August 30, 2013
August 25, 2013
Nemisis + Hubris = Maginot Line and Eric Snowden
NSA and FISA Courts + The Patriot Act = Snowden's Internet Gestapo
Tech Crunch has posted an excellent article that precisely describes exactly what happened that led to the end of free speech and the beginnings of "Good Speak" in America 2013. Just how did we go from the shining symbol of freedom and democracy to being afraid of talking in the same room as our xbox Connect? In less than ten years we willingly let the government surveillance juggernaut the NSA not so slowly roll up our right of freedom of speech, assembly and expression into a flag draped package to be stored in perpetuity. Nobody once asked or answered the glaring flaw in allowing the government to look into our metadata, listen to our calls, access our gmails or sift through our dropbox.
All of this data collection looked at the past. Not the future. Predictive analysis of the internet is not possible with today's technology so all the FBI can do is piece together what happened after the fact. Post Incident Forensic Investigation of data is unbelievably easy once you know what to look for that is why the DEA asked for, an got, access to our text messages and voicemail. Preventative or Pro-active enforcement requires talented analysts, lots of processors, great software, access to data and most importantly a set of Key Warnings and Indicators to flag in the system. Pattern and Link Analysis means you need all of the above AND Keystone Datapoints to anchor the sorts and sets of questions called PIR or Priority Intelligence Requirements to drive the assessment and control the collection efforts.
The US Intelligence collection today system was designed, built, managed and maintained by a generation of bureaucrats and political yes men. Its entire purpose and reason for being was the identification, capture and elimination of Osama Bin Laden and roughly 300 of his best friends. Now that Bin Laden is fish food and the rest are scattered in pauper's graves around the world what does this system do now? Like most bureaucracies it continues to churn until it becomes the weirdly familiar company in the movie "Brazil". In that world people die in avalanches of paper and the system never makes a mistake until it does…….. France learned the hard way when Hitler went around the Maginot Line. America learned the hard way when Snowden walked out of the most secure server room in the world with a portable USB hard drive….
READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE
The Maginot Line: "the 1930s, on the eastern border of France. An impenetrable series of bunkers, tunnels, and garrisons built with the object of preventing a German assault. It worked wonderfully, of course — so wonderfully that the Germans decided they should go around it.
The Maginot Line is what I think of when I hear about efforts to secure electronic communications, generally via increasingly complex encryption schemes. The battle is over, everyone. Believe it or not, we lost! In fact, we were completely routed, so to speak. And yet it seems like all anyone can think of doing is shoring up defenses which hardly came into play in the first place!
PGP? People can barely manage the privacy settings on Facebook, much less a stable of random numbers and the means to deploy them. Zero-knowledge storage? Great until a court orders you to decrypt your own data (in violation of the 5th amendment, likely, but how long until a friendly precedent on that account?). Self-destructing messages? Print screen says hello, at least until someone finds a nice exploit. End to end encryption? Lovely, so you get flagged as suspicious by the NSA and all your data is stored for five years — plenty of time for them to squeeze the keys out of you or a friend (identified by metadata), at which point they breach a whole network of trust. Tor? The feds are watching exit nodes like prohibition gangbusters outside a speakeasy. 256-bit WPA2 keys? If the password isn’t ‘password,’ ‘admin,’ or ‘123456,’ it’s probably written on a post-it note stuck to the goddamn router! Come on!"
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George A. Romero Completes Script for "The Zombie Autopsies"
George A. Romero Completes Script for His Adaptation of The Zombie Autopsies:
George A. Romero has turned in his script for his next movie in his undead universe. This movie is based on the book by the same name and may finally solve the biggest mystery in his shambling zombie world.
What started it and is the zombie virus curable? Does mankind have a future? Can we turn the tide of death back and live in a world where the dead stay dead?
Considering George Romero's age lets hope this movie finally gives us the answers that plague long time fans of his movies.
▶ BEN AFFLECK AS BATMAN!!! Goes Legit from "CHRONIC and BLUNTMAN"...
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Kevin Smith could soon be reunited to rule the DC universe!!!!!
To be honest EA has a really great take on what is going on over at WB and DC. Three comic book lovers with serious street creed as Oscar winning, or nominated, actors, directors, producers bringing the Justice League together…. With Affleck playing Batman he has the juice to at a minimum pull together a script and lay a course for the long term future of the franchise. Lets be honest the guy is built like Batman, dresses like Bruce Wayne and quietly underplays his characters like a dark Ninja. Kevin Smith has written close to a hundred comics, graphic novels and screen plays for DC characters. Matt Damon has hollywood juice, action movie experience and writing skills second to none. Remember "Good Will Hunting"?
These three life long friends are true comic geeks and a collaboration to create a universe and JLA to battle heads up with JJ's Star Trek/Wars juggernaut and Marvels Joss Wheadon led phased Avengers GOTG invasion. I won't hold my breath but I will say my prayers.
Note: Purchase all available domains for Jay and Silent Bob's "Fatman and Bobbin" ASAP...
PS, "Dare Devil" was not Ben's fault. A panicked studio recut the movie and CGI'd the crap out of it after it was wrapped, closed and submitted for distribution.
August 24, 2013
Michael Rooker in GOTG
Well it looks like Merle Dixon has landed on his feet after getting his butt Walker-fied by the Governor. Darryl would be happy to see Merle up and about with a new hand and just a few side effects. The blue skin and permanent Mohawk still leave Merle recognizable.
August 23, 2013
Sneak Peak, The Walking Dead Season 4
Sneak Peek of The Walking Dead Season 4 Airs This Sunday During Low Winter Sun Attention The Walking Dead fans! Ready for your first look at a scene from Season 4? Then tune in to AMC this Sunday between 10 and 11PM ET/PT and catch the debut of a special sneak peek that will air during AMC’s new original series Low Winter Sun. If you haven’t seen Low Winter Sun yet, you can check out this all-new video recap that will catch you up on the first two episodes in just 45 seconds. Click here to watch the Low Winter Sun recap video. The Walking Dead returns Sun., Oct. 13 at 9/8c on AMC."
August 16, 2013
Area 51 Officially exists according to the CIA
http://www.whas11.com/news/Area-51-revealed-in-CIA-spy-plane-documents-219912211.html
George Washington University's National Security Archive obtained a CIA history of the U-2 spy plane program through a Freedom of Information request and released it Thursday.
National Security Archive senior fellow Jeffrey Richelson reviewed the history in 2002, but all mentions of Area 51 had been redacted, according to The Associated Press.
Richelson says he requested the history again in 2005 and received a version a few weeks ago with mentions of Area 51 restored.
Will the conspiracy theories finally come to an end? Not likely, and after all, some parts of the report are still redacted.
August 8, 2013
Zombie Facts: Real and Imagined
A real eye opening zombie info graph for the survival and prepper crowds.
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August 2, 2013
Louisville's Fandomfest blames problems on no-show volunteers
wave3.com-Louisville News, Weather Fandomfest blames problems on no-show volunteers - wave3.com-Louisville News, Weather & Sports
