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About Art

55 years old. By training, ability and experience I am a master toolmaker. My most recent projects include designing and building a process to grind a G rotor pump shaft with four diameters and holding all four diameters within plus or minus 4 microns of nominal. This was an automated process using two centerless grinders refitted to my specifications using automatic load and unload machines plus automatic feedback gauging. I also designed and built an inspection machine to check for the presence and size of a straight knurl on a hinge pin using a vision system for non-contact gauging.

How Twitter Bots and Trump Fans Made #ReleaseTheMemo Go Viral

Russian bots and their American allies gamed social media to put a flawed intelligence document atop the political agenda. That should alarm us.   By MOLLY K. MCKEW February 04, 2018   Molly K. McKew is an expert on information … Continue reading

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Politico analyzes the bot campaign behind the Nunes memo.

Politico analyzes the bot campaign behind the Nunes memo. By Salig Sunday Feb 04, 2018 · 11:40 AM EST Politico has just published a detailed and frightening account of the bot-enhanced social media campaign that led to the release of … Continue reading

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House Intelligence Committee Minority Releases Response to Nunes Memo

By cbastian for The Washington Post Friday Feb 02, 2018 · 4:17 PM EST House Intelligence Committee Minority Response to Release of Chairman Nunes’ Misleading Memo Washington, DC – Today, the Minority of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence … Continue reading

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The full Nunes memo, annotated, The Washington Post

  After plenty of consternation — including a public rebuke from the FBI and cries of foul from Democrats — the GOP memo on the Russia investigation has been released. The full memo was crafted by Republican staffers to House Intelligence … Continue reading

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Carter Page, 3 Russian Spies and the FISA Court

“Page had been on the radar of the FBI at least as far back as 2013, when a bureau wiretap caught suspected Russian spies discussing their attempts to recruit him. Even after being interviewed by the investigators in that case, … Continue reading

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Federalism, Section III of DISSENTING STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MIGNON L. CLYBURN

  Section II, Misreading Regulatory History Section III Federalism If you’re wondering why the FCC is preempting state consumer protection laws in this item without notice, let me help you with a simple jingle that you can easily commit to … Continue reading

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Misreading Regulatory History, Section II of DISSENTING STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MIGNON L. CLYBURN

Section one, Why Net Neutrality was a Good Idea Section II of The DISSENTING STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MIGNON L. CLYBURN Re: Restoring Internet Freedom, WC Docket No. 17-108.. Misreading Regulatory History This item’s justification for rolling back our light-touch Title … Continue reading

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Why Net Neutrality was a Good Idea, by FCC Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn

DISSENTING STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MIGNON L. CLYBURN Re: Restoring Internet Freedom, WC Docket No. 17-108. Section I Why I Must Dissent I dissent. I dissent from this fiercely-spun, legally-lightweight, consumer-harming, corporate- enabling Destroying Internet Freedom Order. I dissent, because I … Continue reading

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Political Officer Appointed to NSC, Professionals Demoted.

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Got Terror?

The actual facts are that there has not been a terrorist attack on US soil by a foreign national since the attacks on NYC and the Pentagon in September of 2001. 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda … Continue reading

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