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9/30/2016

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9/29/2016

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Long Secret Stingray Manuals details how the Police Can Spy on Phones
Harris Corp.’s Stingray surveillance device has been one of the most closely guarded secrets in law enforcement for more than 15 years. The company and its police clients across the United States have fought to keep information about the mobile phone-monitoring boxes from the public against which they are used.
The Intercept has obtained several Harris instruction manuals spanning roughly 200 pages and meticulously detailing how to create a cellular surveillance dragnet. The Read

Stingray documents offer rare insight into police and FBI surveillance
Court records in Oakland reveal cases where a warrant wasn’t required to listen to calls and how much law enforcement uses the devices The READ

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9/28/2016

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Problem?
A New AP report says opioid drug makers outspent the NRA on lobbying 8:1
A searing new report from the Associated Press claims that the makers of opioid painkillers, the dangerous drugs at the center of the tragic overdose crisis.

These are the four most common personality types – which are you?
No two humans are exactly alike but researchers believe there are just a few main personality types most of us can be classified into.

It’s Time to try an Original
Our very first President of the United States, George Washington, was a man who enjoyed the suds. New York’s Blue Point Brewing Company has just brought George’s favorite libation back to life after finding Washington’s favorite beer recipe written down in an old military journal. The recipe dates back to 1757, making it just shy of 260-years-old and you can now try a drink of one of the oldest most American beers ever brewed by scooping up one of the 30 barrels of ‘Colonial Ale’

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9/27/2016

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Satanic Temple finds home at site of former Massachusetts witch trials
The new international headquarters for the Satanic Temple, which says its mission is to promote separation of church and state not devil worship, opened to the public on Thursday in a Massachusetts city known historically for persecuting witches accused of being possessed by the devil.

France just became the first country to ban all plastic plates, cups, and utensils
France just passed a law that says all plastic plates, cups, and utensils will be banned by 2020, and replacements will need to be made from biologically sourced materials that can be composted.

A Timeline of Edward Snowden Leaks
With the film “Snowden” now premiering, it’s worth taking a look back at what secrets Edward Snowden
actually revealed.

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9/26/2016

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9/25/2016

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How to Tell If You’re a Jerk
If you think everyone around you is terrible, the joke may be on you.

These Researches must be Really Smart
Study shows that a Glass of beer 'makes people more sociable'

Lord Loves them Thinking Men

Its all about Communications
Authorities say a Pennsylvania drug suspect who dropped his cellphone while running away from police took to Facebook to warn his friends not to call that phone number.

It was just a Simple Upgrade
A man was arrested on grand theft charges after he drove his girlfriend's car to the liquor store but apparently decided he liked another car better and returned home driving that one.

Any Small Businesses can’t succeed without Happy Customers
A Cocaine dealer recently wanted his customers to be able to make their purchases quick and easy so in his infinite wisdom, he started accepting credit cards for all their needs. The reality is, it’s rather hard to run an illegal business when you have a paper trail of receipts that document all the cocaine your customers purchased with those credit cards.

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9/24/2016

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10+ Of The Most Epic Entries From The 2016 National Beard And Moustache Competition

Engineers develop the 'potalyzer,' a roadside saliva test for marijuana intoxication

Exact strain of bacteria that caused the Great Plague of London finally identified

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Fridays Open Road

9/23/2016

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Fall is Here

9/23/2016

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Fall easily qualifies as many New Englanders favorite time of the year, largely in part to the beautiful colors of the trees. Visitors will also be flocking in to New England now like a giant annual migration, they are all hoping to catch a glimpse of the breathtaking, but fleeting phenomenon that we are lucky enough to live with.

Jeff ‘Foliage’ Folger has this bloggers vote for the best fall foliage web site on the internet. His site focuses exclusively in the Northeast. Welcome to New England Fall Foliage is packed full of foliage reports, forecast, road-trip routes and photography tips and shots for all foliage lovers. Take a look at some of the great information that he has to offer and get ready to hit the road.

And May a Force Be With us Tonight, With all the injuries and limited help available, We could use some help.

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9/21/2016

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“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else: you are the one who gets burned.” – Unknown

Most Useful Life Hacks
Life can get the best of us sometimes. Luckily for all of us who seem to be fumbling through life, there are plenty of useful life hacks to make your life easier. Have you ever been doing something and thought, there just has to be a better way to do this? Well guess what, you're probably right! With just a few tips and tricks, you can go from zero to hero. Try these useful lives hacks and thank us later.

Scientists just figured out why poison ivy makes us itch so much
Leaves of three let them be.

The five most addictive substances on Earth – and what they do to your brain
What are the most addictive drugs? This question seems simple, but the answer depends on whom you ask. From the points of view of different researchers, the potential for a drug to be addictive can be judged in terms of the harm it causes, the street value of the drug, the extent to which the drug
activates the brain

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9/20/2016

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Attack against Deadheads was no Hallucination
People were singled out because their lifestyles or musical tastes were unpopular with the majority.” They also received harsher sentences.

The American Legion wants the federal government to change course on marijuana
The American Legion, a group representing 2.4 million U.S. military veterans, has called on Congress to remove marijuana from Schedule 1 of the federal Controlled Substances Act and "reclassify it in a category that, at a minimum will recognize cannabis as a drug with potential medical value." The story

Eagles vs Drones: Dutch Police To Take On Rogue Aircraft With Flying Squad
The story

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9/19/2016

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The Hunt is on for a Rat
Early reports conclude there may be a nest of them that authorities are working to quickly and permanently remove.

FBI: Traffic stop made in connection to NYC explosion

Authorities: NYC footage shows person moving devices before blast

’Cover Your Webcams,’ Says FBI Chief”
“Taping over or otherwise covering up your computer’s web camera is a “sensible” thing that everyone should do, according to FBI Director James Comey. US spy agencies have had the ability to hack into webcams for years, according to whistleblowers. Giving a keynote address at a conference marking the 10th anniversary of the National Security Division at the US Department of Justice, Comey sat down with Assistant Attorney General John Carlin and discussed things such as webcam security and Twitter. The event was hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington, DC think tank.

“Do you still have a piece of tape over your cameras at home?” Carlin asked. “Heck yeah, oh, heck yeah,” Comey replied.“It's not crazy that the FBI director cares about personal security as well, and so I think people ought to take responsibility for their own safety and security,” Comey continued. “There are some sensible things you ought to be doing, and that’s one of them.” More

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9/18/2016

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Just a Bad Road Trip
A motorist ended up in hospital after he crashed his car when a deer forced him to abruptly swerve. It was during that ride through the forest that his girlfriend was pleasuring him orally from the passenger seat as they drove through the Waldviertel region in north-west Austria.

There is an important lesson to be learned from this story. Just like you should not be driving while texting on mobile phones, you should never allow sharp objects around your Johnson while driving through the forest.

Have a nice Day
Hawk throws snake at family eating lunch in Melbourne

You’re Not in Kansas anymore Hans
Man dumps beer over accordionist's head at Cleveland Oktoberfest

Beer Bottle Boomerang
A man has been charged with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct
after a beer bottle that he threw from a car bounced back off pole and hit fellow passenger
The ringer has been charged with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct.

And Last but not Least, Here's to Game Day and the Pork Butt that I started cooking/smoking at 10pm last night.

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9/17/2016

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How did my Saturday go? Not like this!
But to Alfred und die Familie........Thinking of you

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9/17/2016

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Burning Man 2016 Hyperlapse
Burning Man is an annual gathering that takes place in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. The event is described as an experiment in community and art, influenced by 10 main principles, including 'radical' inclusion, self-reliance and self-expression, as well as community cooperation, civic responsibility, gifting, decommodification, participation, immediacy and leaving no trace.

Sleep 'Resets' Brain Connections crucial for Memory and Learning, Study Reveals
Discovery that sleeplessness causes neurons to become ‘muddled’ with electrical activity could help develop new treatments for mental health disorders

Feds go after motorcycle gang members – by claiming rights to their logo
The trademarked logo of Southern California's largest motorcycle gang is unmistakable: a black-and-white image of 12th Century conqueror Genghis Khan, wearing sunglasses and bell bottoms riding a chopper while carrying a sword. For the club's 600 fully patched members, the logo is part of their identity and motto:"Mongols Forever, Forever Mongols."

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Fridays Open Road

Fall is Here

And May a Force Be With us Tonight, With all the injuries and limited help available, We could use some help.

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else: you are the one who gets burned.” – Unknown

How did my Saturday go? Not like this!But to Alfred und die Familie........Thinking of you

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How did my Saturday go? Not like this!
But to Alfred und die Familie........Thinking of you