U.S. Government Releases “Proof” of U.S. Election Hacking by Russians

Gary Markstein, as above. Edit: Original post still below, but I’ve been informed by several of the Threat Researchers with whom I work that this report is not supposed to be considered as the government’s proof, merely things that organisations can use in order to protect themselves. With that understood, it still furthers a narrative […]

The NYT Calls for FB to “Join Them as Defenders of Truth”

The problem with the New York Times calling for Facebook to “join them” as “defenders of truth” is that few people, especially those that would have voted for Trump, would even consider them defenders of truth. Their “Intellectual Yet Idiot” scientism (Thank you NNT!) and bias towards the Dems/left makes them anything but. When they […]

The Necessity of the Electoral College in One Picture

Source: MichaelPRamirez.com Most people don’t understand the electoral college – they think it is an arcane system from the 1800s, and screws the voters. In reality, it’s a somewhat-arcane system from the 1700s, and is designed not to screw voters. The United States, for all its preaching of democracy (and its attempts to democratise the […]

The Despicable Alternative

Meme by me. Among the “intelligent left”, it is said that it is “better to elect a corrupt politician than a madman”, referring obviously to their preference of Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. While I don’t think that Donald Trump should be president, the problem with the supposition that he is a madman, is that […]

On the Ill Health of Hillary

Dr. Drew Pinsky has come out as gravely concerned for Hillary’s health care. There’s a Youtube video of the conversation he’s had; some website has also taken down a page where he put up the supposition originally. I mentioned this on Google Plus, and from a Hillary apologist I got the standard response that any […]

The FBI Just Handed @realdonaldtrump the Presidency #neverhillary

Indeed, it would seem so. Today, the FBI determined that Hillary Clinton will not be brought up on charges for mishandling classified information. The Speaker of the House is incredulous. Rudy Giuliani thinks it puts her above the law. For those of you not in the know, the mere mishandling of classified information – with […]

On Animal Spirits

Here’s the thing with Keynesian economics: animal spirits, like regular animals, sometimes come back to bite you. Keynes chose to believe that humans worked based on “a spontaneous urge to action rather than inaction, and not as the outcome of a weighted average of quantitative benefits multiplied by quantitative probabilities”, which he called “animal spirits”. […]

#Cybersecurity Predictions for 2016

Picture from sigstr.com. It’s that time of year! Time to make predictions for the upcoming year, and as I like to do, I like to try and make them in my field – cybersecurity. These are just my guesses, speaking for myself – I am in no way representing my employer or anyone else. Blockchains […]

Cybersecurity Trends for 2014 – Trend 4 – The Deep Web Surfaces

Image from hackernews.com. Cross-posted to the Blue Coat Security blog. You know something has become popular when you see it on the Netflix series “House of Cards”. There is an episode in Season 2 where one of the characters gets onto the Deep Web in order to try and trap the protagonist. In the end […]

Is Americanism a Virus? Can It Get Blood from a Stone?

Picture from financialcrimeconference.com. With the news that Hong Kong will now be reporting Americans’ incomes to the IRS, it seems that there are few places on earth where one could go to stay away from the prying eyes of the US government. As the only country that taxes its citizens on income earned worldwide, being […]