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Neil/Ferall Crossover: Neil's former friend Jeff Rimer talk, banking troubles, one website is reporting that Florida Congresswoman (and former Florida Secretary of State) Katherine Harris has died in a plane crash, Jeb Bush visiting Toronto, Ferrall sucking Neil's ass, dead celebrity and movie talk. Trying to verify the Katherine Harris plane crash, eventually, her office confirms she's alive and well. Paragraph from Hillary Clinton's book. Singing the praises of Amazon.com. More talk on banking troubles. Michael Savage fired from MSNBC. Buddy Ebsen and Rangers hockey player dead. Movie talk. Yesterday's Poll by Jorge: What's up your ass? Today's Poll: Which of these female celebrities do you most strongly believe is a dyke?

A hurricane watch is ordered for Florida as Tropical Storm Helene moves closer and evacuations begin. Also, Savannah speaks one-on-one with Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. Plus, NFL legend Brett Favre reveals Parkinson's diagnosis during a congressional hearing. And, a closer look at the growing frustration and confusion over tipping culture.

Fasten your seatbelts as our host, Tom Kindred, engages in a profound conversation with Mr. Jamal Sowell, President of Business Solutions at Indelible Solutions. From deep-rooted sixth-generation Floridian ties to Marine Corps service, and from being the former Florida Secretary of Commerce to CEO of Enterprise Florida, Jamal brings a wealth of experience and insights to our discussion. Together, they delve into the challenges confronting Florida's businesses, the transformative impact of technology integration, the nuances of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and the pivotal role played by Indelible Solutions in shaping the economic future of the state. This dynamic discussion covers a spectrum of topics, from broadband expansion to the evolving dynamics of work post-COVID. This podcast isn't just a listening experience; it's your front-row ticket to the epicenter of Florida's business revolution. Small Biz Florida is set to take you on a thrilling ride through the corridors of economic development, business solutions, and the incredible future that lies ahead for the Sunshine State. Recorded live at the Florida Chamber's "Future of Florida Forum," from Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando near Florida's Disney World. Special thanks to the Florida Chamber for hosting this momentous event and providing a platform for innovative discussions.

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 26, 2023Federal Appeals Court Sides With Florida Legislature, Upholding Restrictions on Voter Assistance, Mail-In VotingSeptember 21st, a federal appeals court refused to rehear a challenge to Florida's restrictive voting law SB 90, letting an April 2023 appeals decision stand. Florida voters who use mail-in voting should be paying attention.Our podcasting host recently made changes which stops us from including our entire script as part of the podcast content.  To view the whole script, please go to our website and find today's report.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:Democracy Docket -  (2022) Three Trial Takeaways: Florida's Voter Suppression LawFlorida Phoenix - (2022) 11th Circuit frees Florida to enforce limits on voter registration, ballot drop boxesPolitico - Appeals court upholds Florida voting restrictions approved by GOP lawmakers11th Circuit Court of Appeals via Democracy Docket - April 2023 League of Women Voters vs. Florida Secretary of StateDemocracy Docket - 11th Circuit Upholds Most of Florida's Major 2021 Voter Suppression LawWUSF - In a victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican legislators, a full federal appeals court Thursday declined to take up a challenge to a 2021 Florida elections law that opponents contend discriminated against Black voters.Florida Phoenix - Eleventh Circuit won't budge, reaffirms Florida's 2021 voting restrictions law11th Circuit Court of Appeals -Sept. 2023 - League of Women Voters vs. Florida Secretary of State Groups Taking Action:League of Women Voters of Florida, Southern Poverty Law Center, Fair Elections Center, Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighters ===Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email?  Sign up here!#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #VoterSuppression #FloridaPolitics #SB90

It's back to school, and there's confusion among teachers, students and parents. Last week, the publisher of an advanced-placement psychology course said its teaching materials may violate a Florida ban on addressing LGBTQ issues in classrooms. A clarification by the Florida Secretary of Education was not helpful, and each school district is now reacting differently. Sophia Brown has her eyes on the Sarasota School district. Then: Manatee County's approach has produced better results for affordable housing construction than in neighboring Sarasota. But even in that no-nonsense county, a big housing proposal for veterans has hit a snag. The WSLR News team is following that story. Also: The New College administration ended a long-standing music program last week. Bonnie Silvestri interviewed New College New Music creator Stephen Miles on WSLR's Peace & Justice Report today. We have the highlights from that interview.

Florida Secretary of State, Cord Byrd, joins Protecting Your Vote. He discusses Florida’s election procedures that allow for the state to report is election results in a timely fashion on election night. Learn more about why Election Day still means something in the Sunshine State in our report Worst to First.  Byrd, also, discusses how election crime referrals were gathering dust in county prosecutors offices. PILF’s report Safe Harbor uncovered 156 election crime referrals by supervisors of elections where nothing had been done by county prosecutors. Governor Ron DeSantis saw this problem and created a statewide election crimes prosecutor to ensure that election crimes are being prosecuted.

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd about the challenges of welcoming newcomers who are a part of the blue-state exodus; his warning to anyone planning on moving to a red state; how Florida's voter ID laws are being used as a blueprint for other red states; how Florida is protecting the gun rights of its citizens; why states' rights matter; and much more.

Dr. Scott Rivkees served under Governor DeSantis as Florida's Surgeon General and Secretary of Health for 27 months during the pandemic, in what became a rocky political experience. Behind the scenes, what was he able to achieve, in serving Florida's 67 counties, and in particular, in protecting seniors, managing schools, setting early vaccine priorities? What were the hard lessons for public health professionals, as vaccine hesitancy grew, and morphed into refusal? How well did CDC fare in this period? In his current position as a Professor of Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health, how has he used his columns to push against misinformation and conspiracy theories and urge medical professionals to be more vocal?

More Mail-In Voting Restrictions Proposed in FL -- But Florida Resident Donald Trump Apparently Flips Position on Drop BoxesToday's LinksArticles & Resources:Politico - Florida eyes more changes to voting laws ahead of 2024Newsweek - Trump Does Complete 180 on Election IssueFlorida Secretary of State - Report by the Department of StateOn Vote-By-Mail Voting – Security, Privacy and Election TransparencyGroups Taking Action:League of Women Voters FL, Fair Districts Now,  All Voting is Local FL, Florida Rising, Disability Rights FLToday's Script:  (Variations occur with audio due to editing for time) You're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.After last year's implementation of an election police force, restriction of drop boxes, and defending the racial gerrymandering of a northern Florida Congressional district, the Desantis administration is back at it, this time with more restrictions on mail-in voting.  Politico writes that in a 60-page report, Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd made a series of recommendations making it harder to vote by mail, which 2.7 million Florida voters - many elderly –  used in 2022.   Byrd recommends additional ID information, including a full Florida drivers license number, Florida ID card, or the last four digits of a Social Security number be added when submitting an absentee ballot APPLICATION, in addition to requiring it for the ballot.   The report also recommends ending the ability to request an absentee ballot application by phone - even for registered voters for whom there has been no change of address.Signature verification is already used on returned absentee ballots, but Byrd also  recommends election officials match signatures on ballot APPLICATIONS as well.   And in a complete about face, Newsweek reports that former President and Florida resident Donald Trump wholeheartedly endorsed the use of drop boxes in a post last week, provided the drop boxes were behind churches.  A reminder to listeners that incidents of voter fraud are exceptionally rare. Find the Florida recommendations, the Trump interview, and more resources at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org.  I'm Brian Beihl. 

Despite two recent hurricanes and a state with 22 million people, Florida was able to report results on Election Night. So why can't other states do the same? Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd joins Lisa to discuss how Florida is leading the way on election integrity. They also discuss if mail-in ballots are susceptible to fraud and why some states can't seem to get it right.   Follow Clay & Buck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clayandbuckSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Despite two recent hurricanes and a state with 22 million people, Florida was able to report results on Election Night. So why can't other states do the same? Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd joins Lisa to discuss how Florida is leading the way on election integrity. They also discuss if mail-in ballots are susceptible to fraud and why some states can't seem to get it right.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A lawyer and former state legislator, Secretary of State Cord Byrd was appointed in May 2022 by Governor Ron DeSantis to serve as Florida's Secretary of State. Since May, Secretary Byrd […]

A lawyer and former state legislator, Secretary of State Cord Byrd was appointed in May 2022 by Governor Ron DeSantis to serve as Florida's Secretary of State. Since May, Secretary Byrd […]

Join us for an important, insightful conversation with Florida Secretary of Agriculture and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, who's fighting to ultimately unseat fascist-dictator-wannabe Gov. Ron DeSantis. She faces Charlie Crist in their August 23rd primary. Nikki explains why she's best suited to lead the Sunshine State through it's current, economic, housing, healthcare, insurance, crime, gun reform, abortion challenges and more and, more so, why it's time for the state's first-ever woman governor. Got somethin' to say?! Email us at BackroomAndy@gmail.com Leave us a messege: 845-307-7446 Twitter: @AndyOstroy Produced by radiofreerhinecliff.org and Andy Ostroy Music by Andrew Hollander Design by Cricket Lengyel

Welcome to episode 13 of Summarily—A Podcast for Busy Lawyers. Last week the podcast crossed the 1000 download threshold. Thank you for your support!   The 11th Circuit, citing to a Supreme Court "shadow docket" order that did not include a majority opinion, granted a stay in an important voting rights case. That opinion, and others, are covered in this episode.  Here are the links to the opinions:Ford Motor Credit Company v. Parks, 1st DCA (May 11th) (evidence; legibility of documents).Commodore, Inc. v. Lloyd's of London, 3d DCA (May 11th) (economic loss due to COVID restrictions is not “physical loss or damage to property” under insurance contact).Naso v. Ronald Hall and G4S Secure Solutions, 4th DCA (May 4th) (sovereign immunity; limited immunity for private parties that contract with the State).McKinley v. Gualtieri, 2d DCA (May 4th) (Florida dog-bite statute; discretionary vs. operational).Simmons v. Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County, 3d DCA (May 4th) (pre-suit notice).League of Women Voters of Florida, Inc. v. Florida Secretary of State, U.S.C.A. 11th Cir. (May 6th) (voting rights; reliance on “shadow docket” orders).Corbett v. State, 5th DCA (May 13) (appellate review of stand your ground orders).Florida Statutes section 90.2035, (judicial notice).If you have comments or suggestions, please e-mail me at summarilypod@gmail.com.  Caselaw is one word!

Guests: Robyn Sachs, Chair, MD Voter Integrity Group & Jeff O'Donnell, IT Expert Analyst on Election Fraud. Robyn M. Sachs enthusiastically leads RMR & Associates, Inc., an award-winning PR Firm, as President & CEO for over 25-years. RMR has earned a reputation for aggressive campaigns that produce measurable results for a diverse client base. Robyn is well known and respected in the business community for her insight and keen knowledge of marketing techniques, as reflected in her award of the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” distinction. She shares this acumen at well-attended speaking engagements throughout the Washington, DC Metro Area Jeffrey Dean O'Donnell is a full stack software development and data expert with more than 40 years of successful and varied industry experience. He has spent most of the last year analyzing data from the 2020 Election. Among his recent accomplishments: • First to perform a forensic analysis of a Dominion Election Management System server • Has analyzed patterns from registration and vote data from over 30 states • Twice delivered testimony and reports to the Wisconsin House Committee on Elections  • Addressed the Florida Secretary of State on election integrity issues in her state • Testified before the Utah County, Utah County Commissioners on election integrity issues • Developed and published one of the most comprehensive analyses of election night reporting during the 2020 General Election • Developed and published the most comprehensive analysis of possible abuses of the Social Security Administration's “HAVV” voter registration identity-checking system • Addressed and prepared reporting for “grass roots” election integrity groups in over a dozen states • Developed an online system to support crowd-sourced recounts of digital ballot images. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's links for more information and action:Georgia:   Voting rights group All Voting is LocalFlorida:  League of Women Voters FloridaArizona:  ACLU ArizonaYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping your government by and for the people.We have freedom to vote updates from Arizona, Georgia and Florida today.  First an update on Georgia voter suppression bill SB 441, which authorizes the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to pursue allegations of election misconduct, rather than election officials.  Governor Brian Kemp signed the bill, despite concerns from voting rights groups that such actions are intimidating to black and brown communities who have a shaky relationship with law enforcement already.  Florida's SB 524, signed last week by Governor Ron Desantis, also deploys an election police force, but other provisions of SB 524 are on hold, pending a federal court case filed by the League of Women Voters Florida.   The Florida Secretary of State said that changes to the use of drop boxes for mail-in ballots, and penalties third-party voter registration groups if they make mistakes,await the federal court's decision, and will not be enforced in the meantime.Arizona's HB 2338 advanced out of a Senate rules committee last week, which implements more rules on the use of drop boxes, mandating 24 hour video surveillance for drop boxes not inside a government building.  The expense of these drop box restrictions around the US most often disproportionately affects majority minority communities where fewer drop boxes create transportation challenges for voters, and Native American voters, where distance and the lack of postal services make it more difficult to deliver ballots.Links to organizations in Florida, Georgia and Arizona where you can take action are on our website, AmericanDemocracyMinute.org.Granny D said, “Democracy is not  something we have, it's something we DO.” For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.

Jamal Sowell, '17, has served most recently as the Florida Secretary of Commerce (the CEO of Enterprise Florida, Inc.), the state's principal economic development organization. He is also a US Marine, a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Jamal talks about the influence of the law and the military on his career.

SalterMitchell PR President Heidi Otway speaks with Florida Secretary of Commerce Jamal Sowell, a sixth-generation Floridian. During their conversation, he explains how his faith, family, and overseas military experience prepared him to serve as the state’s Florida Secretary of Commerce. FULL TRANSCRIPT Chris Cate: Welcome to the Fluent in Floridian podcast, featuring the Sunshine State’s […] The post 82. Florida Secretary of Commerce Jamal Sowell appeared first on Fluent in Floridian.

SalterMitchell PR President Heidi Otway speaks with Florida Secretary of Commerce Jamal Sowell, a sixth-generation Floridian. During their conversation, he explains how his faith, family, and overseas military experience prepared him to serve as the state's Florida Secretary of Commerce.

Hillary and Tina interview attorney Jason Blank. Jason joined Jason H. Haber to form Haber Blank, LLP to provide effective and strategic representation to clients. Jason’s practice focuses on Florida election law as well as criminal defense trial and appeals. Prior to establishing Haber Blank, LLP, Jason served as a Broward County Assistant Public Defender, handling all levels of criminal cases. In the course of his Florida election law Practice, Jason has served as Broward County Counsel for the Florida Democratic Party’s Voter Protection team since 2008 where he oversees hundreds of volunteer lawyers to ensure that every eligible voter in Broward County who wants to is able to cast their ballot. Additionally, Jason represents elected officials and their campaigns across the State of Florida. He has been involved in numerous recounts ranging from the 2018 Senate, Commissioner of Agriculture, and various State House seats, to local races for Circuit Court Judge, Mayor, and Commission across Florida. He is part of legal teams that have litigated various election law and election rights issues in both the Federal and State courts including cases against President Trump, the Florida Secretary of State, and against the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections. For show notes and links to our sources, please click here (https://themuckpodcast.fireside.fm/articles/lmepnotes14). Special Guest: Jason Blank.

Florida’s Department of Health reports almost 3,300 new cases of COVID-19 — driving the total to more than 103,000 since the pandemic began. Also, on today’s Sunrise:/br> — Florida has begun cracking down on bars and restaurants that are ignoring social distancing and capacity limits during the pandemic. An Orlando pub has earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first bar in Florida to have its liquor license suspended for violating the Governor’s order./br> — Gov. Ron DeSantis holds another news conference to talk about the state’s efforts to contain coronavirus. But Senate Democrats are giving him bad reviews, saying he’s not doing enough. Their biggest concern is his refusal tissue a statewide order requiring the use of protective masks. DeSantis says that’s not going to happen./br> — Leaders of the state universities have presented their plans for what they hope will be a safe reopening of Florida’s higher education system. Each of the state’s 12 universities developed its own plan and they’re endorsed by the State Surgeon General./br> — Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee says the election system is preparing for the worst this year. Lee tells Sunrise they’ve spent millions hardening security of local networks and training election workers to prevent hackers from getting in./br> — And a story of the Florida Man who steered a very expensive boat into four channel markers before dumping it over an oyster bed./br>

KC & JP were not going to do an episode about COVID 19 because it felt like a media grab. But then they realized Maximum Carbon Sinkhole is buried too deep into the weird that even though the rest of the world is now soaking in it, they haven't reached MCSH depths, yet. Plus, a pandemic that is shutting down major US cities is kind of, like, a thing that might actually cause A) societal collapse and B) a drastic draw down of emissions. Plus, it's hilarious in that whole fan-hit-by-shit kind of way. Pandemics of the last 100 years all have the same cause. Where our resilience has been ahead. Where it's been behind. What's the upside of coronavirus? AFTERNOON NEWS UPDATE with Candice Baker and Peter Lapin (0:00:01) NEWS CONFERENCE with Florida Secretary of Health, Safety, Hepatitis Transmission, Gas Pump Veracity, Kava Bars, and Invasive Reptilians (0:51:19)

In this episode of the Editor’s Podcast, Dr. Novick looks at articles appearing in the May 2019 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, which focuses on substance abuse and related disorders. In a new commentary, "Avoiding Déjà vu All Over Again: Inserting Public Health/ Mental/ Behavioral Health, and Prevention Policy Into the Opiate Crisis Litigation," Beitsch and Langhinrichsen-Rohling link the current substance abuse problem to tobacco and refer to the notable successes that public health accomplished with respect to nicotine dependency. In another article, Hedberg and co-authors describe the opioid epidemic in Oregon and an initiative launched in 2015 which decreases opioid prescribing including statewide guidelines and coverage standards for opioid and non-opioids for back pain in the Medicaid program. Their approach spans public health and health care systems, involves key stakeholders, and uses data to identify strategies to decrease misuse and overdose. A new case study by former Florida Secretary of Health Celeste Philip looks at the first non-travel related Zika case in the United States and how she mobilized her agency to perform unique surveillance, mosquito abatement, and media relation strategies.

President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address last night. During yesterday's program, I said to expect him to call for more bipartisan cooperation. He did. I said, pay close attention to how he delivers a message that most likely was not written by him and will be in direct conflict with his rhetoric and actions up to this point. I think that was correct. And I said pay very close attention to his tenor, tone and delivery. Overall, I thought it was well written and well delivered. There were numerous factual issues, but overall, I think he accomplished what he set out to accomplish. We'll turn to our guests for their assessments.According to the New York Times, four of America's largest cities (Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Chicago) are under the dark clouds of major federal corruption investigations. Residents, politicians and power brokers in all of them are holding their breath, waiting for signs of how deeply their civic cultures will be shaken. How serious of a problem are we facing here? When we say corruption, most think of simple pay-to-play schemes. Is it just that simple, or are there deeper issues than just paying for construction contracts, the use of city-issued credit cards and lucrative concessions at the cities' international airports?Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) said today he dressed in blackface during college in 1980 at UVA, as Gov. Ralph Northam (D) continues to resist calls for his resignation after a photo emerged from his 1984 medical school yearbook page featuring someone in blackface standing next to someone in Ku Klux Klan robes. After acknowledging that he was one of the people in the photo, Northam retracted that admission and apology and now says neither person is him. He said it was not him in the yearbook photo, but he did use shoe polish to “blacken up” during a Michael Jackson dance contest. We are now coming to grips with another example of how our history is not that far back in our past. Last week, Florida Secretary of State Michael Ertel resigned from office after photos surfaced of him wearing blackface and mocking Hurricane Katrina survivors. Anthony Sabatini, a 30-year-old Florida state representative and former city commissioner, also has a damning blackface photo on his record. While a sophomore at Eustis High School, he dressed up as one of his African American friends, complete with blackface, do-rag and gold chains. Should we forgive AND forget?GUESTS: Carmine Sabia - Journalist and writer for Citizen Truth.Eugene Craig - Republican strategist, former vice-chair of the Maryland Republican Party and grassroots activist.Dr. Dick W. Simpson - Author or co-author of more than 20 books on political action, ethics and politics, including Winning Elections in the 21st Century. Ebony McMorris - Producer for The Critical Hour on Sputnik News Radio.

Steve and Jim are together in the Cleveland Studio to review Wellers Special Reserve Bourbon and talk about the temporary end of the government shutdown, the arrest of Roger Stone and other hot topics including the resignation of Florida Secretary of State; the Covington Catholic High School controversy and an update on the sentencing of former officer Van Dyke in Chicago.

Florida Secretary of State faces the consequences of dressing like a Hurricane Katrina victim. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The Church is open today in the opening.  The crew talk about prop bets during the Big Game.  Ray J makes money move with his Scoot-E-Bike.  Blackface comes back to haunt the Florida Secretary of State.  Should you raise males differently than females.  The parenting debate is on.  CBS has banned all ads containing cannabis and medical marijuana for the Big Game.  Frito Lay has drawn some interesting conclusions regarding snacking during the Big Game.  Closing Remarks today, covers "asking" and much more.   Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Florida has ordered a state wide election recount by the Florida Secretary of State. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The show opens with The CEO reflecting on life. These California Wild Fires have caused devastation and Trump is blasted by Hollywood. Happy Veteran's Day to our veterans today. Florida Secretary of State has ordered a state wide vote recount. Things that are factual but have no scientific proof. Pimpin' does his usual discussion about his NFL picks in week 10. Today, Closing Remarks covers disappointment and how to overcome it plus more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Find out how an 11-year-old girl changed the results of Florida's presidential vote as Craig talks with Matt and Joe on the WGAN Morning News.   These and more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Related Articles: Hippies Are Going To End Up Killing Us All! How China Will Win The Deadly Race For AI Weapons Election Systems Are So Insecure, That Even An 11-Year-Old Changed The Results Of Florida’s Presidential Vote. --- Transcript: Below is a rush transcript of this segment, it might contain errors. Airing date: 08/29/2018 Hippies Could Kill Us All - How To Make Elections Safer   Craig Peterson: 0:00 Hey good morning everybody. Here in the northeast, we are going through a heat wave three H's hazy, hot and humid. Now I know I mentioned this on the FBI webinar I did yesterday I mentioned how hot it was and we're miserable because it's in the 90s and it's humid and poor us and I got notes from people in gas Dallas is hotter than even Houston this year more miserable down there so I get it but for us this is really hot, okay and I'm not really happy about this but you know falls coming that's my favorite time of year I love fall up here in the northeast up in New Hampshire it's just beautiful. So today I was on with Ken was out. So it wasn't Ken and Matt, it was Joe and Matt today. And we talked about two things really, we talked about the hippies in Berkeley and the Bay Area out there and how they are now putting all of our lives at risk. This is a very real threat. So we talked about it and get into some detail and then we get into a little bit about hacking and where things are going and what's happening with our voting system. Because of course, we got a route midterm and then a midterm primaries first. And then the general big election coming up in a couple of years. So what happened out at DEF CON black hat, and, and it's frankly, it's a little scary sides. Oh, here we go. 1:32 Okay. It is 737 on the WGAN Morning News with Canada. We have Joe Reagan in for Ken and we have Craig Peterson, Tech Talk guru who is joining us right now to give us an eye on technology around the world. Craig, how are you?  1:46 Hey, good morning. I feel like I'm melting lately. This is kind of nasty. But last time of the year. I suppose I this is your last opportunity to get sweat out of your living room. Yes, absolutely. 1:57 And all you wouldn't look forward to is a very cold, long, cold, snowy winter. Yes. Yes. 2:03 I have a daughter right now over Norway. And she's working over there right now on a project. But anyways, she's saying that right now. She wants to send over her winter clothes because it's already about 32 degrees at night. So yeah, that's to look forward to 2:24 yesterday, just like it was yesterday. Okay. 2:26 So Craig, tell me exactly how the hippies are destroying America. 2:31 Oh, those hippies are back again. That's what you know about the military. You know about DARPA, you know that they're constantly trying to improve the technology to kind of one up bar potential enemies. And they've been doing it for a long time using military contractors and others. Right now, guys, when you're thinking about the most advanced technologies, you're probably thinking about mag AF. Right? 3:02 What you may get Microsoft, Apple, Google Amazon. And let me stop you right there. There are so many acronyms in my brain 3:13 government work, you can't start giving them new ones 3:17 like mega with an F on the end. I thought it would be easy for you. Is there a hat? I can put this on 3:27 Red Hat 3:29 Do you think about right? All these leading tech companies are kind of in the lead when it does come to the different types of technology out there. So what is the military do they go to all of those companies? And particularly, we're going to talk right now about Google. But they go to those companies and say, Hey, listen, you've got this great technology. Now, all of these companies license some of their technologies, you other people, and particularly when we're talking about Google, we've received some great technology. Look at me, Amazon now with the echo because I you guys, you know, those right, you have to have any those. 4:09 I have an echo and echo plus, I've got a tap. Yeah, no, I've got a lot of those things. 4:12 I got an echo show. And I got a couple of them. So I gave one to our granddaughter who's over in Kentucky so that we can chat with her. She can jump in anytime she wants. So I mean, Google Home, do you have Google Home or any of those devices now is now 4:28 home stuff terrifies me. 4:30 You know, a refrigerator tweeting is I don't 4:32 mind the refrigerator, tweeting. It's the security peace behind it. And having the cloud that concerns me. 4:39 Yeah, the IoT, right? The Internet of Things. We're talking about 50 billion devices within a couple of years. So that technology gets license Google, license it to other people, Amazon, license it to other people. So when the military of saying, hey, Google, you've got this really cool artificial intelligence project, and we want to use that in some of our development work every want to give it to them, some startup by contractors, you want to pay you for it, etc, etc. You would expect that to happen, right? That's a legit logical thing they license protect other people, why would they not license it to the military. So it started out with a small group of people inside Google who said, No, I don't want my work being used by the military to potentially kill people. And then it ended up being about three to 5000 people within Google who signed a petition saying, I'm going to quit my job, if you license any of this AI technology to the military. So now, we've got all of these peaceniks, which is bringing back in my mind, memories of the 60s and 70s, these hippies running around saying, No, no, no, you can't use our tech, you can't use our tech nine and I man, 5:58 but in the 60s, the government was investing heavily let me the whole purpose of Silicon Valley expanding was due to government investment in the 80s. Where did we get the internet from the army again, from the military? It was another ARPANET project, they will bring that in the internet today, right? That's right. It was the project of where they were linking universities into the military, linking them all together so they could communicate and develop stuff. It's all military, it was military funded. Heck, we even got pain from NASA, right? That does anyone tell you any more, by the way, 6:39 so that's not really a high bar to said, 6:43 Where's the snare drum there? We need to call 6:48 anyways, it's cold. It's cold room shop 6:51 shop there. So the military has long use high tax the years they're young with some 7:02 now they worked with our universities, etc. And now these hippies are saying, No, you can't use it. Now, here's the problem that's just 7:10 cots technology coming out of Google, DARPA is still doing 7:15 investigative research into those areas. 7:17 Absolutely. DARPA has not stopped doing what they've been doing. And of course, they'll know that's the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency because I have to explain some of the fly is today some of the four letter acronym 7:31 so so that's what DARPA is, yes. But the AI technology that the military was trying to license is critical. And here's why China is ahead of us right now, with at least it appears to be with some of this AI technology. And where this could ultimately lead, if it came down to war could be a very, very bad path. We I'm personally I don't think that those people inside Google are thinking this through. I don't think they realize that by not allowing the military to use the most advanced technology in the world, we are going to start falling behind. And when that happens, I personally think things could turn pretty bad ultimately. But that's where the hippies coming back. Who knew? 8:24 Well, Craig, it's a great point. I think that, you know, looking at as far as foreign policy concerned, but also the impact of technology on our voting systems. I mean, we've had a lot of conversations around the use of the Russians both influencing through social media, traditional media. But then there's also discussions around the actual threats to the physical things in which we use to vote, right. Yeah, 8:46 we just had the big conference out there in Vegas, we had the black hat and DEF CON conferences. Now, these are conferences that every year, it's kind of interesting, because they are talking about how things can be hacked. And if go to one of those conferences, you do not want to bring any electronic devices, because the likelihood is they will be hacked. I don't care what they are, they're going to get hacked out there. And one of the things that they did this year is they expanded it. Well, let me just back up a little bit. You've been to conventions before, and conferences anytime. And they've got tracks, right. So you might have the CEO track or this tracker, that track record, they do the same thing out of these hacking conferences in Vegas. And this year, they had the biggest that they've ever had voting systems online. So they took a whole bunch of wanting system, some of which are in us, in the US and throughout the US. And they put them into a room and they said, have added guys, and they had contests and of course, they were they were all hacked, right? Every one of them. And I got to say that the secretaries of state say, Hey, listen, you know, that's not the real world. Because in the real world, we have more secure networks, we have air gaps, and of course, all that defeated to the thing that's most interesting. Joe, I'm glad you brought this up from the conference here just a couple of weeks ago, is that they also had a junior section. So they had they had let him loose. I mean, kids on voting machines and an 11-year-old girl hack voting machine. And I mean, what she ended up doing was, and this is interesting, right, man, how do the results get disseminated to the press? Most of the time it's via websites, right? You check the website and you've got it. So what does this 11-year-old girl do? She had a replica of the Florida Secretary of State's website out there at Black Hat. So again, every part of this is a problem because what happens if in Washington, they're not calling up and saying I'm you're the Secretary of State for me, give me the vote tallies. What was a code word of the week change code words? I know what you so I know the numbers are legit. What happens if they go to the state of Maine's website to find out what the vote tallies are to put them together to say yes, so it's always our new next president. And in fact, all they had to do was had website had the email. So, Joe, you're dead on this is a huge, huge problem. We have not fought all the way through yet. What are some of the solutions that are being proposed, you'd like to hope that when you look at what DEF CON is trying to do, is it's trying to bring in those white hat hackers that can come in and try and identify the problems in the hope that you're gonna have solutions that are going to come out of that. I mean, are there any ways in which we can further secure the voting system or there's being discussed? Well, yeah, I think they are. I think the best way to do this is a spot audience by people. I think that you using a piece of paper where you mark down who you're voting for, you know, and most of the states that are doing the paper ballots now or are using the optical scanners and it's not, you know, it's not Paper Paper till heavier than a sheet of paper. But then the machine reads it and then the machine gives the tallies and I think what should we only way to move forward here because we're gonna have to use some of this technology but he is you have the machines read them and then you have people spot check they manually go through looking for hanging chads rice in a flashback 20 years ago, and that they look at them, they looked at the tallies, make sure everything looks fine. And then we have to have a secure way of making sure that those tallies that are coming from individual districts and counties and state or all shared properly so that we get good final numbers. That's the only way we can really trust it. I think that the recount that we have right now some states have automatic recount. So if it's close enough of a race, some don't have that. But I think we should make recount easier. So if you want to do a recount, no problem. We bring you some of your people in we will watch you guys with the balance making sure you're not doing anything phony baloney so that anyone almost can do a recount so that we can trust the final tallies. That's the only way I think that we can move forward on this job. Because the tech the tech just cannot be 100% trusted. 13:34 Well, on that happy note, Craig, I think we're done. Unfortunately, we ran out of time. So we have to leave it there, Craig, appreciate your appearance. And we will talk to you again next Wednesday. Hey, gentlemen, take care. Thanks so much. All right. We're gonna take a quick break. We'll come back on the other side. --- Don't miss any episode from Craig. Visit http://CraigPeterson.com/itunes. Subscribe and give us a rating! Thanks, everyone, for listening and sharing our podcasts. We're really hitting it out of the park. This will be a great year!  --- More stories and tech updates at: www.craigpeterson.com Don't miss an episode from Craig. 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Would you like to know about Black Hat and DEFCON? Listen in today as I explain to you some of the things that went on at these two Conferences.   MAGAF might be the end of us?  Yes.  Today I will tell you why we must be concerned about these companies and the people they employ. Weaponizing Satellites? I will explain how it can and is happened and why. Craig is putting up a new membership site (Yes, it is free, but you have to sign up)  On it will have all his special reports that he puts out and you will be the first to get them. These and more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Transcript: Below is a rush transcript of this segment, it might contain errors. Airing date: 08/25/2018 11-year-old hacks election machines. MAGAF could kill us all. New dangers in satellite systems. Craig Peterson: [00:00:01] Hi, Everybody. Craig Peterson here. We've got a ton going on as usual. You know the big conference out in Vegas gave us some real surprises, in fact, there's some things that you can learn from it. We'll talk about those DefCon and Black Hat Conferences. You're not going to believe this. Let me tell you what an 11-year-old can do. This is kind of scary when you think about November this year, and going forward. Satellite systems, they can be hacked we've kind of known that for a long time, but have you ever heard about people being exposed to microwave signals, and what happens to them? Well, there's a tie there. And, I really am going to have to do a little bit of a rant here, about our friends out in the Bay Area of California, these Silicon Valley developers just don't understand what's really going on. They may have their hippie ways, but they could destroy us very quickly if you have an internet at your house or on your phone. I've got a couple of tips on how to properly check your internet speed, and how to block and report spam calls and text messages.  [00:01:10] And, did you know Google they are recording your location even when you tell them not to. So, all of that and more, please stick around. We only got half an hour. So, here we go. Well, I'm going to have to start the show this week with a little bit of bad news again. If you have Wi-Fi enabled, and you have more than one hot spot and even if you don't, even if you only have one, I've got to give you a bit of a word of warning. A huge, huge, huge, issue with Wi-Fi, yet again. Check your e-mail from me this week, I'll be sending something out. It's also up on my Web site. You've got to turn off some specific protocols. It gets kind of complicated, but you'll find it here on my Web site. And, in this week's newsletter Craig Peterson dot com. So we'll leave it at that. Now, we'll get back into our regular show for today. Well, I definitely have to get that data, don't I? [00:02:14] It's over 20 years now, and I don't do as many interviews as I used to. Well, actually I do do a ton of interviews but they're not on the radio anymore. I do a lot of stuff over on the web, on our side. You know I do stuff with the FBI Infraguard program and, in fact, I'm doing at least a webinar a week so, I haven't had any complaints. I think most people are pretty darn happy with what's been happening here with the show I get lots of great comments from people thanking me for it. So, we'll we'll leave it at that. But, I do have to change that, although I'm updating a few things, as you've noticed. And, we're back up to about almost a full half hour. It's really great. Here we are. We are running solid through our whole time since we got to cut back a little bit. Which is nice because I'm just so busy, as it were. All right today. Wow. More security stuff if you listen to my podcast. Craig Peterson dot com slash iTunes. You saw some major things this week. We were talking about Black Hat all week and what they can do with our voicemail, of course.  [00:03:24] We talked a little bit about that, on this show, last week, as well. So, if you want to find out about your voicemail how it can be hacked and, in fact, even how it ultimately will be hacked make sure you check out my podcast, again Craig Peterson dot com slash iTunes, you can see many of them up there. I think I'm close to a thousand weekly shows. How's that for a long time. We've been doing it. The most recent few hundred of them are up there. Some of the oldest ones are lost, forever. I hate it when that happens. I had a backup but it turned out the backup was bad. It was bad. Has that happened to you before? So, I lost all kinds of show information, interviews, videos that I had done, and stuff. Now, C'est la vie, move on. Onward and upward. Better back up now that I test frequently, just like I do for my customers. You know I've always done it for my customers. You try and restore machines or restore files. Just make sure it works. But, somehow again it's the poppers kids.  [00:04:29] I mean the cobbler's kids that just don't get the shoes. Hacked satellite systems, we've known about this for a long time, and satellites are all over the world, now. They're just everywhere, in northern and southern latitudes, all the way on up. There geostationary satellites, there are satellites that are moving. Typically the geostationary ones are the ones that we're using for data communications and things. But, here's the bottom line. A lot of these satellites are used by my daughter and by my son when they're at sea. Now, you know I have a daughter who was in the Merchant Marine. In fact, she still is in the merchant marine, right now. She is doing some autonomous ship development work for a company out in Norway. But when they're at sea they use, kind of like cell phones, but their satellite phones you might have seen that if you're a fan of Deadliest Catch, you probably saw Sig Hansen on there he was trying to call another ship to find out, because there are rumors that their emergency beacon had gone off and that little phone that he had, that was a satellite phone. And they're getting simpler, they are getting smaller all of the time and the reason for some of that is that the satellites that we're using for the satellite phone calls are getting closer and closer to Earth. There was a license that came out about five years ago, I think it was and they started flying their first satellites, just last year.  [00:06:03] That's designed to be able to give high-speed Internet and voice to anyone, basically in North America. That's what it's aimed at, but ultimately worldwide, which is really cool. Well, those satellites are close enough to us, that in certain conditions, you could have what is now being called, a hybrid cyber-physical attack. Here's what would happen. This is according to research presented at Black Hat, last week here in Las Vegas, a couple actually two weeks ago, in Las Vegas. But one of these guys is saying based on his study and based on his experience a number of very popular satellite communication systems are vulnerable to a hack. And, what will happen is that the control systems for the satellite are what are actually hacked, and it goes beyond just leaking information. Did you know that these satellites could potentially be used to microwave people on the ground? Think about what happened recently over in Cuba. We expanded or our presence over there, our ambassador, I think we have a full embassy over there now, and some of the workers were complaining about pains, headaches some of them lost some of their hearing, some of them lost all of their hearing, and that was probably due to a directed attack. We don't really know who did the attack. It might have been sonic, but we're not really sure.  [00:07:40] Well, think about what would happen, if somebody was out there who was controlling those satellites and aiming their beams at people and running them at high wattage. [00:07:56] This is a guy named, Ruben Santa Marta, and he did some research that he presented back in 2014, and he said this is a quote "essentially the theoretical cases I developed four years ago are no longer theoretical". So, they're going to be able to use this type of technology connect to the satellite antenna from the ground through the Internet, and then using some security weaknesses in the software that operates the antenna. They're going to be able to seize control of it. So, now the potential damage is going to vary. The very least they could disrupt, they could intercept, they could modify communications are passed through the antenna. So, they could for instance eavesdrop on the e-mails, sent through in-flight Wi-Fi, attempt to launch other hacking attacks against devices connected to the satellite network. That's where my kids come in, because a lot of our vessels, Navy frankly, as well as merchant vessels, are connected to satellites for being able to share data. Now, there are higher risks still, and in some situations for instance in the case of the military, this attack is going to expose the location of this satellite antenna, for the ground equipment or the equipment on the ships that are out there. It could be really bad. Think of the Bond movie The World Is Not Enough, No, Tomorrow Never Dies where there mucking with GPS signals which are used for navigation by the Navy, by our cars right all over the place. Things start getting really bad, and then ultimately they could turn up the wattage on some of these satellite antennas and have them beam microwaves back to the ground.  [00:09:48] Theoretically, cooking equipment and maybe even people. So, not great news, on that front. Well, we've got another piece of news coming out of the conferences, here just a couple of weeks ago out in Las Vegas Nevada. This particular one has to do with some of the Games they play over at Def Con which is kind of a defense conference and some of the games are as simple and fun as "Spot the Fed", right. Who in the audience is the Fed, and who's not the Fed, out there? But, one of the things that they've been doing, that's been getting more and more popular every year. They have what they call a voting village. Now, this village is where the organizers are setting up decommissioned election equipment, and then they let hackers loose on it and they watch these hackers and see how they can hack in. So, they're finding newer, creative, alarming ways to break in. Well, last year, the conference attendees found some new vulnerabilities for all 5 of the voting machines, and as a single e-poll book of registered voters, over the course of the weekend, was hacked into as well. So that caught the attention of senators, and they introduced some legislation and hopefully, it'll be good, right. Who knows? They just don't understand how this all works. But, this year's voting bigger voting village was bigger.  [00:11:26] They had more equipment. They had voting machines that ranged from tabulators to smart card readers, equipment that's all currently in use in the United States. Now, they had another little voting village. This is with the little one. This was a room set aside for kid hackers. An 11-year-old girl hacked a replica of Florida Secretary of State Web site. And she hacked it within ten minutes and changed the results. So, what that means potentially is, that if the people who are doing the national tabulations were not directly contacting a known person that the former secretary of state's office. A known person using some form of two-factor authentication. You know like codewords or something. So, they pick up the phone, they call them, the proper code codewords or exchange bidirectionally. And then the Secretary of State of Florida says and here are the election results and gives them to them. So, if that's not what happens. If what happens is they go to the Web site for the Secretary of State's office, and they find the Hacking results, there. Well, now we're talking about some really big trouble. Because if an 11-year-old kid can hack a replica of the Florida Secretary of State's website within ten minutes. And, we are relying on Secretary of State's Web sites to have the national results, tabulated. Wow. That is huge. Now, we heard this week as well, from our friends at Microsoft saying that they had discovered some Russian hackers who had put up fake Web sites. Websites that pretended to be Democrat and Republican Web sites, to try and again mislead people and create confusion.  [00:13:28] And all. We had Russian hackers attacking 2016, and now already we see them attacking 2018, and of course, they're going to continue to do this. Now, I had this week, the CEO of Black Ops partners on a webinar I did for the FBI's Infragard program and we talked about the hacking that's going on. And, it's even worse than any of us thought. And, there was information that he could not disclose even to the FBI InfraGard team. So, that tells you something here too. But, he's telling us that the Chinese have been actively hacking us and the Chinese were talking about their military, the People's Liberation Army, the communist Chinese military has been covering up their tracks. He said they are using plausible deniability in a very, very big way, versus the Russian hackers that don't seem to really care, frankly, some of these Russian hacks, if you ask me may well be Chinese military hacks, disguised as coming from Russia. The Chinese are very, very, good at this. So, there's been some pushback about this voting village, because it was just so notable, this year. And, one of the largest providers of election equipment in the U.S. sent an e-mail to its Customers, assuring them that while attendees will absolutely access some voting machines internal components physical security measures make it extremely unlikely that an unauthorized person with malicious intent could ever access a voting machine.  [00:15:15] Yeah, yeah. And, then we have the National Association of Secretaries of State quote "Our main concern with the approach taken by Def Con is it uses a pseudo-environment which no way replicates state election systems networks or physical security". So, you know when we're talking about distributing software, a lot of these systems are using thumb drives. Now, remember thumb drives have been hacked. In fact, brand new thumb drives have been shipped with viruses on them. So, you format the thumb drive. Again, there's so many ways, I know ways that I could do, that would fake it enough, that the election systems could be hacked. Believe me, it's very, very possible, even with people that pretty much know what they're doing on the security front. This is this is very concerning to me. Many people say that you know, hey listen, it's just crazy you can't do this. But, here we go. Matt Blaze, he's a veteran of elections security researcher who helped organize voting village said I think the statement was misguided. Talking about the statements from the various Secretaries of State organizations. "It's only through scrutiny that we're going to have confidence in the elections". "That said, the fact that this system has vulnerabilities in it, even incredibly serious vulnerabilities, is not the same as saying any given election has been tampered with. There's an interesting paradox.  [00:16:47] We know the systems are wildly insecure and there's been precious little evidence of these vulnerabilities so, far being exploited in real elections. I think we've been very lucky and I think there's been a little bit of a ticking time bomb here". I absolutely agree with that. Unfortunately, our copyright laws have made it very difficult for researchers to legally acquire the voting equipment and mess with its software and test it. I think we need to have exceptions in the law for security researchers. And, there are some exceptions for certain security researchers under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the DCMA. But, I think it has to be a little better than it has been. All right we're going to get into China, next. And the hippies in Silicon Valley. How were they threatening our security? The hippies, that is. Well, those darn hippies they're back out in California. You remember me talking a few weeks ago about how Google had, well it started with just a few people saying we are not going to work on any projects involved with the Department of Defense. And, it ended up being what was, it like 3000 of these people saying, we will quit our jobs if you have anything to do with the Department of Defense. And we have seen this in a couple of other companies, before. Now, people are stepping back and thinking about what the actual consequences are. Google has a very big artificial intelligence program, underway, and if you use an Apple device there is machine learning behind it.  [00:18:42] If you're using an Amazon Alexa, Google home, there's machine learning behind it. Machine learning is kind of a subset of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence, AI, where machines are figuring stuff out for themselves, is on its way. Don't, don't get us wrong here. Well, these main companies and I've started calling them MAGAF kind of like Magaf with an F on the end. You know MAGA, President Trumps slogan, I'm using MAGAF to stand for Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook- MAGAF. So, now you know when I refer to that what I'm talking about. Well last month, some of these companies the biggest names in technology they officially signed a pledge promising to not develop lethal autonomous weapons. Now, I can see that as being a very good thing, right. In many, many ways. We had Google's project maven, where employees said, We will not allow our technology, our work product to be used by the military. And some praise them for these initiatives, as ethical and moral victories, right. That's the typical knee-jerk reaction. That's the simple reaction. Who wants killer robots right? I thought Arnold Schwarzenegger demonstrated that to us quite nicely with Terminator. Who wants Skynet? Nobody. Well, I guess somebody does, but most people absolutely don't. While a senior adviser to NATO by the name of Sandro Gatien has come out with some really great statements and I absolutely agree with him.  [00:20:35] Here's a quote straight from him. This isn't a NATO adviser "these naive hippie developers from Silicon Valley don't understand. The CIA should force them to work on this development". Now, he is also the founder of the digital society Institute at this Berlin-based business school called ESMT. But, he came up with some very critical device. And what's really good about this is it's bringing to light a schism, about the future development of artificial intelligence for military purposes. On the one side, you have people who believe the pursuing the development of military AI'S is going to lead to an unstoppable arms race, and frankly, I'm kind of on that side. On the other side, people like Gatien believe that the AI arms race has already begun and that Pearl Hibbett Dean AI research for military purposes will not lead to peace but will give the upper hand to authoritarian systems. Now, that's a good point. So, he's saying if the West wants to stay in the lead, if we want to survive, we need to unify around a concerted strategy. quote another quote from him "Within most military and intelligence organizations, it's a real concern and it's bound to be a much larger concern". So, we've got machine learning tools that are being spread already amongst military devices and we have the Chinese. Now, according to Al Scandia, who's an expert in Chinese military strategy, there is a strong belief that machine learning is going to provide an essential tool, in the Chinese building their military strategy far beyond ours.  [00:22:33] So, we're talking about superiority across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. So, that means faster more insightful AI. It could enable one side to enhance communications, situational awareness other forces, disrupt degrade or deny the adversaries. Think about some of these things we've talked about before, where you have clouds of AI controlled, little things, like the about the size of a bee, that can swarm and kill someone. What would happen if the Chinese had this technology, and they decided to take out the President of the United States? Think about what just happened in Venezuela. Where a couple of drones flew close to their Presidente and blew themselves up. What would happen if one of these matters to land on the President and work its way around? And we're seeing some of this AI type technology, already being used to try and break its way through firewalls, and other things. So, by having these hippies controlling some of the leading AI technologies, saying no, no, no, we're not going to do it. And allowing now the Red Chinese communists, who are trying to develop their AI technology, for military purposes. How are we going to be able to defend ourselves? How will we be able to defend our allies? How will we be able to keep up our NATO commitments? We could very, very quickly, fall behind in this new arms race, and have these other countries like China particularly selling some of this technology. [00:24:18] Think about that. If some of this AI technology gets into the hands of terrorists, and they use it against us in our large cities, etcetera. Think about what would happen there. All right, we're not going to have time today to get into these other articles. But, I want to encourage you to go online. We've fixed all kinds of problems with the Web site at Craig Peterson dot com, right now or just straight has news on it things from the show, security news. We're going to be enhancing that, we'll be starting to post some of my webinars up there, and things. But, right now, we fixed the bugs we had. So, you can find the articles we just talked about online. Plus, the ones we didn't get to today. So, how to properly check your internet speed. I've got articles there that are going to tell you all of the details of the different apps, and different Web sites you can go to. How accurate they are and in what ways are they accurate. And that includes for some of us, that have ISPs, you may be questioning are we getting what we're paying for. And, by the way, maybe this is no surprise, but you using your ISP speed test may not be the best way. How to block and report spam calls and text messages. Things are getting worse. More than doubled since last year. Some really good hints and tips in there, including a couple of surprising ones.  [00:25:46] At least, there's a price and the people I was talking to about them. So, you might find them surprising, as well. And Google. They are recording your location, even when you tell it not to and that's for anything, including iOS devices. If you have Google software on them. So check it out online. Craig Peterson dot com. Lots of great articles up there. 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The Gist of Freedom is pleased to present in the wake of Hurricane Sandy...The Reading "Every Vote Counts"Produced by Writing the Election 2012:      Playwrights Address the Nation With Readings of Their New Works !  Postponed due to the Hurricane,  Producing Artist Yvette Heyliger agreed to broadcast the reading on The Gist of Freedom WWW.BlackHISTORYblog.com   Please join us as we enjoy listening to Harlem 21 Playwrights very own Bill Beasley's "EVERY VOTE COUNTS"  ---------537 voters made election history in 2000 when President George Bush stole 537 votes from Floridians and in turn stole the Presidency from .every  American citizen, voter!    On November 26,  2000, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, who doubled as state campaign cochair for Bush, certified voting results that gave Bush a 537-vote lead!     Candidate Gore asked for a recount Bush appealed for a stay and on December 12 the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the Recount!  

What makes us America? If you were to name a single incident in American history that you feel was America's finest hour, what would it be? Would it be a moment of patriotic sacrifice?  “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” – Nathan Hale, [Sept. 22, 1776] A moment of relentless determination? “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” – Admiral David Farragut [Aug. 5, 1864] A moment of far-flung vision, an impossible dream? “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” – JFK [May 25, 1961]  “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!” – MLK, Jr. [Aug. 28, 1963] A moment of come-from-behind-to-win? “…twenty-eight seconds. The crowd going insane. Kharlamov. Shooting it into the American end again. Morrow is back there. Now Johnson. Nineteen seconds. Johnson over to Ramsey. Bilyaletdinov gets checked by Ramsey. McClanahan is there. The puck is still loose. Eleven seconds. You've got ten seconds. The countdown going on right now. Morrow up to Silk. Five seconds left in the game. Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” – Al Michaels, [Feb. 22, 1980] Pennie and I were having lunch with our friend Rich Mann when he made a casual comment that sent such tremors through me that I wondered if Austin was having an earthquake. I never told Rich about the impact of his 4 little words on me that day, but he opened my eyes to an American greatness that had previously been hiding in my blind spot. The moment that defines America for me – the moment I'll be proud of forever – was December 12, 2000, when no one started shooting. Remember The Month of the Hanging Chads? Al Gore won the popular vote of the nation on November 7, 2000, but George W. Bush won Florida's 25 electoral votes by a storybook-thin margin to gain the Presidency, 271 votes to 266. But the state laws of Florida required a recount due to the microscopic margin of victory. On November 26, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified Florida's voting results, declaring Bush to have won the state of Florida by 537 votes. Many people were upset by this because Katherine Harris had also served as co-chair of Bush's election campaign. Gore's team won a court hearing to challenge the Katherine Harris results. The American people were confused, nervous and anxious. On December 1, fully 3 weeks after Election Day, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments over whether the Florida Supreme Court had overstepped its authority in managing the recount. A week later, Florida's high court upheld their previous position. Bush argued. Gore argued. And the leadership of our nation hung in the balance. Finally, on December 12, the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the Florida recount, effectively declaring Bush to be the winner. That Supreme Court vote was 5 to 4. And no one in America started shooting. How many nations on this earth can rest in the knowledge that there will be a peaceful transfer of power, even in moments of heated disagreement?   “No one started shooting.”  – Rich Mann, Shogun Sushi, Austin, TX [Feb. 2001] God Bless America. Roy H. Williams 

Gregory Palast is a New York Times-bestselling author and a journalist for the British Broadcasting Corporation as well as the British newspaper The Observer. His work frequently focuses on corporate malfeasance but has also been known to work with labor unions and consumer advocacy groups. Notably, he has claimed to have uncovered evidence that Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, and Florida Elections Unit Chief Clay Roberts, along with the ChoicePoint corporation, rigged the ballots during the US Presidential Election of 2000 and again in 2004 when, he argued, the problems and machinations from 2000 continued, and that challenger John Kerry actually would have won if not for disproportional "spoilage" of Democratic votes. He is considered to have begun reporting for the BBC/Observer due to media bias/reporting restrictions in the US. How the Patriot Act has sent a nation crazy with fear? How ballot stuffing and black voter snuffing meant John Kerry actually won in '04, and the Republicans have 08 in the bag? And, how no child is left behind in the queue for jobs cleaning toilets, that is? This title reveals several such questions.