The totally righteous technology of the 1980s
1980s tech brought us personal computing and mobile phones to the masses, even if gadgets were bulky and slow by today’s standards.
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Nun who built Catholic media network passes
Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, a Catholic nun who started a TV station in a garage that grew into a religious media giant, died on Easter Sunday, according to her company.
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Does The United States Still Exist?
By Tyler Durden
Authored by Paul Craig Roberts,
An address delivered to the Libertarian Party of Florida on March 23, 2016 in Destin, Florida
To answer the question that is the title, we have to know of what the US consists. Is it an ethnic group, a collection of buildings and resources, a land mass with boundaries, or is it the Constitution. Clearly what differentiates the US from other countries is the US Constitution. The Constitution defines us as a people. Without the Constitution we would be a different country. Therefore, to lose the Constitution is to lose the country.
Does the Constitution still exist? Let us examine the document and come to a conclusion.
The Constitution consists of a description of a republic with three independent branches, legislative, executive, and judicial, each with its own powers, and the Bill of Rights incorporated as constitutional amendments. The Bill of Rights describes the civil liberties of citizens that cannot be violated by the government.
Article I of the Constitution describes legislative powers. Article II describes executive powers, and Article III describes the power of the judiciary. For example, Article I, Section 1 gives all legislative powers to Congress. Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the power to declare war.
The Bill of Rights protects citizens from the government by making law a shield of the people rather than a weapon in the hands of the government.
The First Amendment protects the freedom of speech, the press, and assembly or public protest.
The Second Amendment gives the people the right “to keep and bear arms.”
The Third Amendment has to do with quartering of soldiers on civilians, a large complaint against King George III, but not a practice of present-day armies.?
The Fourth Amendment grants “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures” and prevents the issue of warrants except “upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” The Fourth Amendment prevents police and prosecutors from going on “fishing expeditions” in an effort to find some offense with which to charge a targeted individual.
The Fifth Amendment prohibits double jeopardy, self-incrimination, the taking of life, liberty, or property without due process and the prohibition of seizing property without just compensation.
The Sixth Amendment guarantees speedy and public trial, requires that a defendent be informed of the charge against him and to be confronted with the witnesses, to present witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of an attorney.
The Seventh Amendment gives the right of trial by jury to civil suits.
The Eighth Amendment prevents excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments.
The Ninth Amendment says that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution does not deny or disparage others retained by the people. In other words, people have rights in addition to the those listed in the proscriptions against the government’s use …read more
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‘Batman v Superman’ knocks out March box office
‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ box office soared for Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment despite bad reviews.
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Marc Faber Warns "Gold Will Be The Most Desirable Currency" As ‘Terror’ Spreads
By Tyler Durden
“Overall, I’d be rather cautious about investments in equities…” the editor and publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom report told CNBC’s “Fast Money” traders this week.
However, “over the last 12 to 24 months, many sectors have had huge declines,…And I see here, there are some opportunities.”
“…US markets are over-valued.”
Faber also added that “I still think the mining sector has embarked on a new bull market.”
“[The U.S. dollar] is not a desirable currency,” Faber explains, “I think the most desirable currency will be gold, silver, platinum and palladium.”
“I don’t understand why the world is so enthusiastic about the US Dollar…in the long-run the US dollar will be a weak currency.”
Full interview below:
Source: Marc Faber Warns "Gold Will Be The Most Desirable Currency" As ‘Terror’ Spreads
Mysterious Tombstone For Donald Trump Appears In Central Park
By Tyler Durden
As part of Trump’s blistering, unconventional and very unexpected rise to the top of the Republican presidential nominee ranks, he has seen his share of threats – some serious, most in jest – to both his person, and in some cases his life. Apocryphally, some commentators have predicted that a Trump presidency would be such a shock to the status quo that if successful in winning the presidency, he would never make to inauguration day alive.
Today, such concerns were once again inflamed when a mysterious tombstone on behalf of Donald J. Trump (the date of death is blank: 1946 – …) was erected in Central Park.
As Gothamist first reported, “someone erected a very classy Trump tombstone in the middle of Central Park this weekend, and were kind enough to leave his expiration date open to the fates.”
Gothamist adds that “tipster Annie Reiss came upon the beautiful tribute to the presumptive GOP presidential candidate this morning near Sheep’s Meadow. “There were people taking pictures which is why I stopped,” she told us. “It was definitely provocative, strange for Easter morning.”
The tombstone has the inscription, “Made America Hate Again.”
As Mashable adds, plenty of people shared photos of the tombstone on social media, but no one seems to know what it means, other than “being a prank of questionable taste.”
By evening, the tombstone had been removed by park officials.
According to Trump’s latest Tweets, he is either unaware, or doesn’t seem too worried about this implicit threat or poorly made joke; instead he is focusing his energy on the previously noted lawsuit which the real estate billionaire threatens to file against Ted Cruz for “stealing” delegates…
Just to show you how unfair Republican primary politics can be, I won the State of Louisiana and get less delegates than Cruz-Lawsuit coming
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2016
… as well as the ongoing “wife-gate” involving Heidi Cruz and Melania Trump:
See Lyin’ Ted, even the @DailyBeast (no fan of mine) says this story came from Rubio, not Trump! pic.twitter.com/Okc8XajVnz
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2016
Once again, we can only imagine the shocked media reaction if a tombstone mysteriously emerged in one of the world’s busiest venues for any of the other presidential candidates.
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Mexicans Burn Donald Trump Effigies To Celebrate Easter
By Tyler Durden
While The Donald may proclaim that “Hispanics love me,” it appears some – that is to say hundreds – are not yuuge fans.
Media reported that Trump effigies burned across Mexico, from Puebla to Mexico's industrial hub Monterrey.
The burning is part of a widespread Mexican Holy Week tradition where neighborhoods burn effigies to represent Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus Christ according to the Bible. The effigies are often modeled on unpopular political figures.
“Since he started his campaign and began talking about immigrants, Mexico, and Mexicans, I said 'I've got to get this guy,'” said Felipe Linares, the artisan who crafted Trump and whose family has been making Judases for more than 50 years.
Trump, the front-runner to win the Republican nomination for the Nov. 8 election, has drawn fire in Mexico with his campaign vow to build a wall along the southern U.S. border to keep out illegal immigrants and drugs, and to make Mexico pay for it.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has said his country will not pay for the wall and likened Trump's “strident tone” to the ascent of dictators like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
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"Forgotten Sandlot" Or "The Next Dubai"? This Tiny African Nation Is Now A Geopolitical Hot Spot
By Tyler Durden
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While some observers view China’s establishment of a military base in the country as a reflection of Xi’s efforts to i) project Beijing’s growing military prowess, and ii) serve notice that in the wake of the PLA’s unexpected visit to the besieged Yemeni port of Aden last year, China isn’t afraid to get involved in the region’s affairs, it’s worth noting that the Chinese are no strangers to Djibouti. China has been investing in the country’s infrastructure for years, most notably in the form of a $4 billion railroad connecting the country to the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.
And that’s not all.
“China is financing a railroad, as well as an expansion of port terminals, fuel and water pipelines, a natural gas liquefaction plant, highway upgrades, two proposed airports, and several government buildings,” Bloomberg writes, adding that “the new military installation will be a sort of insurance policy, a security station to protect its investments and extend its economic reach.”
China is pitching its involvement in the country’s development as an extension of Xi’s ambitious “One Belt, One Road” initiative, which is essentially an expansive initiative that i) gives China an excuse to take a stake in any country that’s willing to accept FDI, and ii) creates a kind of pressure valve for Beijing’s excess industrial capacity.
“China is explaining it as part of the ‘one road, one belt’ strategy, to help link Ethiopia to the sea,” one Western diplomat who has been briefed by Chinese officials on the Djibouti base, told Reuters this week. “China does not want to be seen as a threat.”
And frankly, they probably aren’t. Or at least not any more of a threat than all of the other countries that have military outposts in Djibouti. Countries like the US, which unsurprisingly has the largest military presence of any nation and which uses its bases there as a launching pad for drone missions. “Djibouti is also the U.S. military’s regional hub for drones, and it sends thousands of Predators and Reapers across the region each year,” Bloomberg notes, before recounting a hilarious string of drone and spy plane mishaps that eventually led Washington to move the unmanned killing machines away from the country’s airport. Here are a few additional excerpts from Bloomberg’s latest on the country:
[In the late seventies] Djibouti, a country about the size of New Jersey, had one paved road and less than a square mile of arable land. The Associated Press deemed it perfectly devoid of resources, “except for sand, salt, and 20,000 camels.” The New York Times guessed the new nation might get swallowed up by one of its neighbors—Ethiopia or Somalia, maybe—because it was “so impoverished that it cannot stand on its own.”
Years passed, and those neighbors were too preoccupied with wars, famine, and civil anarchy to pay much attention to it. Such upheavals, …read more
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Trump Slams Cruz For "Stealing Delegates," Says American Politics "Is A Broken System"
By Tyler Durden
In the escalating war between “Lyin'” Ted Cruz and “Snivelling Coward” Donald Trump, reports that Cruz could end up with more delegates than Trump from Louisiana – despite The Donald's victory – have incensed the New York businessman. As Politico reports, Trump raged that Ted Cruz is trying to “steal” delegates, “because that's the way Ted works.”
GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday said Sen. Ted Cruz is trying to “steal” delegates the New York businessman needs to become the presidential nominee of the Republican Party, which he called “a disgrace.” As DailyCaller details,
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, guest host Jonathan Karl asked Trump if Cruz was “trying to steal” the nomination from Trump because he might be leaving Louisiana with “as many as 10 more delegates… on the key committees that will write the rules for the Republican convention.”
“Well, it tells you what a crooked system we have and what a rotten political system we have. And frankly, I’m so — I’m millions of votes more than — I have millions of votes more than ‘Lying Ted.’ I have millions — millions of votes more.”
“I have so many millions of votes more,” Trump argued. “I’ve brought people into this party by the millions. You understand that. They voted by the millions more. It’s one of the biggest stories in all of politics.”
“And what do I have,” Trump rhetorically asked. “I have a guy going around trying to steal people’s delegates. This is supposed to be America, a free America. This is supposed to be a system of votes where you go out, you have elections, free elections.”
Continuing his rant, Trump claimed,
“I won Louisiana and now I hear he’s trying to steal delegates. You know, welcome to, uh, the Republican Party.”
“What’s going on in the Republican Party is a disgrace,” Trump claimed. “I have so many more votes and so many more delegates. And, frankly, whoever at the end, whoever has the most votes and the most delegates should be the nominee.”
Full ABC Interview below (Fwd to 13:00 for “stealing” rant)…
“He's trying to steal things because that's the way Ted works,” Trump said. “The system is a broken system. The Republican tabulation system is a broken system. It's not fair.”
Source: Trump Slams Cruz For "Stealing Delegates," Says American Politics "Is A Broken System"
Facebook Safety Check for Pakistan malfunctions
Facebook activated its Safety Check feature following the terrorist attack in Lahore, Pakistan, but notifications went out to users all over the world.
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