Unattended Baggage Show Notes 9/8/2024
Episode #260: Follow the money brick road to peek behind the curtain
We explore several federal, state and local cases of government corruption, and how it always comes back to bribes, blackmail, and/or espionage, we mourn the demise of privacy and anonymity through devices and biometrics, and their economic and political implications in conjunction with AI, Israel takes more pages from the reich’s playbook, 9/11 was a (Saudi) inside job, and the tragic tale of the double-agent whale.
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Florida Corruption
Ask yourself, why did there need to be a whistleblower? Are state park plans now classified information?
Whistleblower who warned about plan to put golf, hotels in Florida state parks is fired
Isn’t this a qualification for the Florida Legislature?
Florida lawmaker indicted on felony charges related to private Christian school | AP News
And if the corruption in Florida government wasn’t bad enough, here comes the Fascism
DeSantis’ election police questioned people who signed abortion petitions
Skelator may be going down
Florida Senate race is dead heat: Poll
NY Corruption
NY governor’s Chief of Staff is Chinese spy, NYC mayor is on Turkey’s payroll, and most of his senior staff raided by FBI for unrelated bribes
Eric Adams and His Campaign Receive Subpoenas in Federal Investigation - The New York Times
Feds Target Top Adams Aides, NYPD Officials: What We Know
Grifters grifted the wrong company
Russia’s election influence efforts show sophistication, officials say - The Washington Post
Tenet Media posts still online, despite U.S. claims of Russian influence campaign By Reuters
Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America's Conservative Media
Federal Corruption
Kamala and the modern American slave trade
THROWBACK: Kamala Harris’ A.G. Office Tried to Keep Inmates Locked Up for Cheap Labor
US border agents on cartel payrolls
So, where did he get so much money he owed $1.4M in Taxes
The government people are easily startled, but they’ll soon be back in greater numbers.
US man sentenced for 12,000 harassing calls to Congress
Jan. 6 can’t be denied in federal court
Trump threatens to jail Harris donors
Election 2024: Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of debate | AP News
The Demise of Privacy
Careful what you tell your therapist
Therapy Sessions Exposed by Mental Health Care Firm’s Unsecured Database | WIRED
Is it really “shocking” though?
Shocking leak suggests your phone really is listening in on your conversations
“Hello customer support? My account has been hacked, I’d like to change my face and palm please.”
Amazon Wants Your Palm and TSA Wants Your Face. What Saying Yes Will Mean. - WSJ
War Never Changes
IDF kills US citizen in West Bank, the 3rd American killed there in the last two years
US protester shot dead in West Bank
…and also killed their own citizens & soldiers to prevent them from being taken hostage by Hamas
Russian spy whale flipped by NATO may have been assassinated
The curious death of Whaledimir the Russian 'spy' whale
Like Mongolia was really gonna arrest Putin
Mongolia was meant to arrest Russia's President Putin last night. It didn't, and now it's in trouble
Some countries don’t like foreign troops on their soil
Two U.S. Marines ambushed, assaulted by mob of Turkish nationalists: 'Yankee, go home!' | Fox News
9/11 was a Saudi inside job
Video and Airplane Sketch Raise New Questions About Saudi Ties to 9/11
9/11 survivors question unearthed video showing 'Saudi agent' | World News
Unattended Baggage Episode #260: Follow the money brick road to peek behind the curtain