(Via Daily Caller) – Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton entrusted her email server to an IT firm that was not cleared to handle classified materials, according to the chief spokesman for the Defense Security Service.
The DSS is an arm of the Defense Department and is the only federal agency authorized to approve private sector company access to sensitive or confidential material.
The agency reviews and approves private contractors to assure they have secure facilities and approves security clearances for employees to clear them for access to sensitive or classified materials.
Since 2013, Clinton used Platte River Networks, a small Denver-based company, to upgrade and maintain her private email server at her home in Chappaqua, New York.
About 13,000 companies have received FCL or facility-wide clearance. But Platte River is not one of them. (more…)
This Conversation Really Happened Last Week.
Strangely enough it was just over a week ago when I noted the average price of Tuna fish was ridiculously low in comparison to the past two years.
The price drop for a factory boat processed can of tuna has dropped more than 40%.
What that generally indicates is an abundance of market supply, too substantial for just a general drop in demand. Unfortunately, this also means a depletion of resource origin in the water, less tuna swimming about. Noting a significant shelf price drop indicates the supply growth is several months past.
So I checked global price sourcing. [Because sport tuna fishing has been a hobby of mine since an accidental catch of a 300 lb “Big Eye” two decades ago netted me enough money to buy a brand new car] Yep, confirmed, early 2015 Global pricing reflected a tuna price nosedive amid the more famous Japanese markets for “Bluefin”, a market indicator.
Too many of all Tuna species harvested. What does that mean? (more…)
Earlier today Samantha Power was designated to play the role of ‘good cop’, and make the case, albeit difficult given her life’s work to undermine Israel, that President Obama and the current U.S. administration support Israel.
However, later this evening Susan Rice was designated to play the role of ‘bad cop’, and tell the AIPAC audience that despite their desires and wishes the Obama administration is going to allow Iran to have nuclear capabilities.
As part of her attempt to explain, Rice stated:
“I know some of you would be urging congress to insist that Iran forgo it’s domestic enrichment capacity, entirely”
AWKWARD – the audience then erupts in uncomfortable applause to express their affirmation of that principle – yes, exactly!
Yet, Rice had to deliver the bad news….. in the opinion of her boss, President Obama, “it is not achievable” !
The awkwardness continues as Susan Rice says: (more…)
Sheesh. A woman brought a 70 lb “emotional support animal”, a pig, on board an American Airlines flight.
[…] Jonathan Skolnik, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a passenger on the flight, told ABC News today he thought the woman with the pig was carrying a duffel bag when she got on the plane and headed straight for the empty seat next to him.
“But it turns out it wasn’t a duffel bag. We could smell it and it was a pig on a leash,” he said. “She tethered it to the arm rest next to me and started to deal with her stuff, but the pig was walking back and forth.”
“I was terrified, because I was thinking I’m gonna be on the plane with the pig,” (read what happened)
For the sixth year in a row, a massive fish kill has scientists scratching their heads. “We’re seeing this happen every August.” according to a marine biologist who requested anonymity, “It appears some sort of toxic bloom occurs at this point every summer. We’ve no clue as to the cause.”
It’s the Giant Tree Weta, and it’s endemic to New Zealand. Watch the little fella slavishly gnaw away at the researcher’s hand. “You can see….he’s a bit of a goer.” Yeah…he’s the Luis Suarez of the insect world.
About a week or so ago, Dear WeeWeed noticed a few reports of animals acting strangely in Yellow Stone National Park. Those reports included sightings of massive herds of the Parks’ Bison coming down quickly from the Grand Teton Mountain range and surrounding foothills.
WATCH THIS VIDEO – DATED 3/20/14:
Now Get A Load Of This Today:
Creepy, Really Creepy – Senator Chuck Schumer Sleeps With Life Sized Barack Obama Cardboard Cutout ?
Good grief. Initially I thought this was a spoof, it’s not. While you are looking at the video of the DC house where Dick Duban and Chuck Schumer live, which is beyond creepy alone…… Check out what Chuck Schumer sleeps with (@1:45 mark)
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And these guys make decisions every day which have real and substantive impact on your life.