The Austin County Scoreboard 2016 – Week 10
Austin County teams all battled Friday night against various teams. Here are the scores we have so far.
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US Taxpayers Pay AT&T Millions A Year For The Privilege Of Being Spied Upon
On Monday, The Daily Beast published a hugely important story about AT&T’s in-house, for-profit surveillance operation called Project Hemisphere. The program has nothing to do with information sharing legally required under a warrant, but rather consists of a business line through which the telecom giant stores customer data longer than peers in order to turn around and sell it to government agencies (no warrant required). This allows law enforcement to use secret and never disclosed evidence to build cases against citizens via a shady and unaccountable practice known as parallel construction.
Read MoreVenezuela Throws In The Towel On Hyperinflation: Will Print 200x Higher-Denominated Bills
Venezuela’s highest denomination bill in circulation, 100 bolivars, is worth approximately 8 cents on the black market now. And though Maduro and the local government sternly refused to admit reality they are now having to change their tune. They are planning to issue new bills in December with larger denominations—up to 200 times higher than the current biggest bill. The new coins and notes will go up to 20,000 bolivars, making the biggest note worth about $15 on the black market.
Read MoreNorth Dakota Pipeline Protest – What Is Going On? [VIDEO]
What is going on in North Dakota? For weeks now information about the protests going on in North Dakota has been only skirting the mainstream. But, now, what started out as only private security forces have now turned into police and military equipment being brought in to handle the protests.
Read MoreKlays For K9’s Raises Money To Donate Police Dogs To Local Police Departments [VIDEO]
The Klays for K9’s benefit was held on October 14 & 15th in Sealy, Texas. Klays for K9’s is an annual fundraiser for the K9 Officers Organization that works to assist local police and sheriff departments in obtaining K9 units.
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