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Was Michael Hastings' Car Hacked? Richard Clarke Says It's Possible
HP | Mike Hogan | 06/24/13 older

Former U.S. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism Richard Clarke told The Huffington Post that what is known about the single-vehicle crash is "consistent with a car cyber attack." Clarke said, "There is reason to believe that intelligence agencies for major powers" -- including the United States -- know how to remotely seize control of a car.

"What has been revealed as a result of some research at universities is that it's relatively easy to hack your way into the control system of a car, and to do such things as cause acceleration when the driver doesn't want acceleration, to throw on the brakes when the driver doesn't want the brakes on, to launch an air bag," Clarke told The Huffington Post. "You can do some really highly destructive things now, through hacking a car, and it's not that hard." ... Read more

Richard Clarke: Hastings Accident "Consistent with a Car Cyber Attack"
RedIce | Kurt Nimmo | date

"There is reason to believe that intelligence agencies for major powers" -- including the United States -- know how to remotely seize control of a car," Clarke said.   On Saturday, Infowars.com posted a video of a talk presented by Dr. Kathleen Fisher, a program manager for DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technologies. Fisher admitted that the Pentagon has researched remotely controlling cars through hacking on board computers.

In 2011, Car and Driver magazine published an article substantiating the Pentagon research. "Currently, there's nothing to stop anyone with malicious intent and some ­computer-programming skills from taking command of your vehicle. After gaining access, a hacker could control everything from which song plays on the radio to whether the brakes work," writes Keith Barry, citing research conducted by the Center for Automotive Embedded Systems Security, a partnership between the University of California San Diego and the University of Washington. ... Read more
CNN: Was Michael Hastings Death An "Accident"? (06/20/13) [2:40]

*What can NSA Really Do! Quite A Lot. To Protect And Infect or Wrist Slitting Depressing (30C3) (12/30/13) [1:02:15]

This Guy Needs A Clue: A Member Of The 1% Declares It 'Great' That 3.5 Billion Are In Poverty.
upworthy.com | Brandon Weber | date

It's like he's a living example of rich white male privilege: "Anybody can be me!"   Just to be clear, I'm not jealous of his wealth. Or what he had to do to get it. But many of those 3.5 billion in poverty never even get a chance to try to "be somebody." Once we level that playing field, we can start talking about "looking up to the 1%."

This clip came from "The Lang & O'Leary Exchange" on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. The guy in the clip, Kevin O'Leary, is one of the investors on "Shark Tank." Jump to
Kevin O'Leary says 3.5 billion people living in poverty is 'fantastic news' (01/21/14) [1:11]

Obama's Weak Enviro Agenda Is Suicide for Humanity -- Here's the Stark Future We Face
AlterNet | Tara Lohan | 01/29/14

Are there any self-respecting environmental organizations out there that are still behind President Obama? After his State of the Union on Tuesday it's hard to imagine there could be. In his address, Obama proudly declared, "The 'all the above' energy strategy I announced a few years ago is working, and today America is closer to energy independence than we have been in decades."

Based what we know from the most recent climate science, Obama's "all-of-the-above" energy policy is actually suicidal. To say that we're approaching a dangerous precipice would be too optimistic or simply unrealistic. For a decade we were peering over the edge, but now we're falling—how long and how hard depends on what we do this year and in the next few years. ... Read more