“If you see something, say something.” That’s what our homeland security apparatchiks incessantly preach. But 13 years after the 9/11 attacks, the freedom to warn is in danger and vigilant whistleblowers are under fire. Listen to Robert MacLean. He’s a former Air Force nuclear weapons specialist and Border Patrol agent recruited by the government to […] Read More → 
The anticipation surrounding the iPhone 6 is growing quickly. Every single year we see some variant of an iPhone clone pop up, usually originating out of China — and since there have been many leaks of the device in the past few months, there is already a functional iPhone 6 clone in the wild. The device seems very similar to the previously leaked dummy models, […] Read More → 
Clinton Memoir a prelude to 2016? A few hours before Hillary Clinton addressed an audience of around 6,000 people near Denver, the former secretary of state did what few people looking to sell a book would do: She toured a plastics factory. Clinton aides say the event was tied to her family’s foundation — the […] Read More → 
Debra J. Saunders National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has found the court of public opinion to be far more receptive than a court of law. He conducts the occasional interview with seemingly sympathetic journalists. NBC News aired one such interview with anchorman Brian Williams on Wednesday night. “Do you see yourself as a patriot?” […] Read More → 
Order comes amid steady stream of disclosures from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden The Obama administration is barring current employees and contractors, as well as former workers at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from addressing leaked media material. The revelation of the edict, first disclosed by Secrecy News, means that those working for the […] Read More → 
It took one teenager urinating in a reservoir for the city of Portland, Ore., to dump enough water to fill about 57 Olympic-size swimming pools, even though the water was deemed to be safe. A 19-year-old man was spotted on camera urinating through a fence into the Mount Tabor Reservoir No. 5 in southeast Portland at 1 […] Read More → 
Fishermen working off Japan’s destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant have agreed to allow the release of uncontaminated groundwater around the facility into the ocean, Jiji news agency reported on Tuesday, in a rare victory for the site’s operator. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), the operator of the Fukushima station that suffered triple nuclear meltdowns after the […] Read More → 
CenturyLink – by CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A barge carrying 924,000 gallons of thick, tarry fuel oil collided Saturday with another ship in the Houston ship channel and was leaking oil, officials said. The U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement Saturday that it received a call at about 12:30 p.m. from the captain […] Read More → 
Even 55% of Democrats say they regret re-electing the president A new Economist/YouGov.com poll reveals that over seventy percent of Americans who voted Obama back into the presidency in 2012 now regret doing so. The survey also reveals that a majority of Democrats, 55 percent, also regret aiding Obama’s reelection. Among independents the number who […] Read More → 
We were just talking about this earlier today. Windows 8.1 is set to roll out to current Windows 8 users on October 17th, with general availability on October 18th,�however, Microsoft will also be rolling out a GA Rollup A update for the operating system. Even though Windows 8.1 has reached RTM�and is nearing its […] Read More →