Author Archives: Ralph

Calls Mount to Ease Big Tech’s Grip on Your Data

Calls Mount to Ease Big Tech’s Grip on Your Data The wealth of some tech giants is built on harvesting and commercializing personal data. Advocates for a new deal on data are gaining momentum. Read More…

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Sen. Chuck Grassley sent President Trump a warning on any potential new attorney general

Sen. Chuck Grassley tweeted last night that the agenda for the Judiciary Committee which he chairs for the remainder of 2017 does not include a new attorney general should President Trump decided to fire current Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Everybody in D.C. Shld b warned that the agenda for the judiciary Comm is set for…

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Will UK PM Johnson Bring 'First Girlfriend' Into No.10?

Will UK PM Johnson Bring ‘First Girlfriend’ Into No.10? When Boris Johnson entered the famous black door of No. 10 Downing Street as Britain’s new prime minister, he was the first for nearly half a century to do so unaccompanied by a spouse. Read More…

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Facebook Agrees to Extensive New Oversight as Part of $5 Billion Settlement

Facebook Agrees to Extensive New Oversight as Part of $5 Billion Settlement The F.T.C. placed new conditions on Facebook for privacy violations, but did not restrict the social network’s ability to gather and use people’s personal information. Read More…

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Fair share? President Obama’s effective tax rate drops to 18.4 percent

http://twitter.com/#!/hale_razor/status/322800042593357824 Remember when Warren Buffett’s secretary was invited to the 2012 State of the Union address to serve as the president’s human prop for raising tax rates on the wealthy? Well, it didn’t work. The president and vice president released their tax returns today, and President Obama’s effective tax rate went down last year, to…

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Fishy Ken Cuccinelli impersonator trolls aquarium visitors

http://twitter.com/#!/lizthatch/status/376071272309854208 Just last month, supporters of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe dropped a bomb that turned out to be a dud. A poorly composited mock-up of opponent “Ken Cuccinelli’s Virgina,” in which Muslim-looking terrorists run around airports firing missile launchers at will, was branded both racist and downright stupid. As lame as that stunt was, it…

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