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CrowdStrike Catastrophe Was Just a Taste of What a Cyber Apocalypse Would Bring

July 25, 2024 4:30 pmJuly 25, 2024 4:31 pm

Cyber attacks have truly become the digital equivalent of natural disasters—sudden, catastrophic, and terrifyingly inevitable. The recent CrowdStrike update debacle, which triggered a global meltdown affecting multiple critical sectors, was a glaring example of this modern reality. Imagine hospitals unable...

Effort Grows To Have Former SF Mayor, Supervisor Mark Farrell Run For Mayor In 2024

November 30, 2023 2:26 amNovember 30, 2023 2:27 am

Former San Francisco Mayor and Supervisor Mark Farrell received a large boost of support in the past few weeks to enter the 2024 San Francisco Mayoral race, despite Farrell having shown no prior interest in the position. The 2024 Mayoral...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill To Decertify Police Officers With Multiple Misconduct Incidents

October 1, 2021 3:33 pmOctober 1, 2021 8:23 pm

During a visit to the Southern Californian city of Gardena on Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that would remove certain immunity provisions for police officers and prohibit those convicted of a felony from returning to work...

We Must Hang Together, Or Surely We Shall Hang Separately

May 12, 2021 6:20 amMay 13, 2021 5:38 am

The special election to recall Gavin Newsom is coming up this Fall, and the two questions on the ballot might serve as a metaphor for the dilemma confronting Republicans in California. Question one is binary: Do you want to recall...

HOMELESSNESS: Former Incarcerated, Drug Addict and Dealer Shares Story of Sobriety and Success

April 17, 2021 2:28 amApril 16, 2021 5:07 pm

Anthony Brown, who was a homeless, alcoholic, drug addict and drug dealer for 23 years, says, “Jail and prison were the only things that restored me to sanity. I didn’t feel like I was arrested, but more like rescued.” Brown,...

Gov. Newsom, Elected and Public Officials Know What They are Doing

January 10, 2021 12:40 pmJanuary 11, 2021 6:29 pm

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. For every decision there is a consequence. Ten months in to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lockdown of the State of California, the reactions and consequences are beginning to show. The politicians...

Without Law Enforcement There is No Law, and Without Law There is No Civilization

June 12, 2020 12:13 pmJune 16, 2020 6:15 am

‘The doctrine of qualified immunity as currently applied has no place in a nation ruled by law.’ We have recently suffered multiple failures of law enforcement, beginning with the killing of George Floyd. He died because a rogue cop...