jumped with a great magnitude to a sudden 12% on this Friday, Losing $1000 per b… Read More

Libra, the much-awaited cryptocurrency to be launched by Facebook in 2020, is facing a lot of peer pressure by lawmakers of the US stating that it may pave a path for easy money laundering… Read More

Vancouver based Cryptocurrency exchange “Einstein” has been forced to close its activities after the Canadian security commission. The British Columbia Securities Commission (B… Read More

DAI is a USD-pegged stablecoin based on the Ethereum blockchain and is completely decentralized. Its $1 USD proportional is kept up through programmed estimating components incorporated wit… Read More

Tezos, XTZ soared by 70% on Coinbase exchange which made XTZ touch $1.70 USD and later glided at $1.16, still trading up at 30% from today’s trade open. The announcement of staki… Read More

China launches a national standards committee for  Blockchain.  Aims to develop innovation and openness.  Plans to launch technical committees in multiple sectors. A national… Read More

Facebook’s Libra, along with many other stable coins, could be classified as securities and subject to increase regulatory scrutiny. The bill called the “Managed Stablecoins are… Read More

Libra is a blockchain digital currency to be established by the social media platform Facebook. Facebook plans to allow its users to execute financial transactions through Libra via the Cal… Read More

The central banks of both countries will launch a common digital currency called Aber. Aber, UACEB-SAMA’s digital currency, shall be implemented only in financial transactions using D… Read More

Thoughts As we enter the Season of Miracles, I wanted to write today about something that’s been on my heart. Joy and Miracles and hope for the future. There is so much hope… Read More

Every business should have a commitment to process improvement. It’s a necessity for sustainability and growth. While you might have processes that are effective today, they can become… Read More