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Gmenfan...that's the least of our problems.
Hey...sure is nice in FL... weather and Gov...what else can I say :)
You're tempting me.
Randy, you've been here a long time. You know things that we don't...nearly 12 years...you got the inside info for sure...carry on.
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Watching $BLEG...maybe I can make bank here ?
0016 x 0017 currently...did your 0018's get filled ?
Welcome to pink sheet stocks...first time here...lol ?
You as well.
CBDC is exactly what they're planning and it's very close to implementation What can stop it short of nuclear war.
I hear you.
My grandfather used to say line them up and mow them down.
I never do and never will...lol
GM to ya
Ex-Google Engineer Arrested, Charged With Stealing AI Trade Secrets For China
https://truthpress.com/news/ex-google-engineer-arrested-charged-with-stealing-ai-trade-secrets-for-china/
A former Google software engineer has been indicted on charges of stealing artificial intelligence-related trade secrets while working for Chinese competitors seeking to gain an edge in the AI race.
Linwei Ding, a Chinese national who also goes by Leon, was charged by a federal grand jury in San Francisco with four counts of trade secret theft, each punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He was arrested on March 6 morning in California’s Newark city, where he lives.
The 38-year-old allegedly stole over 500 files containing confidential information between May 2022 and May 2023, including detailed information about the hardware infrastructure and software platforms allowing Google’s supercomputing data centers to train large AI models through machine learning, according to the indictment.
Within weeks after Mr. Ding began the theft activity, the indictment said, an early-stage Chinese company with a focus on AI offered to make him its chief technology officer. The position came with a monthly salary of around $14,800 with an annual bonus and company stock.
That late October, Mr. Ding traveled to China and stayed there until the following March, participating in investor meetings to raise capital for the firm, Beijing Rongshu Lianzhi Technology.
In May 2023, he founded an AI start-up in Shanghai.
“We have experience with Google’s ten-thousand-card computational power platform; we just need to replicate and upgrade it—and then further develop a computational power platform suited to China’s national conditions,” he stated in a document promoting his company on the China-based social media platform WeChat.
He also tasked another Google employee to scan his access badge on three separate days in December 2023 to create the impression that he was working from the U.S. Google office when, in fact, he was in China, the Google investigators found after examining surveillance footage.
Mr. Ding initially managed to evade Google’s detection by copying the Google data into the Apple Notes application on his Google-issued MacBook then converting it into PDF to upload into his personal Google Cloud account.
But in December 2023, when he uploaded additional files from the Google network to another personal account while in China, Google became suspicious.
He then told a Google investigator that he had intended to use the information as evidence of the work that he had conducted at Google, according to the indictment.
Mr. Ding didn’t disclose either of his affiliations with China-based firms with Google, prosecutors said.
Less than a week later, he booked a one-way ticket to Beijing slated to depart on Jan. 7. He then resigned from Google on Dec. 26.
Google retrieved Mr. Ding’s Google laptop and mobile device from his home the day before his planned departure on Jan. 4.
Stealing US Innovation
Attorney General Merrick Garland disclosed the details of the case at an American Bar Association Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday afternoon.
“We will fiercely protect sensitive technologies developed in America from falling into the hands of those who should not have them,” he said.
FBI director Christopher Wray said the charges were “the latest illustration of the lengths affiliates of companies based in the People’s Republic of China are willing to go to steal American innovation.”
“The theft of innovative technology and trade secrets from American companies can cost jobs and have devastating economic and national security consequences,” he said in a statement.
The interagency Disruptive Technology Strike Force that partook in the case was set up by the Departments of Justice and Commerce last year with an eye on threats of China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party exploiting U.S. innovations for its military development.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco in a speech last month said that AI is a top priority for the task force, describing it as the “ultimate disruptive technology.”
Mr. Wray, in a late February national security conference, also warned about the danger of generative AI in “making it easier for both more and less-sophisticated foreign adversaries to engage in malign influence” and interference with the U.S. political process.
Greedy traitorous pos.
Hell no.
I think it's demonic.
Doors close and doors open.
Getting interesting now isn't it 👍
Mutual co-operation possibly.
US Army intelligence analyst charged with selling military secrets to China
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-army-intelligence-analyst-charged-with-selling-military-secrets-china-2024-03-07/
WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. Army intelligence analyst was arrested on Thursday and charged with conspiring to sell sensitive defense information to China.
Federal prosecutors charged Korbein Schultz with conspiracy to disclose national defense information, exporting defense articles and technical data without a license, and bribery of a public official, the U.S. Justice Department said in a press release.
Schultz, who was arrested at Kentucky's Fort Campbell, was paid approximately $42,000 to provide an individual he believed lived in Hong Kong with information about U.S. plans in the event Taiwan came under military attack, according to the release. Schultz put "personal profit above the security of the American people,” Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen said in the statement. “Today’s arrest shows that such a betrayal does not pay — the Department of Justice is committed to identifying and holding accountable those who would break their oath to protect our nation’s secrets.”
Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Caitlin Webber
I like it !
Taxpayers Could End Up Funding Research on Edible mRNA Vaccines Under $460 Billion Spending Bil
The omnibus spending bill passed Wednesday by the U.S. House of Representatives allows funding of transgenic edible vaccine research, even though the House previously voted unanimously not to allow the funding.
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https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/omnibus-bill-transgenic-edible-mrna-vaccines-food/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20240307
The massive omnibus bill passes this week, the funding of "transgenic edible plant vaccines, will be included. @RepThomasMassie is sounding the alarm 👇
— Young Americans for Liberty (@YALiberty) March 5, 2024
"I think it's dangerous to play God with our food." pic.twitter.com/xA7wlH8J1k
City Asks Homeowners To House Migrants After Shutting Down Several Shelters
https://truthpress.com/news/city-asks-homeowners-to-house-migrants-after-shutting-down-several-shelters/
The city of Denver is shutting several of its migrant shelters and officials are asking local property owners to house some of the “newcomers” who need a place to stay.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston recently announced that the city has started to scale back its migrant services with the goal of reducing the current budget deficit by nearly $60 million and reallocating those funds back into city services. The move sees shelters being shuttered and existing shelters consolidated.
Jon Ewing, with Denver Human Services, told Fox 31 that the city is looking for alternative ways to house its illegal immigrants.
“We put out a feeler to all the landlords we have connections with,” Ewing said. “Basically said, listen, we’re going to have some newcomers who are going to need housing.”
Fox 31 reports that the city recently emailed Denver rental property owners asking if they would be interested in renting to migrants who need housing.
“We’ve got kind of a rent cap — $2,000,” Ewing said.
He said the effort is being supported by locally operating non-profits who have already connected migrants with various forms of housing, with thousands making their way out of shelters.
“We’re at below 1,800 right now, which is the first time that number’s been that low since September,” Ewing said.
That number was as high as 4,500 people as recently as January. Before, migrants were posting on social media in search of a home.
“A lot of those posts have now been replaced by, hey, I now need to furnish my apartment, what do I do? And so it’s a good problem to have when that’s what you’re running into,” Ewing said.
Ewing said the city has been able to get many of the migrants work permits, so they can earn an income and pay their way for accommodation.
“1,300 people right now, over the last two weeks or so, that we’ve been able to help get their work permits,” Ewing said. “That’s a huge step.”
The move comes after a Massachusetts couple last month volunteered to take in illegal immigrants and was surprised when a family of four showed up at the doorstep less than an hour after signing up.
Earlier this year, Johnston predicted that the migrant crisis would cost the city around $180 million. He previously told Fox News that the city was “very close” to a breaking point due to the crisis and announced the city was cutting $5 million from public services while pinning the blame on Republicans and former President Donald Trump.
The city has supported 38,861 migrants from the southern border at a cost of nearly $58 million so far, Fox 31 reported. Venezuelans make up the vast majority of those that have arrived in the city since 2023, according to the Colorado Sun.
The sanctuary city has been struggling to stretch its limited resources to support the growing number of migrants there. Texas has transported thousands of migrants to sanctuary cities like Denver, to showcase the problems that border states face when migrants flood their cities.
The influx of migrants has also put the city’s health system at a breaking point with about 8,000 illegal immigrants recording about 20,000 visits to Denver Health last year, receiving services such as emergency room treatment, primary care, dental care and childbirth.
Denver passed laws to become a sanctuary city, but it doesn’t include a right-to-shelter provision, which means there is no official policy that compels the local government to provide shelter indefinitely.
Would be nice.
Oh yeah, for sure.
No surprise, eh ?
Once upon a dark night.
Best to live in the country these days for the foreseeable future.
And RINO McConnell endorsing Trump...these people have no shame, no integrity...traitors.
Yep...vendetta justice.
Anything new happening here ?
Colorado Secretary of State Hit with More Bad News After Attempt to Block Trump from Ballot Fails: A Recall Effort Is Underway
https://www.westernjournal.com/colorado-secretary-state-hit-bad-news-attempt-block-trump-ballot-fails-recall-effort-underway/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=aa-newsletter&utm_campaign=can&utm_content=firefly
Supreme Court Sets Date for Trump Immunity Appeal
President Trump is arguing that each of the activities alleged in Mr. Smith’s indictment are protected by presidential immunity.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-sets-date-for-trump-immunity-appeal-5602092?utm_source=rtnewsnoe&src_src=rtnewsnoe&utm_campaign=rtbreaking-2024-03-06-2&src_cmp=rtbreaking-2024-03-06-2&utm_medium=email&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZeMgIkRb6dvH5LxAvWpUFB4ARlJpfEWq9FYrFR9g5Q%3D%3D
The Supreme Court has set April 25 as the date that it will hear oral argument over former President Donald Trump’s claim that he enjoys immunity from prosecution in his D.C. trial.
Announced on March 6, it’s likely to be a historic hearing as the justices will tackle a momentous and relatively untested constitutional question that could impact the election cycle. More specifically, they agreed to consider the question: “Whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.”
The April date is roughly five months after Special Counsel Jack Smith requested the court expedite President Trump’s appeal and bypass the usual course in which a lower court of appeals hears the case.
President Trump ultimately lost his appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which rejected his argument that presidents must be impeached and convicted by Congress before they can face criminal prosecution in Article III courts.
Mr. Smith and D.C. Judge Tanya Chutkan were aiming for a March 4 start date for President Trump’s trial but that ultimately got postponed by his appeal in the D.C. Circuit. The Supreme Court’s latest move gives President Trump more time and throws the trial as a whole into jeopardy as he is arguing that each of the activities alleged in Mr. Smith’s indictment are protected by presidential immunity.
Mr. Smith has emphasized what he described as public interest in a quick trial while President Trump and an amicus brief from 22 states have criticized the pace of the prosecution.
Major Constitutional Questions
On Feb. 28, the court announced it would hear oral argument in President Trump’s immunity appeal while effectively halting proceedings before Judge Chutkan. It’s unclear whether the Supreme Court will release a decision within a month as it did in the Colorado case. The justices are already facing public scrutiny over their decision to take the case and will likely feel pressure to release something quickly so that lower court proceedings can continue.
The D.C. Circuit issued its decision on President Trump’s immunity appeal roughly a month after oral argument. It gave the Supreme Court a lengthy opinion to work with but one that the justices could nonetheless reject.
The immunity appeal case is the second major case the court is scheduled to hear surrounding President Trump’s conduct on Jan. 6, 2021. Following another argument in February, the justices issued a unanimous judgment on March 4 that overturned the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that President Trump was disqualified from appearing on the state’s ballot.
Like that case, the presidential immunity case will likely feature big questions about various constitutional provisions and the delineation of authority between different aspects of the American government. The court’s March 4 judgment effectively ruled that Congress, rather than state and federal courts, could disqualify candidates for federal office.
In his immunity appeal, President Trump similarly argued that Congress had authority that superseded involvement by the judiciary. His brief warned that without his interpretation of immunity, presidents would see destructive cycles of recrimination that would hinder their ability to make decisions.
Mr. Smith, meanwhile, has maintained that existing safeguards in the criminal justice system would prevent abusive prosecutions and that President Trump’s position found “no support in constitutional text, separation-of-powers principles, history, or logic.”
Whatever the court decides, it will likely set a landmark precedent that could affect future elections and decisions by all three branches of the federal government.
While the Constitution doesn’t explicitly grant presidential immunity, its provisions have been interpreted to protect certain forms of presidential decision-making from judicial review. Prior court decisions have been understood to protect presidents from civil liability for actions that fell within the official duties of their office. Whether all of President Trump’s actions in the indictment were “official” has been disputed, as has whether immunity extends to allegedly criminal acts.