The Daily Populous

Tuesday September 5th, 2017 day edition

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This apathy comes despite former President Barack Obama’s move to expand to information sharing between agencies just days before Trump took office and after the Trump administration signaled its desire to continue widespread surveillance.

Amid this lack of attention toward the NSA, the president recently nominated a staunch advocate of mass surveillance to chair one of the few barriers standing between intrusive government spying and the American people’s privacy.

Though the board had been deteriorating before Trump became president, it may now be further undermined as a result of his recent appointment.

On August 25, the president announced his nomination of Adam I. Klein to chair the PCLOB.

Digital rights group Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) ultimately pulled their support for the bill because it believed the reforms offered were insufficient.

Make no mistake; though Klein advocates a balance between national security and privacy — and is likely genuine in his rhetoric — he routinely comes down on the side of government surveillance.

After all, while campaigning for the presidency, Trump made it clear he sided with the unconstitutional widespread practices. »

North Korea’s nuclear test site at risk of imploding, Chinese scientist says

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North Korea tests nuclear bomb it says can be made into warhead for long-range missile.

In the meantime, Chinese authorities, including the National Nuclear Safety Administration, would continue to closely monitor every nuclear test conducted by North Korea, Wang said.

No radiation detected outside North Korea after nuclear test, say China, Japan. »

Joel Osteen: Televangelist Whose Church Closed During Hurricane Harvey Tells Victims not to Have 'Poor Me' Attitude

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A televangelist whose church closed its doors during Hurricane Harvey claims that he is the victim of “misinformation” and told flood victims not to have a “poor me” attitude.

Osteen defended the decision not to open the church during the devastating storm, and told those affected not to have a “poor old me attitude.”.

His Lakewood church is one of the largest in the U.S. On Sunday, Osteen blamed “misinformation” for criticism levelled at the church for remaining closed. »

Study Reveals Ancient Women Traveled Far Distances, Men Stayed Home

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It also suggests that these women would have been largely responsible for the exchange of cultural objects and ideas throughout this period.

Over 800 years, from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age, women migrated to new surroundings, while men stayed put.

“In the sites that we were studying, we see artifacts that look like they’re from a more northern region,” Mittnik says. »