Monday Mabble Machinule

Ah but the question: Will Apple want unbreakable phone screens?
Scientists develop 'unbreakable' glass almost as tough as steel

 Police called after men dressed as traffic cones block road

 Stolen Jesus statue is returned with a fresh coat of paint

  The Department of Defense (DoD) spent nearly $43 million to build a gas station in Afghanistan that should have cost no more than $500,000 according to a new report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).

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PRIME JERK! Or "Spray On Dude Spray On."
 Camera captures Taco Bell marketing manager assaulting Uber driver

Looks like he was arrested and charged with public intox and misdemeanor assault.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/caban-690175-suspect-police.html

 Anyone with the ability to google won't want to hire him again after seeing this video.

 Here is the AdWeek article confirming he was fired. http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/taco-bell-fires-marketing-manager-who-was-caught-video-punching-uber-driver-167905

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 This is a single picture.

A closer look

It's the Pasha Bulker that ran aground in Newcastle, NSW (Australia) back on 8 June 2007.
 Pictures from a different angle - https://imgur.com/a/dP0x0

The Full Story 

The Last Voyage:

Some Ships Are Beached To Salvage Them 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJWGw8qxXXI

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 http://byebyebluesky.com/

It snowed and look what the snow left behind!

Trekkies Rejoice!

Star Trek is returning to television. 

 In January, 2017, a new series will begin. 

The first episode will air on CBS, and subsequent episodes will appear on CBS's online platform, "All Access."

 "The new Star Trek will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966."

 The show will be produced by Alex Kurtzman, who produced the two recent Star Trek films in 2009 and 2013.

 No details have been released regarding what the show will be about, or who will star in it. 

CBS is currently looking for a writer to helm the show.

From The "Transparency Files"

Anonymous Begins Publishing Ku Klux Klan Member Details Online

 Anonymous has begun releasing the personal details of members of the Ku Klux Klan, escalating its cyberwar against the white supremacist group. 

Last week the hacktivist group promised to reveal the identity of 1,000 members of the KKK after getting possession of the private information through a compromised Twitter account.

 A press release from Anonymous reads in part: 

"After closely observing so many of you for so very long, we feel confident that applying transparency to your organizational cells is the right, just, appropriate and only course of action.

 You are abhorrent. Criminal.

 You are more than extremists. 

You are more than a hate group. 

You operate much more like terrorists and you should be recognized as such. 

You are terrorists that hide your identities beneath sheets and infiltrate society on every level.

 The privacy of the Ku Klux Klan no longer exists in cyberspace. You’ve had blood on your hands for nearly 200 years.

 You continue to inflict civil rights violations, commit violent crimes and solicit others to commit violent criminal acts. 

 You seek to intimidate and/or eliminate those that are different from you and those that you dislike by any means possible. 

You seek to terrorize anyone and anything that you feel is a threat to your narrow view of the 'American way of life'."

 

Denials quickly follow 'Anonymous' list of alleged KKK members

 The mayor of Lexington, Ky., says he's not a member of the Ku Klux Klan. 

Anonymous postings saying otherwise are "false, insulting and ridiculous," Jim Gray said in a statement on Monday.

 Read all about this hate group here

 

Goose Creek, Texas, Baytown in 1921 had 10 houses of prostitution outside the refinery.

 Rumors of street fights and wild night life abounded amongst the civil minded folks in Goose Creek, less than a mile away.

 The Klan took root there and announced theirpresence on May 28, 1921 at Pelly Park and marched up Main street, to TexasAvenue.

Their numbers grew and they became bolder and bolder. 

 Minorities, Catholics, and anyone who spoke out against them soon fell silent.

 As time progressed, the Goose Creek Klan began to pass judgment on any supposed moral infraction, mainly on local whites.

 Beatings, tar and feathers, and death threats were exacted in excess of 20 separate occasions during their existence, some including women and children!   

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Security guru Bruce Schneier predicts a new trend in hacking: political doxing.
 
 He points to the recent hack of CIA director Jack Brennan's personal email account and notes that it marks a shift in the purpose of email hacking:

 "Here, the attacker had a more political motive. 

He wasn't out to intimidate Brennan; he simply wanted to embarrass him. 

 His personal papers were dumped indiscriminately, fodder for an eager press.

" Schneier continues, "As people realize what an effective attack this can be, and how an individual can use the tactic to do considerable damage to powerful people and institutions, we're going to see a lot more of it.

 ... In the end, doxing is a tactic that the powerless can effectively use against the powerful."

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Four Senators Outed As KKK 

 "The story is still developing, but Anonymous could make the worst fears of the Republican Party come true while doing a public service by exposing the racist elements at the highest levels of political power."

From The "Not Patriots" Files

Virginia Radio Station Broadcasting Chinese Propaganda

An investigation by Reuters has uncovered a radio station located just outside Washington, D.C. that broadcasts dedicated Chinese propaganda to the U.S. capital and the surrounding area.

 In 2009, under new ownership, Virginia-based station WAGE erected new broadcast towers, amplifying its signal by ten times, and changed its call letters to WCRW, for "China Radio Washington." 

All WCRW programming shares a common theme, with newscasts that avoid any criticism of China and are critical of Beijing's political enemies; for example, a report on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong last year did not explain why people were in the streets, and said only that the demonstrations had "failed without support." 

WCRW's American owners claim they have no input on content and are only rebroadcasting programming provided to them by a state-sponsored Chinese company to which they lease the airtime.

 U.S. law requires that anyone seeking to influence American policy or public opinion on behalf of a foreign government must register with the Department of Justice.

 But according to Reuters, government officials didn't even know WCRW existed until Reuters told them about it.

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