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It may seem weird that a hacker would go after an exercise bike, but models these days come with a lot of fancy gadgets and features that can be turned against users to harvest their information. Things get a little scarier when you realize that Peloton bikes also have a microphone and camera installed on them. Hackers can use these to spy on whoever's using the machine. Of course, the hacker needs an active connection to the bike in order to spy on its user in real-time. As such, they'll have to install a backdoor that gives them permission to...

Is there a border crisis? According to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, there isn’t — but the illegal crossing numbers indicate that there is. Illegal border crossings have reached a 20-year high. In the four months before Biden took office, illegal crossings averaged 70,000 a month. The number rose to 97,640 in February, the first full month of Biden’s presidency; to 169,204 in March; and to 173,686 in April; and it was 172,011 in May. Recidivism Mayorkas claims that the numbers are misleading because they include the recidivists who make more than one illegal crossing. Recidivism is becoming a major problem....

Home schooling grew by record numbers in North Carolina last school year and enrollment in private schools rose by the largest number in 24 years during the coronavirus pandemic.New state figures released Thursday show North Carolina’s estimated home-school population grew by more than 30,000 children during the 2020-21 school year — a 20.6% increase from the prior year. At the same time, the state’s private schools added 3,282 children for a 3.3% increase.The growth in homeschooling, private schools and charter schools during the COVID-19 pandemic came as the state’s traditional public schools saw a 5% drop in enrollment, falling by...

Information security, the mantra of every hacker, is an oxymoron. It is increasingly difficult to protect against hacking and the unauthorized use of information. As the pandemic continues to hold the spotlight, the technocratic elite move to expedite a global reset, pushing humanity’s dependence upon all things digital, including a global digital currency, and, if they have their way, digital passports. Meanwhile, cyberattacks are picking up speed around the world, along with warnings highlighting past and current attacks. But yet, despite the ever-increasing wealth of information at our fingertips, we don’t really know who is behind them. Paying attention to...

That sentiment, uttered by Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona in his 1964 presidential bid was considered to be an example of right-wing extremism which supposedly doomed his candidacy in the aftermath of the JFK assassination. But it was no more extreme than Patrick’ Henry’s “give me liberty or give me death” was centuries earlier when men armed with guns won their and our freedom from a British tyranny so vile that they risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to resist and overthrow it.Was the Boston Tea Party violent right-wing extremism when a bunch of white males...

Ukraine's defence ministry caused outrage on Friday after it published pictures of female soldiers rehearsing for an upcoming military parade wearing high heels. In the pictures, the female students of a military college are seen wearing military fatigues and black heeled shoes, which even the cadets themselves admit are impractical. "Today we are training in high heels for the first time. It is a little more difficult than in combat boots but we are doing our best," Ivanna Medvid told ArmiaInform, the news agency of the ministry. The images sparked anger online in Ukraine and protests in the country' parliament,

SURFSIDE, Fla. - A top Miami-Dade fire official on Saturday told family members of people missing in the rubble of a collapsed condo building that demolition workers planned to bring down the remainder of the building on Sunday. Worries have intensified over the past week that the damaged structure could come tumbling down on its own, endangering the crews below and complicating the search for victims. Fire Rescue Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members during a morning briefing that the building would be brought down “as soon as possible. First thing tomorrow.” But he cautioned that there “may...

....White supremacists and other domestic terrorists might do something or other due to easing of lockdown restrictions....

Charlotte, NC — I hesitate to write this, but I’m going to delve into the theories surrounding the origin story of COVID-19. My hesitations are that the origins of this virus are a secondary matter as we still haven’t overcome the primary issue which is the media-driven fear of a virus. And, in fact, the origin discussions seem to have given conservatives license to push the fear as well. Take Tucker Carlson who in a segment to paint Anthony Fauci as a liar, which he is, and that the media has been involved in a cover-up of the origins, which...

Alan Atchison, editor of Capstone Report (www.capstonereport.com) joins the Big Brown Gadfly to talk about the scandals rocking the Southern Baptist Convention and launch Bobby's series, "The Total Depravity of the Southern Baptist Convention." The Southern Baptist Convention, or SBC, has had a bad month of June. In a controversial annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, the messengers, or voting representatives of churches, elected as president Ed Litton of Alabama. The election had many suspicious aspects, which this article will discuss momentarily and which should not be dismissed. But even if we take seriously Litton’s surge to the presidency, interceding events...

Christendom, Thou Art Strongly Beloved. By JAG July 3,2021 Christendom: World Changer. Indestructible Solid Rock. Giving Hope to mankind, Body of the Lord Jesus, Vehicle of Salvation, comfort for the troubled soul. Precious. Christendom thou art Everything to me. I LOVE you very much. Christendom, I love your love. Your love for others, helping those who need your help. Showing up. Being there. Helping in Jesus' name. Christendom, I love your Samaritan's Purse, Salvation Army, Catholic Relief Services, and Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital. I love your Gideons International, Joni and Friends, Assemblies Of God Trust, Lutheran World Relief, Billy...

ANITFA are currently in full force at the Wi Spa protest in LA violently attacking protesters.

Biden has to pull out notes to answer questions in a store. https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1411429590120140801

More than 300 Afghan soldiers have crossed into Tajikistan as the Taliban captured more territory in northern Afghanistan, the Tajik Border Service said on July 3. The retreat is the third time in two weeks that Afghan soldiers have fled into Tajikistan, after the militants took control of several border areas and seized Afghanistan's main border crossing with Tajikistan in June. The Tajik Border Service said the situation became "complicated" after several villages and a border post in the northwestern part of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province fell to the Taliban, forcing more than 300 Afghan soldiers to flee into Tajikistan's Shamsiddin...

This radical Leftistist want to teach Communist Race Theory in Florida (aka Critical Race Theory).I guess he’s too dumb to realize his secret is out? https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1411058686290763777

Russia and China are coordinating military exercises to threaten not only Taiwan but also Hawaii, according to a senior Japanese defense official who warned the United States to beware of a Pearl Harbor-style surprise attack.“We have to show the deterrence towards China, and not just China but also the Russians, because, as I told you, that they are doing their exercises together,” Japanese deputy Yasuhide Nakayama told the Hudson Institute this week.Taiwan’s vulnerability to an invasion from mainland China has become a preoccupation of Indo-Pacific strategists in recent months, as Chinese Communist forces escalate their military drills around the island....

JOHNSON CITY (WBNG) -- Civil Air Patrol, a non-profit organization and auxiliary of the United States Air Force, is a program that teaches the youth about aerospace careers. Doing their part to try to combat the pilot shortage, Civil Air Patrol is encouraging those aged 12-18 to join the program to prepare them to become either commercial or military pilots. By the end of 2023, commercial airlines are expected to be short 12,000 to 20,000 pilots. Currently, the Air Force is out 2,000 to 5,000 pilots. With open opportunities on the rise, the chance to pursue a pilot career can...

Police around the region say we are in the midst of an epidemic of gun violence the likes of which we have not seen in decades. And it isn't just in the big cities like San Francisco or Oakland, but the smaller ones, too. Our ABC7 News Insider Phil Matier has been talking to local law enforcement agencies to see what they are finding and what police say they need to stop it. One veteran is Hayward Police Chief Toney Chaplin, who knows what it's like to work in a big city. On the streets of his suburban town, guns...

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- According to the California Retailer's Association three cities in our state are among the top 10 in the country when it comes to organized retail crime--Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento. Already we are seeing the negative impact it is having in San Francisco with stores permanently shutting down or closing early. It has become one of the most pressing issues in our city today. RELATED: Bay Area police chief says rise in assault rifles, ghost guns used to 'hunt and kill' people Target has now acknowledged that San Francisco is the only city in America...